How many loans of this kind GS, C is holding?The casino owner, which had $8.8 billion in long-term debt at the end of June, said in a regulatory filing today that it probably won't meet the requirements of loans arranged by Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. unless it cuts spending on developments, boosts earnings at its Las Vegas Strip casinos and raises more capital.
Quote from 1Reason:
Went to LVS today while I am in Vegas attending the traders expo.
no doubt that business overall is slow from who I talked to overall for Vegas.
One thing that I could not help thinking was that the gaming on a Friday and Friday night looked as busy as I have ever seen it. In fact in over ten trips to the poker room over the past three years I have never seen it as full. The whole room was packed with every table going and the wait was over an hour. Granted a poker tourney was going but from what I heard this is pretty common lately.
I played craps while waiting for the poker table to open up and the craps tables where a bit slower than I would have expected but all in all not bad. The card games were in full force and the whole time I was there the slots were busy (prolly the most important area)
My reason for checking the action of the place was to see if I should liquidate the LVS stock that I bought. I am going again tomorrow but so far I think we may have seen the bottom and inclined to hold. Will report again in my journal more detail of what I find including the people that I talked to.

