We originally contemplated the casino hotel to be a mid- to high-end property. We’ve repositioned that to be very much a luxury hotel.

That’s been our sole focus these past few days, to make sure our employees get their paychecks. After that, we’ll start discussing the next steps.

I’ve been e-mailing friends with the news from my BlackBerry. It’s a bit of a sad day for my right thumb, though. It’s been hoping for a break, and it clearly isn’t going to be...

This wasn’t a concern to us in regards to our plans, but we just wanted to make sure the Gulf Coast maintained its unique character that was in place before the hurricane.

There are not a lot of events we, as locals, can get our arms around and say, ‘This is ours.’

There is no other action contemplated at this time until the outcome of the allegations is known.

It’s financially viable because these enormous resort hotels place so much emphasis on the show as part of their personalities. We’ll advertise the show more than we’ll advertise the hotel. These shows are so unique...

Here we watch it minute by minute. When you force it underground, anything is possible. Apparently that’s a risk the NCAA is willing to take.

As we face tougher comparisons in the second half of this year, it is unlikely we will sustain this level of performance, … Yet, the underlying trends are very encouraging.

Our activity pales in comparison to even office pools,

If you are standing next to someone who’s smoking, I’m not sure there’s something specific that exists to prevent you from inhaling the smoke just like I’m not sure if there’s anything that can prevent...

The club business is a competitive environment; it’s very sexy.

It really depends upon crowd control and the individual property. At that point, a guest would have to show a hotel room key. A lot of times, because of flow through the hotel and pressure...

It is absolutely not the time to be framing public policy. … Discussion should take place in the coming months once the situation has stabilized.

It’s a growing, thriving community across the country.

It’s just as important for us an anyone.