I guess I didn't make it clear, but his point was simply that getting another big tournament or moving the WSOP is very impractical. The future of the WSOP is definitely bright, as long as they can keep the venue open. In most opinions, that is precisely why Harrahs bought the casino, so it can be used as a marketing tool into the future.
I do have to disagree with the comment about a tournament director's job. The one I know is far different than most poker personnel. Top directors have to spend a lot of time on development issues, namely they have to sell properties on having tournaments. For this reason they are fully aware of the numbers and what exactly they have to use as selling points.
This matters because people wonder if poker is booming and has more interest than ever, why isn't it making much movement in the gambling capital of the world? If it is so strong why aren't new poker rooms opening? Why aren't there more new tournaments? It all gets back to the fact that poker tournaments aren't profitable except in certain situations. Of course Binion's is a great example, but the Bellagio isn't. Supposedly they will continue their poker tournaments simply to keep branding themselves worldwide, but there is clearly no short term return. Even more, there isn't a chance to grow their events. They limit their fields for a good reason...no space for it. They offset their capacity issues by having ultra-high limit tourneys to hold down the fields. Still obviously it isn't a growth strategy and further Las Vegas has little growth strategy from poker. That was the aim of my article, sorry if it seemed off that point.
