Miriam Adelson is not happy, and appears to blame Trump for Las Vegas’s troubles

Womp womp.

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Visitation?

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Interesting that Adelson and Murdoch media are going after Trump for his negative effect on tourism.

Lots of posts on Twitter and Tik-Tok about what a ghost town Las Vegas has become. They show pictures of empty streets and restaurants.

All those Vegas workers who voted for Trump, because of his no-tax on tips policy, are now learning that it doesn't mean much if they are no tips to tax.

Same is likely true in red Florida.

Maine is also hurting because of the Canadian boycott.

It's not just Trump. It's $50 minimum tables on a Tuesday morning.

It seems so obvious to repeat but I will. The U.S. is not a self-contained economy. We depend on the good will and relationships with other countries, especially those with money, to sustain us—to buy our products and visit our tourist destinations. Dump has burned it all to the ground.

It’s not just tariffs, although today’s jobs report tells us they are killing us. It’s so, so much more.

Well, yeah, that actually is mostly Trump’s fault. And the fault of the dolts, rubes, and enthusiastic sociopaths who voted for him.

May she die poor

I didn't know the loathsome Adelsons owned the Review Journal. Ugh, another newspaper to cross off the list as a propaganda rag.

Miriam is an old billionaire cunt who is only interested in profits.

$200Million in profits that went directly to Trump.

I wonder what would have happened if NV raised the Casino Tax and directly invested in NEVADANS.

Fuck her.

Still a cunt.

The whole "no tax on tips" thing is pushed by the restaurant industry plants.

now do no tax on overtime blowjob...

Is the horrid cunt still trying to move the Mavericks to Vegas?

Miriam Adelson--the old Jew Las Vegas cunt who donated $100 million to Trump's presidential campaign so that Trump would allow Israel to ethnically cleanse, commit genocide and take over the West Bank and Gaza from the Palestinians.

Yes, the old Jew cunt is paying Trump and Netanyahu to steal land that does not belong to Israel and kill Palestinians.

A friend of mine keeps suggesting Vegas as a vacation destination. It's always her go-to place. I LOATHE IT and tell her no way. I went once back when it was still somewhat affordable but even then I was throwing $20s at every turn. It was neat to see but I would never go back.

I'm a foodie snob in some ways. But ... one of the better Indian restaurants I've been to was in Vegas.

I’ve heard Gen Zed is not so interested in gambling or drinking, so Vegas is going to have to sort itself out in top of no foreign visitors wanting to set foot in this horrible country.

R22, I've lived in Vegas for 40 years.

My advice, if the economy tanks and there is a shitty Christmas, the week after Christmas and New Year's is the best time to see what bargains are to be had. Vegas cannot be seen to be a ghost town on NYE.

Wow, r25.

Hated here at the good old DL or not, I've been looking into going to Jennifer Lopez's New Years Eve show at The Colosseum at Ceasar's Palace.

Flight, room and tix might be at the lowest they'll ever be.

Poor Jennifer. Maybe her tix will take a price chop. Again.

My friend Julie says Miriam Adelson is a CUNT!!!

Goddamned, loathe some, ragged out rancid cunt!

She got what she voted for. I hope that hateful old cunt chokes on it.

Gen Z isn’t interested in anything, r24.

There are casinos EVERYWHERE now, Las Vegas has also outpriced itself. You could take a trip to Monaco or Nice France for the same price now and the men are hotter.

I used to love Las Vegas and have been many times. The last trip was so disappointing. While you certainly don't go there to save money, I was shocked at how quickly my budgeted daily amounts disappeared. And not just on gambling; everything was stratospherically expensive and the value became a point of diminishing returns. It just wasn't a fun way to spend money. I never understood how everyone was so drunk when it takes forever to get a drink and even then they're junk. It might be the whole industry -- I went to Encore in Boston once and a Tito's rocks was $19.00.

That said, I'm glad that that dreadful woman is not happy.

r28, she did not vote for it, she bought it.

