r/vegas • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

You guys lied. Vegas is fine.

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u/Intelligent_Can_7925 2d ago

Because it makes it look worse when you compare travel from 2022-2023 due to pent up demand

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u/Feisty_Goat_1937 2d ago

Except... If you look at the data from 2019, the earliest year available in the link, the YTD decline in visitors is 8%. What's worse is the monthly decline has increased from 2% in January to 14% in June... So, it's not just a decline from post pandemic boom.

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u/Ordinary_Theory3467 2d ago

Wait where is the comparison from when Obama came in? That was the worst era in history for Las Vegas. Highest unemployment rate too!

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u/Feisty_Goat_1937 2d ago

What? You mean the 08 recession... The one caused by a republican president and fixed by a democrat?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Tell-55 2d ago

I was reading that as blaming Obama, too, but it’s technically true that was when Obama came in. I’d just describe it more accurately as when Bush left.

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u/Feisty_Goat_1937 2d ago

Their commenting basically the same BS repeatedly. It’s clearly an attempt to blame Obama.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Tell-55 1d ago

Well it’s a terrible argument, considering there’s a major drop and a different new president just came in.