Sweating the small change...
For those of y'all that remember a few years back when I held my "Super-Mini" tournaments at the Fitzgeralds they were willing to host the tournaments, but they charged the players lots of money for us to hold them there.
As far as their $5,000 tournaments, this is their normal format for blackjack, dice, and other tournaments. The offers I receive offer me free entry and rooms at least included for two nights but Ken is right, they do SUCK for what they are paying out!
I guess the Fitz is worry more about what they can get up front then what they could make off the table action for just getting the players in their casino.