This week, there’s no Green Felt Journal column, but I have two stories in Vegas Seven nevertheless. The first is a look at what I consider to be one of the most interesting things about Sunset Station, the Gaudi Bar. Sunset Station has just celebrated its 15th anniversary:
As Sunset Station turns 15 this month, there isn’t a special celebration planned for the Gaudi Bar. But that lounge was a look into the future of locals gambling.
Then, I have a piece that started as a short blog item but grew into a Latest item. I wrote it Sunday morning pondering the awful night that was Saturday: check-in delays at MGM properties, EDC shut down because of wind, and the Bradley/Pacquiao decision debacle. I figured that there were plenty of visitors (and locals too) who were pretty upset, and that it would all be forgotten by next week. But I think there’s something valuable in acknowledging our failures, and I thought that the perfect storm of mishaps was one that should not be unremembered. Was there a thread tying all of the messes together, or at least something we can learn from them? Read and find out:
There are a few reasonable ways to spin what happened: Fight fans got thrilling boxing action; MGM guests got the chance to spend more time in hotel lobbies close to the Vegas action; EDC-ers learned that Insomniac Events places a premium on their safety.
And of course one could simply say that the wheel of fortune is always turning, that the cards went against Las Vegas this weekend, but our luck is sure to turn soon, so don’t worry. But neither of those avenues will get this town very far. So, what’s the best way to manage what, for the hospitality business, would have to qualify as a PR crisis?
That’s what I’ve got for this week.