Vegas Casinos Cancel Super Bowl Parties
One for Ripley's (got plans for a Casino Super Bowl party?)
snipped link to a news report of last minute cancellations of Super Bowl parties at casinos because the NFL started crying (bitching about their intellectual property rights).
If _I_ was calling the shots, I would've just called the NFL's bluff, pressed on, and taken my chances.
1. I think it would have been bad press and public relations for the NFL to pursue it, and I don't think they would have.
2. If they did, I would have demanded a jury trial, and then we'd see how many jurors would vote on behalf of the NFL and award enough damages to make any difference, and thereby essentially prohibit public display of not only the Superbowl, but every football game ... in every club and bar in the country. No ... I take that back; it would be a precedent to prohibit public display of EVERYTHING that is copyrighted -- baseball games, basketball games, TV-news, and even soap operas. Yep; they would be voting to close it ALL down, and I don't think that they'd do it.
3. Hell, it's not like the NFL could really prove any damages, after all. The games is broadcast for FREE, for crying out loud.
I support intellectual property rights, as I've discussed in recent posts. But in this instance, I have a real problem with the NFL's complaint. To begin with, it's not like the casinos are showing something that isn't available for FREE ... _everywhere_, ... and
I doubt that anyone could seriously say that people are attending these parties just to see the Superbowl game; if they don't have a TV, they could watch it for free at a "J.C. Penney's" or "Sears & Roebuck" store in any mall in the county that's opened. I don't believe for a minute that the NFL could prove any actual damages, and I don't think they'd collect any punitive damages, either.
Hey, maybe Tom could take a poll on this: How many people would award the NFL damages for against _ANYONE_ for displaying the Superbowl at a private party. Maybe the casinos could use that as the basis for a little backbone next year.
Bill Velek
I'll agree with anyone who thinks a) the NFL front
office needs to get over itself, and b) Paul Tagliabue
is an <<fill in your own derogatory term here>>.
However, the basic problem was the charging of
admission. The casinos holding events, but not asking
anyone buy a ticket to get in don't need to change
their plans.
When you consider the casino and bar are getting a
heck of a lot more business that day anyway, I have to
ask: Why are they charging admission in the first
place? I guess the answer is "because they can"
(i.e., there are people willing to pay $50 to watch a
game they could watch free in a thousand other
locations).
Only now they can't. Too bad, so sad. My sympathy
meter is reading zero.
carlos
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--- Bill Velek <billvelek@alltel.net> wrote:
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snipped link to a news report of last minute
cancellations of Super Bowl
parties at casinos because the NFL started crying
(bitching about their
intellectual property rights).
If _I_ was calling the shots, I would've just called
the NFL's bluff, pressed on, and taken my
chances....[etc]
I think most of the casinos claim that the admission covers the food,
drinks, souvenirs, giveaways, etc, not for watching the game.
Scot
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos Lebron [mailto:caleb…@…net]
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 5:43 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] One for Ripley's (got plans for a Casino Super
Bowl party?)
I'll agree with anyone who thinks a) the NFL front
office needs to get over itself, and b) Paul Tagliabue
is an <<fill in your own derogatory term here>>.
However, the basic problem was the charging of
admission. The casinos holding events, but not asking
anyone buy a ticket to get in don't need to change
their plans.
And I'm betting there are plenty of casinos in LV
putting out extra goodies for their customers on SB
Sunday and still not charging admission. They give
things away the rest of the year to attract people to
the joint, so why not now?
All this really means is that the casino's GM has to
tell his marketing people, "We want some sort of event
to coincide with the Super Bowl. We can't charge
admission anymore. Figure out a way to get people in,
but at a lower cost. You have nearly a year to work
on it."
It will be interesting to see what some of them come
up with.
carlos
--- Scot Krause <krauseinvegas@worldnet.att.net>
wrote:
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I think most of the casinos claim that the admission
covers the food,
drinks, souvenirs, giveaways, etc, not for watching
the game.
Scot
-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos Lebron [mailto:caleb…@…net]
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 5:43 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] One for Ripley's (got plans for
a Casino Super
Bowl party?)
I'll agree with anyone who thinks a) the NFL front
office needs to get over itself, and b) Paul Tagliabue
is an <<fill in your own derogatory term here>>.
However, the basic problem was the charging of
admission. The casinos holding events, but not asking
anyone buy a ticket to get in don't need to change
their plans.
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And I'm betting there are plenty of casinos in LV
putting out extra goodies for their customers on SB
Sunday and still not charging admission. They give
things away the rest of the year to attract people to
the joint, so why not now?All this really means is that the casino's GM has to
tell his marketing people, "We want some sort of event
to coincide with the Super Bowl. We can't charge
admission anymore. Figure out a way to get people in,
but at a lower cost. You have nearly a year to work
on it."It will be interesting to see what some of them come
up with.carlos
--- Scot Krause <krauseinvegas@w...>
wrote:---------------------------------
I think most of the casinos claim that the admission
covers the food,
drinks, souvenirs, giveaways, etc, not for watching
the game.Scot
From: Carlos Lebron [mailto:calebron@s…]
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 5:43 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] One for Ripley's (got plans for
a Casino Super
Bowl party?)However, the basic problem was the charging of
admission. The casinos holding events, but not asking
anyone buy a ticket to get in don't need to change
their plans.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Carlos Lebron <calebron@s...> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
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Just have to let anyone into the viewing area for free. Wristbands
could keep the masses away from the food and drink stands.
The Edgewater had a MNF wristband party. Any $40 MNF bet got you the
wristband.