The author regards with distaste the pell-mell enthusiasm for globalisation, and casino capitalism that marked the last decade.
The waterfront, once lined with factories, has been transformed into parks. Bethlehem Steel's former home is now the site for a casino resort.
Most casino work is not physically strenuous.
Josie Ho Chiu Yi, daughter of Stanley Ho, Macao’s casino mogul, stands at the eighth. She is an actress and singer.
Mr Wynn explained that early in his career he had been helped out by E. Parry Thomas, a legendary Las Vegas banker, who helped finance Mr Wynn’s takeover of the Golden Nugget casino.
Other amenities include loft-style apartments and an ice rink, plus the usual pools, 24 restaurants, a casino and even a carousel.
Vegas can be a hard sell to people who have the stereotypical casino view of it.
He was in the casino and started to make a bundle.
Gunmen in northern Mexico have shot dead three relatives of a police officer who's being held in connection with a deadly arson attack on a casino last month.
"The Asian market is going to be overpowering and we're just getting started, " said Bill Lerner, a casino consultant for Union Gaming Group, which is based in Las Vegas.
Macau forbids casino operators to hold more than one license, effectively barring Pansy or Lawrence ho from taking over their father's flagship enterprise.
