Fontainebleau Opens

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Originally Posted by DGenBen

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Originally Posted by accountinquestion

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Originally Posted by MisterV

That makes sense I guess..."fools and their money" and all that.

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He's not wrong .. but it seems possible to me if marketed correctly you could possibly turn the property into a profitable successful place. The alternative is to flounder about bleeding money with nothing that makes you distinct from other properties.

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Exactly.

The bad location & lack of existing customer base is preventing it from drawing the customers that don’t care much about value at properties in the center of the strip due to the center strip experience.

So their best bet is to try something different to attract customers.

Just waiting around doing nothing while they’re losing 6 figures a day & waiting for the type of customers they were originally targeting to magically just start appearing is probably not the best strategy.

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I have a few issues with the food court at rw. No cash. Kiosks. Each section has the small of choice. But you know what? It is better than other options. Way better than mgm or caesars shit.

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Originally Posted by coach belly

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Originally Posted by redietz

The monorail becomes a key variable in whether people visit up or down the strip at all. I have no idea what percent of visitors actually use it.

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I'll walk blocks for miles in NYC, I'll walk the entire BW and back in AC.

But in Vegas, even the hike to catch the monorail doesn't seem worth the trouble.

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His thoughts on the subject made me reconsider if redietz had actually been to LV ...

But then I remembered he isn't a coward hiding behind a pseudonym

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Originally Posted by MDawg

Walking down the east side of the Strip, going south, people regularly pass from Venetian to Wynn, but after passing Encore, there is nothing but taco shops, commercial stores and a parking lot before arriving at Fontainebleau.

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Originally Posted by MDawg

When I am in the vicinity of Bally's or Paris, and headed south, I am headed to Venetian or Wynn, and the monorail doesn't stop at eithe

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Buy yourself a compass. It is north from Venetian/Wynn to Fontainebleau as well as north from Bally's Paris to Venetian/Wynn.

Mdawg mentioned the site just north of Fontainebleau (between Bleau and Sahara casino), where the basketball arena is currently under construction, but next to FB to the south, is a 10 acre lot currently owned by the convention center, where a proposed multi use development consisting of a hotel (no casino at this point), two towers of residential high-rise condominiums, restaurants, with outdoor seating and a theater.

The arena is being built, although currently there is no NBA basketball team announced, (I guess the Aces could play there). The other project is only proposed at this point and often these proposed projects never occur or take years and year. But if both of these were to occur it could substantially help with foot traffic in that area.

BUT, for years there has been different speculations of projects that would bring life to that area, so who knows.

Why do you think mdawg is confused?

I need to crash but let me rant. The last time I was hanging out in LV I got lots of free rooms. Actually bellagio has been offering me rooms free even on some weekends. I'm mid tier gambler at best.

But a few years ago I could basically I've for free on the strip by juggling offers and reupping on free strip days by hanging out at rr.

rr is a great casino. Far more like my back home casino. Theyl land wasn't so expensive so they have bowling alleys and movie theaters. But more importantly their food court was great..Baja fresh didn't fuck you like the strip.

Back at the strip one food court was Johnny rockets. The casino over also has the same johnny fucking rockets. And the casino over ... mediocre all over. Same shit different strip mall. Pathetic

UNKewlJ is right about the north/south aspect. When you spend all your time walking around coming out of tunnels, you're bound to know which direction is which.

North is towards downtown, south is towards the tunnels around Caesars which are one of the ones UNKewlJ inhabits.

Light at the end of the tunnel
Like hundreds of people, Paul Vautrinot once lived in the dark tunnels below Las Vegas. Now he’s helping others climb out

UNKewlJ should find this Paul character and seek help.

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Originally Posted by accountinquestion

Get help.

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Among the primary factors that lead to homelessness - mental illness.

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Originally Posted by accountinquestion

I'm a believer in psych-meds. I wish we could pass around a hat for KewlJ to go get checked out and look at being medicated.

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