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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
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COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
Speechwriting
Laura Capps
OA/Box Number: 12621
FOLDER TITLE:
Job Search
2016-0194-S
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CENTREVILLE, INC.
M. Waldman-
File re: job search
Just what
you need.
-BR
January 8, 1997
Mr. Bruce Reed
Assistant to President
Domestic Planning
Room 216
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20502
Dear Mr. Reed:
What a helluva story! I enjoyed reading the article (GQ, Jan. '97) pertaining to your
provocative multi-faceted life.
As a substantive supporter of President Clinton, I would love to have the opportunity to
write speeches for the man.
Enclosed please find one of several speeches I have written--this one pertaining to the dark
side of Las Vegas. If you should ever find the need for a West Coast "assistant", then
please let me know.
Very Truly,
David I (ohen
David Cohen
DIC/kae
Enclosures
MARBEYA BUSINESS PARK
6655 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite A218
Las Vegas, NV 89102
702 365-1009
Fax 702 365-1620
ROTARY
TheWheel
hooked up with international film-maker, Bashar Shbib. They
worked on four films together, with Cohen serving in various
INTERNATIONAL
capacities, including producer, writer, and actor.
Las Vegas Rotary
District 5300
In 1991, Cohen moved to Las Vegas and immediately set about
filming Shbib's romance-comedy "Ride Me!" Then, in 1993,
Today's Program - September 26, 1996
Cohen created a national TV award show project for the
casino/resort industry entitled, "The Cassie Awards." Currently.
Cohen is in development on a heavy metal thriller feature set to
shoot in Quebec sometime late fall. Actively involved in the
community, Cohen serves on the Boards of Directors of several
local cultural arts organizations. He would be happy to sit on the
Gaming Study Commission if anybody out there will nominate
him.
GOING, GOING, ALMOST GONE
Noted author, educator, photographer, poet and Rotarian R.
Guild Gray reminds us that this is the last day his book NATURE
SINGS can be ordered through the Club. After today, orders should
DAVID COHEN, AN OUTSIDERS
be placed with Bob Coffin Books or directly with Guild.
PERSPECTIVE ON LAS VEGAS
Copies ordered before today are available at a table near the
Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, David Cohen
entrance to the showroom. Thanks to Guild's largesse and the
(40) obtained his degree in Economics from Yale. Originally, he
Club's response, the Rotary Foundation is about $700 richer
planned to enter the family business created by his father and five
maybe a bit more after today.
brothers. However, after spending a summer working on the film
"Superman," Cohen found himself seduced by Hollywood.
With a strong recommendation from James Tobin, Nobel Prize
Winner in Economics, Cohen attended USC Graduate Film
School. Afterward, he worked for the renowned cult film
production company, Troma, in New York. There in the steamy
bowels of "Hell's Kitchen," Cohen apprenticed in the rough and
tough world of ultra-low-budget film-making.
In 1984, Cohen wrote, directed, and produced "Hollywood
Zap!" which became a Troma cult film classic, endorsed by film
mass Sadler
luminaries, Paul Bartel & John Waters. Subsequently, Cohen
** "Roughiu translated. it means
Mrs. Willett on Maple Street has a new bird feeder.
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DAVID COHEN'S SPEECH DELIVERED AT ROTARY CLUB ON SEPT. 26. 1996
THE YEAR OF THE LEMMING
ON FEB. 24, 1996, MY GIRLFRIEND AND I ATE DINNER AT THE
MOONGATE IN THE MIRAGE, SURROUNDED BY CHEERFUL FAMILIES
RINGING IN THE CHINESE NEW YEAR, THE YEAR OF THE RAT. AT
THAT TIME, I WONDERED WHAT CRITERIA THE CHINESE USE TO
NAME YEARS AFTER CERTAIN ANIMALS? WELL, SEVEN MONTHS
LATER, I MUST ADMIT THAT I AM TRULY IMPRESSED BY THE
UNCANNY PERCEPTION OF THE CHINESE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY
WHICH TYPE OF ANIMAL GOES WITH WHICH YEAR. YES INDEED,
THIS IS TRULY THE YEAR OF THE RAT...AND MORE SPECIFICALLY,
THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE LEMMING THAT LITTLE FURRY RODENT
WHO SCURRIES ABOUT IN PACKS. SOMETIMES, FOR REASONS NOT
QUITE KNOWN, THE PACK WILL SUDDENLY MAKE A BEELINE FOR A
CLIFF, INTENT UPON A SUICIDAL JUMP INTO THE GREAT ABYSS.
EVEN MORE EXTRAORDINARY IS THE COMPLETE MINDLESSNESS OF
THE PACK AS ONE LEMMING AFTER ANOTHER RACES HEADLONG
TOWARD DISASTER AND DEATH.
NOW LADIES & GENTLEMEN, SOME OF YOU MAY BE CURIOUS
AS TO WHY I AM OPENING MY LITTLE TALK WITH A DISCUSSION
ABOUT CHINESE NEW YEAR AND LEMMINGS. ALLOW ME TO
EXPLAIN BY GOING BACK IN TIME THREE YEARS
BACK THEN, I CREATED A NATIONAL TV AWARDS CONCEPT
FOR THE CASINO/RESORT INDUSTRY FOCUSING ON
ENTERTAINMENT. I FLEW TONY CURTIS AND HIS WIFE TO LAS
VEGAS AND WE UNVEILED THE CASSIE AWARDS AT SPAGO TO AN
AMALGAM OF MEDIA, CASINO AND POLITICAL FIGURES.
