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- Quote of the Day by Stiffs & Georges on Sep 28, 2009
"What does $87 million buy Las Vegas in 2009? A slogan from 2003 ... This is the mother of all intellectual white flags." -- Vegas Rex, on the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority's reversion to the "What Happens Here, Stays H...
- Blimps on the radar by Stiffs & Georges on Sep 10, 2009
Dipping into the dispatch box, S&G finds the following tidbits, courtesy of the nice people at J.P. Morgan: Alex Yemenidjian is serious about revamping the Tropicana Las Vegas. He's just inked a contract with Bally Technologies for a player-trac...
- Colony Capital comedy by Stiffs & Georges on Aug 21, 2009
Having borrowed money to buy the Las Vegas Hilton five years ago at a dirt-cheap $200 million, Colony Capital -- those financial wizards -- borrowed $250 million more to retire the first loan. (Does Colony intend to pay off the second loan by taking...
- The dream is dying by Stiffs & Georges on Jul 20, 2009
Just last week, UNLV's historical sage, Dr. Eugene Moehring, was taking a dim view of the fate of Las Vegas' working class. Now comes the Wall Street Journal to back him up with some sobering reportage. Even at union salaries, Culinary Union-represen...
- LVCVA has lemons, makes lemonade by Stiffs & Georges on Jul 3, 2009
What do you do if your expensively wrought, expensively litigated marketing slogan has jumped the shark and become the most tiresome cliché in America.?If you're the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, you figure out a way to moneti...
- Oscar Goodman, Voice of Reason by Stiffs & Georges on May 21, 2009
Even as MGM Mirage CEO Jim Murren and Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin are preparing to stomp out any incipient recovery in Las Vegas by jacking up room rates, words of restraint are coming from the unlikeliest of sources: Mayor Oscar Goodman. Quoth...
- Quote of the Day by Stiffs & Georges on May 13, 2009
"We don't see them getting worse. The problem is we don't see them getting better." -- Boyd Gaming CEO Keith Smith on 2009-10 tourism statistics for Las Vegas.
