I don't think anyone else has brought this up, either out of respect for Mr. Mendelson or out of a lack of empathy for Mr. Mendelson, not sure which. But let me say this.
I'm not sure how long Mr. Mendelson was Seven Stars, but it was for a stretch, and he seems to have been a loyal CET/Harrah's customer forever. I find it utterly horrendous, both as a business practice and a diss to a longtime customer, that CET did not make any attempt to carry Mr. Mendelson as a Seven Stars for a year or two with room benefits even if he technically didn't qualify. Here's a man who (1) donated a fair share each year, (2) gave CET good and repeated press, and (3) was a high profile journalist who got married at a current CET property. And you mean nobody in CET's management stepped up and said, "Duh, let's carry this guy for a year or two?"
It boggles my mind. Is CET that tone deaf? Do they just use up customers and spit them out with no aforethought? Don't they care if a media personality has nary a bad word to say about them? It actually frightens me that a company could be so unyielding and insensitive with one of its older loyal customers. Here's a guy who was Seven Stars for years, who has had a bad business struggle recently, and they cut him no slack?
Just goes to show you the bloodless bean counters addicting people left and right with just about zero empathy. That's CET.