AT THAT TIME I RUFFLED MANY FEATHERS SINCE I CREATED
THIS CONCEPT AS AN OUTSIDER TO A VERY PROMINENT INDUSTRY
WITHOUT THE EXPRESS SANCTION OF ANY OF ITS SIGNIFICANT
PLAYERS.
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HOWEVER, I BELIEVED IN THE MERITS OF THE CONCEPT AND FELT
THAT, WITH PERSISTENCE, I WOULD EVENTUALLY SEDUCE THE
MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE INDUSTRY TO GET BEHIND THIS PROJECT.
MOREOVER, I BELIEVED I COULD SECURE APPROXIMATELY 2--3
MILLION DOLLARS TO PRODUCE THE SHOW FROM THIRD PARTY
SOURCES RATHER THAN DIRECT, INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS. I
FIGURED THAT, ULTIMATELY, THE NET EFFECT WOULD BE A WIN--
WIN SITUATION: FOR MYSELF, I WOULD CREATE AN
ENTERTAINMENT VEHICLE THAT, IF NOT INITIALLY PROFITABLE,
WOULD PRODUCE P.R. RESULTS THAT WOULD IMPRESS THE ENTIRE
GAMING INDUSTRY-- so MUCH, IN FACT, THAT I HOPED THEY
WOULD HELP FACILITATE MY OWN LAS VEGAS BASED FILM
PRODUCTION ENTITY; FOR THE INDUSTRY, I SAW THE CASSIE
AWARDS AS A CHANCE TO FASHION A MASS MEDIA SPECTACLE WITH
TREMENDOUS IMAGE ENHANCEMENT VALUE. THE CASSIE AWARDS
PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY TO COME
OUT OF THE SHADOWS OF ITS TAINTED PAST, GET ON ITS FEET
BEFORE THE ENTIRE WORLD, AND PROUDLY SHOUT, "WE ARE HERE
AND WE ARE NEW AND FRESH AND VIBRANT AND WE ARE PROUD OF
WHAT WE ARE DOING AND PROUD TO AWARD OUR VERY BEST--JUST
AS EVERY OTHER ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD HAS
DONE."
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME THREE YEARS LATER, AFTER A GREAT
DEAL OF EFFORT, I NOW ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SHOW IS NOT
HAPPENING. AT THIS TIME, IN THE ABSENCE OF TWO OR THREE
MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS, I DOUBT IT EVER WILL. YET, WHEN ALL
IS SAID AND DONE, I WOULD NEVER TRADE THE EXPERIENCE FOR
ALL THE TEA IN CHINA. IT PRESENTED A TREMENDOUS
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY; A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
NEW AND TRUE FRIENDS; AND PROVIDED A TERRIFIC EDUCATION IN
AN INDUSTRY IN WHICH I HAD NEVER BEEN ANYTHING OTHER
THAN AN OCCASIONAL, MINOR INVESTOR. AS A RESULT, LADIES &
GENTLEMEN, I STAND BEFORE YOU NOW--NOT AS THE FAILED
PRODUCER OF THE CASSIE AWARDS OR SOME KIND OF BITTER
LOSER INSTEAD, I STAND BEFORE YOU LIKE A MAN REBORN.
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WHEREAS ONCE I WAS A NAIVE OUTSIDER, I NOW DECLARE I
AM MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE GAMING INDUSTRY THAN
MANY OF THE EXECUTIVES THEMSELVES. I HAVE A MACRO
PERSPECTIVE A BROAD OVERVIEW PROFOUND INSIGHT BECAUSE
I HAVE AVOIDED GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THE INTRICACIES OF ITS
DAILY AFFAIRS, E.G. PAYOUT RATIOS ON SLOT MACHINES; PROFIT
TO COMP. RATIOS, ETC. IN OTHER WORDS, I CAN SEE THE FOREST
FOR THE TREES!
WHEREAS, ONCE I WAS BAFFLED BY THE PARANOIA AND
COLDNESS THAT GREETED MY PROJECT'S UNVEILING, I NOW FEEL A
SERENE SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING.
WHEREAS, ONCE I WAS SURPRISED AND CONFUSED BY
ABRUPT TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS INDUSTRY, I NOW
HAVE THE UNCANNY ABILITY TO PREDICT THEM.
WHEREAS ONCE I LEANED ON ADVISORS AND PUBLIC
RELATIONS REPS TO EXPLAIN AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY TO ME, I AM
NOW MY OWN GAMING INDUSTRY EXPERT AND THAT IS THE
REASON FOR THIS SPEECH--TO APPRISE YOU OF ALL I HAVE
LEARNED IN THE EARNEST HOPE I CAN AVERT WHAT I BELIEVE IS
AN IMPENDING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CRISIS IN MY NEW HOME OF
LAS VEGAS. FOR ALL ITS FLAWS, I HAVE A PROFOUND LOVE FOR
THIS EXCITING, MAGICAL TOWN WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN
VISTAS AND STUNNING PASTEL SUNSETS.
YOU KNOW, AT AN EVENT HERE IN TOWN, I REMEMBER I WAS
CONFRONTED BY AN OLD LAS VEGAS DENIZEN WHO REPROACHED
ME FOR ARRIVING HERE AND SELF-ANOINTING MYSELF AS THE
PRODUCER OF A MAJOR EVENT FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT HAD NEVER
INVITED ME INTO ITS FOLDS. THIS PERSON--WHO HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE GAMING INDUSTRY-- COMPARED ME TO A SCHOOL
BULLY WHO EXTORTS OTHER KIDS FOR THEIR LUNCH MONEY.
