by Eric Booker | Jul 22, 2026 | Behind the Scenes, Business & Finance, Sports & Management
On a Tuesday afternoon in February, no team is playing at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. No game is scheduled. No visiting team is in town. But the building is generating economic activity. The staff maintaining it are employed. The surrounding hotels and...
by Eric Booker | Jul 20, 2026 | Casino Marketing, Hospitality & Tourism
Every hotel measures occupancy. Every resort tracks ADR. The metrics that define the financial health of a property are well established — RevPAR, GOPPAR, NOI — and the hospitality industry has built sophisticated systems for monitoring them. What is measured with far...
by Eric Booker | Jul 13, 2026 | Business & Finance, Hospitality & Tourism
In November 2025, MGM Resorts completed a $300 million renovation of MGM Grand Las Vegas — refreshing nearly 4,000 rooms across one of the most iconic properties on the Strip. The financial result was immediate and significant: a 20% increase in adjusted EBITDA for Q4...
by Eric Booker | Jul 2, 2026 | Business & Finance, Casino Marketing, Hospitality & Tourism
For decades, the casino resort model was built on a simple premise: get guests to the gaming floor and keep them there. The hotel room, the restaurant, the entertainment — these were largely understood as amenities designed to extend the time a guest spent on...
by Eric Booker | Jun 27, 2026 | Business & Finance, Home Based Business, Small Business
Ask most people what they picture when they hear “home-based business,” and they’ll describe something small, informal, and inherently fragile. A side hustle between job applications. A hobby that occasionally generates income. Something to be taken...
