Mediocre? I think you underestimate the Seminoles and the Hard Rock brand has substantially more drawing power than the Planet Hollywood, SLS or Virgin.
]]>The Hard Rock brand has immense drawing power. There is no way this will be another Fontainebleau. Virgin thought they had the same drawing power as Hard Rock and boy were they wrong.
]]>That’s interesting. I never believed the Resorts World hype. I predicted they’d be struggling from day one, and I stand by that prediction. It was under construction so long that the accumulated debt must be suffocating; and the price structure they need to pay it off isn’t sustainable: twelve dollars for three Gyoza dumplings indeed….
At least Mirage is already built and they could just slap some fresh paint over the thirty years of duct tape. But an entire new tower–guitar-shaped, no less? Somebody sure should be concerned. It could be FontaineDrew all over again.
I can’t quite get on board with this one. While the Mirage probably doesn’t hold the same appeal or drawing power that it did in the first couple of decades of operations, it still seemed like a rather solid property offering. To me a retheme to Hard Rock really doesn’t plus up the property, or for that matter add anything unique save for the rather out of place looking guitar shaped tower. At best it will add a new coat of paint, change the signs, and cater to the baby boomer demographic, but make no mistake this is not a “rock out with your c*ck out” edgy Hard Rock Hotel circa 1995….to me it evokes as much excitement as the Hilton becoming LVH becoming Westgate.
]]>At some point in the future, yes. Over-under is 50 years.
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