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cwithers
cwithers
Jan 25, 2016
11:28am
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MGM charging for parking is beginning for me to rethink going to Las Vegas and instead visiting more of my state casinos. Yep, I would miss Las Vegas but Vegas casinos continue to add normally non chargeable items to the list. First it was resort fees and now MGM going to paid parking. Giving Las Vegas a bad name for modest and general mid level players. I think MGM will take a hit on this fee.
ezhawg
ezhawg
Jan 25, 2016
3:01pm
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Is valet going to be $20 with a tip now ?
cancer chic
cancer chic
Jan 26, 2016
1:53am
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We are rethinking Vegas as a vacation. For the same dollars we spend there we can pay for hotels and see more exotic places.
nonsense
nonsense
Jan 26, 2016
1:58am
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It is complete BullSh%$. The reasons they give, "every other resort city charges ect." they don't seem to understand or care what made Las Vegas great. Yes we know we are going to lose money in your casino but at least we get a bargin at the resorts, not any more! Resort fees! Parking Fees! Buffets cost a fortune now. I've been coming to Vegas for over 25 years, I am skipping this year.

Dan Svatass
Dan Svatass
Jan 26, 2016
4:24am
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Originally posted by: nonsense
they don't seem to understand or care what made Las Vegas great.
They understand perfectly well. It's the world that changed.

Unlike in the 70s and 80s heyday of Las Vegas, most Americans now live within easy driving distance of a Vegas-style casino. That was the one product that Nevada had a monopoly on.

That monopoly is gone, and so Vegas has had to change. This is not bullshit, it's economic necessity. We did this to Vegas by allowing casinos to be built near where we live.

I don't have the numbers, but I expect that most people spending a day on the strip are spending far less time gambling than the used to. That's the strip today: dining, shopping, shows. The money that used to come from gambling has to be recouped elsewhere.

I'm not saying I would have made the same choice that MGM has. But I understand it.
irishjames23
irishjames23
Jan 26, 2016
5:27am
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Yes but people are spending far less gambling because of the lousy odds offered and they can not afford to spend to much gambling when they have to pay $50 for a dinner buffet
bbking
bbking
Jan 27, 2016
3:00am
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Originally posted by: irishjames23
Yes but people are spending far less gambling because of the lousy odds offered and they can not afford to spend to much gambling when they have to pay $50 for a dinner buffet


Amen!!
Plus you would think with competition from other states casinos,Vegas would become cheaper, to lure customers away from their "home" casinos.Maybe I'm just to old and remember the bargain Las Vegas.
Dan Svatass
Dan Svatass
Jan 27, 2016
4:00am
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Originally posted by: irishjames23
Yes but people are spending far less gambling because of the lousy odds offered and they can not afford to spend to much gambling when they have to pay $50 for a dinner buffet
Again, Vegas' business model is changing.

Only 12% of Vegas visitors say that their primary reason for visiting is to gamble, says the LVCVA. Four times as many said their primary purpose was "vacation or pleasure". So what the strip now sells, from Wynn south to MBay, is a different product. Shopping, nightclubs, spas, fancy restaurants, and big-name shows. Gambling just isn't the focus it once was, because so many people can get that at home.

The free-parking Vegas we all prefer will continue to exist. But it'll do it in the casinos out on Rancho and Boulder Highway, places with lower land values that depend much more heavily on gambling revenue.
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Originally posted by: bbking
Plus you would think with competition from other states casinos,Vegas would become cheaper, to lure customers away from their "home" casinos.Maybe I'm just to old and remember the bargain Las Vegas.
Vegas IS cheaper. Comparable hotel rooms sell for less in Vegas than they do at casinos around the country. Casino payback is better in Vegas too.
nonsense
nonsense
Jan 27, 2016
11:26pm
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Dang it Chilcoot stop using logic and facts and just whine with us. lol.

ken2v
ken2v
Jan 28, 2016
1:19am
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Every Vegas change the past 60 or whatever years has been met with a two-fold gripe: 1) Vegas won't be around much longer. 2) I hate it.

Many people aren't good with change, and I can't think of any who'd welcome with open arms an escalated price on something long consumed at a lower price, so #2 makes sense. The first never has come to fruition and this change won't impact the corporate bottom line, a.k.a. Vegas. Some purists might actually follow through on the ire and quit going -- a minuscule number, the addiction factor is too high -- but there will be someone to replace him/her and from the perspective of the casino-resorts likely will be an "easier" or "preferred" customer to have.
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