TheMeeper Wrote:
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> I don't really like the new trend that's been
> happening out there over the past 10-15 years:
> casinos becoming high-end luxury shopping
> destinations. It's like every strip property
> nowadays has it's own version of Tysons Galleria
> inside it. I walk by these places and wonder if
> the stores even make enough money to justify their
> existence.
>
> Do people playing blackjack for a few hours and
> get up and say "Geee, I think I might need to stop
> in Banana Republic and by a nice shirt?", or "Give
> me 5 on the horn high yo, and by the way, what
> time does Abercrombie and Fitch open?".
>
> I realize casinos are trying to get back some of
> the cash people are winning, but enough is enough.
I don't think those shops are aimed at the blackjack players. I think Wynn is trying to cater to the Palm Springs/Hamptons rich bitch crowd and they put those stores in there for them. Last time I was out there, the Miracle Mile at Planet Hollywood was filled with 20-something Paris Hilton wannabes. In fact, almost everywhere I went the slot machines were mostly empty and many of the gaming tables had dust jackets on them. Different times in Vegas, that's for sure.
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