[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by Robustus

You're not a forum newbie. You know that the discussion tends to morph a little, and posters are not always responding directly to the exact set of discussion defined purely by the literal thread title. That's why "quote" exists. I was clearly responding to a specific misconception of the poster whom I quoted, correcting a factual error with actual data. It is indeed relevant to the thread and overall discussion, and I even noted the revenue consideration. Maybe you just didn't read my post carefully.

As to the overall revenue numbers, as I (yet again) said before, I'd love it if you could post hard data on that. I agree that it could prove illuminating, one way or the other.

More Las Vegas visitors counted but revenue was down | Industry | Gaming News

While the above states that gaming revenue was down in Septemeber, I must apologize to you and I stand corrected...YTD gaming revenue is slightly up over last year, with 3 months left to be counted. LV may not be hurting after all!

http://www.lvcva.com/getfile/705/ES-YTD%202011.pdf

[pommysmommy]

Maybe it's just me but I sure don't understand why people who don't live in Las Vegas derive satisfaction from bashing the city. If I have to read one more time that Las Vegas' future is it's past, I think I will scream. Enough already. My other rant, no Las Vegas visitor of normal IQ would ever think that people who live in Las Vegas spend their time gambling and drinking. That is absurd.

[eventusstultorummagister]

Originally Posted by pommysmommy

My other rant, no Las Vegas visitor of normal IQ would ever think that people who live in Las Vegas spend their time gambling and drinking. That is absurd.

I wouldn't BET on it!

[pommysmommy]

Originally Posted by eventusstultorummagister

I wouldn't BET on it!

lol. One would have to be moron to think that no one in the city works for a living and pays taxes.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by las Vegas drunk

There is a big problem with it. Nuclear energy should be illegal everywhere. Look at what destruction it did in Japan. What really pisses me off is we only run coal power plants, and other states want to bring their waste here. Let the other states dispose of their own nuclear waste. If you really want to get the crap scared out of you, read this:

Solar flare could unleash nuclear holocaust across planet Earth, forcing hundreds of nuclear power plants into total meltdowns

I wish nobody had ever invented the atomic bomb, or nuclear power plants. I've never been sure nuclear plants were safe or necessary, but we have them. The Yucca Mountain Project was a great opportunity for politicians to take a stance that would get them more votes. Most of them took the wrong stance, but their reason was to get votes, safety had nothing to do with it. Making people believe they were protecting us was to get more votes.

One of my least favorite governors, Bob List, was the only well known politician that had it right. We missed a great opportunity to make the Feds pay for using our state as a dumping ground. Now they will do it anyway and we won't get anything out of it. That land up there is on the Nevada Atomic Test Site. Not right at Yucca, but all over the site they set off hundreds of nuclear weapons. They will never build condos out there. No one will ever live there ─ never ever. The routes they were talking about bringing in the nuke waste was by train 200 miles from Las Vegas. Nuclear materials are already on our Interstate highways in plain, unmarked trucks. Has been for years. Drive out I-40 on the east side of Albuquerque and you'll see the mounds where the nukes are stored for the Air Force Base right off the side of the road. Drive up Las Vegas Blvd North past Nellis AFB and you'll see Lake Mead Base all lit up. That's where Nellis stores nukes.

We can disagree with nuclear energy all we want, but the point here is that thousands of local Las Vegans lost their jobs because local and national politicians use the Test Site and Yucca Mtn as political footballs.

By the way, I'm originall from the leading coal mining state, but I think they should shut down the mines. I'd rather not breath any more coal smoke. And black lung disease is a horrible way to die. I know too many who lost that battle already.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by pommysmommy

lol. One would have to be moron to think that no one in the city works for a living and pays taxes.

And gambling addicts will find a place to gamble no matter where they live. But if they live here some local gangster won't be whacking them in an illegal back room poker game. Casinos settle gambling debts in court.

(Of course I miss the good old days when Bugsy Segal would put your head in a vice )

[MediocreButArrogant]

Originally Posted by pommysmommy

Maybe it's just me but I sure don't understand why people who don't live in Las Vegas derive satisfaction from bashing the city. If I have to read one more time that Las Vegas' future is it's past, I think I will scream.

Schadenfreude - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[m73m95]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

And gambling addicts will find a place to gamble no matter where they live. But if they live here some local gangster won't be whacking them in an illegal back room poker game. Casinos settle gambling debts in court.

(Of course I miss the good old days when Bugsy Segal would put your head in a vice )

[eventusstultorummagister]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

(Of course I miss the good old days when Bugsy Segal would put your head in a vice )

That was Spilotro and it (allegedly) occurred in Chicago years prior to his Vegas days. The movie Casino was historically inaccurate.

http://youtu.be/-zpVSg3wLHw (broken link)

[MadManofBethesda]

Originally Posted by pommysmommy

If I have to read one more time that Las Vegas' future is it's past, I think I will scream.

And the word you want to scream is:

puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutz!!!