Vegas - First Impressions

Wow……Vegas is in recession - that is for certain.

I’ve spoken to a couple of the card room managers and all have confirmed that unemployment is running at the 20% mark. All tournies have faster structures than 12 months ago, and the difference in punter volume is noticable compared to my trip a year ago. The casinos are trying to save money. Even small things are in evidence such as worse quality hand towels in the toilets.

I wandered around five casinos at 7am on the first day and not a single all night cash game running.

The tournies are down around 50% in numbers. The flagship Aria 7pm event had 22 runners. (I busted with spade draw + overs against a pair)

Early in the morning it feels like a ghost town now, but admittedly picks up in the late afternoon.

24 hour city no longer?