Fremont no bottles/ the D greed.

I haven't seen mention of the recent Fremont street No bottles or cans policy. At the exit from each casino a table is set up with free plastic cups for patrons to pour their beverages into and dispose of the bottle or can before exiting onto Fremont. When I first saw this a few weeks ago, this seemed odd to me. I mean, booze are just a big part of Fremont street, like Bourbon street in New Orleans. Why the change now?

Well, in talking to my friendly pit critter from the D, he shed some light on the situation. His claim is that D owner Derek Stevens, is the force behind the policy change. Apparently, Mr Stevens wants to expand the D to the corner of 4th street and would need to acquire two souvenir gift type shops (which I take from the conversation are jointly owned) in order to do so. Apparently sale of alcohol in bottles and cans is a large portion of these two stores business, so the change in policy, which prohibits these stores from selling bottles and cans is all about running these places out of business, at least according to the pit guy I spoke with.

Quote: kewlj

I haven't seen mention of the recent Fremont street No bottles or cans policy. At the exit from each casino a table is set up with free plastic cups for patrons to pour their beverages into and dispose of the bottle or can before exiting onto Fremont. When I first saw this a few weeks ago, this seemed odd to me. I mean, booze are just a big part of Fremont street, like Bourbon street in New Orleans. Why the change now?

Well, in talking to my friendly pit critter from the D, he shed some light on the situation. His claim is that D owner Derek Stevens, is the force behind the policy change. Apparently, Mr Stevens wants to expand the D to the corner of 4th street and would need to acquire two souvenir gift type shops (which I take from the conversation are jointly owned) in order to do so. Apparently sale of alcohol in bottles and cans is a large portion of these two stores business, so the change in policy, which prohibits these stores from selling bottles and cans is all about running these places out of business, at least according to the pit guy I spoke with.

This sounds plausible to me. I would not be surprised if this whole policy were reversed quickly. Downtown is very quirky and lots of things happen there that shouldn't happen. But glass and bottled alcoholic beverages and/or the danger of them isn't really a significant problem that I see compared to nude women and crime walking around. It's not like this policy is going to have any effect at all except to increase the overhead of drinks to include the cost of plastic cups.

A lot of people treat downtown as just one big open casino without air-conditioning in between the games they are playing.

It could hurt the entire downtown scene more than it helps any one casino over a drink vendor.

Quote: kewlj

Well, in talking to my friendly pit critter from the D, he shed some light on the situation. His claim is that D owner Derek Stevens, is the force behind the policy change. Apparently, Mr Stevens wants to expand the D to the corner of 4th street and would need to acquire two souvenir gift type shops (which I take from the conversation are jointly owned) in order to do so. Apparently sale of alcohol in bottles and cans is a large portion of these two stores business, so the change in policy, which prohibits these stores from selling bottles and cans is all about running these places out of business, at least according to the pit guy I spoke with.

Never listen to a dealer! (Or a pit critter).

Quote: teddys

Never listen to a dealer! (Or a pit critter).

Is this just a general statement, teddys? Or are you indicating something specific about this situation?

I have no doubt that if those stores close it would be a good thing for the D, if the D can acquire the space.

But these new laws are a very long road to travel to get to that goal.