Hooters' Vegas resort files for Chapter 11 --- Good!

[Liberal_in_LA]

Hooters' Vegas resort files for Chapter 11

The Las Vegas resort with the brand name of Hooters has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, court papers show.

The 696-room resort will continue to operate while the parent company, 155 East Tropicana LLC, negotiates with creditors, The Las Vegas Sun reported Tuesday.

The resort's unsecured creditors include Sysco Food Services, NV energy and International Game Technology with debts totaling $394,000. It also owes Hooters of America $69,000.

http://dalje.com/en-economy/hooters-vegas-resort-files-for-chapter-11/374548

[Sherman A1]

1. How is that Good?

I am confused.

[banned from Kos]

3. Its bad. Large breasted women who work there need jobs too.

All jobs are good in some way.

[LanternWaste]

14. If unionized, yes...

" All jobs are good in some way..."

If unionized, yes. Otherwise, it's just another tired bumper sticker with browning adhesive.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

30. wait...only union jobs are good jobs? n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. sexist crap organization

[LaydeeBug]

6. As a large breasted woman who once worked at Hooters

I will tell you that I had a much harder time in undergrad when I left that job.

[thelordofhell]

10. Do you find college more sexist than Hooters?

At least there's a line that doesn't get crossed at Hooters as opposed to slovenly sexist "men" in college.

[LaydeeBug]

39. College was MUCH more sexist. Thanksforasking. nt

[bluestate10]

48. Some of it is not sexist, just hick. I grew up in a small town. I went to

college in a larger city and met women from all over the country as a fellow student. I remember you women in my freshman mandatory gym class that had the largest breasts that I had seen on a woman at that time. They were something like natural, erect 38C. I gawked at first, but became platonic friends with her. She was a wonderful person and was very aware of and embarrassed by her abundant natural gift.

[thelordofhell]

7. As opposed to the other family friendly wholesome things in Vegas?

Hooters in Vegas is tame compared to the rest of the damn town. That's why it's in trouble.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. yeah, true enough

[EOTE]

11. Then, in fairness, all Vegas institutions need to be shut down.

At least the ones that hire attractive, large-breasted women.

[LanternWaste]

17. eems a rather relevant and precise difference to me....

"At least the ones that hire attractive, large-breasted women. ..?"

Hiring them exclusively? Or merely hiring them as part and parcel of the greater workforce? Seems a rather relevant and precise difference to me. :shrug:

[EOTE]

21. Many Vegas institutions hire them exclusively, at least for certain jobs.

There are quite a few places that people go because they want to see attractive women. Should modeling be outlawed because modeling agencies don't hire unattractive people?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

40. Thank goodness

Women have such caring, well-intentioned, know-what's-best-for-them people to tell them what to do with their lives, where they should be allowed to work, how they should dress. From within progessive circles, no less.

Heaven forbid women make their own decisions because they might make the wrong decisions. What women need is protecting. From themselves. Some say "sin" others say "sexism" it's all OK so long as we don't chance asking what the woman wants. What does she know anyway?

(Do I really need a sarcasm thingy?)

By the way, I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the poor, exploited women Hooters are a fraction of the overall workforce of cooks, dishwashers, housekeepers, maintenance, bookkeepers and whatnot. These folks essentially make their own living working at a resort that openly markets the attractiveness of its wait staff as its primary selling point. Do these other employees share the guilt of exploitation for personal gain?

[Systematic Chaos]

2. It's a wonder anything is open in this town anymore.

I recently got to spent seven nights in two different hotels when my wife's family came out to visit us. Due to schedule issues, their visits ended up staggered so we spent four nights at the Excalibur and three at the LV Hilton. This was all arranged and paid for by my brother-in-law, who really is an awesome fellow.

The prices of everything are ridiculous now. There is no longer any concept of a "loss leader" awesome deal to get people through the door, and most of the table games are set up to be so tight that you can hear them squeak from 100 feet away, at least on the Strip. EVERY poker machine paid out on the worst pay table you can find for whatever variation of the game was offered. Needless to say, what very little money my wife and I had of our own wasn't spent on any form of gambling.

And yet they're trying to build still more stupid crap along there. I don't ever go along the Strip normally, so I hadn't been in the thick of it for about 5 years. But as we rode the bus to get to each hotel I was shocked at how much more building has occurred, despite the fact that almost every property is starved for customers and revenue.

I can't wait to get the fuck out of here.

[DainBramaged]

5. $463,000 in debts and they are declaring bankruptcy?

something smells

[RandomKoolzip]

8. Yes! More lost jobs are GOOD! More unemployment is GOOD!

[banned from Kos]

13. I support your sarcasm 100%

I also support Hooters workers 100%.


call me "sexist" if you wish to.

[LanternWaste]

18. With the reverse being...

With the reverse being "non-viable, private corporations staying in business while losing money without product realization is GOOD!"

I guess it simply depends on how much spin one needs to put on their rationalizations...

[RandomKoolzip]

22. Alls I'm saying is that working class people need jobs.

The US working class - of which I am a proud member - is in a severe crisis. I would never cheer on a fellow worker's job loss.

[banned from Kos]

27. Amen. brother or sister. Workers need any break they can get.

Only the safe monied class object.

