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Poll Preview: What might be the biggest nail in Las Vegas' coffin?
This poll was suggested by Steve W., who was inspired by a comment about the Buccaneer Bay Club -- and the detheming of Treasure Island -- to the recent QoD about the pirate restaurant in the movie Leaving Las Vegas.
Steve writes, "What was/is/will be the biggest nail in Las Vegas' coffin? De-mobbing, theming, de-theming, family friendly, bottle service, reduced blackjack, video poker, etc. odds, resort/parking/anything-they-can-think-of-and-more fees, online gambling and sports betting, every state having casinos, zero buffets? And what else? All the gripes in one place!"
Especially considering the preliminary results of the current poll, on Las Vegas' putative recovery time (which are more pessimistic than we would have predicted, including a fair number of votes for "Never"), we thought it might be fun, if nothing else, to take a survey on "the biggest nail in Sin City's coffin." Of course, we're adding COVID and its long-term aftermath, plus current changes related to the pandemic.
Multiple poll choices will be enabled, so the more the merrier. Here are the ones Steve suggested and we've added to; please let us know what you suspect or believe might be the "biggest nail in Vegas' coffin" if we've missed it.
Resort fees
Parking charges
Comp cutbacks
Backoffs and barrings
Crowds
De-theming
Mob era is bygone
Tightening odds in all the games
Airline gouging and inconvenient hub-routing
Fear of COVID
Escalating crime, especially of a violent nature, in the tourist corridor
Lack of buffets
Online gambling and sports betting; who needs brick-and-mortar?
Strip traffic, dangerous driving (such as driverless ride-sharing)
The proliferation of street "entertainers" and panhandlers
Noise levels on the street, in casinos/restaurants/hotels
The smell of marijuana smoking in public
The change in focus from gambling to drinking and partying; everyone is drunk
Bad water (and drought-related cutbacks)
Sensors in mini-bars
What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas
The hype comes nowhere near the reality
Rampant homelessness
Summer heat
So that's our list. Let's hear it, LVAers. All the gripes in one place! Make Steve W. proud!