Jul
1
Cotai’s Upcoming Nightlife Boom
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In my last post, as I was busy plugging my new site DailyDoseofVegas.com, I rambled on a bit about how important nightclubs and nightlife has become to Las Vegas. It really is pretty amazing how Las Vegas has transformed itself from a gambling and $5 buffet destination to the nightlife and entertainment capital of the United States. At this point, around half of the revenue generated on the Las Vegas Strip is non-gaming. I dont know the figures in Macao, but if I had to guess, Read more
Jun
26
Introducing: DailyDoseofVegas.com
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How could I write about Cotai, Manila Bay, and the global casino business, but not write about Vegas? So now I introduce to you Daily Dose of Vegas, which is basically a news blog / aggregator of the most relevant and interesting items in the press, the Vegas blog community, and other Vegas websites, brought to you on a daily basis (or almost daily basis).
Since there are already a lot of great blogs out there already about Vegas, I thought I could add more value by scouring the web each day and bringing them all together on one site, along with all the mainstream media news out there. My goal is to focus mainly on the Las Vegas casino and tourism industry Read more
Jun
26
Which Macao casino company is investing in Russia’s Azov City?
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Many of you may not be aware of this, or if you are aware you dont care, or if you do care you dont believe it, but there are plans for a huge Las Vegas style casino destination planned for somewhere in Russia. The details are:
The casino town will be spread over 2,000 hectares and have 50 hotels with a planned 35,000 thousand rooms. It’ll even have its own airport and a small port on a specially constructed island for the super-rich arriving in yachts. When it’s finished, Azov City is expected to have a population of around 60,000.
But thats not why Im writing this. Doing a little digging today, I came across this quote Read more
Jun
25
Three quick Cotai articles
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Away from Stanley Ho’s SJM IPO, things are kind of slow. Here are three quickies for you: Read more
Jun
23
SJM IPO looks to be a go
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Recent press reports are saying that Stanley Ho’s SJM launched the marketing of its IPO today. The company hopes to raise up to US$654 with the stock planned to start trading July 10th. This has been a long time in coming so lets hope it gets done. Im sure we would all love to have another public company to follow.
Jun
19
Singapore vs. Macau
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“Macau doesn’t seem to know what it wants from its casino industry. Singapore does”
Hows that for an opening line? That quote comes courtesy of Inside Asian Gaming from an article titled “Orderly Competitor“. Read more
Jun
17
Two new Macao photo galleries
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Some good new photos of Macau casinos: Read more
Jun
17
What about Taipa?
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Cotai, Cotai, Cotai…all I ever talk about is Cotai. What about Taipa? You cant have Cotai without Taipa, because then you’d just have “Co”.
Its about time Taipa gets its due in the blog, so here are two quick stories about Taipa: Read more
Jun
17
I have a post about this on GlobalCasinoBoom.com for those who care.
Jun
16
Four Seasons Hotel Macao hiring
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We will be seeing a lot more of this over the next few years, but in much, much bigger numbers. The Four Seasons is relatively small compared to everything else that will be popping up in Cotai and the Cotai Strip® hotel complex.
Macau Daily Times reports: Read more
Jun
13
SJM IPO Part II…or is it Part III?
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To be honest, ive lost track of how many times SJM has been rumored to try and pull off an IPO. With the recent restrictions in Macau making life easier for the current casinos and putting a halt to future competition, maybe things will go smoother this go around. Although, if you take a look at the recent stock Read more
Jun
12
G2E Asia field trip blog at GamingFloor.com
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Ian from GamingFloor.com attended the recent G2E Asia, and we are lucky enough that he decided to chronicle the trip on his forum. Make sure you check it out because there is some good insight and great tidbits throughout his multi-day trip blog.