What is the deal with all the new rooms not having players?

[TobDog]

This is a little bit of a rant post, but I have been reading posts here in the past month(I assumed that internet games would go south and I would have to start playing live more). A month ago, I was in Vegas, and during the mid-day, I walked thru as many of the new rooms as I could get to, my feet were killing after the day. I know that at 10-11AM is not the time for good games, but I saw the new rooms at Venetien, Caesars, Harrahs,and others that surprized me that they put their poker rooms in a room behind a door so that you need to go into the room to fing the poker room. Even th e Wynn, "the new Bellagio", has tucked its room near the rear of the casino in a far hallway(at least thats what it looked like). Also, these rooms, Wynn had like 5 games going, Venetian = , Casears 0 or 1 I forgot, Harrahs = 0 trying to call down a $100NL.

Last week I was down in the Temecula area, and I popped in to Pechanga to check out the new room(Clearly been a while, I havent been there so long last time I was there the room was in the basement of the new building). I had to travel to the back of the casino(I know its the front from the other side) and up an escilator to where it looked like the staff heads to clock in and out, to a double door(closed) pokerroom. To my amazement, in Cali on a late Thursday afternoon, there were about 5 games going.

I recall Mason writing in one of his books a while back, about placing games in cardrooms that are near the rail so onlookers can see the games and maybe decide to play. Are we shutting players out of poker due to its popularity and assuming they will come and find the room wherever it is?
I have worked in the golf industry for the last 17 years, and when I started, there was an attitude of "If you build it, they will come", Well too many people with money built golf courses assuming they would make the easy money, and guess what, just like any other industry, you have to first attract a customer, then keep them, I just see the same attitude with the new breed of cardrooms.

Any ideas on this, appreciated.

Thanks for reading the rant down to here.

TobDog