If you’ve noticed less blogorrhea from yours truly of late, it’s because I’m currently combing through old “Question of the Day” entries, working on a new cross-referencing system. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t found some interesting stats. For instance, look what’s happened at the Las Vegas Tropicana<\/b> since current owner Columbia Sussex<\/b> took over, on Jan. 3, 2007:<\/p>\n
\u2022 On Jan. 5, the free slot-pull promotion was terminated.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wi-fi access has increased in price from $11.99 to $14.95.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Prices for Titanic: The Exhibition<\/i> have been hiked. LasVegasAdvisor.com lists the new admission fee as $22, but an online purchase will cost you $24.50. (Ironic Touch Dept.<\/b>: Even though the Titanic<\/i> exhibit will soon be moving to Luxor<\/b>, the Trop’s Web site\u00a0obliviously shouts, “Returning Due to Popular Demand!”<\/p>\n
\u2022 As of the summer of 2005, the ratio of maids to rooms at Wynn Las Vegas<\/b> was 1 maid for every 3.5 rooms. A conservative<\/i> estimate of the same ratio at the Trop is 1 maid for every 12 rooms \u00a0(on some floors, it’s a 1-to-22<\/b> ratio).<\/p>\n
Yup, when it comes to squeezing a penny ’til it drips blood, you can’t beat Columbia Sussex. Too bad that the “collateral damage” is that the erstwhile “Tiffany of the Strip” has been reduced to a tarnished garnet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you’ve noticed less blogorrhea from yours truly of late, it’s because I’m currently combing through old “Question of the Day” entries, working on a new cross-referencing system. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t found some interesting stats. For instance, … Continue reading