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AT THAT TIME, I COULDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE FEROCITY OF
THIS PERSON'S ANGER. SOMEHOW I REALIZED THIS PERSON WAS
ONLY PARROTING THE VENOMOUS WORDS OF SOME UNKNOWN
ANTAGONIST.
FOR SOME TIME, THOSE ANGRY WORDS BOTHERED ME. AFTER
ALL, I WASN'T TRYING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM THE INDUSTRY--
INSTEAD, I WAS USING PERSONAL MONIES AND SEARCHING FOR
THIRD PARTY, NON-GAMING SOURCES OF FINANCING.
AFTER FURTHER REFLECTION, I REALIZED THAT MY
APPROACH, ALTHOUGH NOT THE MOST SUBTLE, NEVERTHELESS,
WAS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR. AFTER ALL, WHAT WAS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY ACTIONS AND THOSE OF THE
GAMING COMPANIES THAT INVADE NON-GAMING TERRITORIES
WITH POLITICAL LOBBYISTS AND BUNDLES OF CASH IN HAND? OR
FOR THAT MATTER, TAKE A LOOK AT THE GREATEST SUCCESS
STORY IN THE GAMING INDUSTRY, FINANCED BY A FELLOW NAMED
MILKEN. UTILIZING JUNK BONDS, MILKEN CREATED AN ENTIRE
CARTEL OF PROFESSIONAL EXTORTIONISTS (ALSO KNOWN AS
CORPORATE RAIDERS). AT WORST, I COULD BE COMPARED TO A
CORPORATE RAIDER BUT THEN...SO WHAT! SOMETIMES IT TAKES
AN UNUSUALLY FORCEFUL APPROACH TO BREAK DOWN THE
BARRIERS IN OUR SOCIETY IN ORDER THAT A GREAT CONCEPT CAN
BE REALIZED.
IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW CERTAIN OUTSIDERS
SPEND YEARS AND YEARS STRIVING TO GET THEIR BETTER
MOUSETRAPS REALIZED. THESE OUTSIDERS SCRAPE AND
CLAW SUFFERING THE CONSTANT ABUSE AND OBSTACLES
FOISTED UPON THEM BY THE RULING ELITE. FINALLY, WHEN
THESE OUTSIDERS REACH ESTABLISHMENT STATUS, RATHER THAN
FEELING EMPATHETIC FOR THOSE WHO COME ALONG WITH THEIR
OWN BETTER MOUSETRAPS, THEY DISH OUT THE SAME ABUSIVE
TREATMENT THEY ONCE so DESPISED. WHEN WILL THIS VICIOUS
CIRCLE END?
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AFTER ALL, IT IS SIMPLY NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF A
HEALTHY SOCIETY TO SUPPRESS ALL THOSE BETTER MOUSETRAPS
OUT THERE.
AND YET, NOW I UNDERSTAND HOW THE GAMING INDUSTRY
WORKS AND HOW CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS CONTROL IT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ALMIGHTY POWERS IN THIS
INDUSTRY AND TOWN DETERMINED SOME TIME AGO THAT THE
TERM "ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" SHOULD
UNDERGO A RADICAL TRANSFORMATION. PREVIOUSLY
ENTERTAINMENT REFERRED PRIMARILY TO HEADLINERS, ADULT-
THEMED EXTRAVAGANZAS, AND LOUNGE ACTS.
HOWEVER, CIRCUS CIRCUS INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF
"DISNEYLAND IN THE DESERT," PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT
ORIENTED TOWARD THE MASS-MARKET, FAMILY CONSUMER.
THEREAFTER THE MIRAGE GROUP ADOPTED A HIGHER-END
VARIATION OF THE CIRCUS METHOD--AND WITH EVEN GREATER
SUCCESS!
BY THE TIME THE NINETIES BEGAN, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT
THE MOST PROFITABLE CASINO IN VEGAS--THE MIRAGE-- PROVIDED
A "DISNEYLAND" TYPE OF EXPERIENCE WITH EXPLODING
VOLCANOES, WHITE TIGERS AND DANCING DOLPHINS. NATURALLY,
THE OVERWHELMING SUCCESS INSPIRED NUMEROUS IMITATORS,
UNTIL FINALLY, WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS TRULY
"DISNEYLAND IN THE DESERT." ROLLERCOASTERS EVERYWHERE--
ON TOP OF THE STRATOSPHERE. IN FRONT OF NEW YORK, NEW
YORK A DAZZLING LIGHT SHOW DOWNTOWN PIRATE SHIP
BATTLES PARAGLIDING AT THE MGM WADE POOLS AT MONTE
CARLO INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAMES AT THE LUXOR.
ALONG WITH THIS TREND WE FIND THE SHOWROOMS AND
LOUNGES CLOSING DOWN.
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THE HEADLINERS ARE RELEGATED TO FILL-IN SPOTS WHEN THE
ROBOTIC ENTERTAINMENTS UNDERGO MAINTENANCE. THE
TOPLESS GIRL EXTRAVAGANZAS GROW CONSIDERABLY TAMER OR
IN SOME CASES, ARE REPLACED ALTOGETHER. IN THEIR PLACE
ARE FAMILY-ORIENTED SUPER-EXTRAVAGANZAS, WHICH THE
CASINO RESORTS INTEND TO RUN INDEFINITELY.
