{"id":827,"date":"2009-08-20T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2009\/8\/20\/Illinois-does-it-again-Storm-over-CityCenter"},"modified":"2020-04-14T06:39:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:39:42","slug":"illinois-does-it-again-storm-over-citycenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/illinois-does-it-again-storm-over-citycenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois does it again; Storm over CityCenter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new law in <strong>Illinois<\/strong> that legalizes video poker statewide <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qctimes.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/illinois\/article_fa1f806a-8d38-11de-9506-001cc4c002e0.html\">may have some unforeseen consequences<\/a>. Namely, video gambling at truck stops throughout the Land of Lincoln. This represents a much bigger expansion than was originally sold to the public. Whenever you think Illinois&#8217; casino industry has finally hit bottom and might begin to recover from previous legislative sabotage, it gets pushed off yet another cliff. New casinos licenses may soon be available in <strong>Missouri<\/strong> (1) and <strong>Iowa<\/strong> (4-5). Riverboat operators in Illinois should seriously consider hoisting anchor and moving across the river.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/userfiles\/Image\/citycenter-artrend.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CityCenter suit<\/strong>. This one alleges basically that <strong>MGM Mirage<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/2009\/08\/20\/Shareholders_Sue_MGM_Mirage_Execs.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">p<\/a>umped and dumped its stock, and misrepresented its chances of funding <strong>CityCenter<\/strong>. The allegations may prove more entertaining than true but they will certainly make lively reading.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Wait Until Dark<\/strong><\/em>. If you prefer an evening at the theater to curling up with a lawsuit, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegascitylife.com\/articles\/2009\/08\/20\/ae\/stage\/iq_30662729.txt\">you can&#8217;t go wrong<\/a> with <strong>CSN<\/strong>&#8216;s presentation of <strong>Frederick Knott<\/strong>&#8216;s 1966 thriller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new law in Illinois that legalizes video poker statewide may have some unforeseen consequences. Namely, video gambling at truck stops throughout the Land of Lincoln. This represents a much bigger expansion than was originally sold to the public. Whenever &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/illinois-does-it-again-storm-over-citycenter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,28,14,4,58,86,11,39,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26743,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions\/26743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}