I have never played 6-5 and never will, so most Las Vegas gaming is now irrelevant to me. I haven’t even entered any strip casino in several years. And then they started charging for parking.
Here is my Las Vegas prediction for 2017 and beyond. It’s the same as last year. The corporate bean counters will continue to dismantle the attractive parts of the Las Vegas experience; incidental prices and fees will continue to rise; and the city will continue to lose customers to alternate gaming destinations. More and more people will decide to stay home rather than drive hundreds of miles for the degraded and overpriced Las Vegas experience. At some point this will impact the bottom line, and the bean counters will wonder what went wrong.
I went to Las Vegas several times a year for over 30 years. Since the turn of the century, my Las Vegas visits have dropped to once or twice a year, and one of those is the WSOP. I predict that this trend will also continue, for me and for many others.
Until then, maybe I’ll see you in Laughlin.
]]>I’ll add, now that Alon is rightfully kaput, Resorts World joins them and the stadium gets built on that combined site.
]]>You’re right I don’t entirely get it! I’ll defer to you on the appeal of those games, but I’m not convinced most millennials are interested in gambling–it seems unlikely the kind of game will move the needle too much. I guess we’ll see! Thanks for mentioning eSports, too. I should be clear I understand it’s a social phenomenon, I just don’t see the potential for casinos to generate revenue from it–at least not in a way that’s different from any other convention. I went back and clarified that in the post, so appreciate it.
]]>Not sure construction will begin, but demolition of the one tower will. I think the target for open is some time in 2018.
]]>And eSports is basically a proven thing because there’s already eSports gambling happening all over the world. Some of it’s pretty brazenly illegal, others are aimed at Europeans etc, But, much like the Poker thing of 2002-2010, there’s already an established market set up before the casinos get their hands in it.
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