THE ULTIMATE RESULT IS THE DEATH OF THE HEADLINER,
ALONG WITH THE DEATH OF HIS AGENT, HIS MANAGER, THE
ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTOR, THE COCKTAIL WAITRESSES, MAITRE
D'S, AND THE SHOW CRITIC. IT IS THE DEATH OF TALENT,
CULMINATING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE SUPREME EMPOWERMENT
OF THE CASINO EXECUTIVES AND OWNERS. THE STRATEGY IS
SIMPLE BUILD A ROBOTIC ENTERTAINMENT OR NON-STAR
EXTRAVAGANZA OR THRILL RIDE HIRE A BUNCH OF OPERATORS
AND EXTRAS AND PERFORMERS AT MINIMUM WAGE LEVELS AND
IF ANYBODY GIVES YOU FLAK, YOU FIRE THEM ON THE SPOT. NO
SUPERSTAR EGOS TO DEAL WITH. LET ALL THE GREAT STARS GO TO
BRANSON AND EAT SQUIRREL.
UNFORTUNATELY, I BELIEVE THAT THE GAMING RESORT
OPERATORS ARE DEFINITELY KILLING THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE
GOLDEN EGG. THE EVIDENCE IS EVERYWHERE.
THE OTHER DAY, I SPOKE BY PHONE WITH SEVERAL N.Y.
BUDDIES OF MINE. THEY WERE FREQUENT ANNUAL VISITORS TO
THIS TOWN SINCE I MOVED HERE. ON EACH VISIT THEY WOULD
PROCEED TO BLOW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT THE CRAPS
AND CARD TABLES. YET, LAST YEAR THEY DID NOT SHOW UP.
"WHAT HAPPENED?" I ASKED OVER THE PHONE, WHEN THEY FAILED
TO MAKE THEIR ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE. "WHY DON'T YOU GUYS
COME OUT HERE ANYMORE?"
"WELL DAVID," ONE BUDDY GROWLED, "WE'RE MARRIED WITH
KIDS. WE USED TO COME TO VISIT VEGAS TO GET AWAY FROM THE
KIDS
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EXCEPT NOW EVERYWHERE YOU GO YOU'VE GOT THESE ROTTEN
LITTLE STINKERS RUNNING UNDERFOOT. ALSO, YOU KNOW HOW
CROWDED AND CONGESTED MANHATTAN IS? WELL WE USED TO GO
TO VEGAS TO DECOMPRESS, ONLY PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU FLY
OVER, ALL THE PLANES ARE FULL AND THEY PACK YOU IN LIKE
SARDINES. YOUR STREETS ARE so DAMN CROWDED YOU CAN'T
DRIVE ANYWHERE NOW AND THERE ARE LINES FOR EVERYTHING.
THE LAST TIME WE WERE THERE, WE JUST SAT IN THE TRAFFIC AND
DID A SLOW BURN. AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO THE
SHOWROOMS THERE NOT ONLY CAN'T A GUY GET A MEAL ANY
LONGER, BUT NOW THEY'RE GETTING RID OF THE COCKTAIL
WAITRESSES AND SETTING UP SELF-SERVE BARS. DO YOU THINK
WE WANT TO LINE UP AT SOME BAR WITH A BUS TOUR IN ORDER TO
GET SOME DRINKS? AND NOW, WE HEAR, THEY'RE BUILDING A
SKYLINE OF NEW YORK OUT THERE! LISTEN, WHEN WE LEAVE THIS
CITY OF NEW YORK ON A VACATION, THAT'S THE LAST SKYLINE IN
THE WORLD WE WANT TO SEE ANYWHERE ELSE!
LET ME TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY: ABOUT TWO MONTHS
AGO, I GO TO A NEW SHOWROOM HERE IN TOWN. I TAKE AN OUT-
OF-TOWN GUEST FROM THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE, WHO IS MAKING
HIS FIRST VISIT TO LAS VEGAS. NATURALLY, HE IS EXCITED TO SEE
A VEGAS SHOW AFTER HEARING ALL THE HYPE ABOUT THIS TOWN
FOR YEARS IN THE CANADIAN MEDIA. THE NEW SHOWROOM IS
QUITE ATTRACTIVE AND FEATURES A TALENTED IMPRESSIONIST
BUT YET THE PRODUCTION VALUE IS HALF-ASSED THERE ARE NO
BACKDROPS ONLY THREE SUPPORTING MUSICIANS, AND MAYBE
ONE OR TWO SPOTLIGHTS.
APPREHENSIVELY, I STARE AT MY FRIEND, WONDERING WHAT
HIS REACTION WILL BE TO HIS FIRST VEGAS ENTERTAINMENT
EXPERIENCE. WHEN THE SHOW ENDS, HE IS QUIET, SEEMINGLY
DEEP IN THOUGHT AS WE EXIT TO THE PARKING GARAGE. "WELL,
WHAT DID YOU THINK?" I FINALLY BLURT OUT.
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"DAVID, I GOTTA BE HONEST," HE ANSWERS. "THE
PERFORMERS ARE OKAY BUT I'VE SEEN HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS IN
SASKATCHEWAN WITH MORE RAZZLE-DAZZLE AND PRODUCTION
VALUE THAN THAT SHOW."
IN MY SPEECH DELIVERED AT ROTARY IN 1993, I MADE
REFERENCE TO THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND MY
HOMETOWN OF CALGARY ALBERTA, CANADA. I DESCRIBED THE
ECONOMIC BOOM THAT FIRST OCCURRED IN CALGARY AND ITS
DOMINANT OIL & GAS INDUSTRY. THIS BOOM CYCLE LASTED THE
PROVERBIAL BIBLICAL SPAN OF SEVEN YEARS, ONLY TO BE UNDONE
BY A CHANGE IN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT'S OIL & GAS POLICY,
RISING INTEREST RATES, AND AN OIL GLUT.
WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE NOW SEVEN YEARS
FROM THE OPENING OF THE MIRAGE, WHICH KICKED OFF AN
UNPRECEDENTED RENAISSANCE HERE. UNFORTUNATELY, JUST AS
OCCURRED IN CALGARY, THE STORM CLOUDS ARE GATHERING.
WE FIND A TOWN IN WHICH THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
IS TAXED TO THE LIMIT. IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THE NEW GAMING
RESORT "NEW YORK - NEW YORK" EMBODIES THE PERFECT
METAPHOR OF WHAT LAS VEGAS IS BECOMING. THE ROADWAYS
ARE CLOGGED AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES 20 MINUTES TO TRAVEL
ONE BLOCK DOWN THE STRIP. FREQUENT, DENSE SMOG AND
INCREASING NUMBERS OF TALL STRUCTURES IMPEDE THE VIEW OF
THE DESERT HORIZONS. ONCE, WHEN I RAISED THE TRAFFIC
PROBLEMS WITH A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN, HE CITED BRANSON,
MISSOURI AS AN EXAMPLE OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN WHICH THE
PEOPLE JUST KEEP COMING WILLING TO SIT IN TRAFFIC FOR
HOURS. HOWEVER, IT OCCURS TO ME THAT THE FARMERS AND
COWBOYS WHO VISIT BRANSON ARE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CROWD
THAN THE AVERAGE VISITOR TO VEGAS. ALTHOUGH THEY MAY BE
WILLING TO "WATCH THE WHEAT GROW," I DO NOT BELIEVE THE
TYPICAL VEGAS VISITOR IS so INCLINED.
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THE RISING INTEREST RATES AND CONSEQUENT REVALUATION
OF THE AMERICAN DOLLAR AGAINST MOST MAJOR FOREIGN
CURRENCIES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MORE AMERICAN TOURISTS
TAKING VACATIONS ABROAD.
WE FIND AN INDUSTRY THAT HAS BECOME so RICH AND
SUCCESSFUL THAT IT HAS ENGENDERED GREAT ENVY AND
RESENTMENT FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS. JUST AS THE NATIONAL
ENERGY POLICY CREATED A MAJOR REVERSAL FOR THE CANADIAN
OIL & GAS INDUSTRY BACK IN '81, so WE FIND THE CREATION OF
AN ANALOGOUS ENTITY: THE NATIONAL GAMING STUDY.
JUST AS HIGH PROFITS SPURRED MAJOR CANADIAN OIL & GAS
COMPANIES TO UNDERTAKE RISKIER OIL EXPLORATION. so THE
INTOXICATING RUSH OF PROFITS INSPIRES THE GAMING INDUSTRY
TO EXPAND INTO NEW TERRITORIES. THE HEAD-LONG RUSH INTO
ATLANTIC CITY AND MISSISSIPPI'S GULF COAST SAPS THE ENERGY
AND RESOURCES OF THE INDUSTRY. WITH THE RECESSION
LOOMING, THEY SPREAD THEMSELVES THIN.
JUST AS CANADIAN OIL & GAS COMPANIES BELIEVED THAT
DEEP-WELL TECHNIQUES, PROCEDURES AND LOGIC COULD BE
APPLIED TO NEW FRONTIERS, so DO LAS VEGAS GAMING
COMPANIES EXTRAPOLATE THAT "WHATEVER WORKED IN VEGAS
WILL WORK ELSEWHERE." YET IT IS APPARENT THAT EACH MARKET
IS RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER. LAS VEGAS: THE NEW
FRONTIER CLEAN AND SUNNY. ATLANTIC CITY: BURDENED BY
CENTURIES OF ROTTING INFRASTRUCTURE CLOUDY AND FILTHY.
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST: OLD SOUTH POLITICS, PADDLEBOATS
AND SHANTY TOWNS STEAMY AND WET.
WHAT IMPELS A HEALTHY PROSPEROUS INDUSTRY TO MAKE
MOVES THAT ARE BOUND TO UNDERMINE ITS SUCCESS?
FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS THE EGO FACTOR. LET'S LOOK AGAIN
AT THE CANADIAN OIL & GAS INDUSTRY IN THE LATE '70'S.
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AT THAT TIME, THE DARLING OF THE INDUSTRY WAS A COMPANY
NAMED, DOME ETROLEUM, LED BY A VISIONARY, DYNAMIC,
GENTLEMAN. JACK GALLAGHER. IN DESCRIBING THE MAN, LET ME
QUOTE FROM THE BOOK, THE BLUE EYED SHEIKS, "SMILING JACK
GALLAGHER. HAS PERHAPS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL TEETH IN
CANADIAN BUSINESS A SIGHTING OF HIS SMILE ON BAY OR WALL
STREETS IS BOUND TO SEND A SHIVER THROUGH STOCK
MARKETS A FLASH OF HIS DENTAL WORK IN OTTAWA HAS BEEN
KNOWN TO CAUSE WHOLE FEDERAL BUDGETS TO BE REVISED."
