Vegas 2022
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
Friday, April 15, 2022 8:19 AM
After Pink Sugar Dolls questions she brought up how much of a rip off Vegas has become. For someone that has been to Vegas more times that I’d care to admit over the past decade (but haven’t been there since late 2019 - my March Madness 2020 trip got cancelled) I have seen the prices gradually increase over the years everywhere out there.
I was thinking of going sometime this summer but good god, everything has gone through the roof!!! Even flights are obscene. My point is if I can go to the Caribbean for cheaper than Vegas?!? Yeah I’m going to the beach.
Note - last summer Vegas had the 2 most profitable months EVER in July and August. I could see that, people had all that money saved up from sitting at home for a year and stimulus checks that had to be blown, not so sure that’s happening this summer.
I was thinking of going sometime this summer but good god, everything has gone through the roof!!! Even flights are obscene. My point is if I can go to the Caribbean for cheaper than Vegas?!? Yeah I’m going to the beach.
Note - last summer Vegas had the 2 most profitable months EVER in July and August. I could see that, people had all that money saved up from sitting at home for a year and stimulus checks that had to be blown, not so sure that’s happening this summer.
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Better off going to Bahamas, Keys, Miami, Gulf, Lake Charles, Myrtle, etc. If you want to gamble and watch sports, personally I like SoCal better than Vegas. The Pechanga and San Manuel are both Vegas-esque casinos except Pechanga has a nightclub where you can pick up some ratchet hoes in a good way. It's also next to Temecula wine country - tons of top notch cool vineyards. About an hour from the COI clubs where anything goes. 90 minutes from TJ and 60-90 minutes from SoCal beaches. Would much rather go there then Vegas where Gary Loveman taught the Strip how to nickel and dime you for every little thing and turned every square foot into a profit center. The clubs aren't even good there anymore.
I just got back from 5 days at Niagara Falls and that has high prices in Vegas trumped big time. Spent $35 for pancakes (with a view mind you but still) $4.79 for coffee etc. $100 for breakfast for two. Off the tourist street, back to normal prices.
I think too many people have enough money that they can fade the high prices so they just say “screw it, I’m too lazy to try and find a deal”. In Vegas and at every high tourist spot.
And I although I think the Oakland A’s need to move I just don’t think Vegas is the greatest fit, but it looks more and more likely. It’s really not a big city and after you get out of the suburbs there is NOTHING for awhile in any direction.
Even off the strip they'll nickle and dime you.
The quality of food customer service everything has gone downhill. Now it's just about shaking you down and getting the next suckered in asap. Vegas has adopted the clip joint business model.
I agree that Cali casinos are more fun and have better food.
You can have fun in Vegas. Yku can have fun anywhere.
For a vacation I'd rather go to San Diego or Rosarito Mexico.
As far as strip clubs go. Vegas has a lot more robs. Talent has gone down by a lot. But I think things are starting to even out. Girls are used to making less money. The clubs are backing away from obscene cash grabs although staff will try to overcharge you if you're not careful.
Food quality is low overall in Vegas. Yeah there are exceptions but...
The strip snd downtown are more dangerous coz you now got wars between local drug dealers and ones coming in from California.
Preach my nigga preach! lulz
The Caribbean is many different islands and countries they all have their own rules regarding their casinos and gambling in the Bahamas some of the larger casinos have a sports book in Aruba also, I don’t remember a sports book in the DR or st Martin St Johns is the US virgins they have similarities to Vegas rules but it is so diverse, best way to find out what you want to know is check the websites of any of the places you’re interested in.
Bacon!!
My favs are Venetian/Palazzo or Cosmo.
Yeah PSD - I’m not staying at Excalibur but one time I crashed at Palace Station - not my proudest moment.
Like in Ohio we went from a couple race tracks then they get permission to install slots and call them racinos, then they legalize 4 legit casinos in the major cities. Now If I want I can go up to Columbus and gamble, or I can go there and catch a 4 hour flight without layovers to do it.
Vegas was already a destination type place but once the gambling revenue started to take a hit from the legalized states they started to pivot to even more of a destination thing and also started to gouge wherever possible, like you used to be able to park for free at the MGM establishments now you can only do it for free if you are a hotel guest or the second tier of their players reward club or else shell out the $15 (maybe more I haven't been since pre covid). Food prices crazy, $40/ night resort fees on top of whatever $/night you already pay and on and on. You go there for a couple of nights and by the time you leave you're hundreds in the hole from just being there much less any gambling.
Vegas is in the middle of a record gambling profits run, hitting all time profit growth numbers for every month since they reopened. 20 and 30 percent over pre pandemic numbers every month. New multi billion dollar resorts and record visitor numbers even before conventions get fully back on track.
The rest of the stuff you mentioned is all over the country and not just in Vegas. In fact I would argue that it is worse in many parts of the country than it is in Las Vegas.
The strip and downtown though. Yeah anything corporate ends up disneyesque