Miriam Adelson is a cunt.

Vegas began pivoting toward foreign tourists back in the 90s.

The Florida theme parks have gotten dependent on them, as well, and rising ticket prices make it difficult for domestic tourists to replace them.

[quote]Gen Z isn’t interested in anything, [R24].

Social media, phones, becoming an influencer...................

R29, I’m far from Gen Z but that’s a load of shit. They definitely aren’t interested in Vegas so much. In fact, they’re not interested in many Boomer/Gen X things. From what I can see from my nephews, they value travel quite a bit, they’re away almost every weekend, going to varied locations that frankly never even occurred to me. They also go abroad frequently—I went abroad exactly twice in my first 30 years of life. Of course, they love video games and social media as well (but then again, so do I).

[QUOTE]but even then I was throwing $20s at every turn. It was neat to see but I would never go back.

Kevin, is that you?

[quote]I’ve heard Gen Zed is not so interested in gambling or drinking, so Vegas is going to have to sort itself out in top of no foreign visitors wanting to set foot in this horrible country.

Have Ursa and Non also commented on visiting Vegas?

R25, do you know Davida?

I’ve been to Las Vegas three times, from the UK. The first 2 times I went, it seemed pretty affordable. The hotel prices were fine, and since I am not much of a gambler. I visited with a few friends who were gamblers, so I’d splurge some cash on the roulette machines, but apart from that I treated it as a beachless beach holiday, spending some time lying at the pool, doing some shopping and taking some trips out to the desert. I really enjoyed it.

However, on my last trip, post-Covid, the prices were really out of control. My hotel slapped a huge resort(?) fee onto my bill at checkout, which was a really unpleasant surprise and even restaurants and bars were really expensive.

And I have to say, American politics recently has made me see the country differently. Why would I visit somewhere which might decide to deny me entry because I hate Trump?

The Gen Z that does gamble does it online, no need for them to go to Vegas.

Anyway, Vegas is like most cruises - trashy, lowbrow, and filled with MAGA. And now that it's so expensive, you can't even claim go for a cheap weekend, so instead of going to see fake European monuments, just go see the real thing. That way, you don't have to cross the border and worry about your phone being searched by some MAGA crazy customs agent and there's less chance of being surrounded by fat, gun-toting rednecks.

Gen Z does everything online. Date, work, have sex. They're homebound antisocial weirdos. We're fucked when they turn 50.

But what will be worse will be Gen Alpha. They'll grow up as AI natives and will think it's stupid to come up with your own thoughts and ideas when the computer can do it for you.

Vegas will start loosening up again on cheaper rooms, etc. once the Trump Depression fully kicks in. But long term damage may have been done. Why go there and get gouged when you have casino resorts in your home state?

[quote]everything was stratospherically expensive

Did you stay at the Stratosphere?

It's a mixed bag. Convention attendance and hotel occupancy is down but gambling revenue is up. Also, local casino Red Rock just did its best quarter in its history.

Los Angeles will soon get another choice when Hard Rock opens in Tejon, south of Bakersfield. The local casinos like Yaamava and Morongo are still packed and since California are by far Vegas' #1 clients, charging for parking is just another shot to the joints for Vegas.

However, they will not lower prices. That's a given. You will get bargains, maybe comps will loosen up for gamblers. However, right after the pandemic, Vegas offered bargain rates to all properties. You guessed it. "Undesirables" flooded the hotels and convinced regulars that Vegas was even more unsafe.

I had to go to LV for a business conference. Had to. 1st day I drove out to Red Rock Canyon to hike a bit. Beautiful.

Later I tried to find a cowboy poetry reading that was going on downtown, but I got lost.

Another day I drove to Hoover Dam, where some rando approached me and said he'd rented a car like mine but they didn't give him a turbo and how did I get a turbo, apparently he was in line behind me at the rental place.

I did enjoy being able to smoke cigarettes inside everywhere, before I quit. That town gives me the creeps, like Desert Hot Springs.

