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By: Evan Jankens
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Kanye West. Just by saying his name you most likely have already formed an opinion.
Last week, West went on his Twitter account to announce that he was $53 million in debt.
I write this to you my brothers while still 53 million dollars in personal debt… Please pray we overcome… This is my true heart…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
- In August 2015, brothers Derek and Greg Stevens purchased the Las Vegas Club, located at 18 Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The Stevens also owned the nearby Golden Gate Hotel and Casino and The D Las Vegas. They closed the Las Vegas Club in August 2015.
- To help jump-start Las Vegas’ tourist industry, a casino owner in Las Vegas is giving away 1,000 free flights to the city. Derek Stevens is the owner of The D Las Vegas and Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, both on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. He announced plans earlier this week to give away one-way flights from several U.S.
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The internet ran wild with the story and Kanye went as far to ask Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to help him out.
According to Time.com:
While the numbers can be a little squishy, reports put West’s income at $22 million in 2015 and $30 million the year before that. So while $53 million seems like a lot of debt, it’s only a hair above what he earned over the past two years.
Derek Stevens, the owner of the D Casino in Las Vegas, decided to give Kanye an idea on how to cover some of the $53 million debt.
IDEA @kanyewest Concert in Downtown #Vegas@DLVEC You keep all ticket rev, knock down debt, we take beverage. Venue holds 10K @theDlasvegas
— Derek Stevens (@DerekJStevens) February 15, 2016
It’s actually a pretty good idea. Think about it: 10,000 tickets being sold at $50 a pop gets you to $500,000 — which is a good start for anyone’s debt if you ask me.
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A gofundme page created to help out Kanye had only raised just a little over $1,000 as of Wednesday afternoon; and that’s not going to help out too much.
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But since West just released his new album “The Life of Pablo” last week, maybe sales from that could help him out a little as well.