[brooklynite]

12. Psst...here's a secret...

...there are attractive, scantily-dressed women working at every resort in Las Vegas.

Hooters is just a little more honest about its "theme".

[Ikonoklast]

28. At Hooters, they actually wear more clothes than many places in Vegas.

But, The Perpetually Oturaged don't all have an 'R' after their names.

[Broderick]

15. It was in an odd spot in my opinion

I think location matters out there, and it didn't have anything really special beyond the typical Hooters thing in my opinion. Anyone can go to Hooters, but to stay at the Rio is a new experience for instance.

[banned from Kos]

20. It was the old San Rem??? (spelling) next to the Tropicana, right?

I stayed there once. Great location - old place.

the property is very valuable in a good economy.

[Still Sensible]

44. Yes, it was the San Remo. n/t

[hifiguy]

47. Yech. I went to a trade show there when it was still the San Remo

years ago. Then it was the biggest dump anywhere near the Strip and smelled like mildew (in VEGAS??!!) everywhere.

[Atman]

23. Hooters locations sucks.

There are lots of comments to be made from the posts in this thread. Mainly, though, it's about how broke the city is. Last time my wife and I went, we stayed at Luxor, in a beautiful (I use that term loosely, in a sort of trailer-trash way) hot-tub suite -- for $49. Who the hell can make money by renting hot tub suites for $49? Luxor is at the very end of the strip (or the beginning, depending upon your arrival), near the airport. But Hooters is down a side street, even closer to the airport. It just seemed like a horrible location. As for the actual hooters, how can anyone be offended at a Hooters in LV? Luxor tried to bill itself as a family place, yet there were 3-story-high billboards all over the hotel for the strip show (and Carrot Top) playing in the hotel theater. Anyone who is offended at anything in Las Vegas is being ridiculous. The entire city is offensive.

[Broderick]

26. Thanks, you see it

And you are right. I don't fly out there for anything but golf, gambling, and a few things men don' talk about. Nevertheless, the location of that casino thing they call Hooters sucked. Luxor is okay. Like most casinos; you get there cheap in advance but the money is made on the tables in the slots. It is what it is, and I am not a judgmental person regardless. I enjoy being out there. Carrot top sucks. LOL

[EOTE]

31. Carrot Top offends me no matter where he's playing. NT

[Atman]

32. CT was one of the hottest tickets in Las Vegas. Huh?

The stripper show I could almost understand -- almost, but if you want to see naked women, any local strip club will show you a lot more for a lot less -- but CARROT TOP? People pay money to see that shit? Really?

.

[EOTE]

34. I believe he still is.

Words fail. Yeah, I've never really understood the attraction of Vegas. Maybe if I had a lot of money and could afford $4k a night suites, world class dining every meal and access to all the best shows, Vegas would be great. As it is, if I were to go back to Vegas I'd play a bit of blackjack, try to see Cirque du Soleil and go to a few buffets. On my budget, I'd like to think that I could have a better time close to home and save a lot of travel money.

[Codeine]

16. It's good that jobs will be lost

and working class people will be unemployed?

Fuck that. Tits don't piss me off.

[DefenseLawyer]

19. It must have been a horrible ordeal for you

To have been taken at gunpoint from the street and forced to go to the Hooter's Casino. Hopefully it will close and you will never be forced to go there again. Until then you can cheer on people losing their jobs because you find their choices so objectionable.

[Ikonoklast]

24. Yeah, close every casino, hotel, restaurant down!

Throw thousands of working class people to the wolves in the worst economy since the Great Depression!

That's what Every Good Democrat wants.

[Nye Bevan]

25. Yay! Maids, receptionists, and waitstaff losing their jobs! Good good good!

Love that DU compassion!

[Zywiec]

29. Hit and Run Post

Post about how great it is for people to lose their jobs then disappear.

:eyes:

[Liberal_in_LA]

36. Not a hit and run. Not happy that people are losing their job. Happy Hooters takes a hit

[Sherman A1]

38. Whatever

People are losing their jobs or potentially losing their jobs and that IS the issue.

[Taverner]

33. Doesn't surprise me

Vegas is getting hit HARD during this depression

I don't mind the corporations folding, but I do feel bad for those who have jobs - - real jobs

And no, being a CEO is not a 'real job'

[WilliamPitt]

35. Bunch of people out of work.

Yay?

You're on a roll today.

Any more PMs to share?

[Liberal_in_LA]

41. Nope. No more crappy PMs to share today. But I'd do it again.

[rucky]

37. Great, now there's no place to go in Vegas to see cleavage. n/t

[Modern_Matthew]

42. That's what they get for not showing enough of their waitresses! nt

[pinniped]

43. The reviews for the hotel are hilarious, and it was....

formerly the San Remo hotel.

[hifiguy]

45. It's pretty damned hard to cheer a lot of people losing their jobs

but maybe that's just me. :eyes:

[bluestate10]

46. Awful food. Is a recipe for disaster. How many food joints owned by big name

jocks went belly up because of bad food? The waitresses could be nude, if the food is bad customers won't come eat there.

[XanaDUer]

49. So a bunch of folks will lose their jobs in a shit economy

Hooray, I guess.