FAFO, you dumb bitch. What did the fucking billionaires think would happen if they elected a tariff-happy racist idiot?

When a casino starts charging for parking, it is no longer in the gaming business.

Miriam remains a cunt.

It costs too fucking much. Hotels are expensive and feature high resort fees. Food and drink prices are outrageous. The entertainment consists of has-beens like Janet Jackson and Katy Perry. International visitors aren’t coming because of the Trump shitshow, and Americans have casinos much closer to home now.

[quote]Las Vegas is dead. I have never seen the parking garage at the airport this empty and I did not see another person until I made it to the TSA PreCheck line in the terminal.

Ha ha R43. The pun was unintentional. I stayed at Red Rocks, however.

Maybe Vegas is dead because it’s 120 degrees in the desert? Don’t people usually wait until fall to go there? It’s like Miami, this s the off season.

[quote]...right after the pandemic, Vegas offered bargain rates to all properties. You guessed it. "Undesirables" flooded the hotels and convinced regulars that Vegas was even more unsafe.

But haven't the "desirables" become undesirable themselves? Not to the perspective of a casino manager, but societally? Who looks to Las Vegas as a desirable destination, or to the people who go there as enviable high-living lucky bastards? Las Vegas I was of the 1950s-1960s, mega resort Las Vegas II began in the 1980s, but in the past 35 or so years it's become what? It doesn't seem to have taken on a new identity, rather it's a thousand mediocre things to a thousand mediocre people.

I was there just once, in the 1990s,so what do I know. But you can see the fortunes of the place reflected in its depiction in entertainment. It's cheesy now, cheesier than ever, and a bit sadder than ever.

Customer service in Vegas ain't what it used to be. I was there recently and I'd go to the bar (on a non-busy week night) and the bartenders or on their phone or talking to each other, ignoring customers. That never was the case 15-20 years ago. Maybe they should let the mob back in to run the casinos again. Customer service was king back then.

I was watching a couple videos on this. Two hotels have shut down on the strip, Mirage and some other one, so there are fewer hotel rooms than pre-pandemic and yet occupancy rate is lower than in 2019.

The 10% in visitor drop doesn't sound much - but it depends on who it is. International travelers stay longer and spend more.

Besides the resort fees, almost all hotels are charging $40-$50 night parking - but also there are other fees like $60 for early check-in, $25 for non-plastic cutlery and plates for delivery, then there are still COVID charges and CST charges added to almost all restaurant bills.

Lastly, they've added a lot more automated games (roulette) so no dealer needed, they've changed the payouts on slots to 89% instead of 94-95%. They've added a lot higher minimums at betting tables.

THEN - they've changed some of the betting tables payout policies or rules and for most uninitiated, they don't understand it. Blackjack used to pay out $150 on $100 hand. Now it's $120 to $100 for certain tables - but lower minimums, so more people go to those tables not knowing that the odds are worse for them and so are the payouts.

They've treated everyone like consumers are complete idiots - and it makes people angry. Once they are angry, they won't return.

I have to wonder - what were the profits for these companies the last 2-3 years? They probably will just do creative accounting to show it's not as profitable as it looks.

Add in layoffs, so customer service is worse. Las Vegas is a stupid place to vacation now. Oh - and entertainment prices. Pre-pandemic you could see Cirque shows for $40-$50 - now it's $150-$300.

What I hate is that these execs will go on shareholder calls and crow about how well they're doing - but it's not good management, they're just sneaking in fees everywhere for short-term gain that is destroying their business long-term.

Meanwhile execs make crazy bonuses and slap themselves on the back as being so smart - and when questioned, just say - EVERYONE is doing it - it's the market!

Vegas had to adapt when other states began to have gambling. They built a big convention center and re-oriented toward foreign visitors (the fake Paris and NYC were for Asian visitors). It worked for a couple decades and it meant they could rely less on low cost junkets from LA. Still, all this couldn't last forever and only so many hotels could really sustain going high end, esp. with the economies of scale necessary to keep them going.

