{"id":9545,"date":"2012-08-24T13:58:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T21:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=9545"},"modified":"2012-08-24T14:10:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T22:10:40","slug":"eaten-by-las-vegas-icahns-hard-bargain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/eaten-by-las-vegas-icahns-hard-bargain\/","title":{"rendered":"“Eaten” by Las Vegas; Icahn’s hard bargain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is being spent at home, buried ‘neath page proofs for Eating Las Vegas<\/a><\/em> 3.0 (with assistance from sibling kitties Leona<\/strong> and Rascal<\/strong>, the latter incredibly well-named). Tonight brings Tournament of Kings<\/a><\/em> — which I’ve never seen — and Evil Dead The Musical<\/a><\/em>, which I have<\/a>, but not in its V Theater<\/strong> incarnation. Last night was spent at a photo shoot, the fruits of which include:<\/p>\n

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So if you’re in Vegas somewhere during Sept. 7-26, check this shit out.<\/p>\n

\"\"I see that<\/strong> private-equity ownership continues to cut a swath of destruction through the Palms<\/strong>. The latest vestige of the George Maloof<\/strong> era to be felled by One Group<\/strong> and the Palms’ hand-me-down president is Little Buddha<\/strong><\/a>. Sometime early next month it will be given the chop in favor of something called Xishi<\/strong>. Pretty soon people will be talking about the “good old days” at the Palms the way we remember the Stardust<\/strong> or New Frontier<\/strong>, or Treasure Island<\/strong> prior to Phil Ruffin<\/strong>‘s hideous makeover of the pirate palace.<\/p>\n

Rumor du jour<\/em><\/strong>. Word has it that Carl Icahn<\/strong> was offered $13.75 million for what’s left of rotting, naked-t0-the-elements Fontainebleau<\/strong>, but said ‘non.’ OK, bargain shoppers. We know what the starting point for bidding Uncle Carl’s Carpet Barn is, but what’s the magic number that will convince him to say, ‘oui’? $15 million\/acre, I’m guessing. That’s how much the old Stardust site was worth back in ’07.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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