Posted on 08/30/2025 4:48:47 AM PDT by C19fan
Las Vegas hotels are rolling out big incentives — including free nights and thousands of dollars in casino credits — to lure visitors back to the city.
Sin City saw an 11.3 percent drop in visitors in June compared with the same month last year, an astonishing fall that means almost 400,000 people stayed away.
That decline translates to less spending in restaurants, shops, shows and at hotels, where occupancy fell nearly 10 percent, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
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Which is why I subscribe to the idea that when you find a deal you do not ever put it on social media or else it will be gone next time.
The other part of it was that they had so many people there to exploit the deals that they felt comfortable taking advantage of them in other places. They did not considered that all the people there were not part of the swarm and just there for a good time and a couple of cheapies if they could find it.
Social media threw the balance off of everything.
Some of us are undecided.
Make the case for Las Vegas with specific examples.
I lived in LV about 10 yrs ago, have been periodically since then. for the casual traveler it is a lot worse.
resort fees to fund the various stadiums substantially inflate room prices.
parking fees are almost ubiquitous on the strip (TI and CC the exceptions last I saw)
loss-leader buffets are gone. used to, some buffets were a jaw-dropping value and would get people in the door.
for family travel, just the above can add up to over a couple hundred bucks a day.
other negatives - the strip has a lot more Avenida Central vibe to it with drugs everywhere. Fremont might as well be an open-air drug bar now. 10 yr ago daytime it still was a decent family destination. the zipline might as well advertise ‘zip through clouds of chemicals’ now.
in aggregate, a lot of what might once have brought people to vegas is changed for the worse, and the price of being there is substantially higher.
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i was fascinated when i read about the asset split structure caesars and mgm did, with the actual property ownership being sold to a holding company and being leased back to the casino publicly traded corp over x decades.
that kind of performance pressure contributes to exactly what you describe.
A sensor receives physical input (like heat or motion) and transmits it as data. A censor examines material and removes anything considered harmful or inappropriate.
I enjoyed Vegas in the late ‘70s, and ‘80s. It sounds like it sucks now.
“When people came back from Vegas they’d tell people, “I had a great time, definitely going again”. Now the message is, “it’s outrageously expensive, not going back”.”
I’ve been thinking just the same - they can get people to pay those prices, ONCE, then time to assess other options...now people are assessing those (many) other options.
“A sensor receives physical input (like heat or motion) and transmits it as data. A censor examines material and removes anything considered harmful or inappropriate.”
We seem to have a sensor in this thread (not you, btw).
The last time we were in Vegas we stayed at an upscale hotel/casino on the strip. Hotel was very nice, but if you wanted to all to another property etc on the strip, it was pretty gross.
My guess is the taxpayers were heavily subsidizing Las Vegas.
I lived in vegas for a couple of years in the early aughts, and went back last year to find it NOTHING like I remember. (Yes, it’s been 20 years, but I had been going to computer shows in Vegas for 10 years prior, and despite the occasional casino implosion spectacle nothing really changed.) I was shocked when I was charged to PARK. That had never been a thing. I was shocked at how hard I had to look to find a breakfast buffet one morning.
looks like vegas killed the goose that laid golden eggs...
Ice chest is easier
“Ice chest is easier”
But how much does ice cost in the hotels?
Vegas turned into a pit.
I think very few of those who were there “X number of years ago” when it was a whole lot better, have any desire to go back these days.
Main Street Casino still has a good buffet. Reasonable price.
the other big reason vegas is dying is the indian casinos. go to any indian casino resort of your choice.
Yeah. I bet they took the ice machines out.
At least the hookers are free for the big players....
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