People come from literally all over the world to attend the Nation Finals Rodeo in Vegas. For the entire week of the rodeo in December, tourists cannot walk on the sidewalk in front of the Bellagio to enjoy the fountain show, because F1 dismantling has the street blocked, and Bellagio fountain views are obstructed by F1 grandstand structure breakdown. So now, other annual events are being negatively affected by the construction activities of a November weekend race. Unbelievable.
I live in the apartment complex directly across from where the horses are being kept for NFR. It smells like horse manure every day. Everything is a give and a take.
They will just use F1 as a scapegoat, casino resorts cut costs, raised prices and profits kept increasing so they patted themselves on the back pretending that its what the people want. People are beginning to find losing their tail every time they come and not even getting a cheap steak dinner as compensation isn't that fun.
Bingo. Build a race track nearby but outside of Vegas. Surround it with a few new resorts. If successful, people will either stay on The Strip, Downtown, or The Track. All those resorts would offers rooms facing the tracl (of course) and charge BIG BUCKS once a year. Oh, and inside the track could be one ginormous 'beach' and 'pool' where absolutely everyone can get a chaise. Overnight it would be the best pool in America.
@screenplayhouse4932 yeah all due respect you guys have no idea how modern motorsports work. F1 and the FIA as a whole are basically eliminating purpose built tracks in favor of more cash favorable street circuits. F1 would not be here if not for the strip. They don't give a damn about a purpose built track out here. They would leave if a designated circuit was built away from the glitz and glamor of the strip.
Your last topic about gambling addiction was very interesting. Casinos send me amazing promos for the months when I don’t usually go…lots of FP, charted flights with transportation, comp rooms, resort credit etc. very tempting to fall into their game
The loss of the nearly empty Trop and the Mirage didn't cause the decline in visitor volume and gambling revenue. Strip occupancy for Oct 23 was 89.6% and for Oct 24 it was 85.7% if the occupancy is lower and the strip lost 5% of it's room inventory (which it did not) then that means that there was an even larger drop as you would expect occupancy to go up and then you could argue that people aren't finding rooms, but that's not likely here. Also, for all of Vegas, the room inventory was only down 1% because of new resorts such as the Durango and Fountain Blu. The reason why visitors have dropped is due to the higher costs of a Vegas vacation, not because a small percentage of rooms were lost.
No, when I go to hard rock in Hollywood Florida you see the tower driving up & that’s it. Not sure I will ever go back to Vegas. feels like a tourist trap now. No real value left.
If they had (or rebuilt) a bar and or restaurants overlooking the atrium that would bring in $. Steve Wynn realized this after he built Mirage that he should have made it so restaurants and bars and such overlooked the volcano. This is why restaurants overlooking Lake bellagio are a premium.
His explanation doesn't hold any water. If the same number of visitors continued then they would stay at the other resorts. As simple as that. F1 is most likely the culprit and people are pissed off and not visiting because of it.
Ridiculous Resort Fees and no Free Parking have curbed people's enthusiasm for vacationing in Vegas. When you can feel them picking your pockets, it is a bit of a turn off.
@@toomuchstuff4828 Yep, and then it only takes an event like F1 taking over your views and ability to walk freely. Game over. I'll spend my money and move my convention to another city.
@@toomuchstuff4828 Agree, the resort fees are totally out of hand now in Vegas. Make them optional if you need those services provided. Especially on COMPED rooms!
Exactly. We canceled our December trip because last December was a mess and we couldn’t do what we normally do in December. They are inconveniencing 3 months of guests for one weekend of revenue
Some of my favorite restaurants in Vegas are off the Strip and I'm happy to see Noodlehead and Shang Artisan Noodle are on that list! Those are my two favorite spots to eat every time I'm in Vegas. Another regular place I always go to is Izakaya Go, if you love Japanese food, that's the place to go eat.
That Louis Vitton bag theft story is hilarious only because of your point, why stay at the Orleans? I know lodging is expensive but if you're flexing multiple LV bags one would assume you could afford a better room, use the safe, and decline room service. Not a smart woman and she didn't hesitate to post it online either.
Its the bad economy that's contributing to lower numbers all around. It's too costly anymore to go to Vegas to see the architecture, eat nice meals, and gamble, when the same can be done in any other state that offers casino gambling.
With prices so high, and people paying them, casinos could probably shrink their casino space by 75% and replace them with cozy bars/clubs/bistros. Make a nice variety of them for different tastes. Expand the pools. Anything to sell more alcohol, which probably has the best margins of anything.
Wow I didn't know or forgot that Federal doughnuts was out there. The started here in Philly and really exploded in the last few years. I remember when they opened it was a small little spot across from my mechanic. If you haven't tried it get over there. Great chicken and naturally doughnuts. Great show.
I really like how Mark always gives the counter point. Not sugar coating it. This show really needs that. Vegas has its issues. Like every city. The biggest being how expensive it is now. Also how F-1 is ruining it too. F-1 is totally ruining Vegas. All because of greed!
