Archive for October, 2008
The Bear Growls: McCarran Airport management stupidity
Friday, October 31st, 2008In a stupid decision, McCarran officials refuse to give the airport’s best customers the ability to pay for a line pass for TSA screening. This is especially galling in a city where line passes are routinely given out as perks to “good customers.” Here, the airport officials making this decision apparently failed to take into [...]
The Bear Growls: District Attorney helping sweep Harrah’s crimes under the rug
Thursday, October 30th, 2008The casino-hugging Clark County District Attorney, David Roger, is helping Harrah’s sweep the substandard building scandal under the rug. According to this news article, Harrah’s is essentially being given a free pass to correct its criminal behavior without penalty. The arraignment of Harrah’s itself on the criminal charges, as well as the arraignments of two [...]
The Bear Growls: Aquarius Laughlin sportsbook accused of cheating patron
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Originally posted on www.BJ21.com Green Chip, posted here with permission. An account of this incident also appears on SweatTheMoney.com, along with photos of the tickets referred to in the Gaming complaint. Following is a copy of a Gaming complaint filed by Bob Nersesian. I have edited out the names of the patron and the casino [...]
The Bear Growls: Chrissy Mazzeo is back
Thursday, October 16th, 2008From this article: It was a deja vu moment: There was former cocktail waitress Chrissy Mazzeo in an attorney’s office accusing Gov. Jim Gibbons of assaulting her in a parking garage. Her attorney claimed some of Nevada’s most powerful men had orchestrated a cover-up. She was mobbed by local media who shouted over each [...]
Bear Praise: Lucky’s sportsbook revisited
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Previously, I wrote: … Hopefully the new ownership will get rid of the twin failures, casino manager Navegante Group and sportsbook failure Lucky’s Race and Sports Book. Lucky’s is not even in the same league with the former independent book that was at Grand Sierra. Apparently undercapitalized and definitely paranoid, Lucky’s is an embarrassment. I [...]
The Bear Growls: Reno-area casino death watch list revisited; two of the eight already met the prediction
Saturday, October 4th, 2008On June 13, 2008, I posted: It appears that the current business plan for some Reno casinos is for present ownership to loot as much from them as quickly as they can, then let them go under. As a staunch Reno supporter for a decade, and as one who makes at least fifteen trips a [...]