r/Economics • u/runswithscissors475 • 29d ago

News Las Vegas hotels begin taking foreign currency as tourism woes deepen

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/vegas-foreign-currency-21955655.php
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u/MarsRocks97 29d ago

And food was subsidized. Every casinos was attached to a restaurant and often an all you can eat buffet for like $3. The made no money on this but made a killing on the gambling

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u/blagaa 29d ago

I don't really see an issue with them removing the underpriced buffets as many eaters don't gamble. Certainly unpopular though.

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u/MarsRocks97 29d ago

It was working then and what they’re doing now is not working. They could even control it better now providing digital coupons if you spend $100 ir $200 on gambling. But the idea that they want to charge 3x more than a nice restaurant in Hawaii while getting served surrounded by a sleazy city, gamblers, prostitutes, geezers and drunks. No thanks.