Larry Gregory
Larry Gregory
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It's standing room only. People were waiting two and three deep just to get on machines. It's absolutely unbelievable.
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We are just flabbergasted. It could be curiosity or pent-up excitement from people who for several months have been unable to play. We do know that it's an economic gold mine right now.
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We are just flabbergasted. It could be curiosity, or pent-up excitement from people who for several months have been unable to play. We do know that it's an economic gold mine right now.
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I'm not at liberty to comment on the newer ones, but we're getting new proposals pitched to the commission on almost a weekly basis. There are some big, big names who want in on the action on the Gulf Coast.
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I've had conversations with five CEOs of major casino companies, including Harrah's and MGM and Casino Magic. They tell me they're reluctant to rebuild if the other factors still exist,
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That's a large casino development, and that's only the first phase. They're planning on coming back in with different phases on the south side of the property.
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The other challenge is that insurance companies won't want to cover them if they operate on water,
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We've got about 4,500 employees associated with those casinos right now.
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We just kind of want to sit down eye to eye and look at them and see if they are gong to commit to rebuilding. They have told us verbally, all of them, that they are going to rebuild.
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Progress on the Gulf Coast has been very positive. We've gotten our first month of our gross revenues (and) the numbers coming in are beyond anyone's wildest expectations.
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It's my understanding that construction will begin after we make the approval tomorrow, and the casino should open in August or September.
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They're coming north within 800 feet of the shore. It will be the first casino to get approval to move.
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We're going to come very close to reaching or exceeding Atlantic City. These aren't going to be cut-and-paste barges like we had in the past,
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We've always had our casinos on barges. They've always had to be over water. Due to the hurricane, there was a lot of interest to move our casinos on land.