I've only been there once, which was enough. The kitsch was fun for a single visit. For a non-gambler, the casinos were depressing. The climate was obviously unlivable even in the late fall. The hotels were so huge that everything seemed institutional. The rooms were full of glitzy faux luxury that doesn't last. I can't imagine ever going back.

R56 - Agreed with every sentence - including the institutional style hotel rooms, faux luxury, etc.

But most importantly, this: only so many hotels could really sustain going high end, esp. with the economies of scale necessary to keep them going.

It feels like everything the past 10-20 years has shifted to high-income - particularly housing. How many houses do people need?

And nickle and dining may work at expensive places with wealthy clients, but not for your average customer.

What this represents is an even further out-of-touch stance among executives with average working people and middle, even upper middle class. These execs are getting paid so much they've lost their sense of reality.

And Miriam Adelson remains an unmitigated cunt.

That's Medal of Freedom awarded Miriam Adelson to you!

[quote] It's not just Trump. It's $50 minimum tables on a Tuesday morning.

[quote] There are casinos EVERYWHERE now, Las Vegas has also outpriced itself.

[quote] While you certainly don't go there to save money, I was shocked at how quickly my budgeted daily amounts disappeared. And not just on gambling; everything was stratospherically expensive and the value became a point of diminishing returns. It just wasn't a fun way to spend money.

[quote] on my last trip, post-Covid, the prices were really out of control. My hotel slapped a huge resort(?) fee onto my bill at checkout, which was a really unpleasant surprise and even restaurants and bars were really expensive.

[quote] It costs too fucking much. Hotels are expensive and feature high resort fees. Food and drink prices are outrageous.

[quote] They've treated everyone like consumers are complete idiots - and it makes people angry. Once they are angry, they won't return.

This. This. This. This. This. And this.

As much as I do blame Trump AND Nevadans for voting for Trump (they got what they deserved), I must say that GREED is compounding the Trump problem.

Las Vegas casinos seem to think that people really are stupid, and will spend unlimited amounts of money on ridiculous fees and charges.

WRONG!

And once you fuck us over, we won't come back.

Watch any youtube video on Las Vegas' declining tourism, and the comments are all about how Las Vegas was brought down by greed and price gouging.

I honestly think they won't recover from this, because they will never lower prices.

Here's just a sampling of YouTube comments:

[italic]@petrolpunk88 Vegas chose to screw every visitor, and thus they screwed themselves. Zero sympathy.

@John-o1s5x It's not just Vegas. Tourism in the US is down.

@travisfyne9316 There is a international travel boycott

@rileyvilla6276 Canadians are continuing to boycott American products and travel.

@peterphan227 No international travelers. Other nations are boycotting the US. Travel is way down across the entire US. Thanks, Trump voters. You voted for this.

@brianm6888 Its all about stupidity, greed, and $$$!

@isaacgary6801 Charge junk fees, charge parking to locals , charge strip tax for regular stores , see what happens. Thank you for your greed , reap what you sow.

@marks4471 Vegas - where you pay $300/night for your hotel room and the hotel still charges you a fee to go to their pool and gym!

@MILKYWAYJUICE Blame the GREEDY hotel CEOs. Wait when winter comes, it’s gonna be a ghost town 😂

@milotherussianblue3691 People were paying high prices last year. Whats changed is that international tourists are staying away. I will leave it to you to figure out why.

@cthree87 I love how clueless America is about why tourism is tanking. Head up ass as usual. Even when they realize it’s because Canadians and other international visitors don’t want to go there anymore they don’t understand why. It’s not going to get better, it’s going to get worse, much worse. Wait until winter.

@kvt41pq Why would you go to Vegas when you can go anywhere else in the world for the same price? It's too expensive

@FuriousProcess Donald Trumps America 😢

@louhmx1136 The Vegas hotel owners are to blame. You have swindled the tourists and are failures.

