I’m in the second day of stomach flu, so small portions are advisable …<\/p>\n
A “juice job”<\/span> that followed two fatalities at The Orleans<\/span> has come under federal scrutiny<\/a>. In an unrelated development, Boyd Gaming<\/span> board member Luther Mack<\/span> has stepped down. Boyd says his seat will remain unfilled<\/a>. Maybe he was irked by a rule change that requires a two-thirds vote of Boyd shareholders to call a special meeting, up from the former requirement of 50%. Maybe not. But with Boyd stock in the toilet (and unfairly so, IMO) it’s a way to keep those unruly shareholders at bay.<\/p>\n El Cortez critiqued<\/strong>. $26 million of renovations were sufficient to lure<\/a> City Life<\/em>‘s Andrew Kiraly<\/strong> back to “the venerable El Cortez<\/a>.” He notes a significant winnowing-out of the slot floor, along with signs of still-in-progress work elsewhere. “The new carpet is bright, firm and strangely edible-looking,” though, and “even the patrons seem to have a new spring in their skulk.”<\/p>\n Don’t be discouraged: Coming from the caustic Kiraly, this is an out-and-out rave.<\/p>\n If the Las Vegas Weekly<\/em><\/strong>‘s search engine weren’t such and out-and-out frack-up, I’d be only too happy to point you toward a dispassionate, well-substantiated takedown of the dubiousness of piggybacking a sports arena onto Bally’s Las Vegas<\/strong>. (One word: parking?) It’s by Damon Hodge<\/strong> and well-worth reading … if you can find it, that is. Hodge deserves better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m in the second day of stomach flu, so small portions are advisable … A “juice job” that followed two fatalities at The Orleans has come under federal scrutiny. In an unrelated development, Boyd Gaming board member Luther Mack has … Continue reading