While the economy does suck, I think this is just due to the proliferation of casinos in so many states.
We see this in Indiana where we were among the first in the Great Lakes area to have casinos, now every state has jumped on the gravy train and business has slowed drastically.
Now the politicians nationwide are looking at how much dough legal grass is bringing in, that will be the next big financial push.
The opening of the casinos in Pennsylvania and slots at the NY metro area race tracks killed AC. People in the Philadelphia area no longer needed to drive down the AC Expressway to get their fix.