@rhill49849 I will never go back to Vegas until they get rid of resort fees.

@PuffinsRcute I am a local. My husband and I went to the strip a few months ago to celebrate a milestone. The prices were outrageous! We just felt gouged. Have not been back. Off the strip is fine.

@james-sb3ot Why would I visit THEE GREEDIEST PLACE ON EARTH...esp. 26 dollars for a bottle of water is criminal....smh![/italic]

Vegas became too expensive. It used to be a cheap trashy place to go for a good time. The hotel prices are no cheaper than LA or NYC now, the drinks are expensive now, the restaurants expensive etc.

It used to be cheap.

Tourism is down in Las Vegas: Here's why | FOX 10 Phoenix

Do any of you go to Indian casinos?

[QUOTE]but in the past 35 or so years it's become what? It doesn't seem to have taken on a new identity, rather it's a thousand mediocre things to a thousand mediocre people.

I recall they went through a phase in the late 90s early aughts attempting to make it more family friendly. Even more recently, per the article. I went my first and only time in November 2022. I did see a number groups that included children and teens. A quinceañera at the Venetian, some kind of baseball tournament (I couldn't figure out why in November) with lots of high school age kids in uniforms with their families, generally a lot more families than I anticipated up and down the strip. But it was immediately post-pandemic, the week before Thanksgiving. Maybe people were just dying to get out.

Well, if they wanted families, they ain't getting them at their new prices.

What kind of loser retards would take their kids on a Vegas vacation?

I haven't been to Vegas in about 10 years. The resort fees and trashy crowds were already there, but it seems like it keep getting worse. The nickel and diming, outrageous fees for parking, food (even fast food) and drink. People are sick of being scammed. Greedy mofos deserve to have it all come back to bite them.

Ah, the irony: you can kill the messenger about the economic numbers (or the weather) and yet...the grim reality remains

It's not just Trump when it comes to Vegas. Vegas got cocktail and thought it was some elite vacation destination when really most Americans went there cause everything besides the gambling itself was a cheap, good time.

But the loss of international crowds is certainly Trump's fault. Pretty obvious that when you threaten some countries, attack all the countries in the world with random tariffs, and mistakenly give some tourists a hard time cause your immigration people are clueless buffoons that attack first and ask questions later, , people aren't going to be rushing to visit your country.

Cocktail=cocky

r65, in 1966 we drove to California from Chicago and took a side trip to Viva Las Vegas for a weekend.

We ate great food for pennies.

My parents booked a dinner show at the Desert Inn with Joan Rivers. It seems that families from LA brought their kids with them to Vegas for a day or two, and Joan had enough material to do a Family Show. She was hilarious, I had stuffed pheasant with wild rice.

I was asked by Stardust security to stop gambling at the nickel slots in a secluded bank where I thought there were no cameras. I won $28 and asked my mom to cash me out.

It was a different world.

If you want to gamble, you no longer have to go to Vegas.

You can sit on the can in your own home taking a massive dump and gamble to your heart's content, thanks to the internets.

[quote]Vegas will start loosening up again on cheaper rooms, etc. once the Trump Depression fully kicks in.

That's not going to fix the international tourists who won't visit the US in the foreseeable future R42. The anti-American sentiment in the western world is not going to go away any time soon - certainly not during Trump's presidency.

Certainly not when local news sources are full of stories of everyday European travelers subjected to humiliating ordeals when trying to enter the US.

This genocidal Zionist can go fuck herself. This cheap bitch bought the Mavericks and then promptly proceeded to trade Luka to the Lakers for fucking peanuts because she didn't want to pay the max. She know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Her and all the rest of the greedy billionaires who keep trying to squeeze us can kindly fuck off.

Guess she's unhappy with the ROI on her $100 Million.

You should have diversified, bitch.

She spent far more than that. She's managed single handed to turn half the country against Israel.

