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Viva Las Vegas? Tourists shun Sin City over ‘ridiculous prices’
The Sunday Times ^ | Sunday July 06 2025 | Keiran Southern

Posted on 07/13/2025 1:00:16 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

On a sweltering morning as tourists line up for pictures with the famous welcoming sign, one topic of conversation dominates: when did Las Vegas become so expensive?

Hannah Warren, a 50-year-old assistant costume designer from Essex, was still reeling from paying $33 for coffee and a bagel at the Fontainebleau hotel.

Gary Langlois, a 65-year-old retired salesman from Minneapolis, paid $40 for two coffees and a couple of croissants. That is on top of the resort fees, parking charges and various other costs that have become a fact of life for Las Vegas tourists.

Now, after a post-pandemic boom, there are signs the Strip has pushed visitors to a tipping point. Visitor numbers have dropped every month this year when compared with 2024, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Overall, Las Vegas in 2025 is 6.5 per cent behind 2024 in the number of tourists. Airport traffic is down and gaming revenue has declined, with experts blaming a combination of President Trump’s economic policies and the high cost of a Vegas holiday.

(Excerpt) Read more at thetimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: lasvegas; nevada; prices
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To: MinorityRepublican

Vegas is in a RE buyers market now.....


81 posted on 07/13/2025 5:00:34 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Vegas increased Inventory:
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The number of homes available for sale in Las Vegas has been increasing, signaling a potential shift away from the seller’s market conditions seen in previous years.

The months of available inventory in Las Vegas has risen, suggesting a shift towards a more balanced market where buyers have more negotiating power and potentially longer days on the market for sellers.


82 posted on 07/13/2025 5:04:51 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Anybody who used to go to Vegas back in the 50s and 60s would be a fool to go there today. IMHO, Vegas is a sewer compared to what it used to be.


83 posted on 07/13/2025 5:06:18 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you have asylum in the U.S. and you go home to visit family, is it like violating a Protect Order)
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To: escapefromboston

So long as you have at least $20 in the machine and keep the buttons going.


84 posted on 07/13/2025 5:08:16 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Last time I went there back in the late 90s, the sidewalks were lined shoulder to shoulder with illegal alien Mexicans handing out porn fliers to the gringos. Made me sick. I remember what it was like when it was Las
Vegas. Now, it’s more like Tijuana than it is Vegas.


85 posted on 07/13/2025 5:10:09 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you have asylum in the U.S. and you go home to visit family, is it like violating a Protect Order)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not sure when you were there last, or what you consider ‘cheap’.

It’s why I don’t go...good luck getting breakfast & coffee for under $30 (for one). I was there in January for a conference, I had a ‘cheap’ $20 burrito and when I asked for a cup of water with it I was told “no”, only bottled water or fountain drinks.

It almost costs you to walk down the strip and breathe air these days.


86 posted on 07/13/2025 5:11:15 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: fuzzylogic

I have never been to ‘Vegas.

I just remember hearing that they used to subsidize the buffet’s to get people to gamble.

I used to really like buffets, and wouldn’t have minded going to one of them, but I am not mathematically impaired and don’t have any desire to gamble at a casino.


87 posted on 07/13/2025 5:15:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: NoLibZone

The comps started changing in the 1990’s right when I became of age. I hardly ever go to a casino, but I would definitely spend hours at the table if I knew I was getting prime rib, free beer, and a room for the night like they once offered.


88 posted on 07/13/2025 5:18:36 PM PDT by TBall
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To: MinorityRepublican

Prices go up, everywhere Big Money shows up. 2005 in San Diego, $250 per night at waterfront - because the U.S. government was paying for the rooms. Universities also paying for their sports teams and “leaders.”


89 posted on 07/13/2025 5:26:27 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp
Prices go up, everywhere Big Money shows up. 2005 in San Diego, $250 per night at waterfront - because the U.S. government was paying for the rooms. Universities also paying for their sports teams and “leaders.”

The market may support that in SD and NYC.

But not Vegas.

90 posted on 07/13/2025 5:28:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: dfwgator; escapefromboston

https://www.las-vegastravelguide.com/las-vegas-casinos-free-drinks#:~:text=The%20Best%20Casinos%20for%20Free%20Drinks%20on%20the,A%20trendy%20hotspot%20with%20a%20modern%20vibe%20


91 posted on 07/13/2025 5:32:46 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: escapefromboston

various factors

resort fee skyrocketed to build stadiums most visitors do NOT want or need.

pandemic got rid of some very good value buffets (some station casinos had fabulous cost/value ones)

the derivative-like split of ownership of the mgm and caesar properties into property owners and leaseholders surely is putting some financialization pressure on company policies as well

on top of that, strip has changed for the worse. in many ways it is a latin american party street now. open air drug use everywhere. and fremont is 10x worse, open air drug bar. I used to take my son there 10 yrs ago during the day. I would never now.


92 posted on 07/13/2025 6:57:37 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

the cheap ones are gone.

used to go to sunset station, with player card it was either 10 or 14$. fabulous value. station canned it post-pandemic and is clearly never bringing it back. it may have been a loss-leader but it got people in the door who otherwise would not have played.


93 posted on 07/13/2025 6:58:42 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: BobL

yes i forgot to add extortionate parking to just visit the strip. TI and CC are still free but if you want to go to south strip, plan to pay.


94 posted on 07/13/2025 6:59:41 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: WoofDog123

“I used to take my son there 10 yrs ago during the day. I would never now.”

Ten years ago the druggies did not hit the street till after sundown.


95 posted on 07/13/2025 7:00:30 PM PDT by TexasGator (1i.. logo About Issues Projects Products Connect Subscribe Invest June 19, 2025 | Insight '1-1111 -)
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To: Poser

I had to do recovery work at the NTS after the one of the last underground nuke tests, unfortunately it was the same time as COMDEX and there wasn’t a room to be had in Vegas. Had to stay at a true craphole in Indian Springs, no dining options other than the Area 12 cafeteria and vending machines in Mercury. That week was the longest year of my life.


96 posted on 07/13/2025 7:04:02 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: fuzzylogic

an otherwise very tasty pizza place at paradise and (tropicana?) refused tap water as well. didn’t realize that was legal in NV.


97 posted on 07/13/2025 7:04:48 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: TexasGator

right. daytime they had vendors out with family-tolerable or interesting stuff/talents.

of course, actually living there I never went to the strip (except when family visited) and only near fremont to go to pizza rock (like it better than the GVR one).

I would still like to move back to henderson at some point.


98 posted on 07/13/2025 7:07:15 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: VictoryGal

Circus Circus is still the cheapest hotel on the strip. Yeah, it’s old and musty but still a pretty good deal.


99 posted on 07/13/2025 7:15:21 PM PDT by sheana
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To: Mr. Mojo

They had great shows long ago—Elvis, Sinatra, Rat Pack, who do they have now? Carrot Top, Blue Man Group.Last time I went—I saw Donny and Marie—not a bad show. No big names. Vegas had things others did not—big fights! Big shows! Music! Great Food! Now its only a dark shadow of what it was.


100 posted on 07/13/2025 7:20:17 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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