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They're also basically killing any locals going with the cost of concessions and probably driving a lot of people to just not spend any money there. At $40 for

• cflewis 3y ago
  It's the Strip, I'd assume you were pretty buzzed before you rolled up. That's probably part of the math here.
  • s3p 3y ago
    That doesn't make any sense. If you were already buzzed before going, then you would need a cheaper price to continue drinking, since you already have some in you. If you were dead sober and wanted to drink, then it makes sense to shell out the money.
    • sfitz 3y ago
      If you were already buzzed before going, you're probably not making super sound financial decisions inside.
      • I_Am_Nous 3y ago
        It's Vegas, people don't go there to make sound financial decisions :P Possible counter-strategy is that the prices are high so people stay relatively tame inside. Who wants to pay ($20/unit of alcohol) to even try to get drunk?
        • ryandrake 3y ago
          Yea anyone who's visited Vegas knows that from the time your plane lands to when you takeoff, you're basically just spewing money to everyone constantly. I think there are at least 5-10 people just between your airline gate and your hotel room door with their hands out looking for tips. Not a place to go if you're frugal.
          • andy800 3y ago
            Funny that this is the general perception of Las Vegas after 50 years of marketing itself as a budget destination
            • I_Am_Nous 3y ago
              My boss came back from a vendor conference in Vegas recently and went to the sphere. He said in the 90s you could go and find a cheap all you can eat buffet full of steak and it was like $10 to get in. Drinks were $2 or something like that. But now you can expect to spend $40-$50 per meal for a single person.
          • EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y ago
            Every place is expensive if you go for a few days as a tourist. SF is definitely more expensive. I lived in Vegas as a regular dweller, near the Mantis in downtown, for a few months, nothing particularly expensive there. To the contrary, you get free live concerts every day and basically free marijuana - just inhale the air around you!
    • dragonwriter 3y ago
      > If you were already buzzed before going, then you would need a cheaper price to continue drinking Because judgement and rational decision making are things that already being under the influence of alochol increases, rather than the opposite?
• djaychela 3y ago
  That's nearly Ibiza prices.... which is OK if everyone is doing the same thing (well, I say OK, you know what I mean). But if there's any other option, no-one's going there. I've only been once to Vegas, but I don't remember it being pricy.
  • metadat 3y ago
    Vegas has gotten way more expensive over the past 20 years. Now comparable to Silicon Valley prices
  • bluedevil2k 3y ago
    > I don't remember it being pricy You clearly haven’t been there in the last few years. $16 for a beer is the norm at clubs and bars if you’re not gambling.
    • ljf 3y ago
      I last went to Vegas in 2014, and in the hotel pool bar it was $16 for a small bottle of Budweiser. I had a rather dry trip at those prices.
      • bluedevil2k 3y ago
        The trick is to go to the CVS and Walgreens on the strip and load up with relatively cheap beer and avoid the exhortation from the casinos.
        • shermantanktop 3y ago
          Are you suggesting chugging cheap beers as fast as you can in the drugstore parking lot? 16yo me might have gone for that. Then again, I’ve never been to Vegas. Maybe it seems like a better idea in situ.
    • djaychela 3y ago
      No, it was a long time ago (late 90s?). The hotel was cheap (Excalibur!), and other than seeing the Blue Man Group, everything else was very cheap. All you can eat breakfast was $10 and I ate so much I didn't eat again for 24 hours.
• TMWNN 3y ago
  >They're also basically killing any locals going with the cost of concessions Local residents are absolutely not the target audience for Vegas casinos and other attractions. Vegas casinos offers super-cheap food and drink to lure gamblers. Locals take advantage of said low prices, but that's a side effect of the main purpose which is to keep tourists near the card tables and slot machines. The Sphere does not have gambling, thus needs the food and drink to pay their own way.