The husband also donated $65 million to Trump in 2016 on the understanding that the US Embassy to Israel would be relocated to Jerusalem. He was the largest donor to either party in 2016. He later donated around $200 million to Trump's campaign in 2020. Then he died in 2021. He was rated the 3rd most wealthy billionaire in the US in 2007. Worth $30.4 billion in 2014.

She donated $106 million to Trump in 2024 (third largest donor) and she demanded support from Trump to pressure for Israel's annexation of the West Bank.

The Adelsons are/were very unpleasant people. Full on MAGA cunts and their "donations" came with strings attached.

But Miriam must be a happy cunt, no?

So this local news station in Las Vegas did a story called, "Is Las Vegas dying?"

In it, the reporter goes through the usual stats, and the familiar reasons for the slump, such as Trump immigration policies, tariffs, as well as less money to spend by Americans.

The one thing the reporter DOES NOT touch on, is the price gouging by Las Vegas hotels: pay for parking, exhorbitant food and beverage costs, exhorbitant fees, high room prices, and tons of frivolous charges.

It's like nobody wants to talk to the Casinos about the elephant in the room: PRICE GOUGING.

Unless Las Vegas gets honest with itself, tourist numbers will continue to decline.

Prices in Vegas need to come down, or it will die.

Local media coverage of business usually doesn't mention the elephant in the room.

Vegas runs on old people. Old people throwing away their Social Security checks on gambling, because it's almost free money to them.

Well, those old people now have to spend that Social Security money on groceries, medicine, gas. Their children need help, too. So that free money floating around can't be wasted on quarter slots.

And it'll get worse. The recent bill passed by the Republicans and signed by Trump contains massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, meaning old people will have to pay even more for the medicine and medical care they're already stretching to pay for.

Trump is running around saying how great everything is, how prices are going down and things have never been cheaper. The Rs know that this is a lie and that's why they're trying to gerrymander their House majority - to inoculate themselves against an electoral whupping they know is coming.

Another problem that Vegas won't address, is that casinos are now mainly owned by mega-corporations.

MGM owns over 10 casinos on the strip. MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, New York New York, Bellagio, Ara, and on and on.

As such, there's really no competition, and no incentive to bring prices down. MGM has no competition, and so they can charge any price they want, and no one will undercut them.

That's good for MGM, and bad for customers.

It's also good for MGM shareholders, who keep demanding higher and higher profits. So MGM has to continue to charge higher and higher prices.

I hope I'm using the term correctly, but it's a zero-sum game.

Customers don't have endless deep pockets. And shareholders cannot be making endless profits. That is simply, unsustainable.

At some point, the economics of that situation will collapse, and I think that's where we are right now.

But it seems to me like the mega-corporation casinos don't really care. They're going to play this game all the way until the bitter end.

Until they extract every last penny from the customer.

Now would be a good time to rewatch that Delta Burke gambling addict TV movie.

R81, the bill does not cut Medicare—from Google: “The "One Big Beautiful Bill" does not cut Medicare benefits. It does, however, restrict Medicare eligibility for certain immigrants. Specifically, it eliminates Medicare eligibility for refugees, asylum seekers, and individuals with Temporary Protected Status, among others, after 18 months following the bill's enactment. The bill also impacts Medicare indirectly by delaying the implementation of rules that aimed to streamline enrollment for low-income beneficiaries in Medicare Savings Programs.”

Plus I have to disagree with your assessment that old people who gamble do so because Social Security is like free money to them. Most people gamble a bit for fun but know their limits. Gamblers with a problem will gamble whatever money they have, SS or not.

But you are exactly right that rising costs in other areas are really going to have an impact on Vegas (already has, as we see). It’s beyond ridiculous and cruel that Dump continues to gaslight people into thinking prices have gone down. The only thing that’s happened is prices are rising more slowly than in the past. But they’re still rising.

[quote] The one thing the reporter DOES NOT touch on, is the price gouging by Las Vegas hotels: pay for parking, exhorbitant food and beverage costs, exhorbitant fees, high room prices, and tons of frivolous charges.

