O.K. but localization is the way Atlantic City is going and I don't think Vegas wants to go there. When I talk to LV locals they are always so pleased visitors pay taxes up-the-gazoo. The smart ones also add that our money is appreciated :-)
Getting visitors to Sin City quickly and efficiently is important. That's going to take a big investment like Mag-Lev trains. You won't see that happening soon in Vegas (or Atlantic City).
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, TedChee@... wrote:
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> What I meant was a larger "local" customer base. The future for LV is a
> shrinking or stagnant customer base as out-of-towners are siphoned off by
> casinos closer to where they live. In LV, the locals casinos can expand the
> absolute numbers of customers in their service area when competitors go out of
> business & stay out of business. Even so, the total number of locals in
> the market will continue to shrink as some customers won't make the trip due
> to convenience & others are hammered by the economy. Also, LV will
> continue to have a net outflow of residents for a while.
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> In a message dated 3/6/2011 10:54:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> vpFREE@yahoogroups.com writes:
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> _Re: people 86ed at suncoast? _
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vpFREE/message/112645;_ylc=X3oDMTJzNzJjZzJtBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzQ2NDEwMTcEZ3Jwc3BJZA
> MxNzA1MDY1NzMyBG1zZ0lkAzExMjY0NQRzZWMDZG1zZwRzbGsDdm1zZwRzdGltZQMxMjk5NDgwOD
> Yx)
> Posted by: "Dave" _haaljo@... _ (mailto:haaljo@...?Subject=
> Re:%20people%2086ed%20at%20suncoast?) _haaljo _
> (http://profiles.yahoo.com/haaljo)
> Sun Mar 6, 2011 6:08 pm (PST)
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>
> --- In _vpFREE@..._ (mailto:vpFREE@yahoogroups.com) ,
> TedChee@ wrote:
> >
> > To break the death spiral in LV, they need a lot of casinos to go
> Chapter 7
> > so that the remaining casinos can split up a larger customer base
> > otherwise they will follow the no-profit path the airlines flew for a
> decade.
>
> How is Nevada going to create a "larger customer base" with competition in
> almost every State? Just about the last major Country without casinos is
> Mexico. Maybe a Mag-Lev train from Mexico City?
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