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  • May 29, 2009 at 8:22 AM #407802
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    Can’t believe you liked downtown…

    The cops were on standing orders to pickup anyone white two blocks North from the Fremont Strip. You were A. Lost Tourist or B. Looking to score. That was a bad area back then… Still is… Just that the cops will “do a little tap dance on your head” if you come south out of those neighborhoods.

    Believe me… There is nothing in the movie Casino that is exegarated.

    But as for the Comps. It is one of the things my dad used to do. Before it was based on knowing the guy/gal having a good relation with them… Knowing how much the guy may or may not drop on a table and how good he was to your staff. And the computation was all done in his head and on a hand shake.

    Now… They literal do a cost analysis on what you have lost and what you deserve for losing that much… Unless you are the type of guy that may or may not lose millions in a joint a year. Those guy are the only ppl now that are catered to. Joe Nobody gets a Meal Comp if that.

    I think there was a guy portrayed at the begining of Casino (may have been another Movie) who was killed. Japenese Yakuza. My dad knew this guy and would tell me stories about how he was a king in this town. This guy was known to drop millions in days playing Bacarat. He once played almost 3 days. When that guy came to town everything was a Comp. No questioned asked. And anything… Girls, Drugs… Whatever… The casino had ppl that had “hookups” legal or whatever…

    Shit. When I grew up there they had two dollars buffets that were excellent! Now? Everybody has there hand out… Sad what that town has become.

    CE

    June 10, 2009 at 10:08 AM #413135
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    Foundatinbleau declares bankruptcy.

    So now Vegas has an almost-completed 68-floor 3,812-room hotel sitting and rotting on the north end of the strip. I guess this is good news for City Center?

    June 10, 2009 at 10:08 AM #413368
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    Foundatinbleau declares bankruptcy.

    So now Vegas has an almost-completed 68-floor 3,812-room hotel sitting and rotting on the north end of the strip. I guess this is good news for City Center?

    June 10, 2009 at 10:08 AM #413614
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    Foundatinbleau declares bankruptcy.

    So now Vegas has an almost-completed 68-floor 3,812-room hotel sitting and rotting on the north end of the strip. I guess this is good news for City Center?

    June 10, 2009 at 10:08 AM #413683
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    Foundatinbleau declares bankruptcy.

    So now Vegas has an almost-completed 68-floor 3,812-room hotel sitting and rotting on the north end of the strip. I guess this is good news for City Center?

    June 10, 2009 at 10:08 AM #413835
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    Foundatinbleau declares bankruptcy.

    So now Vegas has an almost-completed 68-floor 3,812-room hotel sitting and rotting on the north end of the strip. I guess this is good news for City Center?

    June 11, 2009 at 3:13 PM #414024
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    2 months ago if you had a amex platinum card they where giving you 2 free nights at Wynn or encore
    and couple hundred bucks in food credit..
    Vegas could attract more people if they went back to the old school deals..steak and lobster for 7.95..Food there cost so much now they have
    every famous chef in the world there..and to pay for it they reflect that on the food..nothing like $20 burgers.

    June 11, 2009 at 3:13 PM #414262
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    2 months ago if you had a amex platinum card they where giving you 2 free nights at Wynn or encore
    and couple hundred bucks in food credit..
    Vegas could attract more people if they went back to the old school deals..steak and lobster for 7.95..Food there cost so much now they have
    every famous chef in the world there..and to pay for it they reflect that on the food..nothing like $20 burgers.

    June 11, 2009 at 3:13 PM #414516
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    2 months ago if you had a amex platinum card they where giving you 2 free nights at Wynn or encore
    and couple hundred bucks in food credit..
    Vegas could attract more people if they went back to the old school deals..steak and lobster for 7.95..Food there cost so much now they have
    every famous chef in the world there..and to pay for it they reflect that on the food..nothing like $20 burgers.

