The northern New Jersey market has not participated in the recovery as early as the Manhattan market but you are really starting to see performance accelerating.

We've gone down as far as Manhattan, but I don't ever remember playing in New Jersey. It's a place we're overdue to play.

It's so special for me to be an Irishman on this day. I'm a first generation Irish American, my mother came from Ireland. Today and this weekend is a very special time for me and my family.

Hoteliers love it. When there are few rooms available, no one has to sleep in a smoking room. And you don't have to worry about burn holes in the carpet.

It converts them from a national to an international company. There's been an uncertainty as to where (the companies' relationship) is going. Now that's cleared up.

It's not fancy, but it is right and it has been filled since opening day.