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MGM Mirage Cutting City Center Project Condo Prices by 30%

MGM Mirage has finally bit the bullet and is reducing the prices of their condos at City Center by 30% – this seems to include both condos that have contracts out as well as condos not yet spoken for. This should speed up the process of closing on the existing contracts, as well as bringing new customers into the buying table.

Oct. 6, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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MGM Mirage Working on ‘MX’ and ‘Emblem’ Hotel Brands

MGM Mirage has been working on two new hotel brands for their MGM Mirage Hospitality Group – no word yet when they will appear, or even if both brands will appear, but the information I’ve managed to find out is still pretty interesting and demonstrates a new direction that MGM is looking to go in.

Jul. 2, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 1 comment | Continued
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Carl Icahn Close To Getting The Tropicana Atlantic City

Unless other bidders come out – Carl Icahn looks like he may be the newest owner of the Tropicana Atlantic City using a combination of cash and the bonds he already owns in the property as payment. This is a road Icahn has been down in the past – and is similar to what he’s also currently doing with MGM Mirage.

Apr. 25, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Dubai World Giving MGMMirage It’s Biggest Problem Yet

Dubai World has sued MGM Mirage to stop having to put money into the CityCenter Project – but this move may put MGMMirage in bankruptcy.

Mar. 24, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Tropicana’s New Marketing Push Mainly Intended For Las Vegas Property

Last week I wrote about the rebranding attempt by the owners of the Tropicana Atlantic City.. The only problem was the rebranding was mainly intended for the Tropicana Las Vegas property – with the hope that it can be extended to Atlantic City if Columbia Sussex is able to regain control of the property. Hmm. Interesting details the local papers leave out isn’t it?

Feb. 11, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Tropicana AC May Go To Auction, While the Owners Want to Rebrand It

The Tropicana Atlantic City’s owners are trying to convince the trustee to allow it to resume day to day ownership of the property and begin a re-branding campaign that will focus on low-cost and high service.

Feb. 3, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 1 comment | Continued
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MGM Mirage Looking To Sell Some Land in AC

MGM Mirage is looking to sell its Huron Ave plot – 14 acres located next to the Trump Marina (soon to be Margaritaville Casino) which would be a great idea – but only for specific purchasers.

Feb. 2, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Plans For FontaineBleau To Open In Atlantic City?

In the FontaineBleau’s video for their Las Vegas location a fly-over shot of Atlantic City was included – is this a hint of things to come, or was it a video editing error? I think its more likely an editing error – but it’s fun to think of a FontaineBleau location in Atlantic City!

Jan. 14, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Africa Israel Looking to Build Worlds Largest Hotel on Former W Las Vegas Land

Africa Israel announced plans to build the worlds largest hotel on Harmon Ave in Las Vegas – the location where the W Las Vegas was to be built, but construction wouldnt start until 2012 at the earliest.

Jan. 14, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Facts

Some hard facts on the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, including number of hotel rooms count, number of hotel/condo units and square footage

Jan. 10, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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MGM’s CityCenter’s Harmon Tower Getting Cut In Half

The Harmon Las Vegas, part of MGM’s CityCenter is only going to be 26 stories instead of 46 and the condo portion would be canceled – all because of contractor errors affecting the structural integrity if the building were to be built to full height.

Jan. 9, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued