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Layoffs Loom in Atlantic City

As the economy slips and slides, the doomsayers prevaricate on TV talk shows, and our politicians spend millions of dollars to talk about how they will save billions of dollars, the casino workers of Atlantic City are bracing for a clutch of layoffs. Harrah’s Entertainment, the city’s biggest gaming operator, has just announced it will […]

The Union Stake

Next week’s national election in the U.S. will hold a great deal of importance for some of the gaming industry. Votes in Colorado, Missouri, Arkansas, Maine, Ohio and Guam will impact those states and the companies operating in those states.
On the presidential front, the gaming industry has poured thousands of dollars into the coffers of […]

Smoking Stupid

Atlantic City casinos were dealing with a 75 percent smoking ban. Now, it’s a total ban. In a couple of weeks, it will be a 75 percent ban again, and maybe in a year a total ban again, unless the economy’s still in the tank, then it will be 75 percent, then…
The Atlantic City Council […]

The Final Rounds?

On October 15, New Jersey regulators called a moratorium on any negotiations to buy the Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City, at least until the end of this month. Now the state Supreme Court, a Delaware bankruptcy court, the casino’s former owners and harried bond holders will have a little more time to argue […]

An Interesting Promotion in Las Vegas

I just got word that comedian George Wallace is running a promotion through November 11 allowing people who vote early to receive a free ticket to his show at the Flamingo. It’s easy to take advantage of, too. All people have to do is bring their “I Voted” sticker to the Flamingo box office and […]

Better Late Than Never

Sorry ’bout that… the pictures from Aliante Station didn’t get posted last week. The property opens November 11 at 11:11 p.m.
Anyway, here are the pictures…

The casino floor with a TGI Friday’s in the background.

The high limit room at Aliante.

The center bar, ETA.

Another shot of the casino floor.

Aliante Station GM Joe Hasson leads a tour of […]

First Look at Aliante

Tomorrow, Station Casinos will be giving hard-hat tours of Aliante Station. Given the last two properties the company has opened, Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock, there is definitely some excitement in seeing what the company is bringing to North Las Vegas
On Tuesday, Roger Gros and myself got to sit down with Joe Hasson, Aliante […]

A Judicious Choice

Last Wednesday, with just a week to go before a full smoking ban was to take effect at Atlantic City’s casinos, City Council said it will consider delaying the order for a year, or until the economy improves.
Though smoking opponents showed up to make their displeasure felt–as they had every right and reason to do–it […]

Name Recognition

A jury in Clark County said earlier this week that Elad Group can use the Plaza name for its proposed $5 billion resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
Tamares Group, which owns the Plaza hotel and casino in Downtown Las Vegas (below), claimed it had trademarked the Plaza name, and that as a newcomer to the […]

Let My People Smoke

I wrote here recently about the newly enacted smoking ban in Pennsylvania, calling it toothless, ineffectual and an attempt by PA politicians to please everyone and truly accomplish nothing.
The new mandate prohibits cigarette smoking on 25 percent of the gaming floor. But after 90 days—before the end of this year—those smoking areas can be increased […]