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  1. I’ve only noticed it on the email specials for delivery
  2. I’ve been 3 times to the tournament but also put in for the lottery every year so other family members can go for the first time. Rejected again. Is this what it’s like to be an Aggy when every time you say next year is our year?
  3. Formula One threatens to block Las Vegas clubs’ race views unless they pay millions in fees: sources (NY Post): Las Vegas hotspots are waving the red flag at Formula One — claiming its executives are threatening to block views of the posh car race unless they fork over millions of dollars in fees, The Post has learned. The red-hot racing league has demanded that venues along the 3.8-mile circuit — slated to run through the heart of Sin City during November’s Las Vegas Grand Prix — pay $1,500 per head for licensing rights, according to a letter to the venues obtained by The Post. For a restaurant or club with 1,500 seats, the tab would soar to a whopping $2.25 million — regardless of how many guests can catch views from their roof decks, terraces and dining areas. If clubs and restaurants refuse to pony up, sales reps for F1 — owned by billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Media — have warned that obstructions like barricades, stands and light stanchions could end up ruining the race for their customers, according to a source. “They are literally shaking people down saying they will obstruct views unless they pay them,” one hacked-off casino owner on The Strip told The Post. “It seems insane that they are asking money for a public event that is taking place in the streets.” Sources also claim that salespeople working for Renee Wilm, the Las Vegas Grand Prix CEO and Liberty Media’s chief legal officer, have even threatened that lights will be shined toward the viewing areas of unlicensed venues, blinding guests trying to get a peek at the nighttime race. “There is a real chance of obstructing views with stands and barricades,” one source close to the situation said. “I know the hotels are upset about it and they are trying to figure out if they’ll play along.” The letter sent to venues like Planet Hollywood and Black Tap Craft Burgers and Beer — which are along the race route — comes with a subtle threat worthy of Vegas pioneer and infamous mobster Bugsy Siegel, sources said. “Las Vegas Grand Prix will use reasonable efforts to maintain sightedness from licensee’s venue to the track/race,” according to the overview of the F1 proposal reviewed by The Post. “The license fee will equal the maximum occupancy of licensee’s venue (per fire code) multiplied by $1,500.” The big worry is that Vegas venues will be forced to pass the fees along to their high-rolling customers in the form of stratospheric cover charges that could soar past $2,000 a head, according to a Las Vegas executive who spoke on the condition of anonymity. While Formula One may charge similar fees at other street course locales like Monaco, Las Vegas venues want high rollers to come and gamble several times a year. If customers spend too much money on this trip, they may not come back again soon, the executive insisted. The Vegas executive added he has direct knowledge of a venue that in recent days told Formula One it would not pay for licensing. In response, F1 is pressuring Las Vegas Grand Prix official sponsors to get that venue to cough up the cash, the source said. “There is a certain line they are crossing [by] telling someone who has spent billions on their property that you are shutting the Strip down for construction and then asking them to pay for seats,” the source close to the situation said. “They are trying to limit people’s ability to capitalize on the race.” Hotels like the Venetian and Wynn are already paying roughly between $2 million and $10 million each to be official race sponsors and are not being asked to pay more for having rooms that face the course. But F1 is still asking some of their restaurants to pay the licensing fees, sources said. What Formula One is doing is probably not illegal, the source said, although it looks opportunistic. “They own the right to the race so it would be hard for a venue to prove damages,” the source said. The three days of events, culminating with Saturday night’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, will run from Nov. 16-18. It is estimated that as many 300,000 F1 fans will attend. Ticket packages for the public have not sold out, according to the Formula One website. The average ticket price for the three-day package is already $6,651, almost 50 percent more expensive as the $4,600 price for the Miami Grand Prix, according to a study by King Casino Bonus. “$8,000 per person for Heineken House?” an F1 fan said on their social media account referring to the three-level structure that will be next to the track and have DJs and all-inclusive food and beverage. “As a true F1 fan, very disappointing that nothing at the Las Vegas Grand Prix is affordable — but there are tickets available. Guess I will stick with general admission passes for Austin and Miami.” Run-of-the-mill hotel rooms for the weekend are charging $1,000 a night. Add the $6,651 average race tickets for three days — or the jacked-up cover to go to a restaurant with good views — and flights and it could easily become a $15,000 weekend for a couple before gambling. Beer Park is officially partnered with Formula One and is charging $5,500 for full, three-day access to the venue’s indoor space including food and beverages, with over 75 HDTVs as well as the 9,000-square-foot outdoor terrace with trackside views. Formula One is paying Madison Square Gardens’ Sphere arena nearly $10 million for its empty parking lot to put