EARLY IN THE GREAT CANADIAN OIL & GAS BOOM, DOME
BUILT ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE IMPOSING OFFICE TOWERS IN
CALGARY. IT'S STOCK WAS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVELY TRADED
ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE AND THE SHARE PRICE
EXPERIENCED A METEORIC CLIMB. BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MAJOR
INTERNATIONAL BANKS THREW MONEY AT GALLAGHER AND
DOME OFTEN WITHOUT PERFORMING ONE SCINTILLA OF DUE
DILIGENCE. THE CANADIAN MEDIA AND INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES
HAILED GALLAGHER AS AN ORACLE. "HIS EVERY WORD WAS
CONSIDERED A GOLDEN NUGGET TO BE ANALYZED, DECIPHERED,
AND ULTIMATELY EXTOLLED."
AS TIME PROGRESSED, GALLAGHER'S EGO EXPANDED ALONG
WITH THE EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN ACCOLADES. THE MAN
BEGAN TO BELIEVE HIS OWN MYTHOLOGY ENCAPSULATED IN THE
BELIEF THAT HE SIMPLY COULD DO NO WRONG. ALTHOUGH DOME'S
EARLY SUCCESS WAS BASED PRIMARILY UPON CONVENTIONAL OIL
& GAS EXPLORATION, GALLAGHER DETERMINED THAT NEW AND
RISKIER FRONTIERS NEEDED TO BE EXPLORED.
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ONCE GALLAGHER DETERMINED THAT DOME SHOULD UNDERTAKE
MAJOR OFFSHORE EXPLORATION, HIS DECISION INSPIRED A WAVE
OF COPY-CAT ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY. EVEN
JUNIOR OIL & GAS COMPANIES GOT ON THE BANDWAGON.
LEMMINGS EVERYWHERE. MOST OF THESE COMPANIES WHO JOINED
THE "GALLAGHER STAMPEDE" BELIEVED HIS DECISION WAS
PREDICATED UPON HIS CUSTOMARY, CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF
MARKET CONDITIONS, MACRO-ECONOMIC FACTORS, AND
COST/BENEFIT RATIOS HOWEVER, IF THESE OILMEN HAD SEEN
BEYOND THE MIRAGE OF GALLAGHER'S ACTIONS, THEY PROBABLY
WOULD HAVE DETECTED SOME SCARY MOTIVATING FACTORS.
GALLAGHER'S PRIMARY INTENT IN MOVING OFFSHORE WAS
NOT PROFIT. RATHER, IT WAS THE SATISFACTION OF HIS
BURGEONING EGO. IN ORDER FOR GALLAGHER TO PLAY IN THE
INTERNATIONAL BIG LEAGUES OF THE MAJOR OIL & GAS
COMPANIES, SUCH AS EXXON, SHELL AND MOBIL HE NEEDED TO
BECOME AN ACTIVE PLAYER IN THEIR DOMAIN NAMELY IN THE
COSTLIEST, RISKIEST AREAS OF OIL & GAS EXPLORATION.
MOREOVER, GALLAGHER HAD A MAJOR RIVAL. HIS
NAME ROBERT BLAIR, THE PRESIDENT OF ALBERTA GAS TRUNK
LINES. THIS FIERCE COMPETITION INSPIRED GALLAGHER AND
DOME TO MAKE A MAJOR PURCHASE OF THE TRANS-CANADA
PIPELINE COMPANY THEREBY MOVING INTO THE NEW,
UNFAMILIAR TERRAIN OF GAS TRANSMISSION. IT WAS A SHORT
TERM VICTORY WON AT EXCESSIVE COST. BECAUSE, IN '81, THE
DROP IN OIL & GAS PRICES ALONG WITH A SHARP RISE IN
INTEREST RATES AND A HOSTILE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT LEFT
DOME WITH A HEAP OF UNSERVICEABLE DEBT.
WHEN I STUDIED ECONOMICS AT YALE, I DISCOVERED WHAT IS
KNOWN AS HISTORICAL DETERMINIST ECONOMICS. IT POSITS THAT
ALL COMPANIES, INDUSTRIES, AND ECONOMIES, MOVE IN CYCLES
OF FIXED DURATION, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR UNIQUE NATURE.
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ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES ANOMALIES DEVELOP THAT ALTER THE
LENGTH OF THE CYCLE, NEVERTHELESS, THE BOOM/BUST CYCLE IS
AS INEVITABLE AS THE CHANGE OF SEASONS.
AS A HISTORICAL DETERMINIST, I CAN SAFELY AND
CATEGORICALLY STATE THAT THE GAMING BOOM IS OVER, WITH
THE APEX HAVING BEEN REACHED THIS SUMMER. IN A RECENT
ARTICLE IN BARRON'S, JONATHAN LAING SPECULATED THAT A
DOWNTURN IS AT HAND THAT WILL AFFECT PRIMARILY THE
SMALLER GAMING COMPANIES. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE HIS ANALYSIS
IS FAR TOO SANGUINE. THE DOWNTURN WILL BE WIDESPREAD AND
WEIGH VERY HEAVILY UPON THE MAJORS. ON THE OTHER HAND,
YOU STILL MAY SEE STRENGTH IN CERTAIN GAMING COMPANIES
THAT CATER TO THE LOCALS MARKET. AFTER ALL, AS THE
DOWNTURN OCCURS, THOUSANDS OF DOWNSIZED GAMING
EMPLOYEES WILL PROBABLY SEEK SOME FORM OF RELIEF AT THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD CASINO. CASINO GAMING SUPPLIERS STILL MIGHT
FLOURISH AS THE INDUSTRY FOCUSES FUTURE GROWTH ON
RENOVATION RATHER THAN NEW CONSTRUCTION. HOWEVER, THE
MAJOR TOURIST RESORTS HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF DOWNSIDE RISK.
