The FU race was a success

It did exactly what it was designed to do:

1. It sucked hundreds of millions of dollars out of the pockets of ordinary people and businesses, and put that money into the pockets of a few fat cat corporations.

2. It provided a couple of hours of masturbation for a few ultra-rich and some fans in Europe.

3. It proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Vegas is run by the casinos and that they don't give two shits about the people who live there.

4. It proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the ordinary tourist is pocket lint to them and they don't give two shits about the kind of experience he has.

Vegas doesn't give a flying crap about you or me. If you're still planning to go there in the near future, ask yourself this: How do I know that the next mega-event they have planned won't utterly fuck up my trip and turn it into an ultra-expensive nightmare?

I for one am not paying $449 a night (plus tax and resort fee) to sit in traffic jams all weekend. But that's just me, I guess, as reports have shown that the lemmings are still eagerly flooding in. I guess that Vegas has become what they deserve.

Sour, sour grapes.

1. Exactly who are the "ordinary people and businesses" from whom hundreds of millions of dollars were sucked from their pockets?  Facts, please.  Not just conjecture.  Not just an Op Ed piece.

2. Uh, did you observe who, where, and when these actions occurred?  

3. How did you obtain this "proof beyond a shadow of a doubt", since "the casinos" entails a lot of places of business?

4. Again, how did you obtain proof of this?  Sworn testimony from every single tourist present during the event?

C'mon, Kevin.  I really do hate for you to look like a jerk with these kinds of statements, unless you can back them up.

Candy

1- Nobody forced these people to pay.

2- Attendance was 315,000 so it was a few more than the ultra rich & a few fans in Europe

3- Vegas has always been run by the casinos - nothing new there.  Their fidcuiary duty is to make money

4- Who is an ordinary tourist?

I wouldn't go during this period & normally don't go to the strip except to go to a show and a dinner.  kevin will next complain about the Super Bowl.

At the end of the day kevin why do you care since you don't go to Vegas?

Why do you keep telling us that the moon is made of tofu and is overrun by purple giraffes?

Las Vegas is a city with a multitude of citizens and should NOT be dominated by any one industry. I know you think in the 19th century, but the robber baron era is over.

Who are "ordinary people"? Depends on your definition, obviously--but let's say, all the people who live and work in Vegas and have been inconvenienced, mildly or horribly, by the FU boondoggle.

Who are the "ordinary businesses"? Those non-casino businesses that were affected by all the FU traffic disruptions (and will be again).

I didn't observe all this directly--but God knows, there were enough news stories about it!

The proof that Vegas is run by the casinos is in the lapdog subservience of local government, which acquiesced to all the FU plans without so much as a murmur.

And I obtained proof of all this by reading and watching literally hundreds of news stories--including those posted by LVA on this site.

And really, Candy--"sour grapes"--that's a stupid expression to use. When have I expressed the slightest desire to spend several thousand dollars to watch some race cars zoom around for a couple of hours?