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Cosmopolitan Las Vegas – Finally Open!

| December 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
Cosmopolitan Las Vegas – Finally Open!

The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas’s opening today is being written about, and broadcast on almost every major and minor news/blogging outlet in the world today (along the Bellagio’s robbery) – I’ll save my readers from the fluff of how great the property is and how many restaurants it has and the like, if you’re looking for [...]

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Riviera Finally Might Be Under Starwood Capitals Control

| July 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

All the news out of Vegas in the past few days has been about the Riveria being put into bankruptcy, with Starwood Capital being one if the mortgage holders who pushed for the bankruptcy filing. My friends over at VegasChatter seem to think this could be the first Barry Sternlicht-ing of Vegas since the days [...]

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Starwood Capital Now Has The Rio Casino In It’s Sights

| April 26, 2010 | 0 Comments

Another day, another casino on its way to being bought out for cheap. Another day, another casino in the sights of the Starwood Capital Group. What’s going on here? It’s interesting to watch how Starwood Capital has shown so much interest in Las Vegas casinos over the past month or so – the past few [...]

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MGM Mirage Cutting City Center Project Condo Prices by 30%

| October 6, 2009 | 0 Comments

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.

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MGM Mirage Working on ‘MX’ and ‘Emblem’ Hotel Brands

| July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment
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.

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Carl Icahn Close To Getting The Tropicana Atlantic City

| April 25, 2009 | 0 Comments

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.

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Dubai World Giving MGMMirage It’s Biggest Problem Yet

| March 24, 2009 | 0 Comments

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

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Tropicana’s New Marketing Push Mainly Intended For Las Vegas Property

| February 11, 2009 | 0 Comments

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?

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Tropicana AC May Go To Auction, While the Owners Want to Rebrand It

| February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

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.

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MGM Mirage Looking To Sell Some Land in AC

| February 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
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.

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Plans For FontaineBleau To Open In Atlantic City?

| January 14, 2009 | 0 Comments

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!

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