Las Vegas was built for people to come and gamble not stare at fountains (they can still see then from the road at the side) . The amount of world wide advertising to the world that F1 brings to show case las Vegas is worth it to the casinos. I can speak from Experience
Hi guys great video as usual! Mark last week I was going to comment on your Christmas tree being a tiny bit crooked but I thought it was the Tito's I was enjoying! It looked perfect today. Good talk about overindulging. Thank you!
Not me. I thought the volcano was so boring. Granted, I didn’t see it until the last couple years and have no nostalgic views of it, but I was very underwhelmed after hearing so much about it. I think the light show from the guitar will be much more entertaining.
@@markclowdus3834dude I know people are going to miss it, I’m just not one of them. I just found it boring. I have zero nostalgia factor as I never stayed at the Mirage. I think the atrium is a much bigger loss than the volcano
@@kylejohnston2120 bro...At least the volcano would warm you up on a cold night walking the strip. I won't be one standing under another Vegas sign looking up in wonder. Personally I miss the White Tiger exhibit. Now that was cool walking into The Mirage not to mention the huge FREE parking lot Caesars had next door but it is what it is and it isn't good. 👎 If you like Atriums?? You can still go to The Bellagio.😎👍
I am glad that people are coming forward with the downside of online gambling. It can be so much fun, but it can get out of hand really quickly. I'm glad places like the Arts District and China Town exist in Vegas. It gives experienced Vegas travelers like myself new places to explore and enjoy. I just have to say, too, that the situation at the Bellagio and Hard Rock is totally unacceptable. The Strip is supposed to be everyone's Fantasyland, not New York City.
I hope LAS is in a "down" for a decade. Paying for parking (not to mention useless "resort fees") in a place with multiple, multi-story parking structures on every block IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT, is a money-grab. F the people putting the squeeze on visitors; we'll go elsewhere.
I’ve been using my MGM status as a Park and Fly. Comp room on the front and back of my trip and park the car for free. Getting tired of the $12 slices.
For someone who came close to that dark side I know exactly what you are talking about. I set a up a system afterwards ever since and only gamble with a set amount, once it's gone it's gone there is no ATM or CC to use that money was it. It's my was to make sure I stay in my lane and don't over spend and only gamble a set amount. Been doing this for 15 years and never had an issue again. Most time when's go into a casino now I only bring $300 and when it's gone it's gone and if I can make some money I decide to stop usually if I can double it lol. I'm not greedy.
From the north strip to MGM gamble with aria and Christal’s and the debacle on the Harmon corner and F1 corporate has made huge gambles that could’ve destroyed Vegas but Vegas has managed to survive.
I have almost fallen into the Wynn flowers and I wasn't even drunk. I was passing by a group of moseyers and as I passed they shifted in my direction nearly sending me into the flowers.
I was bummed Holstein’s was shut down, it was one of my favorite burger spots in town… so glad it is moving to the Arts District. Arts District has become a close second location to visit next to Chinatown when I am in town
The jackpot sign and the parlay win are related. They are both put there to build excitement to gamble. Being able to gamble on your phone is quickly showing its dark side. Building the sports betting apps to enhance engagement, like almost everything running on a cell, may accelerate addictive behaviors. Please get them to sweep up LV after F-1. You are a giant LV media operator.
I still visit Vegas but we stay off strip now at Club Wyndham. No resort fees or parking fees. We stay away from the strip mostly, to the likes of Arts District and Fremont and we like to visit the Boyd and Stations properties to gamble.
It's not just the pedestrians who suffer. Two lanes of Las Vegas Blvd are blocked off and the right turn lane off of Flamigo is closed. Turn a 5 minute drive into 15 minutes. F F1!
City council looks away from the F1 teardown & setup. That could be the difference between tourists visiting during the fall/winter season and going elsewhere.
People want to hang on to part of the Mirage (and I get it) but I think Hard Rock has something besides the guitar tower that will claim it as a resort of the future. If they rebuild onto the Atrium I'm guessing it'll be scaled into a much larger version of it.
F1 is the perfect example to ask the question "How much pain is too much pain for the sake of a dollar?" I think the Las Vegas answer is, "No amount of pain is too much pain for the sake of money". Events like this should be held in some dedicated place away from everything else IMHO.
The slot jackpot board is about as useful as the previously-spun numbers board at the roulette table. The stolen LV bags at the Orleans feels like a setup/scam.
A lot of the NFR people stay at Orleans because it has a history of Bullriding at Orleans Arena. It attracts Bullriding fans. Now what Bullriding fans have enough money for 2 Louis purses, that's another question...
