I havent been to Vegas in a lot of years. I am going to take a trip there this spring. I did a job there in the mid 90's and stayed there for 6 months. Had some crazy times. One weekend me and a few work buddies were going down the strip and stopping in to the casino bars and playing some video poker. We were in Ceasars and about to head next door to the Imperial. I looked out the back door and saw a 6' cinder block fence only a few hundred feet away dividing the places. It looked like a good shortcut to me and we decided to save a half mile of walking and jump over the fence. When I landed on the other side there were 8 security guards with guns pointed at us. They acted like they were going to shoot us. I think they wanted to. After they realized we were just a few unarmed drunk idiots they made us jump back over the wall.
I think LV is now heading into a time period where a) the unemployment and stimulus money has run out b) their increased fees and downgraded comps start impacting and c) for a variety of reasons, international and conference business doesn't fully come back. Today they announced another $1billion win month...let's see what that profit looks like as we move to post-football and pre-summer. You are paying top-dollar now for more limited services due to the labor shortage...discounts (hopefully) are on the way along with a new (praying) Governor in November.
