http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/ by Andrew Calvo Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/comment-page-1/#comment-14009 Merrill Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:47:00 +0000 http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-14009 I worked there up till about six of seven months until the end. As a worker there I can tell you Starwood cut back ALOT on what Morris Wilkins (The original owner and partner with Caesar's) and ITT did with the property. A lot of things were cut back. Adult nights were ended in lieu of transporting people over to a sister resort. Staff was cut (Cafe attendants did double duty running the Gift Shop. Entertainment was cut (I still to this day don't understand why they went from Bands to Fireworks) All in all the last years of Brookdale weren't that grand. Yes the Caesar's name was lost (but that was a given due to the sale of the resorts from ITT who initially kept the casinos then sold them to Park Place Entertainment) I think it was just a lack of understand at what the property could be by The Powers That Be. Merrill (Former Cook/ Cafe Attendant Caesar's Brookdale) I worked there up till about six of seven months until the end. As a worker there I can tell you Starwood cut back ALOT on what Morris Wilkins (The original owner and partner with Caesar’s) and ITT did with the property. A lot of things were cut back. Adult nights were ended in lieu of transporting people over to a sister resort. Staff was cut (Cafe attendants did double duty running the Gift Shop. Entertainment was cut (I still to this day don’t understand why they went from Bands to Fireworks) All in all the last years of Brookdale weren’t that grand. Yes the Caesar’s name was lost (but that was a given due to the sale of the resorts from ITT who initially kept the casinos then sold them to Park Place Entertainment) I think it was just a lack of understand at what the property could be by The Powers That Be.
Merrill (Former Cook/ Cafe Attendant Caesar’s Brookdale)

]]> http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/comment-page-1/#comment-13491 sue Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:17:30 +0000 http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-13491 My family and I have been a regular to Brookdale for over 10yrs and when they closed it we were all very sad it was our home away from home..We see that they still haven't opened anything yet. I was wondering is there any news on whats going to be there or maybe they might open another family resort. ( I guess that is wishful thinking) Why would they take away something that so many family's loved.. We still can't find another family resort like Brookdale. We are trying another resort that is about 45min away in Aug. So we are going to take a drive to Brookdale just to take a look at what we miss so much.. The Palminteri Family... My family and I have been a regular to Brookdale for over 10yrs and when they closed it we were all very sad it was our home away from home..We see that they still haven’t opened anything yet. I was wondering is there any news on whats going to be there or maybe they might open another family resort. ( I guess that is wishful thinking) Why would they take away something that so many family’s loved..
We still can’t find another family resort like Brookdale. We are trying another resort that is about 45min away in Aug. So we are going to take a drive to Brookdale just to take a look at what we miss so much..
The Palminteri Family…

]]> http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/comment-page-1/#comment-14953 sue Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:17:00 +0000 http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-14953 My family and I have been a regular to Brookdale for over 10yrs and when they closed it we were all very sad it was our home away from home..We see that they still haven't opened anything yet. I was wondering is there any news on whats going to be there or maybe they might open another family resort. ( I guess that is wishful thinking) Why would they take away something that so many family's loved.. We still can't find another family resort like Brookdale. We are trying another resort that is about 45min away in Aug. So we are going to take a drive to Brookdale just to take a look at what we miss so much.. The Palminteri Family... My family and I have been a regular to Brookdale for over 10yrs and when they closed it we were all very sad it was our home away from home..We see that they still haven’t opened anything yet. I was wondering is there any news on whats going to be there or maybe they might open another family resort. ( I guess that is wishful thinking) Why would they take away something that so many family’s loved..
We still can’t find another family resort like Brookdale. We are trying another resort that is about 45min away in Aug. So we are going to take a drive to Brookdale just to take a look at what we miss so much..
The Palminteri Family…

]]> http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/comment-page-1/#comment-6029 Jason Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:31:04 +0000 http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-6029 Rumor has it Silverleaf did not close the deal. While I was in the Poconos last week, I took the tour of another timeshare. The timeshare salesperson told me "Silverleaf pulled out, I have some friends who applied to sell timeshares at that property, and it's a no-go." I stayed at a Silverleaf property in the Berkshires this weekend and was told by a sales rep "I'm not sure that Siverleaf closed the deal." In regards to the Hilllsdale property. Who knows?? Rumor has it Silverleaf did not close the deal. While I was in the Poconos last week, I took the tour of another timeshare. The timeshare salesperson told me “Silverleaf pulled out, I have some friends who applied to sell timeshares at that property, and it’s a no-go.” I stayed at a Silverleaf property in the Berkshires this weekend and was told by a sales rep “I’m not sure that Siverleaf closed the deal.” In regards to the Hilllsdale property. Who knows??

