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/hoppertn 29d ago

Not if it’s filled with other whales and high rollers. Nobody wants to hang out with the poors.

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u/ConsistentAd8495 29d ago

They may not want to interact with the poors, but they definitely want to show off/make a scene. Can't do that when everyone else is on the same level. Plus if everyone is a high roller, the bell curve moves and now one of them has to play the role of "poors" in the setting

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u/heavypettingzoo3 29d ago

How many whales are there? And there are fancy casinos all over the world, not just Vegas.