interesting viewpoint on CC:
http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/lif...-for-optimism/
I feel like the honeymoon is over before it’s even started.
’ve been trying to cheerlead my ass off, but I have to face facts. I’m a lousy cheerleader.
Yay, Vdara’s open!
Yay, Crystals is open!
Yay, Mandarin Oriental is open!
Now what?
Aria.
Then what?
I … Don’t … Know.
What in the hell does Las Vegas need with two goddamn non-gaming hotels? Didn’t Trump already try that? Despite the size of the property, it’s still going to have one, single, solitary casino. Oh stop the presses, Vegas is getting a casino.
Reality is starting to rear its ugly head. We are now one week removed from City Center’s official open, and I have yet to go back. I haven’t wanted to do so. There is nothing to do there except shop for diamonds, and ride a tram.
Granted, they don’t have a casino yet, but for christ’s sake, there are already 200 casinos in the Las Vegas Valley. Pick a game, any game, and I can go and play it right now. Are tourists really hoarding their gambling cash so that they can run em-masse and drop it at a table in Aria?
How much better can it really be than Planet Hollywood across the street? What criteria would Aria have to meet for the Vegas gambler to call it the greatest casino ever built?
I almost don’t want it to open because deep down I know that it’s written a check that it simply can’t cash. I fear that everyone likes the idea of City Center more than they will like City Center itself.