Originally Posted by
Beckles
There have been a few good deals offered, I wouldn't expect to see deals for Thanksgiving for at least another month though.
That being said, I think a lot of the really good deals are going to folks the casinos already know, i.e., people who have gambled there in the past ... the casinos would like to avoid having folks who are just tourists and not gambling much and I think in part they're resorting to offering better deals to smaller-time gamblers to get them in (and I say that based on my personal experience as a small-time gambler).
Yep,
While occupancy at the hotels is down, the bigger issue, is that the WIN is also down for the strip casinos.
The casinos need to fill up their properties and fill up their drop boxes at the tables.
So, fishing for previous [gambling] customers; or modifications to offer qualifications (i.e. giving free rooms to those that previously didn't qualify) makes good business sense.
Let's face it, the
we love non-revenue clients [who drop lots of money at our properties on fine dining etc] just as much as the [mainstream] gamblers years of Vegas expansion are coming to an abrupt halt.
Previously, the gaming industry was pretty much "recession proof" --- but, that was before we had multiple resorts with 5,000+ rooms.
It should be interesting....