Jeff Simpson

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Lotus Broadcasting, Vegas stations focus on community: Friday, Aug. 14, 2009; Advertising revenue is down and profits have tumbled, but Las Vegas radio powerhouse Lotus Broadcasting isn’t hitting the panic button. Not by a long shot.
Crystals reveals more of its facets: Friday, July 10, 2009; MGM Mirage has lured an impressive array of the world’s top luxury retailers for Crystals, the retail component of its $8.5 billion CityCenter, the company announced this week.
Travel site upgrades trip packaging: Revamped VEGAS.com boosts custom options; Monday, March 30, 2009; VEGAS.com is expected to announce significant enhancements to its site today that will vastly boost the options in creating custom Las Vegas travel packages with a visit to just one Web site.
CityCenter signals a change in the very nature of development on the Strip: Monday, May 12, 2008; It is amazing how easy it is for those of us who live in Las Vegas to fail to appreciate the tremendous changes under way on the Strip.
How the airline industry’s recent financial problems affect Vegas: Sunday, April 27, 2008; I’m generally a guy who sees the glass as half full, but today I’d like to share a couple of conflicting views of our local economy.
Why Strip resorts need to end nightclub tipping shakedowns: Monday, March 17, 2008; Like many readers of the Sun, I was appalled by the story in last Sunday’s paper about the Las Vegas family that was shaken down for hundreds of dollars in tips by the staff of LAX, a nightclub at the Luxor.
How one troubled business was turned around — and why some might not be saved: Sunday, March 9, 2008; This week I’d like to take a look at four failed or challenged Las Vegas businesses and examine whether they can be revived.
Jeff Simpson explains why he doesn’t think Signature towers buyers will win in court: Sunday, March 2, 2008; Last week I met six of the folks who are suing MGM Mirage because they believe they were misled about their purchase of condo-hotel units at the Signature towers at MGM Grand.
Jeff Simpson takes a tour of the new hotel condo at the Palms and thinks this one will be a success: Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008; While I’m generally skeptical of casino resort condominiums, particularly hotel condos (like Palms Place), I think Palms Place will be a big success — financially and stylistically.
Jeff Simpson is betting on the big guys who are betting that the future of Vegas is still unlimited: Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008; Now is the time for all the Chicken Littles to come out of the coop and start warning Las Vegans about the falling sky.

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Recent Blog Entries (view all entries)

Wynn: Encore will take hit despite 'position of strength': Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008; The financial whirlwind swirling down Wall Street and the Las Vegas Strip won't affect Wynn Resorts nearly as much as his big competitors, Steve Wynn said this morning.
Steve Wynn on Wynn Las Vegas Shows: Monday, Jan. 28, 2008
Don't cash paychecks, Trop workers told again: Monday, Jan. 28, 2008; My Sunday column about new indignities suffered by Tropicana employees, including being told they had to wait two days to cash their Jan. 14 paychecks, spurred more than a dozen e-mails and phone calls, including several from disgruntled workers.
Culinary phone bank to call its 1,200 Monte Carlo workers: Friday, Jan. 25, 2008; D. Taylor, Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer and Local 226's top official, said about 4:30 p.m. Friday that the union was setting up a phone bank to call every one of its 1,200 members who work at the Monte Carlo.
Monte Carlo loses $12.68 per second when it's closed: Friday, Jan. 25, 2008