jackbyrnes wrote on September 18, 2009 09:39 AM: We need to get rid of the regulators like Randy Sayre and Bobby Siller before him that who are out to "clean up" Vegas. They don't understand - no customers, no taxes, no city. Maybe Sayre doesn't realize it but nobody would hire Siller in this town after he left the Gaming Board. It was painful to listen to Sayre's "doggoneits" and Bush-isms. Clark County regulates night clubs, and our elected officials should reign in the Board to only regulate gaming matters - which they do a poor job of because they are so worried about regulating morality. The Board in iteself is a racket - they lost Reg. 6A oversight to Title 31, and not a single agent lost their job.

Ugly American wrote on September 17, 2009 02:03 PM: re identityproblem

Yup.

As long as they're adults and not driving then let them have their fun. If they can't have fun they won't come to Vegas.

No tourists, no town, no joke.

MGMCasinoWatch wrote on September 17, 2009 11:41 AM: The dance/party clubs at major strip resorts are carefully crafted extortion traps. Some casino executives may have a hidden interest/conflict of interest (evidenced in particularly when no oversight is initiated or contracts are not terminated after repeated legal and operational violations)of course the company is a lessor. Surely, the senior legal staff at these resorts structured the contracts with penalty clauses and clear rights of termination. Of course, strip casinos operate based on fear. There greatest fear is the double edged sword. To wit: bad PR and legal liability. Hence the PR departments at the biggest operator is constantly churning out projects of marginal value (cost greater than benefit) in order to turn their black hat a tad lighter in hopes of one day being the good guy proudly tilting a glowing white hat. Legally, every single action and every piece of physical property is of potential liability to the casino. Major casinos contract out the greatest source of liability. If the source of liability is income producing then it is also expected to have a commensurate return of revenue/profit. Now casino executives can seemly evade all responsibility by informing guests who have issues with third party night club operators--sorry we don't have anything to do with the third-party operator.

The nightclubs contribute nothing to the Las Vegas experience. They bring in the most troubling and irresponsible sector of the market. A segment that comes to Las Vegas to binge drink. Truly, they live out a weekend on the sustenance of the worlds most destructive drug/dope in copious quantities--alcohol. The dance clubs fuel this desire with mandatory bottle table serve at exorbitant prices and high cover prices.

serious wrote on September 17, 2009 08:17 AM: Come on Mr. Sayre...this is a big cover up and a sham...Management and Compliance 101...you are lecturing big boys, who are highly paid and somewhat educated, and who run and manage thousands of employees...and you are treating them as children and at the State's expense. They screwed up, got caught, are trying to wiggle out of the trouble, and the Gaming Control Board has fallen for it; or maybe not...perhaps you are trying to cover for them, and again the MISSION is to keep the feds out of regulating gaming in Nevada and what goes on in casino resorts. This is terrible...this sham to educate them...next we will be reading about a class casino execs attend on dress codes, or valet parking etiquette...who is kidding whom?

identityproblem wrote on September 17, 2009 07:24 AM: Nevada/Las Vegas has an identity problem. We say we are sin city but then we won't allow any "real" sin to go on. There appears to be a line that we are afraid to cross. Certainly we don't want anyone to get hurt but what kind of effect would it have on our city if, say, California legalized drugs and prostitution and they became the real sin city destination? Big Julie used to say "when they get off the plane and can't tell the difference between their hometown and Las Vegas, the game is over." We have created a field that must continue to re-invent itself. If we don't find ways to do that the game will be over. It appears we have come to the line of demarcation. Do we cross it and forge ahead or do we back down to the "do gooders" and create an opportunity for someone else bold enough to create something that Americans are willing to travel for. The bottom line is that people want to drink, gamble and get laid. If we or someone else can offer them that and add drugs and legalized prostitution to the mix, well then I wonder what the potential revenue could be under those circumstances? We are in a era of declining revenue. You had better come up with a way to reverse that and find ways to enhance revenue. Maybe it's time to get rid of the morals that confine us and be as bold as those who set this racket up in the first place. Now is not the time to back down. We must be bold and do the unthinkable. Give em something to get excited about and reignite the desire to come to Vegas!!