An Open Letter to Las Vegas Casino Executives
HOW TO GET TRAVELERS BACK TO LAS VEGAS
Dear Casino Executives, Please bring back the fun! Tourists swarmed to Las Vegas because it was a very economical way to bring your wife or girlfriend on a 3 day escape holiday for not a lot of money. Rooms were reasonably priced at $29 or $39 per night. Shrimp cocktails were only 1.99 cents! A prime rib dinner was under 10 bucks. There were lounge acts at every hotel casino.
RELEVANT EXCERPTS from today's, May 5, 2020, Las Vegas Review Journal - Casino CEO's Pay Eclipses that of workers. As I wrote later in this OP ED piece; the "skim" has been replaced with million dollar salaries. Topping the list is Mr. Adelson, CEO, Sands Corp. at 24.7 million per year, next, Wynn CEO Matt Maddox at $13.9 million, Boyd Gaming, CEO, Keith Smith at $9.6 million, Caesar's Entertainment, CEO, Tony Rodio earns $4.8 million per annum, and this makes the $2 million paycheck that Red Rock Resorts, Frank Fertitta III, seem reasonable. All I'm saying is put some of this money back into player development and bring back the Vegas fun that we grew up with.
STOP THE GOUGE! Lose the Resort Fee b.s....we know we can use your pool. We all have internet with our phone service! And parking? C'mon, if tourists want to hop from property to property they get juiced for $100 a day in parking. And finally, how about letting your customers win a few bucks once in a while? Would it be terrible to go back to two deck blackjack and increase the odds on your slot machines?
In Las Vegas hey days, players would get picked up at the airport in hotel limos, comped dinners, rooms, shows, and even gifted if they were serious players. This isn't complicated. The "skim" has been replaced with Casino executives annual incomes in the millions. Do you really want customers to come back and party? Sharpen your pencils, tighten your belts and bring back the fun! Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. And, while you're scratching your heads trying to figure out how to bring the players back, how about bringing back KENO and the 24 hour coffee shops? This isn't Rocket Surgery!
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4 年How about the casinos get together and develop a comprehensive CV19 prevention plan. Get out in front of the problem. Most people are not traveling to Vegas or anywhere else until there is a vaccine and near 100% testing. Casinos can't develop a vaccine, but they can work with the State of Nevada to provide testing, PPE for ALL employees, social distance strategies (have you ever seen a casino with EVERY slot machine in use? ). Work on it, JS!
Vip Sports Associate at BetMGM
4 年those are some good thoughts of some basics but reality sets in- but yes they need to look at there data base and what they offer which in the end we are here to entertainment- and build on making it fun and give the guest a reason to come out and visit! don't need to kill the goose but just massage it a little and add what is the wheel- that got us here- and in the end remember - kiss- keep it simple s--- and some how we will become better and stronger through it all
Stephen P. Dubin MD at Wound MD. Medical Director Home Health and Dr. Forte Family Practice at Dubin Medical Consultants Inc
4 年Great suggestions. Let's hope someone is listening