Harrahs New Orleans

[Clarkmeister]

They are getting just the base pay, not the toke rate.

[tek]

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the quarter is the only section of the city not flooded...so who knows?

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So the part of town with most of the hookers and drug dealers gets spared [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[Clarkmeister]

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the quarter is the only section of the city not flooded...so who knows?

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So the part of town with most of the hookers and drug dealers gets spared [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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God loves a good time! Apparently he hates the poor though.

[mhlandry]

Ehhhhhh. I live in St. Charles parish, about 20 miles east of the city and we barely got any damage compared to the city, but things are just barely starting to get to normal even around here.

As far as opening Harrahs goes, I'd be surprised if they're not opened for limited operations within the next month. There actually was a few feet of water on Canal Street
(think streetcar, palm trees, saks fifth avenue--you may have seen it on tv), but I think I remember the main floor of the building being five or so feet above ground level. The underground parking garage and tunnels may need some work, but that won't prevent them from opening. Another question is whether any looters broke in and ransacked the place (it's right across the street from the convention center). I have to imagine that Harrahs did everything they could to protect their property though.

The main problem, I think, is going to be staffing the joint. So many homes aren't livable. So many people are scattered everywhere. They're just now letting people back into New Orleans. Water still isn't drinkable. Every single open store (more and more are opening up each day!) has help wanted/now hiring signs out front.

On an anecdotal note, they were building a hotel across the street for the casino. I've never seen a building go up so fast. They had people working on that thing around the clock. Lesson: money talks. If there's going to be a business open, its going to be Harrahs.

So if you've planned a trip, keep an eye out. We can sure use the business.

- Matt

[jetsg4]

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I seriously doubt anything is going to be reopened in 2005.

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things are opening quickly, 1 strip club is already open, and bourbon st. is coming back to life. Harrahs is 10' above street level and is in a higher section of town. their tunnel was flooded and their basement, but nothing else. most of their delays will come from damage to the parking garage, which was minimal. when the economy will support them, and their employees have returned, they will open. looks like they will be open before end of '05.

i know of one dealer that harrahs relocated to las vegas, free place to stay and a job @ a harrah property. don't know how widespread this is, but a great gesture from a large company

[LittleOldLady]

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the quarter is the only section of the city not flooded...so who knows?

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So the part of town with most of the hookers and drug dealers gets spared [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Just noticed this. In New Orleans as it was, the Quarter was not necessarily the part of town with the most hookers and drug dealers. For hookers try Airline Highway and the hot-sheets motels. For drugs, consider any housing project and its environs. The Quarter was (still is) heavily policed (although some of the police there needed themselves to be policed) and wasn't as wide open as some other parts of town. The current captain of Vice and Narcotics is Timmy Bayard who is a first-class police officer. Whether his minions meet his standards I don't know.

And, of course, the Quarter was not the only part of the city that wasn't flooded. Everything along both sides of the river was OK. BTW the Boomtown casino on the West Bank is up and running, but that is the place where the former bingo crowd goes to play the slots. Not a place for poker players.......

[joeboe2001]

Wasn't it on the news yesterday that one of the NOLA casinos was open for business?

[Derek in NYC]

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I read a great article about how long the recovery effort might take in NOLA. It was something along the lines of...
Pump out the water, 60 days
Go house to house looking for bodies and/or survivors, 90 days
Inspect and decide which buildings can remain, 90 days
Bulldoze everything else, 120 days
Haul off the rubble, 120 days
Rebuild NO's reputation as a "good times" city, after that reputation was destroyed by the televised looting, the corrupt PD, the clear evidence of racial tensions, etc., 10 years


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FYP.

[mhlandry]

Yeah, Boomtown casino. It was on the westbank and didn't get much damage. Small card room tho.