Wynncore: the best revenge

If Wynn Resorts legal beagle Kevin Tourek didn’t make a complete fool of himself with his self-aggrandizing cease-and-desist letter to VegasTripping.com, then VT.com owner Chuck Monster finishes the job with a lengthy and subtly humorous rebuttal. In a lightly ironic smackdown of Mr. Tourek, Mr. Monster offers him the Wynncore.com domain name for the princely sum of $22.95 — but only if Steve Wynn personally signs the check. The next logical step in this farce will be for Wynn Resorts to start haggling over the price.

Of course, in terms of Tourek’s time and the cost of his keen legal acumen, Wynn has already splurged far more than that domain ever could be worth. I’m sure the shareholders are grateful that this is how their money is being spent.

CityCenter kills quarter. The big writedown of CityCenter‘s value singlehandedly turned MGM Mirage‘s 3Q09 from a profit to a loss. Not even a 21% decline in room revenue had such a drastic effect. It seems like just yesterday that hotel rooms were a loss leader. Not anymore and probably never again. The megaresort trend took care of that.

The Borscht Belt is back thanks to the casino industry. Not that I’d travel up to the Poconos (or even across the street) to hear Frank Sinatra Jr. But many do and who am I to argue with what floats their boat?

Lily Tomlin comes to town, playing the Strip for the first time ever. Unfortunately, we lacked space for more than the merest smattering of Tomlinesque reminiscences. That’s something that may have to be redressed in Web-only form.