Any gaming company with significant operations is watching this closely. Ensuring that customers are able to get here is an absolute priority. |
At some of our properties, absenteeism was below-normal. Some properties had as few as 10 people call in. |
Because of the location of this property, there will not be any unobstructed, safe views for members of the public. |
I think the strongest sign of Las Vegas is the investment. No one is scared away or slowing down as a result of what's being built elsewhere. |
Our company, and really the gaming industry as a whole, complies with federal law on hiring. |
That was the attraction. It was a tremendously strategic location. |
That's how we generate business for our resort properties. I don't think you'll see us pulling away from those markets because they remain an important part of our strategy. |
The California market is the No. 1 source of customers. Anything that can be done to make the trip easier is something we wholeheartedly endorse. |
The city is more than a box of slot machines. It?s an experience that?s unique in the world. |
The numbers are encouraging, and I'd say we're off to a good start. We opened right before Mardi Gras in order to capture the business from the start of New Orleans tourism. We were closed for a long time. |
There is not a drastic shift in our marketing in December. Our target is primarily tourist-driven. But, of course, we welcome the business from locals. |
We absolutely encourage our employees to make their voices heard in the political process on their own time. |
We had other things on our plate in Atlantic City. |
We have to think about the people first. Then we can think about the business. We're dealing with a scale of disaster we've never seen before (in the casino industry). We're literally at square one right now. |
We need to get people in there to evaluate the situation. |