Has there been any further indications that the Horseshoe is being taken over? On a recent visit I noticed that their matchbooks were no longer bearing the Horseshoe logo, instead they were plain, white generic matchbooks.
HJ
I'll be downtown next month and I'm thinking that this might be my last steak in that steakhouse before Harrahs (or someone else) converts it to a Denny's.
Hip Hop
PS: The above statement prompts a question. What kind of action for Hugo's Cellar comps? I've never eaten there but have assumed similar to Binion's steakhouse. Am I on track?
I was there and observed the white matches as well....however 2 weeks later during the rodeo there were some special matchbooks with 3 benny/western themes.... I saved some...thought it might be the last Harrah...
Word I heard while there ... 2nd quarter it becomes Harrahs
the land of single deck and easy eats morphs into the land of the harrah's "double shuffle" and slick corporate packaging. Yuck!
For now, it's just the Horseshoe locations in Tunica, NW Indiana and Shreveport that Harrah's is taking over, and even that is not a done deal as the Federal Trade Commission wants to make sure Harrah's won't monopolize those markets. (Unless Harrah's runs 'em like Jack did, they won't--the old players will leave in droves.) The downtown Vegas 'Shoe is under separate owenership by Becky Binion Behnen, and is not part of the Harrah's deal--yet. However, Harrah's would like to buy the use of the Horseshoe brand in Vegas, but not the casino itself. Becky's run her old man's place into the ground, and it is in serious debt trouble--with Harrah's owning some of that debt.
