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Everyone Visiting Vegas is Still Too Cheap, By Vegas Standards That Is

March 22, 2010 at 8:05 PM | by juliana | 4 Comments

Yet another report is out today telling us that visitors are spending less when they come into town. The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority has released the figures of tourist spending habits for 2009, which we always like to look at to see if we're overpaying or not.

Here are the biggest revelations as re-capped in the LVRJ:

· Visitors did not spend money with the same frequency last year as they had before the local and national economies tanked under the pressure of a recession.
· Visitors to Las Vegas spent significantly less on gambling during 2009 than in previous years, according to the Las Vegas Visitor Profile.
· A person's average gaming budget per trip was $481.57, down roughly 9 percent from $531.98 per trip a year ago and off some 26 percent from the figure's peak in 2006.

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Las Vegas is The Only Place Where 'What Happens Here, Stays Here'

July 1, 2009 at 2:42 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Visit Las Vegas has tried out a few different ads to woo visitors to Sin City during these rough economic times but what still resonates the best is the "What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas" catchphrase.

And now Las Vegas is bringing it back, although with a twist. The new ad shows folks around America (in mostly Midwestern settings) trying to apply the "What Happens Here, Stays Here" to other places and events. Like, "What Happens in Billups County, Stays in Billups County" (apparently pigs get awarded blue ribbons) or "What Happens at the Caribou Lodge, Stays at The Caribou Lodge" (the Caribou Lodge is like an Elks Lodge.)

There's also a nervous patient at the doctor's before he gets bent over for an "exam" and two chicks trying to find excitement at a bar in Lincoln (probably Lincoln, Nebraska.) Oh and don't forget the sad man on a bench.

The ad then concludes with the simple tagline "What Happens Here, Stays Here"--a gentle reminder to vacationers that there is no place as exciting as Las Vegas for your next vacation. They don't even need to show an actual shot of Vegas in this new commercial because the public at large already knows how crazy Vegas is. So c'mon, give up those staycation plans already! (That's what we imagine the LVCVA would have liked to add.) The new ads will hit your TV sets on Monday.

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