    June 11, 2009 at 3:13 PM #414583
    chaozz
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    2 months ago if you had a amex platinum card they where giving you 2 free nights at Wynn or encore
    and couple hundred bucks in food credit..
    Vegas could attract more people if they went back to the old school deals..steak and lobster for 7.95..Food there cost so much now they have
    every famous chef in the world there..and to pay for it they reflect that on the food..nothing like $20 burgers.

    June 11, 2009 at 3:13 PM #414739
    chaozz
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    2 months ago if you had a amex platinum card they where giving you 2 free nights at Wynn or encore
    and couple hundred bucks in food credit..
    Vegas could attract more people if they went back to the old school deals..steak and lobster for 7.95..Food there cost so much now they have
    every famous chef in the world there..and to pay for it they reflect that on the food..nothing like $20 burgers.

    December 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM #489176
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    [quote=afx114]Vegas aficionado here. It’s going to get even worse for Vegas in December when City Center comes on line with 2,650 new condos and 4,800 hotel rooms. It is the largest privately financed development in the US with a total cost of $11 billion (wtf?!). The project almost came to a halt a few months ago when Dubai World sued over a $200 mil financing dispute. MGM had to sell the Treasure Island Resort for $775 million to raise money to complete it. Now the project is back on track. Good thing because it would have been a massive skeleton of Blade Runner sci-fi otherwise.[/quote]

    Saw City Center last month…I wasn’t expecting much but I have to tell you, it is very impressive! I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.

    It is going to drop room rates in Vegas though…already getting flyers from the other casinos offering pretty damn good rates from now through spring. Vegas is scared…

    December 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM #489342
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    [quote=afx114]Vegas aficionado here. It’s going to get even worse for Vegas in December when City Center comes on line with 2,650 new condos and 4,800 hotel rooms. It is the largest privately financed development in the US with a total cost of $11 billion (wtf?!). The project almost came to a halt a few months ago when Dubai World sued over a $200 mil financing dispute. MGM had to sell the Treasure Island Resort for $775 million to raise money to complete it. Now the project is back on track. Good thing because it would have been a massive skeleton of Blade Runner sci-fi otherwise.[/quote]

    Saw City Center last month…I wasn’t expecting much but I have to tell you, it is very impressive! I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.

    It is going to drop room rates in Vegas though…already getting flyers from the other casinos offering pretty damn good rates from now through spring. Vegas is scared…

    December 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM #489726
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    [quote=afx114]Vegas aficionado here. It’s going to get even worse for Vegas in December when City Center comes on line with 2,650 new condos and 4,800 hotel rooms. It is the largest privately financed development in the US with a total cost of $11 billion (wtf?!). The project almost came to a halt a few months ago when Dubai World sued over a $200 mil financing dispute. MGM had to sell the Treasure Island Resort for $775 million to raise money to complete it. Now the project is back on track. Good thing because it would have been a massive skeleton of Blade Runner sci-fi otherwise.[/quote]

    Saw City Center last month…I wasn’t expecting much but I have to tell you, it is very impressive! I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.

    It is going to drop room rates in Vegas though…already getting flyers from the other casinos offering pretty damn good rates from now through spring. Vegas is scared…

    December 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM #489813
    svelte
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    [quote=afx114]Vegas aficionado here. It’s going to get even worse for Vegas in December when City Center comes on line with 2,650 new condos and 4,800 hotel rooms. It is the largest privately financed development in the US with a total cost of $11 billion (wtf?!). The project almost came to a halt a few months ago when Dubai World sued over a $200 mil financing dispute. MGM had to sell the Treasure Island Resort for $775 million to raise money to complete it. Now the project is back on track. Good thing because it would have been a massive skeleton of Blade Runner sci-fi otherwise.[/quote]

    Saw City Center last month…I wasn’t expecting much but I have to tell you, it is very impressive! I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.

    It is going to drop room rates in Vegas though…already getting flyers from the other casinos offering pretty damn good rates from now through spring. Vegas is scared…

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