Comments on: The Main Event Begins http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/the-main-event-begins/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:38:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tully http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/the-main-event-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-1573 tully Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:02:02 +0000 http://wp.casinoguide.com/lifeinvegas/?p=6117#comment-1573 Depending on how many players sign up for the first round of the ME today and tomorrow, it looks like the total WSOP attendance numbers are fairly flat. Of course holding your own in this economy is not shabby at all. Last year there were a total of 58,720 tourney entries, including the ME. Going into the championship this year, the number stood at 53,460. Around 5300 players in the ME will let them match last year. I'd say the most important aspect of the WSOP this year is not who wins a bracelet, but the impact it has had on the economy. Lots of rooms booked, food and drink purchased, and money spent in the pits. LV really needed the poker players this year. What would Harrah's numbers look like without it? A lot worse, I'd guess. Depending on how many players sign up for the first round of the ME today and tomorrow, it looks like the total WSOP attendance numbers are fairly flat. Of course holding your own in this economy is not shabby at all. Last year there were a total of 58,720 tourney entries, including the ME. Going into the championship this year, the number stood at 53,460. Around 5300 players in the ME will let them match last year.

I’d say the most important aspect of the WSOP this year is not who wins a bracelet, but the impact it has had on the economy. Lots of rooms booked, food and drink purchased, and money spent in the pits. LV really needed the poker players this year.

What would Harrah’s numbers look like without it? A lot worse, I’d guess.

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