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Episode #78 is up!

Listen here: http://www.vegasgangpodcast.com/2012/05/vegas-gang-78-may-17th-2012/

This time on the show:

- Special Guest Roger Gros

- SLS
- Echelon
- Wynn Cotai
- Stuart Mason

** Sure Bets **

Chuck - DIY Network - Bronson Pinshow Project
Dr. Dave - Internet Gaming Regulation Symposium
Hunter - Vegas Mate users
Roger - Boulder City, NV

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It feels like I've started my own cottage industry talking about SLS Las Vegas. It's a topic that people seem to be interested in and that they feel strongly about, and I feel I've got something to say because I talked to COO Rob Oseland last week. I shared my thoughts on last month's press release right here last month. After the jump, I'll talk about what I've written and share a little something new.

So, I have this survey that I put out there, designed for Vegas Mate users. I just want to know a few things about how you use the app, what you like and what you're missing.

I know, I know - I hate surveys too. This one is really short and doesn't ask for any personal information of any kind. It'd be swell if you took 2 minutes to fill it out.

Thanks.

http://ratevegas.wufoo.com/forms/vegas-mate-user-survey/

Go go Cotai.

Here's what it's going to look like.

That is all.

This article on the future development of MGM's Cotai project is a great view into what's wrong with a lot of modern casino design. Grant Bowie runs the operations for the company there:

We are searching globally for what are the world's best practices and, more importantly, what are the world's biggest consumer trends in global tourism and leisure destinations.

and:

... we don't want to make the decision of what it is going to look like yet, and specifically how we interact with the consumer, because in the 18 to 24 months that it takes us to get to that point in the design cycle, in high likelihood trends may have already changed.

Sure sounds like this will be a place built by focus groups.

Needless to say, I prefer the 'auteur-in-chief' approach that Wynn Design & Development uses for their projects. They may not always suit everyone's taste but at least they express someone's vision, not some conglomeration of 'trends in global tourism and leisure destinations'.

Episode #77 is up!

Listen here: http://www.vegasgangpodcast.com/2012/04/vegas-gang-77/

This time on the show:

This time on the show:

- D Las Vegas
- SLS Las Vegas
- Linq Las Vegas
- Sands Cotai Central
... and more...

** Sure Bets **

Chuck - Landry's - Biloxi
Dr. Dave - 2012 RD&E Experience Conference
Hunter - Instagram

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There's a bit of a mystery unfolding on the Strip thanks to Caesars Entertainment. Since the initial flurry that surrounded the initial announcement of Linq last August, we've heard precious little about the project, which will mostly be beneath, between and behind the Flamingo and Imperial Palace. After the jump, I take a look at what I consider the biggest unanswered question, and take a few guesses at possible answers.

We learned yesterday that all of the financing details for the soon-to-open SLS Las Vegas are in place. Well, actually, they aren't, and that's what makes this interesting.

Could the new Total Rewards signal more than an aesthetic shift for Caesars Entertainment? It's possible. Armed with a few images and my imagination, I'll take you on a little journey into the possible future...

Episode #76 is up!

Listen here: http://www.vegasgangpodcast.com/2012/03/vegas-gang-76-march-22nd-2012/

This time on the show:

This time on the show:

- Atlantic City
- Dennis Gomes
- The D / Fitz
- WynnLasVegas.com
- Roger Thomas in the New Yorker
- Palms Loses Playboy Club
- Cantor Taking Credit Cards

** Sure Bets **

Chuck - Hunter interview ; latest live album from Rush.
Dr. Dave - Tap City [Dr. Dave] [Amazon]
Hunter - iPad 3

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We've got a date!

Can't wait to have you join us for the second annual Vegas Internet Mafia Family Picnic. See you there!

So - remember that terrible Web site that the folks at Wynn launched, that everyone hated? Yeah, well, it's gone now.

Check out the new WynnLasVegas.com.

More traditional navigation. Booking engine on the home screen. Nice photos... Progress.

Maybe the last version was just a prank.

[thanks to a special tipster for letting us know the new site was going up.]

Episode #75 is up!

Listen here: http://www.vegasgangpodcast.com/2012/03/vegas-gang-75/

This time on the show:

Another installment of 'Meet the Gangsters', this time featuring... me - Hunter. You can find me on Twitter here: @hunter.

Huge thanks to Tim Dressen of Five Hundy By Midnight for taking the time to put this together.

and, though the article was never published, I sure would like that middle sentence back. See the guilty party after the jump.