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Xolodno

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11. Stupidity in reading the market and mismanagement. That's how Trump lost...
Sun May 12, 2019, 03:27 AM
May 2019

...He didn't see the writing on the wall of Indian Casino's of becoming regional draws. He saw it as only two places of legal gambling, Las Vegas and Atlantic City....and invested at the peak of the market.

He thought he would cash in on the traditional mob scene...when a lot of it left when it became corporate. Some casino's saw the writing on the wall, they brought in the shows...at top dollar, raised the cost of buffets, dispelled the myth of cheap hotel rooms, etc. In other words, they stopped relying on gambling as their source of revenue...whereas he, doubled down on a bad hand...while other corporate casino's decided to merge.

I'm going to Vegas nest month, Trump Tower is "Off the Strip"...nor is there any draw to visit it. I don't gamble, but I like going for the atmosphere. We're going to see WOW at the Rio, an off strip casino...Trump's tower has no shows. We are going to go to Carlos and Charlies for four hours due to a groupon....Trump doesn't have this. We are also using groupon and other discounts for a couple of buffets and museums...and of course, Trump doesn't offer anything.

In fact, his tower doesn't offer anything to visit it...nor do they have the proper area for entertainment.

So...hence, no one spends significant money there. His tweets are simplistic, so is his economics and marketing. He can't think in the long term.

I have no doubt that he was up to his shriveled orange gonads The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #1
Your premise is inaccurate. Liberty Belle May 2019 #2
Trump's casinos were in major cities and were heavily marketed. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #4
Stupidity in reading the market and mismanagement. That's how Trump lost... Xolodno May 2019 #11
Trump International Hotel Las Vegas has never had a casino dumbcat May 2019 #14
Learned something new. Xolodno May 2019 #15
I'm not really up on the Las Vegas hotel market... jmowreader May 2019 #20
Me either, but I don't think Trump is all that concerned dumbcat May 2019 #23
We did groupon for the Mob Museum. While there I thought of Trump because the mobsters called dem4decades May 2019 #26
But TheFarseer May 2019 #18
He was borrowing at very high interest rates and had borrowed a LOT Roland99 May 2019 #19
"and had an embezzlement issue" Recursion May 2019 #3
The money lost was net operating loss wellst0nev0ter May 2019 #5
He lost plenty, most of it the banks money, which is why he had to turn to the Russians. brush May 2019 #6
Well put! Rollo May 2019 #7
You can definitely lose with a casino if you borrowed too much money to run the business. nt Lucky Luciano May 2019 #8
If anyone could go broke running a casino, it's Trump jmowreader May 2019 #9
Casinos going bankrupt isn't really that uncommon, especially hughee99 May 2019 #16
The real story StickWithLove May 2019 #10
Not to forget that Trump was competing against himself in AC. Not a monopoly. no_hypocrisy May 2019 #12
That too! StickWithLove May 2019 #13
Welcome to Democratic Underground, SWL. Efilroft Sul May 2019 #17
Thank you StickWithLove May 2019 #22
Interesting post. Thank you. PatrickforO May 2019 #24
Ceasars Group was in debt for over twenty billion miyazaki May 2019 #21
Excellent avenue for investigation in Congress. Kid Berwyn May 2019 #25
I hope it's fines and jail for Mnuchin. Nt spooky3 May 2019 #28
Back in 2016 happybird May 2019 #27
Revealing taxes will reveal his laundering scam lindysalsagal May 2019 #29
Real estate depreciation customerserviceguy May 2019 #30
Maybe this is why he's so afraid of getting caught? Initech May 2019 #31
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