Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley issued a heartfelt plea to Canadian visitors this week, acknowledging the city’s tourism-dependent economy is suffering from a dramatic decline in international visitors, particularly from Canada, which represents the city’s largest international market.
“As the mayor of Las Vegas, I’m telling everybody in Canada, please come. We love you, we need you, and we miss you,” Berkley said during a press conference this week, where she addressed the multiple challenges facing the entertainment capital’s tourism industry.
The mayor’s latest comments echo concerns she first raised in an August press conference, where she painted a stark picture of the tourism decline.
“International travel is way down. People are not coming to the United States,” Berkley said last month. “’
Great yet ?
Las Vegas is having the day Nevada voted for…
Can we please stop acting like the 2024 election results were legitimate and not a hostile corporate takeover? Every time this dumbass shit is uttered, especially about a blue state, all it does is aid the fascists in legitimizing their ill-gotten positions of power.
The results were legitimate though. Too many people didn’t bother to go out and do their civic duty. And it helped the fascists in performing their hostile takeover.
So, yes, Las Vegas is reaping what Nevada sowed.