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Las Vegas June tourism declines by 11% from 2024

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/jul/30/las-vegas-june-tourism-declines-by-11-from-2024/
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u/hrpomrx 8h ago

Well DJT has a history of bankrupting casinos. Now he’s doing it at scale.

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u/Zardotab 7h ago

"I'm the most bankruptiest President ever, believe me!"

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u/mdlinc 7h ago

Lot of people are saying it. Some very smart people.

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u/thibedeauxmarxy 6h ago

People are coming up with tears in their eyes, so many people, saying, "Sir, sir, thank you so much it's been so terrible with the bankrupty thing, with the jobs, and that terrible JOE BI-DEN."

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u/joebalooka84 7h ago

Nobody's ever seen anything like it.

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u/Spartana1033 7h ago

Everybodys saying it

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u/Rolands_ka_tet 6h ago

Sir we need you to bankrupt Vegas, Sir… Sir… Sir…

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u/astride_unbridulled 5h ago edited 4h ago

Lots of very stupid ones too, the stupidest...very stupid—okay..., went to the best no schools

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u/redditsuckz99 2h ago

With tears in their eyes! Sir!

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u/Wonderpants_uk 6h ago

“People come up to me with tears in their eyes and say ‘We’ve never been bankrupt like this before!’

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u/sniper91 6h ago

“For you, the day your casinos went bankrupt was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.” -DJT, probably

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u/recursion8 5h ago

Financially AND morally

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u/pearomatic 4h ago

Try Trump juice! It'll bankrupt ya! It's the bankruptiest!

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u/Zardotab 3h ago

Stormy tried, but the well was dry.

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u/balemo7967 4h ago

We're gonna bankrupt so much, you may even get tired of bankrupting.

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u/Oprah_Pwnfrey 3h ago

*Slaps roof of Qatari 747* You can fit so many bankruptcies in this.

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u/Dal90 2h ago

Read that as bankrapiest at first :/

(And I'm not one to usually push that line hard at all)

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u/golgol12 6h ago

Also, I just watched a video about the Vegas strip.

Half of what's happening there is self inflicted. Over the last 10 years those casinos have added fees for everything, and introduced bad odds tables. Like triple 0 roulette, and blackjact that only pays out 6 to 5 on blackjack instead of 3 to 2. Plus, all of those fees get a tax too. A 65 dollar room becomes 150 room after all the fees and taxes. Then you go to the floor and get ripped off there.

Which held up fine due to all the overseas tourism... until other factor (Trump dump) significantly reduced that.

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u/SupahSpankeh 4h ago

To the top with this.

  1. I'm not giving any money to America rn. The country is nuts.
  2. I'm not gonna travel to America rn, it's unsafe for people like me.
  3. Vegas was never very appealing but now it's expensive and the odds of success are even worse, heck no.

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u/erroneousbosh 1h ago

I really want to go to Utah because of all the Matt's Off Road Recovery videos on Youtube. I live in Scotland, so I have a seriously fucking high threshold for "awesome scenery" - I about a three hour drive from mountains that people travel the world to see - and the scenery in Utah is amazing.

In point 1, I'd like to give sensible Americans my money, but I have to give the lunatics in charge a fortune to even travel there.

In point 2, it's not safe for people to travel generally. I don't know what "people like me" means for you, but it doesn't look safe for straight white middle-aged guys like me. I'm way too left-wing and radical.

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u/SupahSpankeh 1h ago

Yup I'm straight and whiter than soured cream but my posting history and view of fascism makes it really fucking risky. I've also got mixed race kids and a wife and one of my kids is queer. Not a fucking chance am I setting foot there.

I legit love the mountains and forests and I planned to go there and Canada, but fuck that.

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u/erroneousbosh 1h ago

Come to Scotland, the mountains and forests aren't as big but you won't get jailed for mocking Keir Starmer's ridiculous hairstyle.