]]> http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/comment-page-1/#comment-14951 Jason Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:31:00 +0000 http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-14951 Rumor has it Silverleaf did not close the deal. While I was in the Poconos last week, I took the tour of another timeshare. The timeshare salesperson told me "Silverleaf pulled out, I have some friends who applied to sell timeshares at that property, and it's a no-go." I stayed at a Silverleaf property in the Berkshires this weekend and was told by a sales rep "I'm not sure that Siverleaf closed the deal." In regards to the Hilllsdale property. Who knows?? Rumor has it Silverleaf did not close the deal. While I was in the Poconos last week, I took the tour of another timeshare. The timeshare salesperson told me “Silverleaf pulled out, I have some friends who applied to sell timeshares at that property, and it’s a no-go.” I stayed at a Silverleaf property in the Berkshires this weekend and was told by a sales rep “I’m not sure that Siverleaf closed the deal.” In regards to the Hilllsdale property. Who knows??

]]> http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/comment-page-1/#comment-14952 Jason Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:31:00 +0000 http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-14952 Rumor has it Silverleaf did not close the deal. While I was in the Poconos last week, I took the tour of another timeshare. The timeshare salesperson told me "Silverleaf pulled out, I have some friends who applied to sell timeshares at that property, and it's a no-go." I stayed at a Silverleaf property in the Berkshires this weekend and was told by a sales rep "I'm not sure that Siverleaf closed the deal." In regards to the Hilllsdale property. Who knows?? Rumor has it Silverleaf did not close the deal. While I was in the Poconos last week, I took the tour of another timeshare. The timeshare salesperson told me “Silverleaf pulled out, I have some friends who applied to sell timeshares at that property, and it’s a no-go.” I stayed at a Silverleaf property in the Berkshires this weekend and was told by a sales rep “I’m not sure that Siverleaf closed the deal.” In regards to the Hilllsdale property. Who knows??

]]> http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/comment-page-1/#comment-5869 Jason Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:03:16 +0000 http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-5869 Silverleaf Resorts purchased the property. I took a drive by the property over the weekend, the landscape is being well mainained. They should be selling timeshares there real soon. Silverleaf Resorts purchased the property. I took a drive by the property over the weekend, the landscape is being well mainained. They should be selling timeshares there real soon.

]]> http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/comment-page-1/#comment-14949 Jason Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:03:00 +0000 http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-14949 Silverleaf Resorts purchased the property. I took a drive by the property over the weekend, the landscape is being well mainained. They should be selling timeshares there real soon. Silverleaf Resorts purchased the property. I took a drive by the property over the weekend, the landscape is being well mainained. They should be selling timeshares there real soon.

]]> http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/comment-page-1/#comment-14950 Jason Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:03:00 +0000 http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-14950 Silverleaf Resorts purchased the property. I took a drive by the property over the weekend, the landscape is being well mainained. They should be selling timeshares there real soon. Silverleaf Resorts purchased the property. I took a drive by the property over the weekend, the landscape is being well mainained. They should be selling timeshares there real soon.

]]> http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2008/03/19/starwoods-caesars-brookdale-in-the-poconos-sold-to-silverleaf-resorts/comment-page-1/#comment-5530 Jim Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:25:22 +0000 http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/?p=173#comment-5530 I can't believe they sold Brookdale......We took our kids there 1-2 times a year for approx 10 years and they had an awesome resort for families. We have not found anything close to the awesome times shared there. I think they should reconsider and buy back or open under the same venue. We actually went by there not to long ago and the whole resort is just sitting there with nothing going on, such a shame to waste a secluded wonderland!!!!! I can’t believe they sold Brookdale……We took our kids there 1-2 times a year for approx 10 years and they had an awesome resort for families. We have not found anything close to the awesome times shared there. I think they should reconsider and buy back or open under the same venue. We actually went by there not to long ago and the whole resort is just sitting there with nothing going on, such a shame to waste a secluded wonderland!!!!!

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