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[Tedlark]

Buy the parking lot and we'll toss in the casino and hotels for free?

[olds442jetaway]

[QUOTE=ko king] [QUOTE=DaBurglar]great post Koking.......I've often forgotten that Tunica has essentially followed the same trajectory as AC, but in my opinion AC has far more to offer, and therefore far less of an excuse, than Tunica so I would expect AC to be able to at least stop its bleeding and start surviving a lot faster and easier than Tunica.    I mean AC still has some decent reasons to visit BESIDES casinos, not the least of which is the whole Jersey shore vibe-thing and all that goes with it, not to mention the relative proximity to NYC, Philadelphia, Washington DC and many other urban centers......I mean, there are SO MANY people within 2 hours drive to AC that it truly is mind boggling they are in the pickle they are......can you imagine what Vegas would be like if that many people were within 2 hours drive of it???   Los Angeles is 4 plus hours drive  and that alone was enough to set Vegas on its historical trajectory and keep it there.....oh sure, Vegas has since leveled off and even suffered too, but the thing I am complaining about with AC is NOT that it has stopped growing and making huge profits, I am distressed with its (slow) DEATH SPIRAL!!!And yes, DORIS......da burglar is in fact my real name.   Now, would you like to buy some shares in My bridge located over the hudson river in the Brooklyn area????
Tunica and Atlantic City are like two different worlds as far as what the areas have to offer. If you go to Tunica it's all about the casinos, there's nothing else but a tiny strip mall (many of the stores are now closed or on the brink of closing) and farmland. The only thing that has changed in Tunica are the amount of players, they were there in droves for many years but it's like a ghost town most of the time now. I kid you not last time I was The Fitz there were more employees than players, it got so bad at Harrahs I was the only person playing VP many times. There has been no change in the population surrounding the Tunica casinos and the economy is in pretty decent shape so what happened to all the players. If I ever decided to run my business in the ground and chase away business the Tunica area casinos have provided the perfect example as to how it should be done. If I didn't know any better I would think it's almost being done on purpose because I can't understand the amount of ignorance and greed that is needed to mess things up so bad. I've seen all kinds of businesses come and go thru the years and everyone of the failures was due to bad management or poor products, Tunica seems to have both. As bad as things are in Tunica I have zero doubt I could take over Harrahs and within a year I would have that place hopping again.[/QUOTE]
I'm heading to Tunica tomorrow to play in a golf event over the weekend. It should be interesting to see how the gaming is, since I do not go to Tunica that often. [/QUOTE]

     Hmmmm...maybe I would. I couldn't find the symbol on Nasdaq or would it be on the pink sheets...

[chattycattty]

Billyjoe, I thought Harrah's was shutting down the golf course also, or are you playing on a different course in Tunica?

[ko king]

[QUOTE=ko king] [QUOTE=DaBurglar]great post Koking.......I've often forgotten that Tunica has essentially followed the same trajectory as AC, but in my opinion AC has far more to offer, and therefore far less of an excuse, than Tunica so I would expect AC to be able to at least stop its bleeding and start surviving a lot faster and easier than Tunica.    I mean AC still has some decent reasons to visit BESIDES casinos, not the least of which is the whole Jersey shore vibe-thing and all that goes with it, not to mention the relative proximity to NYC, Philadelphia, Washington DC and many other urban centers......I mean, there are SO MANY people within 2 hours drive to AC that it truly is mind boggling they are in the pickle they are......can you imagine what Vegas would be like if that many people were within 2 hours drive of it???   Los Angeles is 4 plus hours drive  and that alone was enough to set Vegas on its historical trajectory and keep it there.....oh sure, Vegas has since leveled off and even suffered too, but the thing I am complaining about with AC is NOT that it has stopped growing and making huge profits, I am distressed with its (slow) DEATH SPIRAL!!!And yes, DORIS......da burglar is in fact my real name.   Now, would you like to buy some shares in My bridge located over the hudson river in the Brooklyn area????

Tunica and Atlantic City are like two different worlds as far as what the areas have to offer. If you go to Tunica it's all about the casinos, there's nothing else but a tiny strip mall (many of the stores are now closed or on the brink of closing) and farmland. The only thing that has changed in Tunica are the amount of players, they were there in droves for many years but it's like a ghost town most of the time now. I kid you not last time I was The Fitz there were more employees than players, it got so bad at Harrahs I was the only person playing VP many times. There has been no change in the population surrounding the Tunica casinos and the economy is in pretty decent shape so what happened to all the players. If I ever decided to run my business in the ground and chase away business the Tunica area casinos have provided the perfect example as to how it should be done. If I didn't know any better I would think it's almost being done on purpose because I can't understand the amount of ignorance and greed that is needed to mess things up so bad. I've seen all kinds of businesses come and go thru the years and everyone of the failures was due to bad management or poor products, Tunica seems to have both. As bad as things are in Tunica I have zero doubt I could take over Harrahs and within a year I would have that place hopping again.[/QUOTE]
I'm heading to Tunica tomorrow to play in a golf event over the weekend. It should be interesting to see how the gaming is, since I do not go to Tunica that often. [/QUOTE]
I hope you fine nice weather, many birdies and a couple of eagles. My golf game is improving thanks to practice and a set of custom irons, shot 76 at Thunder Bayou last weekend and played at Crockett the next day, had 4 birdies on the front nine for a 33 then the wheels fell off the bus on back nine and ended up with 44. As far as the gaming goes I hope it goes well also, I haven't been in quite a while now but best I can remember harrah's has $5 TDB with 9/6 and I think Roadhouse offers it also.

[ko king]

I had to laugh when I was sent my post trip survey after my most recent trip to Harrah's Tunica this past Memorial Day weekend. One of the questions asked how likely you would be to visit Harrah's Tunics again on my next visit and my reply was: not likely. I was then asked why and I answered with "because you're closing the place next week." I wanted to say "it's because you're closing the place down stupid." I showed restraint.

Now that's funny!

[olds442jetaway]

I'll take a 44 any day. Great golfing and scores.

[BillyJoe]

Billyjoe, I thought Harrah's was shutting down the golf course also, or are you playing on a different course in Tunica?
Yeah - I think CET has ditched Cottonwoods when it closed Harrah's. I am actually playing in a Gold Strike (I'm a NOIR with MGM) golf event this weekend. Gold Strike just signed an agreement with a private course near Memphis, Ridgeway CC. This will be my first look at it.

The weather forecast doesn't look great, but maybe, we'll catch a break.

[olds442jetaway]

Took a peek at the Ridgeway website. Looks nice. If you have time, watch the videos of the holes. I didn't have time to view all and have a slow computer/connection, but from what I saw, bring extra balls for the water holes. Oh I forgot Billy....You have plenty of balls already... Have a great time. As soon as things settle down on the home front with the folks, I plan to check out the Mohegan course. Got a nice new laquer finish on the woods, just waiting to get scuffed up a little.

[Vman96]

As far as the gaming goes I hope it goes well also, I haven't been in quite a while now but best I can remember harrah's has $5 TDB with 9/6 and I think Roadhouse offers it also.

Yeah it's definitely not 9/7. I think it's 9/6, but not 100% positive.

I dunno he plans to play CET this trip. Of course gold strike is generally bad. They do have 9/6 DDB for dollars at least. But high limit is rough.

http://www.vpfree2.com/casino/gold-strike-tunica

[chattycattty]

Billyjoe, have a great weekend trip to Tunica. As always looking forward to hand pay pictures. Hopefully the weather will hold off and you will have a great round of golf.