Vegas Gang Podcast

We are back with a new show!

We discuss:

* MGM Mirage Expands to Egypt
* Tropicana Atlantic City Sells to Ichan
* Fontainebleau Files Chapter 11
* City of Dreams Opens on Cotai

Also, check out WinoTripping.com and Vegas Mate 2.

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Happy to be back after a little bit of a break. Lots to talk about, as always.

We discuss:

* MGM Mirage Pulls a Rabbit Out of its Hat
* Fontainebleau May Not Be Totally Screwed (we’ll see)
* UNLV Center for Gaming Research Trends

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Our special guest is casino expert Bill Zender, author of Casino-ology, a collection of his writings over the past several years. Zender was also a guest on Dr. Dave’s excellent UNLV podcast.

We discuss:

* Game Protection and the Future
* Casino Consolidation on The Strip
* MGM Mirage Selling Properties

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Vegas Gang #30 is online. It should show in iTunes or you can play it here below.

In this episode:

* February 2009 Gaming Numbers
* Listener Questions

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Vegas Gang #29 is online. It should show in iTunes or you can play it here below.

In this episode:

* Casino Photography Rules
* MGM Mirage vs. Dubai World
* Tropicana / Chapter 11
* Las Vegas Sands in Macau

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Vegas Gang #28 is online. It should show in iTunes or you can play it here below.

In this episode:

* Macau Update with George
* Bill Weidner Leaves Las Vegas Sands
* Economic Update: Cannery+Crown, M Resort

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Vegas Gang #27 is online. It should show in iTunes or you can play it here below.

In this episode:

* Boyd Offers to Buy Station Assets
* Wynn Resorts Q4 2008
* iPhone Card Counting Software Makes the Rounds
* 2008 Gaming Abstract Figures
* M Resort Opens Sunday

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Vegas Gang #26 is online. It should show in iTunes or you can play it here below.

In this episode:

* Atlantic City
* Las Vegas Economic Woes
* Tropicana Re-Brands as Value Property (!)
* City Center’s Harmon is Stunted

Also, be sure to check out the new podcast from the UNLV Center for Gaming Research. You can subscribe to that here: http://gaming.unlv.edu/podcast.html

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This special audio excerpt is an Encore Las Vegas ‘design roundtable’ featuring both the heads of Wynn Design and Development and the outside consultants they selected to help create the resort.

It was recorded live during Encore ‘media week’, January 15th, 2009.

Enjoy!

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Vegas Gang #25 is online. It should show in iTunes or you can play it here below.

In this episode:

* Harrah’s Suspends Caesars Palace Tower
* LVS v. ELAD v. WYNN
* Rumors Swirling Around The Mirage Sale
* Encore Media Week

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