David Strow Quotations

We're quite happy with how we are doing in Laughlin at Harrah's.

We want to see an offering that attracts the sophisticated customers.

We absolutely encourage our employees to make their voices heard in the political process on their own time.

Because of the location of this property, there will not be any unobstructed, safe views for members of the public.

Our company, and really the gaming industry as a whole, complies with federal law on hiring.

I think the strongest sign of Las Vegas is the investment. No one is scared away or slowing down as a result of what's being built elsewhere.

That was the attraction. It was a tremendously strategic location.

We have to think about the people first. Then we can think about the business. We're dealing with a scale of disaster we've never seen before (in the casino industry). We're literally at square one right now.

We had other things on our plate in Atlantic City.

We plan to develop a first-class resort at that site. This is not simply going to be a rebuild.

We need to get people in there to evaluate the situation.

There is not a drastic shift in our marketing in December. Our target is primarily tourist-driven. But, of course, we welcome the business from locals.

We will not be pursuing that brand in the long term.

Any gaming company with significant operations is watching this closely. Ensuring that customers are able to get here is an absolute priority.

The California market is the No. 1 source of customers. Anything that can be done to make the trip easier is something we wholeheartedly endorse.

At some of our properties, absenteeism was below-normal. Some properties had as few as 10 people call in.

That's how we generate business for our resort properties. I don't think you'll see us pulling away from those markets because they remain an important part of our strategy.

The numbers are encouraging, and I'd say we're off to a good start. We opened right before Mardi Gras in order to capture the business from the start of New Orleans tourism. We were closed for a long time.

The city is more than a box of slot machines. It?s an experience that?s unique in the world.