14:25 Exactly, Parlay are free $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for sports books. The reason is didn't pay more is he picked almost all favorites ( some very big favorites minus 8 and 9 hundred ) to just win the game. I'm guessing he probably hedged the last game
Just wanted to give a heads-up that you accidentally included the RUclips outro toward the beginning of your video this time around! 🙂 With regard to why Vegas numbers are down in the meantime, the answer is my mind is simple and two-pronged: Firstly F1 fatigue and migraines. During F1's inaugural year many didn't know what to expect and how it would shape out, but after millions visiting coped with all the exhausting and deteriorative effects of its set-up and take-down between September 2023 and January 2024, many haven't forgotten that and also warned their family and friends not to visit Vegas during those times..............and it has caught up to Vegas badly in F1's sophomore year here. Secondly: inflation and economic uncertainty is also catching up with more and more of us coupled with price-gouging, and they just don't have the money to visit Vegas as often as they'd like (and in some cases don't even want to because of perceptions of greed and avarice). Until one or both of those things are resolved, you'll see more results like this.
I think that analyzing LV declines and making a plan must be a real challenge. Looking at revenue is skewed because inflation means higher dollars for the same number of things. If revenue is down and prices are higher, then that is bleak. I wonder about the number of rooms booked, number of bets placed, number of show tickets sold. number of meals sold, number of drinks sold, number of flights, number of conventions, gallons of gas sold, number parking spaces taken (paid and free), number of uber rides and on and on. Compare that to other things like F1, number of rough people on the street, amount of trash on the street and what the city is doing (good and bad).
It seems Las Vegas visitors really don't care for hotels from Florida. Delano is closing, Fontainebleau is struggling and now Hard Rock is offending the locals and taking away something special about the old Mirage property. Maybe they think we should be pulling into valet with a DeLorean blasting the Miami Vice theme song. 🤣
You are totally reaching with this one…. but it is cool to see once or twice when in Vegas. The Bellagio fountain would be at the bottom of a very long list of "Iconic sights" in the US… it cannot hold a candle to places like Glacier national park, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Big Sur… Golden Gate Bridge and one of the other hundreds of national parks in this country.
Vegas hosted the F-1? What special fees are visitors gouged with? Like the informative jackpot board. It would also help a casino list the times and a daily total of pot wins over a certain amount I congratulate you for bringing up the “darker” of gambling. Would like you to post regularly for people to remember not to exceed a budget in gambling. Like you mentioned we have been through this and learned a lesson. Casinos are not an instant and FREE ATM. Bet within your means not your yearly income. Bravo. 1800 GAMBLER. don’t be ashamed
hey, is there proof that she had 2 Luis Vuitton bags? She may have had something stolen but exaggerated for claim purposes. Orleans is usually not that type of clientele.
You already can't see the hotels for all the shops built in front of them on the sidewalk and what used to be a lawn, so it's just a matter of time before they have hanging shops across the boulevard, lol! The removal of those two properties shouldn't affect the number of people traveling to Vegas or how much they spend. They didn't stay home because the Trop closed, they stayed home because they couldn't afford it or they just went to the next casino down the road. I think that guy is "wishful" thinking. Finally, if you can afford two louis Vuitton bags and fancy jewelry you wouldn't be staying at the Orleans. She stole her own crap and is going to file insurance most likely.
What type of person would leave anything of value just out in the open in your room? 2 designer purses, credit cards, etc...? Maybe she picked up a escort and brought them to her room. I appreciate your discussion about gambling addiction.
Gentlemen: dislike Vegas these last years (approaching despise) but love your show. So RUclips decided not to offer you in my feed for a while. When I noticed you were gone, I had trouble remembering the name of this page and the host's name. I only remembered, "Hey Mark -- did you see --" and this gives me two ideas to share. 1. I'd say midway thru each post Mark needs to say, "Hey Shawn, I've just got to say something about -- ". This would teach chowderheads like me Shawn's name. 2. I have no connection to the name MILES TO MEMORIES. No clue what 'Miles' has to do with a Vegas page. 'Memories' also implies you're looking back at the good ol' days when really you're mostly reporting on new developments. Just doesn't stick. The first re-title I'd offer (that is similar to what you have) is MAKING VEGAS MEMORIES. Making is present tense, but opens the door for your memories of Vegas too. And it gets rid of the 'Miles' thing. An alternate title would focus on you two. SHAWN AND MARK VEGAS NEWS is a little on the nose, sure, but so much easier to remember. Something more poetic than that escapes me at the moment, but SHAWN AND MARK RAVE AND RANT ON VEGAS is kinda fun. Just food for thought from a media critic trying to help.
And I’m sure Mark and Shawn both appreciate but don’t give 2 fucks about what you think. If they wanted to change the name of there page I’m sure they would have done it by now. But guess that THEY DON’T WANT TO CHANGE IT. !!!! So move on since you don’t like it or better yet create your own channel and you can call it I worry about everybody else. Get out of here with your Bull Shit.
Sports betting is a difficult game to beat, but most sports fans think that they are experts. The fact of the matter is that these sportsbooks have MIT PhDs in statistics setting up these bets. Sports bettors are outclassed in that area.
People think watching a lot of sports means they have an edge. Meanwhile anything they think of is already baked into the price. Most pro sports bettors these days don't even watch the games. It's just data crunching.
With Johnny cab unlike an uber how many are going to smoke dope or do the nasty. Some other things if you are stuck in traffic can you say pull over here. If an accident happens will you be locked in?
I was in Vegas this week and it is inexcusable to still have so much F1 crap up everywhere. Clearly MGM made a mandate to clear directly in front of the fountains, but to have that entire sidewalk blocked still is absolutely ridiculous. Makes the Bellagio an absolute zoo with people. Workers are taking their slow time taking stuff down. Koval still looks like a race could happen at any moment with light stands and grandstands still in most locations. Don't forget the Vegas flowers (road cones) are still everywhere. F1 needs to go elsewhere. It's a massive inconvenience From August - December for everyone. Talk about revenue decline, people want to avoid this time of the year because county reps want a "rich man" race for 3 days.
The decline was inevitable...how many months in a row did it exceed $1B? It had to fall at some point and it only looks this bad because it was at such a high point, what do the numbers look like compared to pre covid is the real question! just my thoughts...
They should just take the seats and all of the F1 infrastructure (aside from walls) out of the Bellagio area. The constant bitching on social media about this is not worth it. Just put the podium over by the Sphere.
you are wrong about how Austin needs F1 i does not showcase Austin as destination spot. The race is out on the track miles from the city. Las Vegas shows the city in every camera angle, Every story on the broadcast its about the glamour of Vegas. the Gambling the shows .. AS for Vegas being number 1 for Gambling I thought that was Macau
Dudes. Chill. It takes the Grand Prix of Monaco 6 weeks to set things up and 3 weeks to tak things down, and they have some 7 decades of practice. If Las Vegas with just two races can get it all undone in 3 to 4 weeks, that is pretty darned good. 6-5 blackjack and triple and quadruple zero roulette does not help. Get rid of those and there would be more action. Also, while gambling revenue is down, how is overall revenue? A casino may be down on gambling revenue but had a big bump in food and other stuff. Also, when travelling, unless you are uber-wealthy (or an idiot) you never, ever, ever travel with expensive good - like Louis Vuitton purses, Rolexes, stacks of money, and you leave your credit cards plopped about in your room, you are announcing "I have money" and just make yourself a target. Either that or the woman is trying to pull some sort of scam.........
There's no way you are staying at the New Orleans if you can afford 2 LV bags. Either you can't really afford them or they were fake and she trying to run a scam. Doesn't add up.
People come from literally all over the world to attend the Nation Finals Rodeo in Vegas. For the entire week of the rodeo in December, tourists cannot walk on the sidewalk in front of the Bellagio to enjoy the fountain show, because F1 dismantling has the street blocked, and Bellagio fountain views are obstructed by F1 grandstand structure breakdown. So now, other annual events are being negatively affected by the construction activities of a November weekend race. Unbelievable.
Very good point.
I live in the apartment complex directly across from where the horses are being kept for NFR. It smells like horse manure every day. Everything is a give and a take.
Agree, F 1 cleanup is a disgrace.
Pretty easy answer for the gambling revenue declines....greed
Agreed. Machines are way too tight across the board.
@stevens6398 Not just the machines but table games (eg., Roulette, where they sneakily added a triple zero)
Stayed at The Orleans many times. Used to love the French Market. And, they had (past tense) an affordable early-bird breakfast special
I'll say it again. F1 is not worth this.
They will just use F1 as a scapegoat, casino resorts cut costs, raised prices and profits kept increasing so they patted themselves on the back pretending that its what the people want. People are beginning to find losing their tail every time they come and not even getting a cheap steak dinner as compensation isn't that fun.
Bingo. Build a race track nearby but outside of Vegas. Surround it with a few new resorts. If successful, people will either stay on The Strip, Downtown, or The Track. All those resorts would offers rooms facing the tracl (of course) and charge BIG BUCKS once a year. Oh, and inside the track could be one ginormous 'beach' and 'pool' where absolutely everyone can get a chaise. Overnight it would be the best pool in America.
F F1
Agree 100%
@screenplayhouse4932 yeah all due respect you guys have no idea how modern motorsports work. F1 and the FIA as a whole are basically eliminating purpose built tracks in favor of more cash favorable street circuits. F1 would not be here if not for the strip. They don't give a damn about a purpose built track out here. They would leave if a designated circuit was built away from the glitz and glamor of the strip.
Fontainebleau has over 3,600 rooms, so it's not a small property and has more rooms and casino space than the Mirage and the Trop.
I don't think the Guests that were staying at the Trop or Mirage would be welcomed at the Fontainebleau.
@@garymccord2755 Wait! People were still staying at the Trop? 😱
By chance, is that ZOOX company's first name GAD? 😁 Great show guys! Keep up the great work!
Your last topic about gambling addiction was very interesting. Casinos send me amazing promos for the months when I don’t usually go…lots of FP, charted flights with transportation, comp rooms, resort credit etc. very tempting to fall into their game
More fun and profitable to exploit them.
