{"id":9022,"date":"2012-05-15T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T21:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=9022"},"modified":"2012-05-16T08:29:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T16:29:55","slug":"casinos-in-ohio-we-have-liftoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/casinos-in-ohio-we-have-liftoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Casinos in Ohio: We have liftoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"450\" height=\"259\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/DubfiGy4eRg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"450\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/DubfiGy4eRg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>How&#8217;s that for flair? Vegas casino openings are going to have raise their &#8212; pardon the pun &#8212; game<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, <strong>Horseshoe Casino Cleveland<\/strong> opened with a hella big splash, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/metro\/index.ssf\/2012\/05\/ohio_begins_casino_gambling_er.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">packing all the nearby hotels<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/casino\/index.ssf\/2012\/05\/horseshoe_casino_cleveland_ope.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">generating heavy media coverage<\/a>. Gov. <strong>John Kasich<\/strong> (R) never wanted casinos in <strong>Ohio<\/strong>, so his absence from the festivities wasn&#8217;t a snub but showed unusual <!--more-->tact: Why take a victory lap for something you voted against? Although the <strong>Rock Gaming<\/strong>\/<strong>Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> joint venture can accommodate 12,000 players at a time &#8212; or so management claims &#8212; the opening-night crowd was sensibly held to 5,000, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/metro\/index.ssf\/2012\/05\/cleveland_police_say_theyre_re.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">staggered in two waves<\/a>. If you&#8217;ve ever beheld the terrifying spectacle of hundreds of first-time gamblers charging full-tilt towards you across a virgin casino floor, you&#8217;ll appreciate Caesars&#8217; restraint. I&#8217;m sure <a href=\"http:\/\/fox8.com\/2012\/05\/14\/anticipation-builds-for-cleveland-casino-grand-opening\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">nervous dealers and slot attendants<\/a> did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How&#8217;s that for flair? Vegas casino openings are going to have raise their &#8212; pardon the pun &#8212; game. Last night, Horseshoe Casino Cleveland opened with a hella big splash, packing all the nearby hotels and generating heavy media coverage. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/casinos-in-ohio-we-have-liftoff\/\">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":[28,154,7,71,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9022"}],"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=9022"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9026,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9022\/revisions\/9026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}