Originally Posted by Don Perignom View Post
Originally Posted by jbjb View Post
Vegas and most all casinos are a complete rip-off for the civilian players. Why should I waste my hard earned money flying there only to (most likely) lose? I can just stay home and play every single casino game, slots/vp and table games at home FOR FREE!!
People have radically differing motivations. I think some actually want to be unburdened of their money. It sure looks that way.

There's a lot of talk that Vegas has abandoned value, but I don't see it exactly. Years ago, the strip offered a mix of luxury and value properties. Now the strip is mostly luxury, but value options have expanded off-strip. The overall citywide mix doesn't seem to have changed much. The strip megaresorts have never offered value that I can recall. Parking was free, but gaming and food were always tight and expensive.
They always had reasonable coffee shops where you could get a meal within the casino without getting ripped off. That's all gone.

I will say that there are some decent-ish places like Harrah's center strip which are fairly cheap.

The gaming today is FAR worse than in the past. There didn't use to be 6:5 BJ, triple zero roulette, or casinos without a single 99% pay VP machine.