Well, not until just now. Evidently, when Wynn tells it to Bloomberg News, it's real to the R-J and worthy of being flashed atop their site as "Breaking News."
And all that because Wynn told Bloomberg: "I’d be interested, if at the right price, whether it’s Bellagio or Circus Circus."
See? That's how you know he's just funning them, needling his old friend Kirk. Wynn wouldn't take ownership of Circus Circus if he could have it for free plus a lifetime buffet pass. But thanks, R-J, for bringing us the latest just as soon as it happens. Or something.
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Hey, you notice something here? The news was first broken by Ralston, then repeated by Bloomberg. Guess who's not breaking the news? The R-J!
And when you think about most big, national stories that have come out of Las Vegas in the last few years, most of them have come from The Wall Street Journal (Gibbons-Warren Trepp); the Los Angeles Times (judges scandal); the New York Times (five-part series on life in a sometimes-soulless town) or the Sun (construction deaths, Pulitzer Prize).
Who's missing from the list again? The R-J!
I don't see why he wouldn't want to buy Circus Circus for the land, if the price was right. That's a pretty sizeable piece and not too far from his current properties.
what could he possibly need more land for? he's got the entire golf course undeveloped and he doesn't believe there's a need for more hotel capacity for the foreseeable future. He certainly doesn't want to operate a sleazy grind joint like that, profitable though it may be.
Thank God he would never associate himself with something as lowbrow as Circus, or, heaven forbid. Downtown. Golden what?
Jeff in OKC
Jeff: GN was on his way UP and always had a classy patina. C-C never did, never has. And recall how Wynn expressed regret over the TI in interviews with me...it's absurd that he would want to own a true-blue, unredeemable dump.
Gee, Steve, between your comments about Circis Circus and that trucker last weekend, I'd almsot think you were an elitist. However, I've seen your car, so I know that can't be possible :).
Jeff in OKC
Uh, thanks. But my remarks about Mr. Trucker weren't about his occupation, they were about the evident way he treated his dog. And I don't think it's elitist to say that C-C does not belong in the same category as Wynn and Encore.
Also, not you, too, about the car. I love my car. So I've had a few scrapes. It has CHARACTER. :-)
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