Word: attractants
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wisdom that it is no destination for the culturally inclined. The opening last week of Steve Wynn's $1.6 billion Bellagio hotel and casino, modeled after an Italian Riviera village, is the initial step in a plan to change that perception. Among the first to sample the Bellagio's attractions were several TIME staffers, who this week appraise the hotel and the city's attempts to draw a new audience to the desert. TIME's art critic, Robert Hughes, who surveyed the Bellagio's $300 million collection, which includes paintings by Picasso and Van Gogh, says the venue...
...Vegas really buy some class and still attract the gaming classes? Or is this one crapshoot Sin City can't win? Las Vegas has no choice but to take the wager. It can no longer afford to be a casino-centric town, although the numbers seem to indicate otherwise. Last year some 30.5 million visitors spent $25 billion in Las Vegas and Clark County, including $6.2 billion on gambling, which was up from $5.7 billion two years before. But the gaming take along the Strip has gone from 58% of total revenues 10 years ago to 53% today. That...
...remarkable, even if its audience of 4.5 million viewers is still much smaller than those of the major networks. How has it achieved these results? By finding throbworthy stars, of course, but also by targeting a specific audience--teenagers and young adults--and then developing ingenious programming to attract them...
Dartmouth's move recycles ideas used in aid reforms at Princeton, Yale, Stanford, MIT and finally Harvard last month. Princeton set off the chain of reforms with a bold move to attract middle income students--breaking up a system of tacit Ivy cooperation that had stood for 30 years...
With its low-key atmosphere and friendly management, this bowling complex has been known to attract many local TV luminaries and professional sports celebrities who come to throw back a few paper cups of beer in the smoke-filled lounge. However, owner/manager, Joe Martignetti understands his patrons' desire for privacy and keeps this privileged information under wraps. With so much fan fare surrounding the renaissance of this sport, it is only a matter of time before a Crimson clad team takes to those polished wooden floors...