We believe that Boyd should also benefit from this continued Las Vegas locals growth, so we're currently projecting 9 percent (third-quarter) revenue growth for its Boulder Strip and Coast properties.

It's clear Wynn Las Vegas is growing the market across every segment, slots, table games and baccarat.

Plus, Las Vegas will be the beneficiary of displaced convention business (from New Orleans), which will help stimulate demand.

Despite the phenomenal growth of Las Vegas, the construction talent pool is not deep enough to provide the needed labor to build all currently announced projects. We believe if all announced and anticipated projects were to proceed before the end of the decade, a significant portion would not get off the ground given the limited depth of the construction talent pool, most importantly subcontractors.

After Leaving Las Vegas I did assume that things would get a lot easier than they've been. But it's just been a mirror of the way my career's been from the beginning, so for it to have changed would have been strange. My career has never been perfect.

We could not ignore Las Vegas.