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South Point going strong with “old-school” playbook

August 28, 2020 - 8:27 am

South Point is among few casino operators that still offer “cheap food, good odds,” says Anthony Curtis, a publisher of books on Las Vegas. The resort’s video poker slots return 99%, compared with about 96% or 97% on the Strip, according to Curtis. “Gaughan knows that you get them in the door with food and liquor and entertainment and you make a few bucks when they gamble,” says Ted Newkirk, founder of Access Vegas.
South Point is unique among Las Vegas resorts for its 4,600-seat equestrian arena.
“The secret is you have to find people that want to play [on the casino floor],” says Michael Gaughan, owner of South Point

Parking, resort fees could put damper on Las Vegas Strip boom

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

February 24, 2018 - 10:52 am

While the Southern Nevada casino industry enjoys a burst of prosperity and development, it also may be facing a tide of negative sentiment from loyal casino customers regarding high resort fees and paid parking policies at Strip casinos.

COMMENTARY: Some warning signs in Las Vegas tourism numbers

By Ted Newkirk Special to the / RJ

February 17, 2018 - 9:00 pm

I have to wonder if convention planners are taking their business elsewhere as word gets out that Las Vegas is no longer a bargain.

Time to deregulate the local taxi industry

From our Readers

December 17, 2016 - 9:00 pm

Letters to the editor

Reid power play will help conservatives

December 11, 2016 - 9:00 pm

Letters to the editor

Rail would be a boon to North Las Vegas

From our Readers

June 30, 2016 - 8:00 pm

Letters to the editor

LETTERS: Watering ban will add up to nothing

FROM OUR READERS

March 29, 2016 - 8:00 pm

Wednesday letters to the editor.

LETTERS: Banning backpacks on Strip a misguided, feel-good effort

FROM OUR READERS

March 25, 2016 - 8:00 pm

Saturday letters to the editor.

LETTERS: Nevada has good weather, and that’s about it anymore

From our readers

February 26, 2016 - 8:37 pm

Many people come to Southern Nevada to live. The good weather brings them, then makes them stay.

LETTERS: Save Dash Pass by charging a fee

From our readers

August 11, 2015 - 3:00 pm

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ decision to stop the Dash Pass program showed the typical bureaucratic mentality of throwing the baby out with the bathwater (“DMV ends Dash Pass remote access,” July 23 Review-Journal). Any business in the private sector would have looked at the problems and developed changes that addressed those problems. Leave it to a bureaucracy to come up with a solution that will simply replicate the previous problem.