Originally Posted by
redietz
This "debate" is just silly. Lady Luck closed, I believe, in late 2005. Downtown Grand opened late 2014. It would be a very, very unusual business strategy to pump $100 million into renovating a property and retain machines more than 10 years old. Video poker machines, if I recall correctly, ballpark at about 15K each. So a place the size of the Lady Luck, maybe holding a max of what, a 100 video poker machines on the high end? You do the math.
The problem with some people's "common sense" is the lack of common sense. I don't think what television news somebody watches has much to do with the math of doing business or common sense, but, you know, that's just common sense.
Here's a brilliant fucking idea. Somebody ask them. "How many 10-year-old machines did you keep after spending $100 million on renovations?" Oh right, I'll be there Monday. I'll ask them.
Oh yeah, the property was described as "gutted" in multiple articles. So we're talking removing and storing 100 more-than-10-year-old video poker machines, then reinstalling them onto brand new carpeting and flooring to spiff up the place.
As some folks like to say, "It's not impossible. it could have happened."