\u201ctotally different economy of scale<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nNicholas Pileggi said the change began in the 1980s, when publicly traded corporations started building 3,000-room megaresorts. At these luxury resorts, gambling \u201cis an additional amenity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Pileggi, who co-wrote the 1995 Las Vegas Mafia movie Casino<\/i> with director Martin Scorsese, said casino companies learned that the new model is more lucrative. This model includes appealing to conventioneers.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can make a lot more money with that kind of crowd than you can with three hundred guys who were betting yellow chips at the craps table,\u201d Pileggi told Casino.org<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The return of the CES trade show to Las Vegas early next year gives casino officials hope that the Southern Nevada economy is recovering. The four-day CES show is set to begin Jan. 5, 2022, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. After being held in Las Vegas for four decades, the event was conducted virtually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":172386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Las Vegas Casinos Hope CES Sparks Economic Boom - Casino.org Las Vegas Casinos Hope CES Sparks an Economic Boom in Southern Nevada<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n