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Tourism in Las Vegas continues to say no — with simply over 3 million guests in September, an 8.8% lower from the identical time final 12 months, based on the Las Vegas Conference and Guests Authority (LVCA).
Rick Harrison of the Gold & Silver Pawn Store in Las Vegas instructed Fox Information Digital in an interview that lots of people “have been beating up on Vegas.”
However “it’s Vegas,” he stated. “It’s the leisure capital of the world. I feel we’ve extra five-star eating places than any metropolis in the US. There’s one thing for each value level.”
LAS VEGAS TOURISM OFFICIALS BLAME TARIFFS FOR FEWER VISITORS AS OTHERS SAY MAGIC’S GONE
Harrison added, “Lots of people are saying tourism is down in Las Vegas … as a result of the costs are too costly. And that could be a part of it.”
September’s low customer numbers are attributed to “slower midweek volumes,” based on the LVCA.
A well-known vacationer cease due to the present “Pawn Stars,” Harrison’s store attracts about 1,200 guests per day, he stated.
The Gold & Silver Pawn Store in Las Vegas — made well-known by the present “Pawn Stars” — attracts about 1,200 guests per day. (Ashley J. DiMella/Fox Information Digital)
“I’d say in all probability 40% to 50% of the individuals I get are worldwide. However an enormous a part of it’s, we’re not getting the Asian vacationers” proper now, stated Harrison.
He attributes that to “financial causes of their nation, not essentially ours,” he stated.
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This previous July, there have been 3,089,300 guests in comparison with over 3.5 million at that very same time final 12 months, whereas occupancy on the Strip dropped 7% from 86.5% final 12 months.
Harrison says companies on the Strip must be extra upfront about their pricing.
“Be upfront with the costs, OK?” stated Rick Harrison of “Pawn Stars” fame. (iStock; Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Photographs)
“That’s what [ticks] individuals off — while you go to take a look at, and it was $149 an evening. … You have got the tax, the lodge tax, and you’ve got a resort charge, and you’ve got the parking charge and … and now it is $300 an evening or $400 an evening.”
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“Be upfront with the costs, OK?” stated Harrison.
“I’ve by no means had a shock charge [for customers of] the pawn store as a result of if I did, I would not be in enterprise lengthy,” he stated.
The Method 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix returns Nov. 20-22, 2025, alongside the Las Vegas Strip. (Michael Anthony for Fox Information Digital)
In the meantime, the Method 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix is returning to the Vegas Strip later this month, from Nov. 20 to Nov. 22.
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Final 12 months, reported attendance for race weekend was 306,000 individuals, based on F1 Locations.
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Las Vegas Grand Prix company affairs senior vice chairman Lori Nelson-Kraft instructed the Las Vegas Solar in Nov. 2024, “The size and scope and complexity of our completely different fan zones and activations and the reside leisure that’s fused along with the fun of that one is actually simply creating loads of pleasure for our visitors, and that’s what we’re seeing, and that’s what we’re listening to.”