An interesting post seen recently (not mine):
Economic Alarm Bells are ringing 🔔... Vegas Edition. 🤔 Speculation / Opinion I'll make this short and sweet... big short style.
Vegas is ****ing deader than a doornail. Yeah it's August, but I've never seen it this bad in 20 years, even just after the pandemic. 😷
Friday night was empty as **** except for a few hours. Midday was like a ghost town. The mall was empty. Boutique shops and designer shops were literally empty.
Circus circus had maybe a dozen people. Folks aren't bringing their families.
Restraunts have severely cut back, quality is poor and prices are up at least 50%.
The hotels around the convention center have some traffic / guests but most are there for Defcon.
99.9% of slot machines sit empty and thats wild.
The sidewalks are basically empty and theres no car traffic on the strip.
Feels like it's taking its last few gasps of air before entering eternal slumber 💤 😴.
It's not sustainable in any way.
Vegas was busier the year after the pandemic... let that sink in.
Buckle up boys and girls.
Shits about to get spicier than a butthole the morning after eating taco bell. 🌮 🌶
People just can't afford it anymore. That and prices have gone outrageous, as others have mentioned. I was there a couple years ago, $40 for breakfast at a little place off the strip? No thanks. They can take their last breath and learn the hard way. It wasn't that entertaining to me. People drugged up and passed out on the side of the road isn't that appealing either.
Seems to be happening with everything. Catering only to rich people and trying to get every last dollar out of you. Also customer service is just crap now.
My family and I have been season ticket holders for University of Washington football for 40+ years and this year they jacked up the fees by twice the amount and I emailed them complaining. And they basically blew me off so I replied this will be our last season. If that’s how you want to treat a family of loyal fans then fuck you. I have been to over 100 games in my lifetime. So there goes the last normie thing I care about.
I used to go to college games all the time. Never season ticket holder, there is/was a waiting list for those, but I'd go to 2 or 3 games a year. Now it's almost $70 a ticket plus whatever fees. Watching football from the nosebleeds for that price isn't worth it to me. The saddest part is it should be affordable for parents to take their kids and have a fun experience. Now it's just a bunch of rich assholes and donors screaming at bad plays because of course they know everything. I could rant on an on with this gripe.
Absolutely and now with the tv networks the in person experience sucks.
We are playing Colorado State and UC Davis at 8pm because of TV rights. When I was a kid these games were at 12:30 and were affordable games for blue collar families and young alumni to attend. You could get 4 tickets for $60-$80 and have a good time with family and friends and get home at a decent time.
And by pricing out blue collar families and young alumni the stadium atmosphere will suffer cause those people get loud. The rich boosters don’t cheer at all.
I loved college football but with the conference realignment and free for all with the transfer portal I am mostly done. I’ll have the huskies game on in the background but I am done being a die hard fan. It’s a shame cause UW football was a huge family tradition on both my Mom and Dad’s side of the family.