 Also noted by the country was whether the road realignment at the Algiers property was really needed, as the traffic study for the area had been conducted 10 years earlier and was considered no longer valid because of changing traffic patterns.The Algiers had 31 employees as of July 2001.At the time, Larry Kifer said, "We used to worry all the time, every time they built a new hotel, that the people will dissipate.