Two major things that are hurting Vegas today

International visitors are down due to the orange moron.

Attendance at conventions and corporate meetings are down due to the above stupid decisions. It was a cheap place to hold a large meeting: flights, transit, hotels, meeting hall rental and food were all 30%+ less than anywhere else.

To expand on Vegas' woes, online gambling has exploded. Why bother driving several hours or take a plane to a desert city to play in several casinos when you can bet on a game or a bunch of outcomes by just using your phone?

This is how I've been feeling about tourist places in general. So many shallow attractions trying to get easy money mixed in with the real interesting stuff, and everyone is competing for a spot with the good stuff, which drives prices to ridiculous levels and still there's a large line and crowd.

I much prefer places tuned to attract locals because they have to at least be good enough to be worth future visits.

This is how the rest of us feel about the US.

They also changed the games to where it was even harder to win and the payout was less.

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.

The problem is they are competing with the entire world then. The 1% would rather go to Macau.

Canadians are only 10% at best, Vegas was dying because they were tuned only for one Boomer demographic, and Boomers are dying.

big money is now in nursing homes and funeral parlours.

I disagree. I think it’s helping punish the USA, which is exactly what it deserves for threatening not only much of the world, but also Canada directly. It seems like the perfect response that they boycott Las Vegas, and the entire country and its products.

I bet Amsterdam won't arrest you for shady Vance memes on your phone.

It’s always been obvious he’s shitty with money

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.

That's how it feels.

Work trip was to Vegas a few months ago. It was pretty dead on a Friday afternoon. It was me and my coworkers walking around trying to find something to do. They were charging $8 for water at the bar. And my nachos was $22.

A decade ago, there would at LEAST be two dozen dealers hanging out at empty tables, inviting people. You'd bump into people or try to navigate a crowd. You'd get coupons for food, and courtesy deals for being a member. Not anymore.

It was a casino with a mall, food court and club scene too! My town's mall had more activity than this. Hell, the McDonald's on the highway had more activity than this.

No no, everything is fine. Las Vegas was too crowded before anyway. And last Christmas, people were spending as much if not more than previous years despite what you may have heard. Our economy is absolutely booming. Just look at the stock market, it's the clearest indicator that everyone is doing very well.

See Peter Santanello's video of Las Vegas. There are communities living in underground garages that even the police are afraid to enter.

The best thing that could happen to Las Vegas is to cut off the water and give it back to the scorpions.

I got free express passes for a work event, worth normally around $160 each. I got to spend 2.5 hours in line (the express line!) before the ride broke down and we all had to leave. In just over 8 hours in the park, we rode exactly 2 rides and would have spent over $500 each for the privilege had it not been a work trip.

Fuck Universal Epic.

Why go to Vegas when you can gamble all your money away on your phone from the comfort of your couch.

Take the money you saved from the airplane fare you didn't buy and gamble it on if Trump will say 6-7 this week.

Old (North) Vegas has always been better...

Like, it's still Vegas. But instead of the capitalism cranked up to 11, it's more like an average city level of exploitation.

I was let down the first time tho, because I was expecting some Uncle Eddie shit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byfewcZsug4

Are you saying a 90.00 buffet for one meal once at Ceasars palace isn't going to appeal to normal people?