The loss of the nearly empty Trop and the Mirage didn't cause the decline in visitor volume and gambling revenue. Strip occupancy for Oct 23 was 89.6% and for Oct 24 it was 85.7% if the occupancy is lower and the strip lost 5% of it's room inventory (which it did not) then that means that there was an even larger drop as you would expect occupancy to go up and then you could argue that people aren't finding rooms, but that's not likely here. Also, for all of Vegas, the room inventory was only down 1% because of new resorts such as the Durango and Fountain Blu. The reason why visitors have dropped is due to the higher costs of a Vegas vacation, not because a small percentage of rooms were lost.
Thank you to our co-hosts for this fun segment. Be especially careful when walking along the flower sidewalk garden at Bellagio
No, when I go to hard rock in Hollywood Florida you see the tower driving up & that’s it. Not sure I will ever go back to Vegas. feels like a tourist trap now. No real value left.
I will miss the Atrium . I'm not surprised it's leaving. Atrium didn't generate money. Bars, restaurants, retail do.
If they had (or rebuilt) a bar and or restaurants overlooking the atrium that would bring in $. Steve Wynn realized this after he built Mirage that he should have made it so restaurants and bars and such overlooked the volcano. This is why restaurants overlooking Lake bellagio are a premium.
His explanation doesn't hold any water. If the same number of visitors continued then they would stay at the other resorts. As simple as that.
F1 is most likely the culprit and people are pissed off and not visiting because of it.
Ridiculous Resort Fees and no Free Parking have curbed people's enthusiasm for vacationing in Vegas. When you can feel them picking your pockets, it is a bit of a turn off.
@@toomuchstuff4828 Yep, and then it only takes an event like F1 taking over your views and ability to walk freely. Game over. I'll spend my money and move my convention to another city.
@@toomuchstuff4828 Agree, the resort fees are totally out of hand now in Vegas. Make them optional if you need those services provided. Especially on COMPED rooms!
Exactly. We canceled our December trip because last December was a mess and we couldn’t do what we normally do in December. They are inconveniencing 3 months of guests for one weekend of revenue
@@bbokc6942We were there last December and didn't have any problems.
Some of my favorite restaurants in Vegas are off the Strip and I'm happy to see Noodlehead and Shang Artisan Noodle are on that list! Those are my two favorite spots to eat every time I'm in Vegas. Another regular place I always go to is Izakaya Go, if you love Japanese food, that's the place to go eat.
-320 she was intoxicated
Loved the outro video in place of the intro. 😂
That Louis Vitton bag theft story is hilarious only because of your point, why stay at the Orleans? I know lodging is expensive but if you're flexing multiple LV bags one would assume you could afford a better room, use the safe, and decline room service. Not a smart woman and she didn't hesitate to post it online either.
Its the bad economy that's contributing to lower numbers all around. It's too costly anymore to go to Vegas to see the architecture, eat nice meals, and gamble, when the same can be done in any other state that offers casino gambling.
With prices so high, and people paying them, casinos could probably shrink their casino space by 75% and replace them with cozy bars/clubs/bistros. Make a nice variety of them for different tastes. Expand the pools. Anything to sell more alcohol, which probably has the best margins of anything.
Love the show. I'll be in Vegas in between Christmas and new years if you want to film any of our suites
That's very nice of you ☺️
@lisah5784 thanks! We just love to share our love of Vegas just like MTM guys!
Great video!
Thank you! 🙏
Wow I didn't know or forgot that Federal doughnuts was out there. The started here in Philly and really exploded in the last few years. I remember when they opened it was a small little spot across from my mechanic. If you haven't tried it get over there. Great chicken and naturally doughnuts. Great show.
I really like how Mark always gives the counter point. Not sugar coating it. This show really needs that. Vegas has its issues. Like every city. The biggest being how expensive it is now. Also how F-1 is ruining it too. F-1 is totally ruining Vegas. All because of greed!
Las Vegas was built for people to come and gamble not stare at fountains (they can still see then from the road at the side) . The amount of world wide advertising to the world that F1 brings to show case las Vegas is worth it to the casinos. I can speak from Experience
Hi guys great video as usual! Mark last week I was going to comment on your Christmas tree being a tiny bit crooked but I thought it was the Tito's I was enjoying! It looked perfect today. Good talk about overindulging. Thank you!
The only way people will love the guitar sign more than the volcano, is if they create a giant Jimmy Page to play it. 🎸
Not me. I thought the volcano was so boring. Granted, I didn’t see it until the last couple years and have no nostalgic views of it, but I was very underwhelmed after hearing so much about it. I think the light show from the guitar will be much more entertaining.
@kylejohnston2120 Oh...You are so right. Vegas has enough volcanoes. What they really need is another sign.😴
@@markclowdus3834dude I know people are going to miss it, I’m just not one of them. I just found it boring. I have zero nostalgia factor as I never stayed at the Mirage. I think the atrium is a much bigger loss than the volcano
@@kylejohnston2120 bro...At least the volcano would warm you up on a cold night walking the strip. I won't be one standing under another Vegas sign looking up in wonder. Personally I miss the White Tiger exhibit. Now that was cool walking into The Mirage not to mention the huge FREE parking lot Caesars had next door but it is what it is and it isn't good. 👎 If you like Atriums?? You can still go to The Bellagio.😎👍
Good Podcast. I like Mark's insights on problem gambling.
