Loose cannon CEO William Yung is at it again. The Columbia Sussex supremo ripped Evansville, Ind. Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel a new one — from the safety of Cincinnati, Ohio. Yung feels Weinzapfel has dissed him and, in a retaliatory fit of pique, is canceling $60 million in renovations to the Casino Aztar riverboat. He also described the casino-resort itself as overstaffed, which should make Yung real popular among his employees. "We’ll get along at some point," says an apparently delusional Yung of the Evansville mayor. Weinzapfel seems to be deeply unpopular in Evansville already and this latest dustup probably won’t help. On the other hand, employees at the Las Vegas branch of the EEOC will apparently be kept busy now that Columbia Sussex has hit town, meat cleaver in hand.
Wendover prospers: The home of Wendover Will is burgeoning to the tune of three new casino projects. Utahns fleeing the shackles of Mormon theocracy are spelling a major growth spurt on Nevada’s northeastern border.
Elsewhere … after nearly a decade of futility, Max Baer Jr. continues to persist. Wait’ll they get a load of the flame-spouting, 200-foot-tall oil derrick. (I kid you not.)
No joy in Atlantic City: Gambling revenues tumbled almost 10 percent in April, mostly at the slots. Deutsche Bank mostly blames the impact of increased competition from Pennsylvania and New York, not to mention a nor’easter that kept folks away from the coast. Harrah’s properties weathered the storm best, posting a negligible decline. The drag anchor on the market was — no surprise here — the trio of Trump Entertainment properties, of which the Trump Taj Mahal took a whupping at the tables. Gambling-revenue plunges ranged from -19.7% at the Taj to -12.6 at Trump Plaza. The Donald will spin this as a great triumph, I’ve little doubt.
More of the gory details are to be had from the Press of Atlantic CIty and the Star-Ledger have more details, all of which point to worrisome trends for the city.

