Hmm yes. That’s the only thing contributing to its visitor drop. Nothing else
They want to cater to the 1%, they’re only going to get traffic from the 1%
The problem is they are competing with the entire world then. The 1% would rather go to Macau.
It’s okay, the Dow is over 50k.
You can milk a cow many times, but you can only slaughter it once.
Vegas forgot the entire reason it was popular in the first place:
Because it was CHEAP. You could go to Vegas and get a nice hotel and go out every night for less than you could go anywhere else because they made their money on gaming instead of the accommodations.
During Covid they pivoted to trying to be a “destination” by ripping off everyone at every corner. The rooms are loaded down with fees, the food and drinks are ridiculously expensive.
The reason to go to Vegas was that a regular middle class person could FEEL like a rich person. That doesn’t work when you are priced out of everything.
As a Nevada resident you can see this all over the state. The state voted Trump and it’s now gonna pay the price for it. I do feel bad for employees in the housekeeping and food service department. But I do know most of them also voted for trump including a friend of mine who drives taxi in Vegas and complains about everything being expensive. So in that case fuck them, but to the few good ones in the silver state, you have my respect.
- it’s a tacky nightmare
- anyone can just gamble on “martket prediction” apps now, I still have no idea how or why those are legal
Meh let the idiots idiot
I’d have no problems if it was just idiots, but there have been people betting on these platforms on things like military movements, inside betting by members of government about things, it’s a security nightmare and will end up being just another wealth transfer machine.
I mean… Yea. But we also have a POTUS and cabinet that invite journalist to their signal groups accidentally. I guess I don’t have issue with making a platform to bet on anything, I have issue on people with highly classified information betting on them, getting caught, and then zero consequences.
I just think it’s super unhealthy, then again a lot of people think the same thing about drug use but that can be safe with moderation and safe usage practices, so legal was perhaps a stretch. I think it’s a profoundly bad idea but if people wanna gamble on everything whatevs I suppose.
Probably, but I’m a purponent of you do you until it becomes my problem
An it harm none, do what ye will, as they say.
Good talk. It’s nice having a online conversation that doesn’t turn into garbage. I think the Internet may have jaded me 😂
your not gonna convince me that the shows aren’t cool.
lol, Vegas, shows, right buddy, is that where all the bodies on the desert came from? It’s called Sin City, not Sing City
Don’t Penn and Teller regularly perform in Las Vegas? I’m not a gambler, but I’d totally go to Vegas just to see those two.
Nevada voted Trump. They gambled and lost. Time to learn the hard way.
This is how the rest of us feel about the US.
Canadians boycotting travel to the U.S. doesn’t help, either.
Yep. “Leisure spending waning” is a roundabout way of saying people are boycotting travel to the United States, and people that live here can barely afford anything anymore either.
They hike the prices through the roof and drop quality and it’s the consumers’ fault for not wanting to pay extra for crap
I’ve only been once, but watching degenerate gamblers and young parents pushing strollers around a big mall drunk was just depressing. I got a vibe of Dollarama Epstein Island.
You know what 1000x better than The Venetian? Venice.
Also, who would visit the U.S. right now?
They also changed the games to where it was even harder to win and the payout was less.
And winners are quickly banned. Why would anyone gamble and NOT card count?
Also they turned the whole comp system from something that was a fun treat into what amounts to a grocery store rewards points scheme that isn’t fun for anyone. So now instead of a pretty girl coming up to you and just handing you a free drink or some guy giving you a free breakfast because you are a big shot, you instead have what amounts to a subway sandwich punch card.
There was a youtube video a few months back where a person who lived there and had several pro vegas videos outlined how the casinos had done it to themselves.
But business analysts said that bleeding their customers dry through predatory tactics was the most important thing to do!
Think of the shareholders!
Looks at costs of a flight to Amsterdam. Looks at costs to domestic US.
Gee I wonder why.
Leisure spending in fascist regimes is certainly waning. Leisure spending overall continues unabated from where I’m sitting…
They got what they voted for.
As someone that loves gambling and always wanted to go to Vegas, I’d rather just go somewhere local if I wanna go to a casino. Vegas is as expensive as any other destination vacation (if not more expensive) but that’s not why most people want to go there no matter how much they try to change their image. If you’re not someone that likes gambling it’s probably cheaper and more worthwhile to go to Disney Land. And if you’re someone that likes gambling it’s cheaper to go to literally any other casino in the country.
I lived in Vegas for 5 years and absolutely loved it, but I almost never went anywhere near the strip unless friends or family were visiting. I spent a lot of time out at Red Rock Canyon hiking the trails.
Exactly this. The attraction to Vegas used to be that it was cheap and you could go there and feel like a big shot. Without that there just isn’t any reason to go. Its just a little town the middle of the desert, but now it costs more than Hawaii.
And the fact that most of the support staff are scared to death of ice throwing them in a concentration camp.