I was just there and the trash is terrible. We couldn’t believe it looked like that.
I am glad that people are coming forward with the downside of online gambling. It can be so much fun, but it can get out of hand really quickly. I'm glad places like the Arts District and China Town exist in Vegas. It gives experienced Vegas travelers like myself new places to explore and enjoy. I just have to say, too, that the situation at the Bellagio and Hard Rock is totally unacceptable. The Strip is supposed to be everyone's Fantasyland, not New York City.
I hope LAS is in a "down" for a decade. Paying for parking (not to mention useless "resort fees") in a place with multiple, multi-story parking structures on every block IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT, is a money-grab. F the people putting the squeeze on visitors; we'll go elsewhere.
I’ve been using my MGM status as a Park and Fly. Comp room on the front and back of my trip and park the car for free. Getting tired of the $12 slices.
For someone who came close to that dark side I know exactly what you are talking about. I set a up a system afterwards ever since and only gamble with a set amount, once it's gone it's gone there is no ATM or CC to use that money was it. It's my was to make sure I stay in my lane and don't over spend and only gamble a set amount. Been doing this for 15 years and never had an issue again. Most time when's go into a casino now I only bring $300 and when it's gone it's gone and if I can make some money I decide to stop usually if I can double it lol. I'm not greedy.
From the north strip to MGM gamble with aria and Christal’s and the debacle on the Harmon corner and F1 corporate has made huge gambles that could’ve destroyed Vegas but Vegas has managed to survive.
Man I was crossing my fingers you guys would cover the incident at Jason aldean's bar.
What happened?
Meh! Dingo & Steven should start a podcast together!
Did Aldean and Blake Shelton throw hands???
I have almost fallen into the Wynn flowers and I wasn't even drunk. I was passing by a group of moseyers and as I passed they shifted in my direction nearly sending me into the flowers.
I was bummed Holstein’s was shut down, it was one of my favorite burger spots in town… so glad it is moving to the Arts District. Arts District has become a close second location to visit next to Chinatown when I am in town
I agree with you and did not know it was reopening elsewhere, thanks.
Vegas number one? What about Macau? If I could move there I would move from Vegas in a heartbeat.
Nice job 👍 great advice 💜
Thank you!
The jackpot sign and the parlay win are related. They are both put there to build excitement to gamble. Being able to gamble on your phone is quickly showing its dark side. Building the sports betting apps to enhance engagement, like almost everything running on a cell, may accelerate addictive behaviors. Please get them to sweep up LV after F-1. You are a giant LV media operator.
I still visit Vegas but we stay off strip now at Club Wyndham. No resort fees or parking fees. We stay away from the strip mostly, to the likes of Arts District and Fremont and we like to visit the Boyd and Stations properties to gamble.
What great eateries. Thank you for your suggestions (one has to eat).
It's not just the pedestrians who suffer. Two lanes of Las Vegas Blvd are blocked off and the right turn lane off of Flamigo is closed. Turn a 5 minute drive into 15 minutes. F F1!
City council looks away from the F1 teardown & setup. That could be the difference between tourists visiting during the fall/winter season and going elsewhere.
People want to hang on to part of the Mirage (and I get it) but I think Hard Rock has something besides the guitar tower that will claim it as a resort of the future. If they rebuild onto the Atrium I'm guessing it'll be scaled into a much larger version of it.
F1 is the perfect example to ask the question "How much pain is too much pain for the sake of a dollar?" I think the Las Vegas answer is, "No amount of pain is too much pain for the sake of money". Events like this should be held in some dedicated place away from everything else IMHO.
Opening theme fake out. I thought that was the shortest video ever!! Lol
The slot jackpot board is about as useful as the previously-spun numbers board at the roulette table. The stolen LV bags at the Orleans feels like a setup/scam.
Are you heading to CES in January Shawn? Trying to see how many of the RUclipsrs I follow that I can meet when I'm there. CES is a blast.
I usually go every other year but am not signed up for this one. I do love it but it is a hectic experience.
Who has 2 Lois Vuitton bags at THE ORLEANS!!
"Lois Vuitton"... Maybe several. "Louis Vuitton"... Maybe none.
A lot of the NFR people stay at Orleans because it has a history of Bullriding at Orleans Arena. It attracts Bullriding fans. Now what Bullriding fans have enough money for 2 Louis purses, that's another question...
I think those flowers were relatives of Audrey from little shop of horrors.😊
14:25 Exactly, Parlay are free $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for sports books.
The reason is didn't pay more is he picked almost all favorites ( some very big favorites minus 8 and 9 hundred ) to just win the game.
