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Las Vegas is a city built for a different era, and we're not in that era any more. I really don't see it re-surging, at least until Trump allows fights to the death at MGM Grand. Kinda /s.
this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2025
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It could come back, but it won't be the same Vegas. They're trying hard to pivot.
Gambling needs to take a back seat to entertainment. It's chock full of stuff to do, the Sphere, the Dam, the canyons, the desert, family-friendly shows, Area-15, and they're cleaning up the strip.
They just need the US to be on the menu for tourism again and that's not going to happen with all this motions to everything going on.
We need your money 👹
I was there in August, and it was dead. 2am and the whole block was me and a depressed looking prostitute walking by. Ten years ago I’d be in a crowd avoiding pickpockets, but nothing.
Surprising number of Hispanic tourists, so very curious if ICE hits Vegas soon.
I'm Canadian, and this year I went to Florida to fulfill a life-long (I'll be 60 next year) dream to visit the Kennedy Space Center. One thing I noticed, beyond getting "randomly secondarily" screened at EVERY security checkpoint, was that there were no wait lines for anything anywhere.
No lines at NASA, no lines at restaurants, no lines at Orlando attractions. At least nothing more than a couple of minutes, at most. Even the beaches were mostly empty...
Just hold on a bit longer. Trump is desperately trying to turn his shit deals into art.
Sucks to be you.
Oopsie poopsie!
Dont let this fool you, my dumb ass fellows USians huff xenophobia to start their fucken day. They'll turn right back around to immigrants bad no matter what even if its just tourists and they aren't living here.
This will drag down the entire state of Nevada.
Didn't they vote for trump?
Taking a step away from the reasons this is happening, perhaps it's not a good idea to have a place that's so dependent on tourism money. Cities should be city first, travel destination second.
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Well, what did you expect people to do when your president started questioning Canada's sovereignty? To roll over and keep giving you money?! Get rid of the infestation of fascists all over the place, burn it all down, and then, maybe then people might think about returning to the USA.
But I do find it funny that in Youtube comments on channels like Guard The Leaf or "Not Leaving Las Vegas" there were idiots claiming that Vegas doesn't run on income from foreign visitors, that it mostly runs on domestic tourism, despite showing them actual numbers from the Las Vegas airport.
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What is the closest equivalent to Las Vegas in Canada?
Niagara Falls, maybe?
America can't have nice things
Noviello's death marks the eighth known immigrant detainee deaths this year.
https://www.foxla.com/news/canadian-ice-custody-death
There's a non-zero chance the American government will find you and kill you.