NOT ONLY IS IT EVIDENT THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS
OVEREXTENDED THE CONSUMER INCREASINGLY REPELLED AND
THE COMPETITION CANNIBALIZING ITSELF BUT A STRANGE
SCHIZOPHRENIA HAS DEVELOPED TOO.
FOR INSTANCE, TAKE A LOOK AT MONTE CARLO: THE INTERIOR
SUGGESTS A GRAND HOTEL FROM OLD EUROPE VERY APPEALING
TO ADULTS, NOT SO APPEALING TO KIDS. HOWEVER, STEP INTO
THE OUTSIDE POOL AREA AND ONE ENCOUNTERS WADE POOLS, AND
NOISY, YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE GALORE VERY APPEALING TO
KIDS; NOT so APPEALING TO ADULTS. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN
THE INITIAL ENTHUSIASM OF ITS GRAND OPENING SUBSIDES, THEN
I PREDICT IT WILL ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS. AGAIN, THE COLLISION
OF DISNEY CULTURE WITH ADULT THEMES SPELLS TROUBLE.
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IT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A TOWN ATTEMPTING TO BE
EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY AND ULTIMATELY SUCCEEDING IN
BECOMING EVER-ANNOYING TO EVERYONE. THE NET RESULT:
EXECUTIVES SPEAK ABOUT THE TOWN IN OXYMORONIC TERMS.
MONTE CARLO IS DESCRIBED AS AN EXAMPLE OF "POPULAR
ELEGANCE" WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN? LAUGHABLE
IMAGES COME TO MIND HOT DOGS SERVED ON SILVER TRAYS, OR
MAYBE EVEN. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WADE POOLS SET AGAINST
VICTORIAN STATUES.
NOW BEFORE YOU ACCUSE ME OF SIMPLY CRITICIZING
WITHOUT PROPOSING SOLUTIONS, LET ME UNDERSCORE MY
FUNDAMENTAL OPTIMISM ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND TOWN. I DO
NOT BELIEVE THE PROBLEMS ARE INTRACTABLE.
AS I SAID EARLIER, THEY ARE KILLING THE GOOSE THAT LAID
THE GOLDEN EGG...SO I SAY, RESURRECT THE GOLDEN GOOSE! OF
COURSE, I AM NOT so DELUDED TO THINK THAT THE GOLDEN
GOOSE SHOULD BE REVIVED IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM. NO, I AM NOT
ESPOUSING RAT PACK ENTERTAINMENT IN EVERY CASINO--NOR
SMOKY LOUNGES FEATURING TIRED, OLD ACTS THAT EVEN YOUR
GRANDMA CAN'T STAND. NO, I AM PROPOSING THE AMPLIFICATION
OF A NEW GAMING ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPT THAT HAS PROVEN
ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL AND REPRESENTS THE WAVE OF THE
FUTURE.
THIS NEW GAMING ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPT WAS CREATED
BY THE SINGLE GREATEST GENIUS/ORACLE TO ARRIVE IN OUR
COMMUNITY IN RECENT PAST. THE MAN INVENTED ONE OF THE
MOST IMAGINATIVE, SUCCESSFUL FRANCHISES IN THE USA. FROM
THIS, HE EXTRAPOLATED A SIMILAR ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPT IN
THE GAMING ARENA.
OF COURSE, I AM SPEAKING OF PETER MORTON OF HARD ROCK
HOTEL FAME. LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY TO WHAT THIS MAN SAYS
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HIS WORDS ARE PEARLS OF WISDOM BECAUSE HE REPRESENTS
THE CUTTING EDGE OF WHAT GAMING OUGHT TO EVOLVE INTO, IF
IT HAS ANY HOPE OF PROSPERING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
ADULT, SEXY AND ORIENTED TOWARD THE DOMINANT BABY BOOM
CULTURE, THE HARD ROCK ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPT IS A MODERN
VARIATION OF WHAT VEGAS ONCE WAS AND SHOULD BECOME
AGAIN.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE DISNEYLAND-IN-THE-DESERT THEMES
HAVE HAD THEIR DAY. NO ONE CAN DENY THEIR ORIGINAL
BRILLIANCE. HOWEVER, TODAY, THEY ARE AS VIBRANT AS OLD
DINOSAUR BONES. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS KIDS AND ADULTS
DO NOT WORK IN CONJUNCTION WHERE GAMING IS CONCERNED.
WHEN YOU PUT KIDS INTO THE PICTURE, YOU ALIENATE TWO
MAJOR GROUPS OF ADULTS: ONE THE ADULTS THAT WISH TO
INDULGE IN ADULT ACTIVITY WITHOUT KIDS GETTING
UNDERFOOT AND TWO, THE ADULTS THAT ARE MORALLY
OFFENDED WHEN THEY SEE YOUNG KIDS IN THE PROXIMITY OF
ADULT ACTIVITY. IT IS THIS LATTER GROUP OF ADULTS THAT THE
GAMING INDUSTRY MUST FEAR THE MOST BECAUSE THEY WILL
USE THE ADULTS-CORRUPTING-KIDS SERMON TO TRY AND SHUT
DOWN THE TOWN IN ITS CURRENT PERMUTATION.