I'm guessing he probably hedged the last game
Just wanted to give a heads-up that you accidentally included the RUclips outro toward the beginning of your video this time around! 🙂
With regard to why Vegas numbers are down in the meantime, the answer is my mind is simple and two-pronged: Firstly F1 fatigue and migraines. During F1's inaugural year many didn't know what to expect and how it would shape out, but after millions visiting coped with all the exhausting and deteriorative effects of its set-up and take-down between September 2023 and January 2024, many haven't forgotten that and also warned their family and friends not to visit Vegas during those times..............and it has caught up to Vegas badly in F1's sophomore year here. Secondly: inflation and economic uncertainty is also catching up with more and more of us coupled with price-gouging, and they just don't have the money to visit Vegas as often as they'd like (and in some cases don't even want to because of perceptions of greed and avarice). Until one or both of those things are resolved, you'll see more results like this.
Online gaming...it's too easy to gamble. Then who pays their bills? One guess....
Was unaware FB was a “small casino”. Doesn’t it have like 3k+ rooms?
will Zoox and others like them have dedicated lanes for safety and attempting to control traffic volume?
I think that analyzing LV declines and making a plan must be a real challenge. Looking at revenue is skewed because inflation means higher dollars for the same number of things. If revenue is down and prices are higher, then that is bleak. I wonder about the number of rooms booked, number of bets placed, number of show tickets sold. number of meals sold, number of drinks sold, number of flights, number of conventions, gallons of gas sold, number parking spaces taken (paid and free), number of uber rides and on and on. Compare that to other things like F1, number of rough people on the street, amount of trash on the street and what the city is doing (good and bad).
It seems Las Vegas visitors really don't care for hotels from Florida. Delano is closing, Fontainebleau is struggling and now Hard Rock is offending the locals and taking away something special about the old Mirage property. Maybe they think we should be pulling into valet with a DeLorean blasting the Miami Vice theme song. 🤣
I will be on the Strip Dec 16. I wonder how disrupted the Strip will be due to F1
Stayed at the orleans during edc a couple years ago. It’s a garbage property in a garbage area, unfortunately.
14:35. Parlay is the worst gamble. A suckers bet.
Isn't "When the fun stops" the tag line for the problem gambler hotline?
The Bellagio Fountains is THE most iconic sight in Las Vegas, if not the entire United States
What, they tore down the Statue of Liberty?
Hahaha you really need to get out more.
You know nyc is in the usa right? Lol
You are totally reaching with this one…. but it is cool to see once or twice when in Vegas.
The Bellagio fountain would be at the bottom of a very long list of "Iconic sights" in the US… it cannot hold a candle to places like Glacier national park, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Big Sur… Golden Gate Bridge and one of the other hundreds of national parks in this country.
Vegas hosted the F-1? What special fees are visitors gouged with?
Like the informative jackpot board. It would also help a casino list the times and a daily total of pot wins over a certain amount
I congratulate you for bringing up the “darker” of gambling. Would like you to post regularly for people to remember not to exceed a budget in gambling. Like you mentioned we have been through this and learned a lesson. Casinos are not an instant and FREE ATM. Bet within your means not your yearly income. Bravo. 1800 GAMBLER. don’t be ashamed
I cant say thank you enough for the offered help to gambler addicts. I wish I liked gambling but I would be hopeless if I did. I just dint get it
Considering how many Asians live in Vegas for so many decades,, I'm not surprised that a decent # of restaurants made the Top 100 in the country.
Free Luigi!
hey, is there proof that she had 2 Luis Vuitton bags? She may have had something stolen but exaggerated for claim purposes. Orleans is usually not that type of clientele.
I thought balagio was not blocked this year, but I avoided watching race
I usually avoid machines that recently paid out especially progressive usually after they payout and reset it usually takes a couple of months.
The giant guitar building will be
Very cartoonish and extremely
vulgar!
You already can't see the hotels for all the shops built in front of them on the sidewalk and what used to be a lawn, so it's just a matter of time before they have hanging shops across the boulevard, lol!
The removal of those two properties shouldn't affect the number of people traveling to Vegas or how much they spend. They didn't stay home because the Trop closed, they stayed home because they couldn't afford it or they just went to the next casino down the road. I think that guy is "wishful" thinking.
Finally, if you can afford two louis Vuitton bags and fancy jewelry you wouldn't be staying at the Orleans. She stole her own crap and is going to file insurance most likely.
What type of person would leave anything of value just out in the open in your room? 2 designer purses, credit cards, etc...? Maybe she picked up a escort and brought them to her room. I appreciate your discussion about gambling addiction.
Gentlemen: dislike Vegas these last years (approaching despise) but love your show. So RUclips decided not to offer you in my feed for a while. When I noticed you were gone, I had trouble remembering the name of this page and the host's name. I only remembered, "Hey Mark -- did you see --" and this gives me two ideas to share.
1. I'd say midway thru each post Mark needs to say, "Hey Shawn, I've just got to say something about -- ". This would teach chowderheads like me Shawn's name.
2. I have no connection to the name MILES TO MEMORIES. No clue what 'Miles' has to do with a Vegas page. 'Memories' also implies you're looking back at the good ol' days when really you're mostly reporting on new developments. Just doesn't stick.
The first re-title I'd offer (that is similar to what you have) is MAKING VEGAS MEMORIES. Making is present tense, but opens the door for your memories of Vegas too. And it gets rid of the 'Miles' thing.
