[vpFREE] Re: Two Things Going On

> Just another perspective, but I look at the posts as venting in frustration.
> And I can emphasize. My local Midwest casinos still have good pay tables
> and they comp the things I care about. My Las Vegas strip casinos have made
> their pay tables less entertaining AND their comp programs less generous.
>
> If I've got a travel at least 4 hours each way to get less, it's a lot less
> enjoyable from the onset. And for a three day trip without some part of the
> "magic" still in tact, it becomes pointless to go. Sure, some trips you run
> cold. And all of sudden you realize that the nice dinner you had comp'd was
> $2000/person instead of its actual cost. But when you add the cost of a
> regular vacation to your typical VP session bankroll for Vegas due to the
> ability to play balls-to-the-wall for 15 hours at a time, the elasticity
> curve of going versus staying becomes a disappointment. And ultimately, I'm
> going to stay home or go someplace, gasp, non-gambling oriented. Or spend a
> much smaller portion of my bankroll in a three hour day trip at my local
> casino - which do have better odds and where the travel overhead isn't a
> factor in my experience.
>

I empathize 100% -- now that there are decent games in the Midwest, I have reduced my frequency of Vegas trips from 4-5 per year (when I was working, too, so harder to take those trips), to once a year or less (and I'm now retired, so time off from work is not a factor). I'd rather spend a 2 or 3 day weekend at one of the midwest casinos for a lot less money and a lot better gaming experience - and I now go 10-15 times a year. I don't miss the high-end decor and restaurants very much, all things considered, which is much of what the Vegas casinos offer that the Midwest does not (and that difference is marginal in some cases, and in some cases is in favor of the midwest, depending on which casinos here and there are being compared). I used to enjoy the name entertainers in Vegas long ago, when the shows were another big attraction out there, but now the shows are mostly review-style, without the big names (some exceptions, of course), so not much there either.

The midwest is winning right now, for my business, and for why I go. For others, the "Vegas experience" can't be matched, and if you want big themed casinos, Vegas is still the place; I can do without.

--BG

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