UNLV Gaming Podcast 32: Me

As usual, I’m posting a link to the latest UNLV Gaming Podcast. But, for the first time, I’m the one who’s featured.

After getting several requests for video or audio footage of the talks I give around down, I figured that this talk would be a good one to share.

A few weeks ago my dean, Patty Iannuzzi, asked me to give a talk to the Yale Club of Nevada, who were supplemented by members of the Thunderbird Alumni Network and a few others. Dean Iannuzzi asked me to give a talk about what was in store for Las Vegas, and I used a few different sources of data to plot six different scenarios. Basically, at worst gaming revenues are going to decline slightly by 2015, and at best they’ll increase to about $12 billion/year (for Clark County).

Here’s the link to the podcast.

32-October 7, 2011

In this October 6, 2011 talk to the Yale Club of Nevada and other invited guests, Center for Gaming Research director David G. Schwartz looks at where Las Vegas might be headed over the next 5 years and answers questions on a variety of casino-related topics.

Listen to the audio file (mp3)

via UNLV Center for Gaming Research: Podcasts.

I was pleasantly surprised by the size of the audience and Dean Iannuzzi’s wonderfully gracious introduction–she certainly gave me something to live up to. But I was most pleased by the questions that I got: this was a great group to speak with, and I have the feeling that we could have kept the Q&A going for quite a while longer.

I was also gratified that so many people on Twitter and via email expressed curiosity about what I’m doing and said they wanted to hear the talk. Thanks, everyone.

So if you’re wondering what my talks are like, this is a great example. Depending on the audience the content can change a great deal, but I think you can hear my general approach pretty well here. As Dean Iannuzzi indicated, I’m used to speaking to a variety of audiences, which is one of the parts of what I do I like best. It’s great to have the opportunity to speak in front of diverse groups, not the least because their questions always deepen my understanding of gambling and Las Vegas.

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