“Their casino floor is unlike any in Las Vegas. Think of the Rio show in the sky but at ground level. It’s a party unlike any other in global gaming. They will add real creativity and fun to the Strip.”
—Bo Bernhard, UNLV International Gaming Institute, on South American gaming operator Claudio Fischer’s plan for a new casino on the Vegas Strip. Bernhard referred to Fischer’s Chilean casino, Monticello
“The real issue is about Canada being the soft underbelly for transnational organized crime and national security threats due to the failure at the federal and provincial levels to address the need for updated legal reform.”
— Calvin Chrustie, former Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigator who recently testified about money laundering in British Columbia’s casinos
“It reminds me of cannabis. You’re taking something that was once illegal and you’re making it legal. That’s awesome. It’s good for consumers.”
—Dale Hooper, general manager of FanDuel in Canada, on the growing popularity of sports betting
“We’re talking 20 months of dormancy, and that doesn’t just flip back on with the flip of a switch.”
—Chris Jones, chief marketing officer, McCarran International Airport, on the imminent lifting of international travel restrictions for fully vaccinated people
“Be careful what you wish for. You don’t show up for work, the company may realize they don’t need you.”
—Steve Budin, financial analyst, on possible resistance to vaccine mandates at MGM Resorts properties in Las Vegas
“Hiring in the restaurant industry right now is no joke. It is not for the faint of heart. Most restaurant owners, depending on the day, are looking in the mirror thinking they should have been a truck driver.”
—John Kunkel, co-founder and CEO, 50 Eggs Hospitality restaurant group, on labor shortages in F&B
“You must not swing a knife at the workers who until yesterday were called one family.”
—South Korea tourism workers’ union, lamenting the ongoing layoffs of workers at Jeju Shinhwa World resort
“I lose my spaghetti. It bothers me, because I know 25 percent of that is our money.”
—Joseph Addabbo, New York state senator, on New Jersey’s record-breaking $1 billion in sports betting handle in September
“Contumacious.”
—Amita B. Tracy, National Labor Relations Board judge, on the attitude of Station Casinos in failing to produce records about alleged union-busting policies
