According to Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority data, the first four months of this year showed a decrease in the overall number of visitors. Mark Wayman, a recruiter for executives in the gaming and casino industries, told Business Insider in May that Las Vegas bookings through the summer are “the worst I’ve ever seen.”
Air traffic into Harry Reid International Airport is also trending downward, as domestic travel for the first half of 2025 was down 4% compared to last year.
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Basically a video on the whole topic. I went last December for a wedding and had a good time but it was hell a expensive and we did the cheapest stuff. Id go back if it was cheaper. But its only gotten more expensive in the half year since.
I just spent a week there for work and I can’t think of a reason to ever visit it’s so ludicrously expensive. Anything that would cost $10 in normal society and that’s overpriced by $5 is at least 20 in Vegas.
We went around Christmas. Took all the money we would spend for Christmas presents and just took a family trip.
Stayed at the Linq for $50 a night, ate at In and Out burger three nights. Walked Fremont Street, visited the neon sign museum. Red Rock and Calico basin. Dorked around on the light rail and oogled the outside of the sphere, visited the speed cube shop.
The most expensive thing we did was Area15 four people. The whole thing came to about $2500 including flights and car.
That said, there was no gambling, We didn’t go see any shows, We didn’t eat any fancy meals. From a Las Vegas tourism standard, they didn’t really make much off of us.