Tim Hodge

I’ll believe it when I see it, but given the incoming President’s environmental stances along with this recent quote from Harry Reid, and I’m starting to feel a little better about it:

“Yucca Mountain is history, OK?” Reid said in an interview Wednesday. “Just watch, we’ll see what happens real soon, just watch. You will see it bleed real hard in the next year.”

I have an idea - why not take the $20 billion still sitting around for the project and use it to build some serious solar and wind projects out here in the middle of the desert?  Let the states that use nuclear power figure out where to store their own garbage.

If you’ve flown out of Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport anytime in the last couple years you know what a mess it can be to find a good parking spot.  Hopefully things will get better with Tuesday’s opening of the new Economy lot where the old rental car lots were near Terminal 2.  The good news is that there are roughly 1,000 more spaces than there were at this time last year (along with fewer flights and less people).  The bad news is that the cost has jumped up to $8 per day.

For the more budget minded there is still the $5 Remote lot across the street from the new car rental complex.  It will stay open until the first of the year, and after that it will only be used for overflow.

Last year Dubai World dropped $6 billion for a 9.4% stake in MGM Mirage and a 50% interest in City Center.  Now the investment arm has gained approval to aquire up to a 20% stake in MGM Mirage, although it is planning to wait until market conditions warrant such an action.

In other news, MGM Mirage CEO Terry Lanni is stepping down on November 30th.  Going to spend more time with his family?  Getting out before the market really tanks?  Or is it because the company is selling his planes?  Who knows.  Whatever the reason, I just hope incoming CEO Jim Murren can turn this boat around, open up the corporate pocketbook, and get some of these renovations going again.