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Old Mar 19, 2021, 2:38 am
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Originally Posted by Jimgotkp
I thought the same thing too. If a lot of money is invested into the property and they make the property attractive as well, they can try to bring in a lot of convention business as the property has an events center. However, you have the new Caesars Forum Center behind Linq and Harrahs and the new Resorts World property opening this summer.
Originally Posted by writerguyfl
Smaller conventions that are based in a single hotel are big business. If the folks running this new venture pay to hire top notch salespeople and back that up with a great operations staff, they might do well.
Pre-COVID sure...

Conventions with a bunch of random people in close proximity? Vaccines or not, that's going to take many years to get back to normal, if it ever does... And there will be a lot of desperate hotels / event centres with space to fill...
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