1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Do you buy this story? 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: So, Las Vegas they're having a little tough time right now. Economically, 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 2: tourism numbers still there, but the tourists aren't spending as much. 4 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 2: Spending is down, and a lot of experts are saying historically, 5 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: when Las Vegas's economy has shown some red flags, that 6 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 2: should mean a red flag for the rest of the nation. Historically, 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 2: when Vegas struggles, that shows that economic pinch or a 8 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 2: possible recession and tough economic times are coming. Do you 9 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: buy the Las Vegas theory that when they struggle, everybody 10 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: else struggles. 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 3: For the first time in my life, I have no 12 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 3: comment on this because I know myself. I have not 13 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 3: gone to Vegas because I might not come back. So 14 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 3: I think you're better off to speak about this because 15 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 3: I have never once been to Las Vegas. 16 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 2: Okay, I will tell you exactly why this report now 17 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 2: is bull crap. 18 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: And the reason it's bullcrap now is. 19 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 2: Las Vegas stopped being Las Vegas. They stopped catering to 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 2: the people like me that want to go out there 21 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: with their buddies or go out there with your wife 22 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,199 Speaker 2: and just do all kinds of debaucherous stuff and bet 23 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: five hundred bucks on a game here, five hundred bucks 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 2: at the blackjack table there. They don't care about people 25 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 2: like me anymore. They want to nickel and dime me 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 2: to the point where I don't want to go back, 27 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 2: from resort fees to hidden taxes, to making it so 28 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 2: damn expensive to get a drink. The last time I 29 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 2: went to Vegas, I went by myself. Last year one 30 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: man wolf pack running around the desert. Spent five hundred 31 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: bucks at. 32 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,279 Speaker 1: The sports book. Do you know how many beer tickets 33 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: they gave me? Zero two? 34 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 3: So I've heard I and once again, I've never been, 35 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 3: so I'm going to ask you. I used to hear 36 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 3: that you could drink for free if you played. That's changed. 37 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 3: And I've also saw something on Twitter where somebody posted, 38 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 3: can you believe my hotel is charging me fifty hours 39 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,919 Speaker 3: a day to use the minifridge, not to take things out, 40 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 3: but just to put like my mountain dew in. 41 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 2: Yes, the many fridge scam's been around forever. But now, 42 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 2: let's say you stay at the Flamingo on the strip, 43 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: which is one of the cheaper places right there in 44 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 2: the middle, though it's where all the action is. Let's 45 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 2: say you find a jackpot forty nine dollar room on 46 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 2: a Wednesday. 47 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: Night, and we're not gonna be here anyway. We're gonna 48 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: be outside all day. 49 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 2: Right, it's a Wednesday night. I'm taking a vacation day. 50 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: It's a forty nine dollars room rate. You get your bill, 51 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 2: there's a seventy five dollars fee. So more than the room, more. 52 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: Than the room. That sucks. 53 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 2: And that's the reason. The lack of customer service, the 54 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: lack of caring. This is why I say this reports 55 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 2: bull crap. It's not about well, people don't have the 56 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 2: money to go to Las Vegas. People now say, I've 57 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 2: got the money, I'll go somewhere. 58 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 3: I'll go to Nashville, because I've heard Nashville to New Vegas. 59 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 3: I've never been in Vegas, but everybody's like, oh, Nashville 60 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 3: is the New Vegas. 61 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 2: Or if you're into the gaming thing, I'll go to 62 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: Tunica down to. 63 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 3: As sports betting ruined Vegas because now you don't have 64 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 3: to go there, you can just sit at home. 65 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 2: Sports betting was never a huge part of it back 66 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: in the day. 67 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 1: It was new to me. But Las Vegas gets their 68 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: revenue from slots. 69 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: Most casinos get about seventy to eighty percent of their 70 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: revenue from that one arm bandit. So that's why they 71 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: focus on the slot players. Table games and sports betting 72 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: is very niched. 73 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 3: So Grandma, that's just yah, that's their money. 74 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 2: Yes, they want all those slot machines full all the time. 75 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 2: I used to know this as I used to work 76 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: marketing at a casino here in Shelbyville. When your slot 77 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 2: machines are full, you're making money. When your table games 78 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: are empty, you can survive. And back then we didn't 79 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 2: have legal sports betting, so it wasn't a thing. But 80 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 2: uh yeah, they just nickel and dime you so much. 81 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: That's what the problem is.