HotelChatter - Tag: MGM Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:32:19Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/MGM%20Hotels Casino Hotels Enjoying Own Pity Party http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/24/124742/69 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Harrahs_Casino.jpg" class="top"> <p>Did you hear the <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/woman-wins-big-on-first-trip-to-vegas/256096">story</a> about the woman who, on her first trip to Vegas last week, won the $2.4 million jackpot at the Wheel of Fortune slots? The timing of the big win seems a little convenient considering the massive hit the hotels and casinos are taking with the recession; they could use a little good press right now. <p>While we'd like to imagine a depression as being all about escapism and people taking advantage of all-you-can-eat crab leg buffets, the reality is that <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Trump+International+Hotel+&+Tower+Las+Vegas/ian/263697">Trump International Hotel and Tower</a></b> has to give up a second tower for now, Kansas won't get a casino and the MGM Mirage is having trouble holding on to their JetSetCD 2008-11-24T16:50:18-05:00 Las Vegas: MGM Mirage CEO Faked His MBA http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/14/121041/45

Yesterday MGM Mirage's CEO of 13 years, Terrence Lanni came under fire after a Wall Street Journal investigation discovered that he never earned an MBA from the University of Southern California and abruptly "retired." Oops.

This is not what you want to find out about the man who is steering the world's largest casino-gaming company through a particularly rough patch in history. Especially as the hotel is on the brink of opening the extravagant MGM CityCenter.

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