I stand corrected.

At the very end of the video, the reporter said that he interviewed people who said that they are being "nickel and dimed" by casinos, and this is a multi-part report, so he will cover that part on Wednesday.

I can't wait to watch that.

He said that someone paid $80 for a "double" liquor drink on the Strip.

Fucking outrageous.

R82, you are so right. That’s what corporations do. They extract every dollar, until they realize there’s no more to extract. Then they shut down the business, lay off everyone, and take a nice big write-off.

[quote]“The "One Big Beautiful Bill" does not cut Medicare benefits. It does, however, restrict Medicare eligibility for certain immigrants.

"We're not cutting Medicare. We're just making it unavailable."

Excellent point r87. While they haven’t cut benefits for those on Medicare, they def have restricted who can get it, even if those people pay into it through their jobs.

I was more shocked at seeing how bad Steve Wolford looks. He was once a lead anchor in Los Angeles during the OJ trial days and now he's doing remotes on the Vegas strip.

Seniors had money due to housing inflation and that is likely to be gone for awhile.

Ant it appears that Miriam Adelson remains a sad cunt.

If fewer people have Medicare (or cash) to cover medical services, prices - at least initially- will go up.

Hospitals and doctors’ offices have large fixed expenses that they still have to cover (with fewer patients).

And yet MAGA diehards seem okay with this loss. Well. Republicans really. They don’t seem to understand or accept the common denominator. The only ones crying are billionaires who depend on tourism.

And even if the "Well actually!" people on the thread are correct (they aren't), the massive cuts to SNAP and other childhood government services means that people will be turning to Grandma for more help. Which means either kids die/go hungry or there's less money to spare for Vegas.

Part 2. Concerns that this city has grown too quickly and services for the residents may be cut back because of the downturn. Biggest takeaway is the survey (and it's likely mostly residents who responded) where 94% said Vegas is too expensive.

"Nevada tourism plunge hits beyond casinos—economy at risk."

Yes, the strip casinos are price gouging but consumers are staying home and not spending money. If they weren't afraid of recession or worse, they would still go to Vegas and pay the higher prices.

It IS because Trump has fucked up the economy in under 6 months. These MAGAts are using the price gouging excuse now because they will never, ever, ever admit Trump has fucked everything up.

We had a good thing, you stupid son of a bitch. We had Circus Circus. We had the Tropicana and the Excalibur. We had cheap slots, 24-hour wedding chapels, all-you-can eat buffets, shrimp cocktails on the house. You could have shut your mouth, kept the city affordable for middle-class tourists, and printed more money than you ever needed. But no, you just had to blow it up. You and your resort fees and your Michelin stars. Your Fontainebleau Hotel, Jean Georges Steakhouse, poolside cabana rentals, and Formula 1 Grand Prix. If you’d done your job, known your place, and stopped private equity from pricing out regular visitors, we all be fine right now. But you didn’t.

That Tweet at R98 is SPOT ON!

But who is it addressed to, when he writes "you stupid son of a bitch?"

The Supreme Bean Counter, r99.

You’re a polka playa’!

Private equity killed JoAnns, Party City and Toys R Us

Now they're killing Vegas

Time to roll the guillotines!

Some of these casinos are now too big to fail. Resorts World and Fontainebleu are ghost towns. Too huge and no customers. And when the Trump Depression fully kicks in, things will get much worse. Will Vegas get a bailout?

How much does a buffet cost at a good hotel on the Strip?

Paul Krugman on enshittification which explains Las Vegas.

Mediapolis is smart not to raise the price of subscribing.

[quote]Resorts World and Fontainebleu are ghost towns.

The locations of those two are part of the problem.

$40 for a burger on The Strip. Five times that if you want to sit at a table with linens and a reservation.

$55 per night in Resort Fees, which get you fuck-all in amenities.

The table games have all been nerfed, and now pay out 6:5 odds at best.

