Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post
Most of the older tourist crowd that visits Vegas (on either side of a knee replacement or two), isn't going to walk that.
Is foot traffic that big of a deal? My knees are good, but I'm not wandering over to Wynn or Mandalay Bay from Center Strip either. I'll stay there, but not walking there from Flamingo Ave.

As a tourist, I view almost all the properties outside of center strip as islands. I would even put MGM Grand in island category over on that side.

Interesting comment. I think the recent spate of 112+ degree weeks in LV, setting records, combined with more than 60% of Americans being obese, combined with car rentals being pricey, combined with parking fees, all coalesce into people not walking, not driving, and therefore not visiting properties outside the center strip. I think people can still handle the full-block-walk once a visit, down to Wynn or up to MGM, but that's about it. If you're center strip, as most people are, that's where you'll drop anchor.

The monorail becomes a key variable in whether people visit up or down the strip at all. I have no idea what percent of visitors actually use it.