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The Industry Is Celebrating Resilience. Your Margins Didn't Get the Memo. Vegas Just Lost Another Buffet. The Strip Is Down to Seven. Airbnb Is Coming for Your Hotel Inventory. And They're Bringing a Lower Commission. $74K Per Key for a Historic Luxury Hotel. Then $83K More to Fix It. Your Kitchen Runs on Gas. Now Imagine It's Gone for Weeks. Wynn's $5.1B UAE Bet Survived a Drone Scare. The Real Risk Is in the Cap Rate. Five Students Studied a Hotel That Gives Its Profits Away. Every Owner Should Pay Attention. The Industry Is Celebrating Resilience. Your Margins Didn't Get the Memo. Vegas Just Lost Another Buffet. The Strip Is Down to Seven. Airbnb Is Coming for Your Hotel Inventory. And They're Bringing a Lower Commission. $74K Per Key for a Historic Luxury Hotel. Then $83K More to Fix It. Your Kitchen Runs on Gas. Now Imagine It's Gone for Weeks. Wynn's $5.1B UAE Bet Survived a Drone Scare. The Real Risk Is in the Cap Rate. Five Students Studied a Hotel That Gives Its Profits Away. Every Owner Should Pay Attention.

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Casino hotel F&B operations

1 story · First covered Apr 21, 2026 · Latest 4h ago

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Vegas Just Lost Another Buffet. The Strip Is Down to Seven.

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Vegas Just Lost Another Buffet. The Strip Is Down to Seven.

MGM Grand's buffet closes May 31 after 33 years, and the math behind why it's disappearing tells you everything about where casino F&B is headed... and what it means for every hotel operator still clinging to a food concept that doesn't earn its square footage.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · 4h ago