up its own stands. Previous F1 races in the US, like the Miami Grand Prix, have been held on tracks that are contained within one venue. But the Ferraris and Red Bulls racing down the Las Vegas Blvd. (the Strip) straightaway at speeds topping 200 mph will zoom past The Mirage, Caesars Palace, Drai’s Beachclub, the Bellagio and Cosmopolitan on Las Vegas Boulevard (the Strip). The 17 sharp turns will take drivers past Planet Hollywood on Harmon Ave. and around the newly built Las Vegas Sphere and Wynn Resorts on Sands Avenue. John Malone’s Liberty has made a fortune from Formula One, valuing the racing organization at $8.8 billion when it took control in 2016. Sportico said last month it is now worth $17.1 billion thanks partly to the Netflix “Drive to Survive” series. A Liberty spokeswoman did not return calls, and nor did Renee Wilm. https://nypost.com/2023/07/23/f1-threatens-to-block-las-vegas-clubs-race-views-unless-they-pay-millions-sources/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=message_app
  4. This twitter account is good to check out for solid local Asian cuisine
  5. Depending on where you are staying you could rent a car right from your hotel, drive up to Mt Charleston and have lunch. It’s 45 mins away and 7,700 feet in altitude. Temps usually about 30 degrees cooler than the Strip. Pretty fun little summer trip if you don’t have other things to do. Link below. My last trip I rented a Lambo for 4 hours and drove it out and around Red Rocks by Summerlin. Awesome time but not cheap. You could go shoot machine guns. I think that is an indoor activity. All the food is great at Lotus. My last trip I tried the red curry duck and it was fantastic. I think I get pad thai every time also. https://www.mtcharlestonlodge.com/about
  6. No selfies at the Miranda Lambert show at Planet Hollywood please and thank you (video in link):
  7. I think that is accurate. I was considering going with my dad and came to the same conclusion. Maybe we will try for year 2 or 3.
  8. Free parking at Venetian/Palazzo ends August 15. New owner Apollo making their changes.
  9. That is some serious run bad. Yikes. You’d think that Aria would run a tournament better and not hose you like that. Not good.
  10. How to Make Money by Losing $300,000 a Year on Slot Machines Millions of people tune in to see others tackle the casino mainstay. ‘It’s fun to watch somebody else play with their money while you’re sitting on your couch drinking a beer.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/gambling-watching-slot-machines-online-9bfc1345
  11. Went thru the self checkout today and an employee was checking everyone on the ID thing. I asked and she said about 10% are using someone else’s Costco card. Just more anecdotal evidence.
  12. Ellis Island casino. It’s right behind Paris/Bally’s. $5 minimum with 3/2 payouts and friendly dealers. When you go, see if they are running any promotions to get a players card.
  13. New poker room in Vegas: After 11 years, poker will soon be back on the menu at the Tropicana Las Vegas. Trop owner Bally’s has signed a deal with Washington state’s Maverick Gaming to operate a poker room. The hope is it will attract customers by offering low stakes and the “lowest rakes in town,” according to an announcement by Maverick. The Maverick Gaming Poker Room will open in June, with more details of the grand opening expected to be announced soon, according to Jeremy Weinstein, CMO for Maverick. The deal will include the expansion of Bally’s Big Bet Poker live stream and TV show to the Tropicana. The show will feature poker player and Maverick CEO Eric Persson and other big names in poker playing for high stakes in a dedicated broadcast studio located adjacent to the poker room. The Trop’s poker room closed in September 2012 and was replaced by rows of bankable slot machines. ‘Black Friday’ Poker Room The Tropicana hasn’t had a poker room since 2012. Its last was short-lived and ill-fated. With former WSOP champion Jamie Gold as its ambassador, it had the misfortune to open on April 15, 2011, a day known to poker players as “Black Friday.” It was the day that the US Department of Justice indicted the three largest online poker sites serving US players for violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), effectively shutting down the online poker market. In the short term, the cessation of online poker might have seemed like a good thing for a live poker room. But in reality, the online game feeds the live game by attracting more players and swelling tournament pools through online satellites. Maverick CEO Maverick currently owns four commercial casinos in Nevada and three in Colorado. The company began buying poker rooms in Washington state like they were going out of fashion after the Supreme Court defanged The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA), the federal prohibition on sports betting. Persson was banking on the state legalizing commercial sports betting to licensed gaming venues. But lawmakers had different ideas. When they passed a tribal-only bill in 2020, Persson sued the state and federal governments, arguing that the monopoly was unconstitutional. When a judge ruled against him in February, Persson indicated he would fight the issue to the US Supreme Court. The Tropicana is owned by the real estate investment trust Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc, while Bally’s is the casino operator. The two companies recently signed a deal with MLB’s Oakland A’s to build a $1.5 billion, 30,000-seat baseball stadium on nine acres of land near the Tropicana, which will be demolished. https://www.casino.org/news/tropicana-casino-lv-to-get-maverick-gaming-poker-room/
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