gold 1020 you have made a very good point !!
I live in a larger canadian city and we have
6 casinos within close driving distance, why would I pay for a flight that has tripled in price, hotels that have more than quadripled in price and very expensive buffets then also lose
my money on the larger line casino machines which take your money in a wink of an eye.

Greed has made many casino operators lose sight of what made Las Vegas famous in the first place.

-decent price hotels, food and free drinks

No one has mentioned how the machines have all been replaced with these hugh multiline machines
which takes so much more money to play, never seems to give you any games until it has taken hundreds of dollars.

Sure Vegas has high rollers but they are a small percentage of the crowds, the rest of us have so much money to gamble and with all the new casinos that money can get spread pretty thin...

I would think casinos would work harder to get some loyalty from the average customer, not giving the good perks only to the high rollers

Ebay is also a good example of a business which was started with the small business person and then when they got the bigger businesses interested now they are trying to get rid of the small ones as they think they dont want to be bothered with small anymore

I think both Vegas and Ebay are making big big mistakes

I am Canadian and Las Vegas used to be a great place for a short vacation and did not cost a fortune. It was a place the average person could have a good time and not spend a whole lot of money... well if you were disciplined enough regarding the gambling ....

when the new hotels went up suddenly the rates shot through the roof for hotel rooms,flights and the decent priced buffets and special offers went out the window

It became a place for yuppies and those with the big bucks.

Now there is a downturn.... and maybe regret?? that you dumped your faithful ordinary folk that were the backbone of your business ??