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PREVIEW: HEADLINE: Las Vegas Addresses Declining Tourism and High Prices GUEST NAME: Jeff Bliss SUMMARY: Las Vegas tourism is down due to excessive prices ("nickel and diming"). Some casinos are reacting by ending resort fees and offering Vegas locals 25%

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

PREVIEW:
HEADLINE: Las Vegas Addresses Declining Tourism and High Prices
GUEST NAME: Jeff Bliss
SUMMARY: Las Vegas tourism is down due to excessive prices ("nickel and diming"). Some casinos are reacting by ending resort fees and offering Vegas locals 25% off to attract visitors.

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0:20.8

This is John Batchel, a conversation with colleague Jeff Bliss.

0:25.0

Las Vegas tourist traffic is way down. They're coming up with workarounds, but what's the

0:32.3

problem? The problem is charging too much for too little, hiking up prices to places that people don't want to pay.

0:42.4

They feel taking advantage of.

0:45.5

This is especially true.

0:46.8

I learned from Jeff on the strip.

0:49.4

What is to be done?

0:50.6

Well, for one, you could reduce the prices or eliminate charges for sitting, I don't know,

0:56.3

buy the pool or whatever the prices are, or $20 or $40 for a glass of beer.

1:03.7

Las Vegas has a problem, and Jeff indicates they recognize it.

1:08.6

Some parts of Las Vegas do, but when you have empty rooms on a weekend,

1:13.6

it isn't hard to recognize that you've gone too far with what Jeff calls nickel and diming.

1:19.1

Here he is to explain.

1:21.8

Much more of this about Vegas tonight.

1:25.1

They're starting to admit the problem.

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