In a message dated 1/25/2003 9:44:14 PM Pacific Standard Time,
artcontrol@lvcm.com writes:
> less money spent by same in the casino, hotel, and
> restaurants, less tips, and so on.Exactly. A lot of my "profit" ends up with the cocktail waitresses. A lot
of it ends up as tips to the restaurant staff where I might have a comped
meal. Maybe if enough people walk, the cocktail waitresses and wait staff
will get fed up with the lousy remaining tips, and walk as well. Then what
will the casino do? (I know that at the Suncoast, one CW quit on New
Year's
Eve with no notice. Maybe she knew something was going to happen.)
-- Steve in LV
I've got to believe that, when deciding which VP machines to install, remove,
upgrade, or downgrade, Slot Directors do not take into consideration how much
money the cocktail waitresses are making.
If a CW quits, she can be replaced instantly. If there are fewer customers,
but the hold is the same as before, the casino will love it--management can
lay off floor people, change people, techs, and CWs and save operating costs.
Profit goes up.
This is a very complex issue. The machines downgraded by Coast do not exist
in a vacuum, but Coast will probably act as if they do. Comparing holds on
the 9/7s vs. 10/7s, and NSUDs vs. FPDW is easy and "makes sense," but is
simplistic. The greater ramifications of downgrading hundreds of machines are
harder to analyze. There are many variables involved, they are hard to define
and harder to pin down. They downgrade machines and now the restaurants are
making less money. The Sportsbook's handle is down. The movie theaters have
fewer customers. Do they make cause-and-effect connections? Almost certainly
not! How can Coast management be convinced that downgrading these machines
will cost them money? Lots of people have to tell them so, verbally and in
writing, and then take their business somewhere else!
Brian
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