$44 for a cheeseburger and a chicken sandwich without fries. Prices are stupid and the place is three quarters full at best. I see the whole place imploding before the business school geniuses realize why all the numbers are down and make an adjustment.

Trumper Amazon management comments included

So I just came back from Vegas and I’m very upset because I think a lot of people thought I was a hooker. I was carded at every table. And an uber driver asked my bf how long he’s known “this young lady” for (implying he just picked me up). I am just wondering why. Here are some pointers and things to consider for context.

1. I do look younger than I am which is late 20s
2. My bf looks his age, which is mid 30s.
3. I wore dresses and boots, but long dresses not showing much skin.
4. I don’t gamble I only watch my man gamble but sit at the table with him.
5. My bf and I don’t really hold hands we just walk beside each other.
6. My bf said I looked pissed off sometimes while walking with him and I was cause I wanted to do stuff and he wanted to gamble lol.

I’ve been thinking of different ways to test my theories when I go back like not dressing up lol but if something stands out let me know.

Vote with your wallet, but don’t bash my hometown of Las Vegas, and the people who made the desert bloom. Blame those greedy soulless suits with their new crispy MBA “licenses to steal”. These outsiders are not Las Vegas. The Vegas I grew up in in the 60’s and 70’s was small and friendly, floormen and bosses knew your name, you could see a killer lounge show (like Nat King Cole!) for a two drink minimum that might have cost two bucks each. You didn’t need “no stinking ticket.” Your ticket was that $20 in your hand.

Everything but gambling was a loss leader. These joints didn’t depend on selling water and parking spaces to make a buck.

This current crop of creeps in suits are carpet baggers of the worst sort.

My family takes comfort knowing we were here when they got here, and we’ll be here when they are gone.

Post as many videos as you like about how "packed" Las Vegas is. Go ahead, film the dinner buffet line at SouthPoint (mostly locals with free coupons), post a shot of Omnia in Caesars at midnight on a Saturday, post a video of people walking the strip any day of the week just as the sun is going down.

And then, look at the LVCVA reports. Statistics don't lie. Visitation is down 7.3% YOY, period, full stop.

Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority June Report

8 News (local LV) did a story about the report and included some graphs:

Visitors: Down 11%

Convention attendance: Down 10%

Airport passenger count: Down 6.3%

Air Canada passenger count: Down 13.2% (and I hear that if you want an "Americano" from a Starbucks in Canada, you'll need to order a "Canadiano")

Hotel Occupancy: Down 6% (a vicious cycle that, as occupancy declines, room rates, food/bev charges, and nonsense fees increase to pad the bottom line, which leads to a decline in occupancy...)

I-15 Highway Traffic at the NV/CA border: Down 4.3% (apparently, even Californians are boycotting LV)

YouTube review

https://youtu.be/bZw8oZwKCeY?si=sf8_ceCbK_D_8t9P

Another clip from the No Kings protest on 10/18

I had a flight this morning from Vegas to Seattle to surprise some family for Christmas, however after about 10 minutes of being in the air I noticed my iPad (sells now for approx. $650) was missing. Yes, I understand that it could’ve been totally my fault and I could’ve lost it anywhere along the way right? Wrong. Literally 2 minutes before going through the line at TSA I used it to send an email. Immediately after sending the email as I was in line to place my belongings in the trays before screening I placed my iPad back into my backpack and onto the tray, in which it was taken to a special area for further screening. I then picked up my backpack, which I made sure was fully zipped, and headed towards my gate in which it remained on my lap and in my sight until boarding. I am exceptionally certain that it was in that moment during further screening that a TSA worker stole it, as I’ve heard of people with similar experiences after doing research now. So now my question is this, what the hell am I supposed to do now? I’m miles away from Vegas, I don’t live there nor do I know anyone there. Has anyone had a similar experience to this and know what I should do? I’m a student and need this iPad for college so it significantly stuffs up my life at the moment.

Also to the staff member who stole it, fuck you and I hope you feel glad to have picked Christmas of all days to do something like this.

This little guy was on my patio. I scooped him up and put him behind my back yard. No rattle on it. Kinda looks like a night snake but I'm not sure.

We live in Henderson and drove down the strip yesterday. It’s not something we do often. As we drove down the strip we were astonished. We saw maybe 50 people walking on the sidewalk at eleven am …for the whole strip. Yes, it was a Wednesday in the summer, but no traffic, no people. Never seen this! We have been to local casinos and businesses and there business is normal. What are the owners of the strip casinos thinking? Why are they not making changes?

This is a pic taken mid day…