LET ME REMIND YOU IN THE WESTERN CANADIAN OIL
PATCH, 1981, IT WAS NOT SIMPLY CHANGES IN OIL & GAS SUPPLY
AND RISING INTEREST RATES THAT HURT THE INDUSTRY A MUCH
GREATER FACTOR WAS A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENTAL
REGULATION CHANGES INSPIRED PRIMARILY BY ENVY AND
MORAL OFFENSE. THE ENVY BECAUSE THE EASTERN CANADIAN
LAWMAKERS WERE JEALOUS OF THE ENORMOUS WEALTH FLOWING
INTO THE COFFERS OF THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT. THE MORAL
OFFENSE BECAUSE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY BELIEVED THAT
THE ALBERTA OILMEN WERE MORE INTERESTED IN A MATERIALISTIC
DECADENT LIFESTYLE THAN THE PURSUIT OF THE HIGHER SOCIAL
GOALS OF CANADA.
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IN OTHER WORDS, EVEN IF I AM WRONG AND THE ECONOMIC
CYCLE DOES NOT HOBBLE THE GAMING INDUSTRY, THEN THE
POLITICAL CURRENT SURELY WILL!
WHERE LAS VEGAS IS CONCERNED, IN ORDER TO PROTECT OR
PROLONG THE VITALITY OF GROWTH HERE, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT
CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS OCCUR.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE WATER SUPPLY MUST EITHER BE
AUGMENTED DRAMATICALLY OR WATER CONSUMPTION MUST BE
CURTAILED. WE CANNOT TREAT OUR PRECIOUS WATER SUPPLY
WITH THE SAME DISREGARD AS OUR ROADS. WE CANNOT WAIT AND
FIX THE PROBLEM AT THE POINT THE TAPS RUN DRY.
DIVERSIFICATION OF INDUSTRY IS IMPERATIVE TO AVERT THE
DOWNTURN. THIS STATE MUST PUT ITS FOOT TO THE PEDAL ON
THIS ISSUE. FOR EXAMPLE, NEVADA IS AN IDEAL PLACE TO BUILD A
HUGE VIBRANT FILM-MAKING INDUSTRY. THEY HAVE HOLLYWOOD
IN L.A...WHY NOT CACTUS-WOOD IN VEGAS?
MOST IMPORTANTLY, DURING THE RECENT BOOM, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF NEWCOMERS HAVE POURED INTO LAS VEGAS. THEY
BRING A RADICAL FRESH APPROACH AND LOTS OF ENERGY. THE
NEWCOMERS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY COULD BE THE
PROBLEM SOLVERS. YET, TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE BOARDS OF
DIRECTORS OF THE MAJOR CIVIC INSTITUTIONS IN THIS TOWN. THE
SAME NAMES AND FACES DOMINATE THE SCENE--THE SAME MAJOR
CASINO OWNERS, THE SAME POLITICIANS, THE SAME REAL ESTATE
BARONS, THE SAME PROFESSIONALS; THE SAME EX OFFICIO
PLAYERS IN OTHER WORDS "OLD LAS VEGAS."
TO PARAPHRASE PRESIDENT REAGAN AS HE STOOD BEFORE
THE BERLIN WALL, LET ME BOLDLY STATE: "OLD LAS VEGAS TEAR
DOWN THIS WALL!"
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YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, MY PROJECT, THE
CASSIE AWARDS, LOOKED LIKE A SURE THING. WE HAD JUST
CREATED A JOINT VENTURE WITH THREE OTHER PRODUCERS. WE
HAD SIGNED INTEREST FROM 10 CELEBRITIES TO APPEAR ON THE
SHOW. SEVERAL TV NETWORKS WERE REQUESTING MEETINGS.
THE WORLD APPEARED TO BE OUR OYSTER THE FUTURE SEEMED
so ROSY. THEN, BIT BY BIT, EVERYTHING FELL APART. THE JOINT
VENTURE DISSOLVED, THE NETWORKS WOULD NOT CONDESCEND TO
MEET US ANY LONGER, AND THE CASINO EXECS GRADUALLY CUT
OFF ALL COMMUNICATION. AT THE TIME, I WAS SHOCKED. HOW
COULD THIS DISASTER OCCUR? I MEAN, EVERYTHING LOOKED so
GOOD so CERTAIN.
AS IT HAPPENED, I RE-ENCOUNTERED A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
FROM MY PAST. WE WENT OUT AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY, WE FELL
IN LOVE. IN THE COURSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, THERE HAS BEEN
A GOOD DEAL OF ADVERSITY, YET, ALONG WITH THE TROUBLES AND
PROBLEMS, WE'VE DEVELOPED A GREAT DEAL OF INSIGHT. FOR
MYSELF, THE MOST PROFOUND INSIGHT IS THIS: IT WAS MEANT
FOR ME TO EXPERIENCE ADVERSE TIMES; IT WAS MEANT FOR ME TO
REUNITE WITH THIS WOMAN UNDER NOT-SO-HAPPY
CIRCUMSTANCES; IT WAS MEANT FOR ME TO FALL OUT OF THE
VORTEX AND TURMOIL OF THE CASSIE AWARDS AND RE-DISCOVER
WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN THIS WORLD.
IN THIS EXPERIENCE, I SEE A METAPHOR FOR LAS VEGAS.
SOMETIMES, THINGS LOOK SO GOOD, so WONDERFUL, so
CERTAIN AND THEN POOF! IT CAN JUST DISAPPEAR LIKE THAT.
YET, WHEN ADVERSITY FINALLY HITS THIS TOWN, I HOPE
EVERYONE WILL BE STOICAL AND UPBEAT BECAUSE, THROUGH
ALL THE TROUBLES AND TURMOIL, WE WILL GAIN GREAT INSIGHT
INTO WHO AND WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE SHOULD BECOME.
THANK YOU.
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