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Resorts World lack of theme disappointment

Discussion in 'LV Strip Hotels' started by jumpoff, Jul 2, 2021.

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  1. LVRaiders

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    Funny a friend also described RW as an upgraded Aria.
     
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    What was far more interesting...the Imperial Palace and those waitress outfits and the decor or what is now known as the Linq which is such a flawed monstrosity of a building that from the strip it looks like a closed down factory in Cleveland. Walk through and there is absolutely nothing to create an experience that can't be had on a Kansas riverboat.
     
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    I prefer Aria to RW, which just seems too big and generically "fancy."

    I also wish they stuck with an "Asian" theme! I wouldn't mind a mishmash of Asian cultures represented in decor, etc. It's an Asian company so I doubt they'd have done something offensive or culturally inappropriate.
     
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  4. The Rumor

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    The Imperial Palace was the vision of Japan that a **** dude from North Dakota had. Resorts World would have been much more authentic.

    The linq's target market is 25 year olds who want to go to a club. It's just a different vibe. It's not supposed to feel themed in a way that a 55 year old from Kansas wants to go to. They want that Kansas customer going to one of their other properties.
     
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    Asian theme is whatever the consuming public thinks it is. In the same way that Caesers Palace is people's "idea" of a Roman theme but in reality it's a hodge podge of cultures and eras.

    It's Vegas. It's all fiction and Fantasy. It SHOULD look like an idealized interpretation rather than strictly adhere to reality.

    Lucky Dragon didn't fail because their theme was a swing and a miss. It failed because the location was garbage and they targeted a very focused demographic.
     
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    I think you could say the same thing about the Virgin hotel property.
     
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    Sorry, the theming is just background to me. There are other more important considerations. I don’t think to myself do I feel like Rome, Egypt, Paris, Venice, or going medieval? As long as it’s not too much, it’s fine whatever it is. I hear that owl themed restaurant has great chicken wings but despite many invites to it I’ve never been and never will.
     
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    I miss the days of the themed casinos. The newer ones, while nice, are also very generic. Vegas used to be unique, City Center looks like any other hotel complex in any other city. I hope someone brings back the themes, I remember there was a London & San Francisco themed hotels planned. There was also a moon themed hotel that would’ve had 10000 rooms that was scraped. Bring those themes to life, bring a casino experience that can only happen in Vegas.
     
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    They have room to add some sort of feature/draw on their empty land.
    Other than the Asian food court and the big globe *yawn* nothing is unique. They also have a chance to step up their landscaping which is finished and sad.
    They need sharks with lasers instead of just sea bass.
    @DaiLun that dragon would be a good addition.


     

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  10. DaiLun

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    Lucky Dragon failed because it was, IMHO, an EB-5 scam. (Google EB-5 if you're curious. I won't go into the gory details here)
     
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    I'm familiar with EB-5 visas and the role it played in opening Lucky Dragon already.

    Draw the connection for me here between EB-5 and the property's failure though. Are you saying something along the lines of the resort being intentionally under capitalized and intentionally in a low cost and thus defective location because the priority all along was to push through visas for wealthy foreign investors? Basically a bunch of people paid $500k each for visas and the casino gave them a place to dump that $500k for that sole purpose with no expectation of getting a return on it? I'm just taking a stab here...
     
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    JMHO, I don't have any facts to back it up.
     
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    I was just wondering what you thought the specific scam might be out of curiosity. We are just kicking it around for fun, not trying to pin you down for facts or anything. :beer:

    It certainly did seem like a poorly enough conceived concept to raise suspicion.
     
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    We stayed at LD once. Found it fishy they gave us and the other party with us very low rooms facing the side of the casino when the place was empty/dead. I suspected they were "holding" or trying to avoid wear on rooms the "investors" might use. They also sent out silly local gift offers to someone thousands of miles away.
    Have to say they had great beverage service, helps when only one of a dozen on the floor.

    Really not much comparison to Resorts World, like comparing a 7-Eleven to Costco.
    I did like their centerpiece dragon chandelier and wonder what happened to it?
    That chandelier be a good addition to Resorts World, perhaps in the "mall".

    "The centerpiece of the OLD Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino WAS a dragon chandelier, designed and produced by craftsmen in the Crystal Valley. The project for Preciosa Lighting"
    https://www.preciosalighting.com/installation-lucky-dragon-hotel-casino
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    Very kool.
     
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    OK, here are my feelings about Lucky Dragon. I was there opening night (I have the black card to prove it). I was introduced to a host (I was 7* then). I looked around at the layout. Slots in the four corners, a bar in the center, surrounded by table games. Now I KNOW that Asian High rollers are not "slot-centric, but that's the heart and soul of profitability in a Las Vegas casino. I definitely found this arrangement to be "wierd". At first, the food selections were GREAT, and BELOW typical strip pricing. BFF and I used to go there every morning for breakfast (I had the PDSYJ special). We both told each other "I don't know how long they'll stay in business if Resorts World doesn't open soon".

    Well, as traffic tapered off, the restaurants started to close, and as the restaurants started to close, so did whatever customers there were. I attended the 1 year anniversary (have the t-shirt to prove it)

    Now, some could say that they would have had a chance if RW had opened earlier, but once I understood that this was essentially associated with EB-5, I saw it as a win-win for the Chinese who were willing to put up $500,000 USD. A double win if the casino was successful, but still a single win of fast tracking the Visa.
     
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    People discussed this topic too many times here, and many posts were removed. So I don't want to beat the dead horse again here.
     
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    The shots below were taken when Lucky Dragon was less than a week old.

    The parking structure was a total cluster{f-bomb} but the casino was mostly vacant, as you can see. Tres ordinaire, IMAO! It was good to have seen it, but there was nothing that warranted a repeat trip.

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    I haven't kept up with often this has been discussed. This thread is the first I've heard the scam theory. I thought they just had a bad location and that was that.

    My apologies if me asking DaiLun about it is an annoyance.
     
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    I was super excited to check it out, I walked through it, grabbed a coffee and walked out completely underwhelmed. Definitely had higher expectations.
     
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