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. 🌮 🌶
Vegas got greedy. From table rules to restaurants to hotels, everything has changed. Black jack tables that pay out dramatically less on a natural 21 without letting the players know, nebulous fees added to dinners and hotel bills.
The smell of pot everywhere on the strip (I HATE that smell).
I don't view the downfall of Vegas as any kind of bellwether. It's just a case of what is essentially a very large business destroying itself with greed.
My incompetently run company thought it would be a good idea to have our big sales kickoff for the new fiscal year in Vegas in a few weeks. They can't understand why no one cares.
I'll try to remember to post an on the ground report while I'm there.