In a message dated 4/3/2007 10:17:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
vexicon@spamarrest.com writes:
I would make an experiment out of Binion's if I was capital heavy and
wanted to enter the World of Casino Business.
I'd invest heavily in a "freshen up" of everything, and turn back the
hands of time to a point where people could eat, drink, play, and stay for
cheap. Discretionary comps would be abundant. I'd try to fill every seat
in the place, bring back decent VP paytables, decent blackjack games, etc.
Do It Up Old School, and bring back the days where it didn't cost an arm
and a leg... ditto ditto ditto...
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Just one little factor, I'm sure the Culinary Union would love to help you
out by reducing wages back to that "Old School" time. I happened to be across
the street during a famous moment when the union was striking the Horseshoe
back in the early 90's as I remember. I watched from the sidewalk along the
Fremont Hotel as a large group of strikers got arrested and put on a jail bus. I
remember vividly the cocktail waitress with the large beehive hairdoo, could
see it on the bus as they got driven away
Another factor, downtown is full of bums. You see them hiding around the
corner on Main Street near the Vegas Club, waiting until the bicycle patrol guy
goes the other way, then they bother the tourists with their begging scams.
When is the last time you as a local heard from a fellow local, "Gee let's go
to Neonopolis and have dinner and see a movie?" The city of Las Vegas would
have to clean up and restructure several square blocks around downtown to
change our concept of "Downtown"
JT, he wonders what happened to his Uncle Skip, anybody seen him? Did he
die? Did he leave me anything in his will? Is Shirley Dancer going to declare as
a candidate for President based on advisors deciding Bob would be a better
First Guy than Bill because of his hair being better looking?
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