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Second Chances on the North Strip – Vegas Seven

The sale of the Fontainebleau finally happening got me thinking about the history of that property, which made for a decent Green Felt Journal: The Fontainebleau’s construction began in 2007 and stopped amid the recession in 2009. As with the Marc Antony and Countryland USA projects, lack of financing was the culprit. But the scale […]

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I’m gobsmacked

Breaking news from the LVRJ: Penn National Gaming will not submit a bid for next week’s planned bankruptcy court auction of the shuttered Fontainebleau project, a company spokesman said Thursday. via Penn won’t pursue Fontainebleau – Breaking News – ReviewJournal.com. What? I don’t believe this. It was supposed to be a sure thing! This is

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Strip run

I had a pretty good marathon run on Sunday, and now that I’ve had a little time to think about it, here are some thoughts on running down the Strip. The headline is an allusion to the venerable “Strip Walk” feature over at Two Way Hard Three. Even though we ran only about 4 of

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