Posted on 03/11/2011 8:32:10 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
Reporting from Las Vegas and Los Angeles — The Sahara hotel-casino, a Rat Pack-era jewel of the Las Vegas Strip that age and a prolonged recession had tarnished, will close in May, owner SBE Entertainment announced Friday morning.
Chief Executive Sam Nazarian, the Los Angeles nightclub impresario who purchased the Moroccan-themed casino in 2007 and vowed to restore its hipness, said in a statement that running the property was "no longer economically viable."
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It would be somewhat depressing to learn that 'anonymous' wasn't one of those guys. Because sitting across your other shoulder, if only you had looked, was...
...Ann Margret. :^)
I just returned to Seattle from the Biggest Litle City..
Can’t say it wasn’t fun, but they do have their work cut out for them, fixing their economy. I hope they steal
a few buisnesses from the left coast.
For every action, there is a reaction. SEIU hotel workers by their actions blatantly disregarded the other half of America who were not Obama voters. There's 49 other states in which we can choose to vacation and spend our money. Voting in Harry Reid verifies Nevadans haven't learned their lesson.
Big Labor's investment in Obama pays off
"We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama -- $60.7 million to be exact -- and we're proud of it," boasted Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, to the Las Vegas Sun this week. The behemoth labor organization's leadership is getting its money's worth. Whether rank-and-file workers and ordinary taxpayers are profiting from this ultimate campaign pay-for-play scheme is another matter entirely.
“The town will never be the same. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. Today it looks like Disneyland. And while the kids play cardboard pirates, Mommy and Daddy drop the house payments and Junior’s college money on the poker slots. In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played. Today, it’s like checkin’ into an airport. And if you order room service, you’re lucky if you get it by Thursday. Today, it’s all gone. You get a whale show up with four million in a suitcase, and some twenty-five-year-old hotel school kid is gonna want his Social Security Number. After the Teamsters got knocked out of the box, the corporations tore down practically every one of the old casinos. And where did the money come from to rebuild the pyramids? Junk bonds. But in the end, I wound up right back where I started. I could still pick winners, and I could still make money for all kinds of people back home. And why mess up a good thing? And that’s that.” - Casino
You were there too!? Ann did slip me a note to meet her and Juliet Prowse in their suite when I finished my milkshake.
They bring everyhody free drinks. Anything you want, just keep playing......
I love going to Vegas, but now that I am more familiar with the SEIU Unions, I’ll have to think twice about supporting them in any way.
What a totally cool story!
I used to live in Vegas, in Little Havana, underneath the old Bob Stupak’s Las Vegas World. I loved it...didn’t gamble, but man, the shows were cool, the buffets were cheap, and good, and you could grab breakfast at 4 in the morning!
Did you raise your glass to the Rat packers behind you and nod your head “thanks”?
Cool story!
Ed
To 26 - Certainly cannot find fault with your taste in women.
A Showgirl for me ;-)
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