has anyone else noticed a recent increase in las vegas hotel rates and buffets?
Hotel Rates
stinkyhotdogs asked:
I also see that a lot of the hotel casinos are owned by the same company, looks like a monopoly what are your thoughts?
Thelma
I also see that a lot of the hotel casinos are owned by the same company, looks like a monopoly what are your thoughts?
Thelma
October 31st, 2008 at 7:56 am
Oh, that is absolutely the case, which is why I have moved off-strip and downtown. Harrah’s and MGM/Mirage own almost all of the strip, at least the center and south end, which is definitely bad for the consumer. Smaller companies like Boyd, Station Casinos, etc…have lower room rates and are far more generous with comps than the conglomorates than own the strip. If you want good rates on the strip these days, you are limited to the North end (Sahara, Riviera, New Frontier, Stratophere)
November 3rd, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Corporate America has officially ruined Vegas. Everything that used to be cheap to draw people into the Casino is now ridiculously over priced! They now have this attitude that everyone will come in anyway, so lets make revenue on EVERYTHING! buffets are $20+, shows are $100+, rooms are $100+. Most of this sh*t used to be free or next to nothing. They are running wild! I call shenanigans on all of them. I shouldn’t say all of them cause there is only of company that owns them all anyway. I thought monopolies were illegal?!
November 4th, 2008 at 1:12 am
Absolutely correct. I moved here 15 years ago and everything was cheap then.
Now it is just as you said, bean counters run the place and you pay for everything.
The reason they are still in business is people continue to come here.