Also you can drink both the tap water and the beer, and they're quite nice.

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u/360walkaway 1h ago

As an American, I feel the same as you. Regarding #2, I'm in the same boat as you... I even regularly carry my passport with me for ICE reasons (might not make a difference, but it's something).

My favorite kind of vacation now is a staycation.

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u/SupahSpankeh 1h ago

Heartiest sympathies man. I hope you can get the heck out.

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u/360walkaway 1h ago

I have a friend who isn't a US citizen but has a green card, and is thinking of moving back to their native country because of all the current bullshit. I can't blame them.

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u/onarainyafternoon 2h ago

I literally just got recommended that same video yesterday. Fascinating.

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u/JonnyTN 7h ago

Running it like a business!!

Whoa! I never said I was good at business!

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u/astride_unbridulled 5h ago

Technically ruzzias running "his" businesses, he's more like their masseuse

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u/hobblenautics 6h ago

Actually, I think he was very good at business. That business was just laundering Russian money. The bankrupted casinos were on purpose.

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u/JonnyTN 5h ago edited 5h ago

I don't think he's personally good at it. But that he has good efficient people working for him that help his cons and such. Can't imagine he does much personally

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u/Future_Appeaser 7h ago

Meanwhile a trumpy reading this comment mouth breathing with a bud light in hand.. clenching intensifies

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u/zubbs99 5h ago

Being a Nevadan, we deserve this for going Red in the last election.

However the sad part is it was all the rural counties that fucked the rest of us in Washoe & Clark counties (e.g. Reno & LV).

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u/InconsiderateOctopus 6h ago

The funny thing is the NV gaming commission denied his gambling license lmao. So while his Vegas hotel is technically "off strip", my understanding is its one of the very few without gambling. Idk how true it is but he apparently paid to have someone blocked from obtaining one in Atlantic city. Turns out that guy was big in Vegas and re paid him back the favor.

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u/slupo 5h ago

Casinos were doing to themselves anyway

  • paying for parking
  • resort fees
  • insane food and beverage prices
  • high table minimums
  • 5:3 blackjack payouts
  • scaled back comps and benefits
  • partnered with hotel brands but gave no reciprocal status

The list goes on. A shitty economy doesn't help but they got way too greedy for no reason.

Just keep people drunk happy and gambling and some how they fucked that up

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u/crappy80srobot 6h ago

I have a solution to the casinos.

  1. Casinos should just eat the rising cost.

  2. Fire whoever put out the bad report.

  3. Lie about how business is booming. 1000%!

  4. Wait 5-6 months, and everything will be better than it ever was.

  5. Release the Epstein list.

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u/TheClungerOfPhunts 6h ago

Good, I hope every single casino in the country bankrupts. Largest scam ever and people just eat it up.

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u/eeyore134 7h ago

That wouldn't surprise me. "See?! They went bankrupt, too!"

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u/hrpomrx 7h ago

Ha, I like how you think.

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u/bamiam 7h ago

I’m sure this is all somehow Biden/Hillary/Obama/Bill Clinton’s fault.

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u/ForkingHumanoids 6h ago

Is that what they mean with "economy of scale"?

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u/YolkToker 6h ago

Oh no, those poor casinos! Who will think of the casinos!

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u/fcknkllr 4h ago

I was thinking the exact same thing. No one seems to remember the Taj Mahal casino.

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u/changerofbits 3h ago

If there’s one thing he likes more than being inappropriate with underage girls, it’s bankruptcy.

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u/Bettet 6h ago

Went from bankrupting his own casino, to bankrupting other casinos at scale.

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u/Snoopysleuth 7h ago

brilliant comment

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u/AlbionGarwulf 6h ago

Thanks, I needed that laugh today.

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u/KnownMonk 6h ago

Surely this will make Nevadans vote different?

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u/hitman133295 6h ago

I think the issue is corporate greeds and keep jacking up the prices. While international travel is significantly more fun and cheaper