pent-up demand<\/a> for full-service dining, as people are fatigued by isolation,\u201d Shuster added.<\/p>\nWolfgang Puck Steak opened in Detroit\u2019s MGM Grand Casino about eight years ago. Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria and Cucina also opened in the gaming property, but it has closed.<\/p>\n
Puck operates restaurants in other MGM Grand properties located in Las Vegas. They include Spago at the Bellagio and Lupo at Mandalay Bay. Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill at the MGM in Las Vegas is also open.<\/p>\n
When asked about the Detroit restaurant closing, Tom Kaplan, senior managing partner at Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, confirmed the shuttering.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur term was near expiration and the MGM wanted the space back for another use,\u201d Kaplan told Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cMGM extended our restaurant term in another one of their properties in Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\nOther Puck Restaurants Vulnerable If Closures Reoccur<\/h2>\n
Are any other of Wolfgang Puck’s restaurants at casinos or elsewhere vulnerable? Kaplan says no, \u201cNot unless the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] or local government impose a closure like [in] March\/April\/May.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each of their Las Vegas restaurants \u201care open and doing good business even at 50 percent capacity, per the state guidelines,\u201d Kaplan adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gaming properties apparently are favoring informal sports-focused restaurants serving plenty of alcohol rather than upscale venues, according to an industry analyst. Barry Shuster, executive editor of Restaurant Startup & Growth\/RestaurantOwner.com, and a clinical associate professor at North Carolina Central University School of Business, explains the move meets both the tastes of visitors and management requirements, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":151742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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