Bye Bye Banks and Wall Street

[Alex]

I don't work at Wells but I used to. I wonder which event it was before I think about how inappropriate it was.

That said, big banks are national affairs and there is still a need to bring large geographically diverse groups of people together. And for the Wells footprint Vegas is reasonably central and reasonably cheap if you need to store 500 people for a few days.

And meantime, through other channels I am sure someone will be trying to find ways to spend government money to revive convention business in Vegas.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

That said, big banks are national affairs and there is still a need to bring large geographically diverse groups of people together. And for the Wells footprint Vegas is reasonably central and reasonably cheap if you need to store 500 people for a few days.

I agree on that point. They just happened to be staying two of the more expensive properties in LV (the Wynn and Encore).

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I agree on that point. They just happened to be staying two of the more expensive properties in LV (the Wynn and Encore).

True, but I don't know what they're needs were or the deal they got. But I don't think the story would have been too much different if they were staying at New York New York (a craptacular hotel I had to stay in for every Wells event I went to) or even off strip.