Now that I’ve seen the inside, I’ve got something to say about Vdara and City Center. The guy in charge of it all says that it can’t be explained, only experienced, but I’m going to give it a shot since it’s sort of my job to explain these kinds of...

Is the law of supply and demand catching up with casino hotels in Las Vegas? Binion’s hotel downtown is closing, which may be a sign of things to come if casinos aren’t able to raise their room rates and/or maintain high occupancy. From the LV...

Harold S. Kushner. Conquering Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World. New York: Alfred F. Knopf, 2009. 192 pages. Humans are the only animals that fear the future–a consequence of the gift of foresight. Harold Kushner, best known as the author of...

I was doing some research in the 1997 time frame and happened across this quote in the July 1997 Casino Executive Magazine: “If you’re the last person to build that last $1 billion project in Las Vegas, you might be wishing you hadn’t spent your money...

The big talk at G2E has been the recession. Last year, it was how to fight it. This year, it’s how to survive it. Anyone else get the sense that we’re living in an age of rapidly diminishing expectations? Here’s a bit from the story from the LV...