Is Las Vegas dead?

[MikeTheBartender]

I'm here now! I personally never bar tended here... but many of my friends did. here now, seems pretty dead. What are your thoughts?

[LazerBean]

I don't know how long you've been there. I've noticed in the middle of the week there's a lot less people, and also this time of year there's probably less people. The difference between a Wednesday / Thursday and a Friday night is pretty crazy whenever the weather is really nice outside. I've been there on Fridays and it's been pretty much shoulder to shoulder on Fremont Street.

That said, I wasn't really paying attention to how many people were at the bars. We've gotten something from the bar once or twice, but usually if I want to drink and watch the people I just get something from a convenience store because I'm cheap lol

We were actually going to go there again this year for a business thing for my husband, but tickets were going to be $1,000 per person. I assume because it landed on a spring break week and a demand was high, but I don't know for sure.

[MrOracle]

Everything now has an extra fee - or several - and base prices have at least doubled, and often tripled in the last year. $9 breakfast buffets are $35 and dinners are $50+ without drinks. Everything is nickeled and dimed to death. And it's intentional - they are intentionally trying to drive away bargain hunters so that only people who will spend freely will show up. The problem is that spending freely is mostly done to set you apart, but if there are no normal people to impress, it quickly becomes boring.

[LazerBean]

That's too bad. Hopefully they will go back to how it was eventually, we love going to Vegas lol

[Anonymous]

I’ve always wanted to go to Vegas , I’ve heard that it’s a pretty busy place, but I don't know.

[Vegasrunner]

Nah, its not dead its just different from what people think it is. The city has changed from a "gambling" town to an entertainment town. What this means is that we now cater to higher economic class people, instead of the deadbeats that were coming looking for handouts. You're also bartending in Cheetoes America where the average family has less disposable income. If you're working on the strip though you should be alright but you're going to have to do something to make yourself standout because of the amount of competition.

[WindAtMyBack]

It's winter, not tourist season. If there are any trade shows, I think it's early for those.

No offense, but people don't care about the bartenders in Vegas or Reno. They are there for the slots, card tables, and shows.

This is a total guess, but my guess is that you are better off as a card dealer than a bartender. I'm also guessing that the girls walking the floor get more tips than the bartender.

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[exitseven]

Since most of the states allow casino gambling I imagine it is a shell of it;s former self.

[Theunfadeable]

I used to live in Vegas and it was totally different than because everything was cheap. They always had super upscale options but most rooms hotels shows restaurants, and clubs were affordable. Vegas used to be a place where regular middle class people and broke college kids could go and pretend to be high rollers for a few days.

now everything seems to cater to the ultra wealthy. the average price of a drink is $30i and a burger from a low quality restaurant will cost you 50 bucks. The room prices are insane now and they took out the $1 $5 $10 tables out of most of the casinos. Before you could park for free at any hotel when you went to hang out on the strip now they all charge so you have to deal with that too.

The huge crowds iand the energy is what made Vegas exciting. now everything is so expensive. No one wants to go and spend any money

[NathanDavis]

overpriced alcohol at overpriced venues... just to end up being a mess...

not so trendy anymore, lol

it's just a sign of the times... and people do most of their gambling and addictions online anyway, lmao

[MikeTheBartender]

I can't help but notice it is real hard to find a live table, so many of the things are just screen games instead of an actual table, virtual poker, virtual roulette, etc. Takes away from the experience.

[NathanDavis]

yeah... "the experience"

Las Vegas used to be that... but it's very different nowadays, people just want "the fix"

[MrOracle]

The casino owners have decided that they want to cater towards the wealthy and near-wealthy, and the middle class is only welcome if they can afford it. This is going to backfire spectacularly, and the signs are already showing it.

[DryGermanGuy]

They increased the prices to the point of being completely ridiculous.

https://youtu.be/LHwU4lQ46nA?si=Z-b9oRphPCIdMHMr

[Miristheiss]

I have heard stories about the decline in the news.

Is its demise really a bad thing?

[MikeTheBartender]

I suppose not. It's a cycle of life, the Roman Empire fell, one day. Vegas might fall as well.

[AngryCarl3]

No, there are still folks living in the storm drains. They don't spend much money in the casinos though. Donald Trump's America.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Strange, because with all the gambling ads and Vegas' mild winters (a VAST relief from its blazingly hot summers), you'd thing "Sin City" would be forever boppin' !!!

[msc545]

Well, we have a dead economy, so I'm not surprised Las Vegas is dead. But don't worry, if the economy comes back, Las Vegas will get resuscitated.

[TonyMetal___86]

I have to ask my long time close friend who went absent from this site since a year ago and maybe more, @Brainsbeforebeauty 😌

[Staximus]

One of my buddies made a killing bartending there about 20 years ago. I haven't been to Vegas in about 15 years

[Mike_Hum]

$20 drinks and fewer hookers will do that to a city

[Jeff51]

It is getting there. They want high rollers now.

[Dargil]

Doesn't matter to me one way or the other.

[Massageman]

Was it ever living?