And you can't walk out on the sidewalk or gamble near the front of the casino, or else you'll get stabbed by a homeless junkie.

Tell Miriam Adelson to take her camel-leather face over to Israel, and get the Hamas to knock her off for being the most obnoxiously rich Jewess since David Geffen.

Miriam Adelson is a dirty filthy cunt who smells like shit.

So glad I left!

There are some bargains to be had. JLo tickets are $7, and Janet Jackson's are $2.

Really?!!!

I looked at Ticketmaster's New Year's Eve JLO tix at Ceasars Palace Colosseum. Close to the stage is still pricey but further back is about what I'd expect for her show.

I'm waiting for September to see if gravity takes them lower before I decide to buy.

Hell, maybe I'll just book the flight and hotel and take the chance that they're near giving tix away on NY Eve.

The face-eating leopards are gorging!

The sad thing is that Nevada has kept the gaming tax so low forever that while they were sucking the cash out of the economy and giving it to Republican Capitalists, that they have also starved the government. Nevada has been turning out minimally educated graduates for decades. When the casino jobs shrink, there is nowhere for them to go.

Another reason Miriam is a fetid cunt.

Vegas is just too expensive. Hotel rates shoot up in surge pricing. Residency tickets, show tickets all are way too much. We were there for a conference and we ate at Yardbrid. They wanted 60 dollars for fried chicken with nothing else with it, and it was probably shittier than KFC. I have to go there once a year for a work conference and I hate it, but luckily it is all covered.

As a resident, if I have to meet people for a meal, I always like to go to The Brass Fork at Sunset Station.

It is reminiscent of the times in Las Vegas when the Hotel Cafés were as good as the gourmet rooms.

Inexpensive but in HENDERSON.

Vegas grew too fast. I mean way too fast. People started moving and the infrastructure can't keep up. If you're interested in moving with a family, the schools are the worst, although maybe they're ranked 2nd worst. And because of the taxes as well as the total politicization of the process, things look even worse ten years from now. Hospitals are also ridiculously bad. And there's that little water shortage thing. Knowing the neighbors in Cali who've moved to Vegas, let's just say they're not getting our best and brightest.

Golden Rainbow, where are you?

Here's that follow-up report from the link at R79, talking about factors contributing to the tourism decline.

Now they are getting to the heart of the matter - price gouging.

People are pissed off!

The Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace is $88, and the buffet at the Wynn is $80 per person. So, you're looking at $160 for a couple to eat at a good buffet. Add in another $30+ for tip and it raises the price to $200.

Vegas used to have cheap buffets at the top hotels to lure in tourist to their casinos. It was all about making money in the casinos. Now, they price gouge you on everything.

R122 The Bacchanal is huge, but mediocre. It's basically a Cheesecake Factory with more walking.

[quote]Hospitals are also ridiculously bad.

I know some nurses who did travel assignments in Vegas, and they said the hospital situation is scarily bad. Some of the most dangerous care they'd seen anywhere in the country.

What is the 'Las Vegas Price Gouge?'

Having attended the Leona Helmsley School of Charm, one might think that Mrs. Adelson might hide his displeasure a bit better, but she shared that same Joker's gash of a mouth, forever expressing seething anger.

The cure for high prices is high prices.

Miriam reminds me of an evil Penny Marshal doppelgänger.

Evil.

Still a cunt.

[quote]Having attended the Leona Helmsley School of Charm, one might think that Mrs. Adelson might hide his displeasure a bit better, but she shared that same Joker's gash of a mouth, forever expressing seething anger.

She's an entitled cunt and she doesn't care enough to hide it. She wants the West Bank annexed yesterday and that's what this is really all about. She made a deal with Trump that if she paid him $106 million for his 2024 "campaign" then this is what she'd get in return. It hasn't happened and she's furious.

We will look back in LV and see that she made her cash and took it and ran.

Where can she run to? And what staff can she find that would be loyal to such a monster?