Big news in Las Vegas this week is Kardashian Khaos opening in August at Mirage.
Photo: Las Vegas Sun
I’m amazed that people are still into the Kardashian thing enough to open a store for them. This is another place I don’t need to visit. Thankfully it’s a klothing store and I can easily avoid it…unless Kim is in the house.
I was away this weekend and didn’t have a chance to get last weeks posts up for review. Enjoy looking back. I should be back with some new things later this week. You can check my posterous to see what I was up to last week.
I’ll be taking off for a little fun in the sun for a few days. Keep an eye on twitter for updates and posterous for pics. I’ll be back mid next week. Enjoy Rocket From The Crypt in the meantime.
The Borgata, in Atlantic City, had their casino license extended for 5 more years.
Half of it is up for sale with no owner in sight, but the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa is the best thing the nation’s second-largest casino market has going for it right now.
Largely for that reason, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission granted the Borgata a new five-year license Thursday, assuming the ownership will work itself out in the coming year or two.
There is no surprise to this extension. The Borgata is easily the shining star in Atlantic City. While every casino’s revenues in Atlantic City are falling, the Borgata has been dropping less. I’m curious to see who steps up to buy MGM’s half of this casino. Maybe that will happen when revenues stop falling every month.
Photo: Flickr: Samthegirl
Damn, that’s slow drive across the Las Vegas strip in traffic gets billed at $30 per hour!? I’ve never realized that before. Thankfully insane cab fees are going to be reviewed next week.
When cabs slow to less than 12 mph, wait time is assessed at $30 an hour, or 20 cents for every 24 seconds the cab is stopped or running at the low speed.
Another major issue being looked at next week are “long hauls” from Mccarran Airport to strip hotels.
Long-hauling occurs when a customer hires a taxi at McCarran International Airport, usually asking to go to a Strip or downtown location, and is taken there by way of the airport connector tunnel.
The Taxicab Authority has regulations prohibiting the practice, but there are exceptions that allow drivers to take their customers the longer, more expensive route.
Cab drivers always get angry when I tell cabs at McCarran to please avoid the tunnel. Some get upset because they won’t do that and some because they want to make a quick buck. I hate having to do that, but it’s worth remembering to save a few bucks to buy another drink. In general cab drivers don’t mess with me when I tell them I’m from New York, but I’m sure I’ve been taken out of my way for no reason.
Hopefully the zoned fare proposal and other ideas are seriously looked at so that the cab drivers can’t take unsuspecting tourists on a ride that costs them way more than it should.
Photo: Flickr: MathTeacherGuy
I was checking the 2010 NBA Draft Prop bets last night and found some interesting opportunities and figured I’d share them. I love the NBA draft because it’s right after the end of the season and followed closely by free agency. This is the time where the losing teams get ready to turn things around for next year. I find building the team as much fun as playing the season.
Odds are from sportsbook,com. click any prop to get to sportsbook.
2010 NBA Draft – Wesley Johnson – He will play his first NBA Regular Season Game for
Twolves -130
Any Other Team -1102010 NBA Draft – John Wall – He will play his first NBA Regular Season Game for
Wizards -1000
Any Other Team +5502010 NBA Draft – Evan Turner – He will play his first NBA Regular Season Game for
76ers -300
Any Other Team +200
