Testimonals

  • Frank has been part of a gaming supplier executive’s workday for decades, whether through his research, commentary, analysis or interviews surrounding the gaming industry. His commitment and dedication to delivering insight and context to the ever-changing global gaming marketplace is greatly appreciated by our entire industry.

    Daron Dorsey
    AGEM Executive Director
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    Earle Hall
    President & CEO, Axes.ai

  • Fantini is an absolute must read. It is my go to place for up to date information in the gaming industry!

    Alexander Havenick
    President, Magic City Casino
  • THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to the entire Fantini team for 20 years in the business. You have been a resource to me since my Day 1 in Gaming and not a day goes by without reading your newsletter. 

    Tracey S. Chernay
    Senior Vice President, Global Casino, Gaming and Lottery, TransAct Technologies
  • Fantini is global, comprehensive and very informative. If you want to be plugged into the gaming industry there is no better means. Best to you on your 20-year anniversary.

    Larry Mullin

I was President/COO of Las Vegas Sands, the year that we opened the Sands Expo Center (1990), and was the host organizer of Americas largest tradeshow, Comdex, representing the computer industry and needing accommodations for 170,000 attendees and exhibitors. That year Vegas passed Chicago as the convention capital of North America, and has continued almost every year, except for an occasional year by Orlando. Beside Vegas and Orlando, Chicago has the most hotel rooms in America, at 108,000 thousand.

Prior to 1990, the Vegas Strip preferred only in-house conventions where attendees never had to leave the property for functions, meals, entertainment or gaming. But with the Comdex show, the Sands had to house 170,000 convention attendees and exhibitors. The Sands succeeded in getting all major casino resort properties to participate, by tripling the then mid-week room rates, providing most of the functions to the larger properties, renting all of their meeting and exhibit space. Only Circus Circus declining our deal, yet they still were full of Comdex customers, but at their regular rates. The Sands charged a 10% commission for the bookings and provided bus service from each participating resort to all of the function and exhibit locations, including the LV Convention Center and the Sands Expo Center.