The Chinese have a sense of destiny that is driving them toward an ever-greater standing among humankind. Given sufficient engineering development time, there is no reason the Chinese program could not attain the capability and quality of the U.S. program.

You'd feel incomplete now if you don't have a hip nightclub.

But if this continues (fuel prices keep rising), you might start to see that effect.

If you want to know where Vegas is expanding, look at where the last (locals casino) opened and where the next one's going to be. They've gotten very good at timing these places.

In the short run, I don't see it happening. We're definitely going to hit a point where people are going to say, 'Phooey,' something's got to give and that long trip across the desert might be it.

That's a high room count for a locals property. They're a very viable alternative for people who want to stay in a decent place but not pay those high Strip rates.

That's really just the price of admission, and I'd give up 5 percent on pure entertainment value alone,

It's absurd, ... on the order of billions if not trillions to one. It's crazy.

They really know how to keep their people at their properties.

This could be the last March Madness if the legislation moves through and it passes, ... They've been talking about this since early last year and a bill's been reintroduced. They say if it's going to happen at all it will happen this year. I think it's very possible.