An alternate title would focus on you two. SHAWN AND MARK VEGAS NEWS is a little on the nose, sure, but so much easier to remember. Something more poetic than that escapes me at the moment, but SHAWN AND MARK RAVE AND RANT ON VEGAS is kinda fun.
Just food for thought from a media critic trying to help.
And I’m sure Mark and Shawn both appreciate but don’t give 2 fucks about what you think. If they wanted to change the name of there page I’m sure they would have done it by now. But guess that THEY DON’T WANT TO CHANGE IT. !!!! So move on since you don’t like it or better yet create your own channel and you can call it I worry about everybody else. Get out of here with your Bull Shit.
@@joshwhitaker4893 I pity your prison cell mate.
@@joshwhitaker4893 I pity your prison cellmate.
Did mark say fontainebleau is a smaller casino? Lol
Robotaxis? No. Strip Casinos? No. Going to a local casino today, $5 min, 10x odds Craps, 3/2 BJ payments. Going to bet on Army.
I am surprised someone that can afford two Lou’s Vuitton bags is staying at orleans.
FYI, your intro is the outro.
Sports betting is a difficult game to beat, but most sports fans think that they are experts. The fact of the matter is that these sportsbooks have MIT PhDs in statistics setting up these bets. Sports bettors are outclassed in that area.
People think watching a lot of sports means they have an edge. Meanwhile anything they think of is already baked into the price. Most pro sports bettors these days don't even watch the games. It's just data crunching.
With Johnny cab unlike an uber how many are going to smoke dope or do the nasty. Some other things if you are stuck in traffic can you say pull over here. If an accident happens will you be locked in?
I was in Vegas this week and it is inexcusable to still have so much F1 crap up everywhere. Clearly MGM made a mandate to clear directly in front of the fountains, but to have that entire sidewalk blocked still is absolutely ridiculous. Makes the Bellagio an absolute zoo with people. Workers are taking their slow time taking stuff down. Koval still looks like a race could happen at any moment with light stands and grandstands still in most locations. Don't forget the Vegas flowers (road cones) are still everywhere. F1 needs to go elsewhere. It's a massive inconvenience From August - December for everyone. Talk about revenue decline, people want to avoid this time of the year because county reps want a "rich man" race for 3 days.
Gad-ZOOX!
5-1 the flower bed lady is from Florida
Mostly because people can’t afford anything in Vegas anymore.
The decline was inevitable...how many months in a row did it exceed $1B? It had to fall at some point and it only looks this bad because it was at such a high point, what do the numbers look like compared to pre covid is the real question! just my thoughts...
The sidewalks on the strip are owned & controled by the casinos.
They should just take the seats and all of the F1 infrastructure (aside from walls) out of the Bellagio area. The constant bitching on social media about this is not worth it. Just put the podium over by the Sphere.
you are wrong about how Austin needs F1 i does not showcase Austin as destination spot. The race is out on the track miles from the city. Las Vegas shows the city in every camera angle, Every story on the broadcast its about the glamour of Vegas. the Gambling the shows .. AS for Vegas being number 1 for Gambling I thought that was Macau
F1 sucks. Was offered a strip view room comped and free race tickets and still said hell no.
So no one goes to the orleans with real Louis Vuitton.
YAY! I'm #1
🔥
Women not paying attention to what they are doing. The woman falling into the flowers. Why men are much much better car drivers. 👍😎
My friends nephew is 17 and a problem gambler, his parents won't take his phone...crazy...
Dudes. Chill. It takes the Grand Prix of Monaco 6 weeks to set things up and 3 weeks to tak things down, and they have some 7 decades of practice. If Las Vegas with just two races can get it all undone in 3 to 4 weeks, that is pretty darned good. 6-5 blackjack and triple and quadruple zero roulette does not help. Get rid of those and there would be more action. Also, while gambling revenue is down, how is overall revenue? A casino may be down on gambling revenue but had a big bump in food and other stuff.
Also, when travelling, unless you are uber-wealthy (or an idiot) you never, ever, ever travel with expensive good - like Louis Vuitton purses, Rolexes, stacks of money, and you leave your credit cards plopped about in your room, you are announcing "I have money" and just make yourself a target. Either that or the woman is trying to pull some sort of scam.........
Vegas looks like a construction site. Who wants to spend money to see a construction site?
so much whining... no one I know of gives a crap about that old, small, dingy atrium, it was akin to something from a 1990s shopping mall...
You keep forgetting about the weather
It’s cold! Although sunny and not bad right now. 😂
That parlay is 40 million to 1, what a joke
There's no way you are staying at the New Orleans if you can afford 2 LV bags. Either you can't really afford them or they were fake and she trying to run a scam. Doesn't add up.
Why would anyone want to go to Las Vegas today? Probably for the same reason people voted for Kamala Harris.
When I connect two completely unrelated things because it satisfies my fragile ego
I miss playing the Old coin operated
with bells , watermelon ,
7’s
777=$$$
Tired of getting paid in pennies 😂 slot machines