Kodi Las Vegas angakhulupirirebe kuti ikamanga, alendo adzabwera?

Ma Currans a Granada Hills akhala akuchita tchuthi chamabanja ku Las Vegas Strip kwazaka zambiri. Sankafuna kuti adutse chifukwa bizinesi ya Jeff Curran yogulitsa upscale cookware ili pansi kwambiri.

Koma chilimwe chino ikadakhala tchuthi chabwino ku Vegas.

Chaka chapitacho adaponya $ 100 aliyense pamatikiti ku chiwonetsero cha Blue Man Group ku Venetian. Chaka chino, banja la anayi - Jeff, 59, mkazi wake, Michele, 55, ndi mwana wawo wamwamuna wamkulu ndi mwana wawo wamkazi - adatenga nawo gawo pa Mac King Comedy Magic Show ku Harrah pomwe matikiti atsitsidwa $ 10 imodzi.

Jeff amawononga mpaka $ 500 pamatebulo aku blackjack; malire ake atsopano anali $ 150 - pamakina oyala ndalama ndi kotala.

"Sindinawonepo khobidi lodzaza chonchi," adatero Michele mu Julayi pomwe banja lachinyengo lidatsala pang'ono kutha.

Mtundu wamabizinesi aku Strip wazaka za m'ma 21, womwe udalikuchulukirachulukira kwa alendo ogwiritsira ntchito ndalama mwaufulu omwe amafunafuna zipinda zoyambirira zama hotelo, malo odyera nyenyezi anayi ndi ziwonetsero zamitengo yayikulu, asokonekera chifukwa chakuchepa kwachuma kwambiri mu zaka makumi.

Kutha kwa Vegas kuthana ndi kuchepa kwam'mbuyomu kunapangitsa kuti ziwoneke ngati zachuma. Osatinso. Ziwopsezo zomwe zatsala pang'ono kugwa pachuma zomwe zidayamba chaka chatha ndizosiyana ndi chilichonse chomwe tawuni iyi idawona.

Ntchito zokopa alendo zatsika chaka chachiwiri motsatizana, ndipo anthu omwe akubwera sakugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zawo kusiya zakale. Chaka chatha Jeff Curran adapatsa mwana wake wamwamuna ndi wamwamuna ufulu pa kasino; chaka chino malire awo patsiku anali $ 25 aliyense.

Mu 2007, chaka chapamwamba kwambiri, anthu 39.2 miliyoni adachezera. Chaka chatha alendo 37.5 miliyoni adabwera mtawuniyi. Oyang'anira zokopa alendo akuti bizinesi yamisonkhano yatsika pafupifupi 27% chaka chatha. Ngati zochitika zapano zikupitilira, Vegas itha kuchepetsa maulendo 35 miliyoni chaka chino, gawo lotsika kwambiri kuyambira 1999.

Ngakhale kuchepa kutachepa, zotsatira zake zidzamveka mtsogolo. The Strip - pafupifupi mamailosi anayi a Las Vegas Boulevard yomwe imapeza ndalama zopitilira theka la ndalama zaku juga ku Nevada - ikuwunikiranso zizolowezi zawo zogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri pomanga zatsopano komanso kutsata makasitomala omwe ndi olemera kwambiri kapena omwe amawononga ndalama zambiri.

Mitengo yazipinda ku Strip imatsitsidwa kwambiri kwakuti malo okhala abwino adzakukwezani lero pamtengo wofanana womwe mahotela otsika adalipira zaka ziwiri zapitazo.

Ku Encore, komwe Vegas impresario Steve Wynn adatsegulira mu Disembala ngati malo owonjezera a Wynn resort, makasitomala ena adapatsidwa mwayi wokhala mausiku awiri chilimwe chino $ 99. Kwa mausiku ena kugwa uku, mitengo yotsatsa yotsika mpaka $ 90 ikuperekedwa ku Bellagio, hotelo yoyamba ya Strip komwe zipinda zimatha kufika $ 500 kapena kupitilira apo.

Malo ena odyera apamwamba kwambiri amzindawu apereka magawo theka la (osati kwenikweni) theka la mtengo munthawi yocheperako masana. Cirque du Soleil, jobgernaut ya acrobatics yomwe imalamulira Strip ndi ziwonetsero zisanu ndi chimodzi, yachita china chake chomwe owonera wakale wakale ku Vegas amapeza chovuta kwambiri kuposa chilichonse chomwe chimawonekera pa siteji: Akugogoda 40% kuchotsera maphukuti amatikiti awiri.

"Cirque sananyoze aliyense," atero a Anthony Curtis, wofalitsa wa Las Vegas Advisor, wowongolera zamkati mwa malonda.

Curtis akuti malo ogulitsira ndi malo odyera a Strip ndiofunitsitsa kuposa kale kuyika makuponi otsika mtengo kwa omwe amamuwongolera. "Chaka chino ndikulowa pakhomo pomwe kunalibe ngakhale zitseko."

Kulipira ndalama

Oyang'anira kasino akuti akuwona zisonyezero zakuti kuchepa kwamakono kwatsika, mitengo yakukhalanso ya hotelo ikubwerera ku 90%. Koma kuchotsera kwakukulu kumachepetsa kwambiri phindu.

Kubwerera kowopsa ngati komwe kudachitika ziwopsezo za Seputembara 11 sikukuganiziridwa.

"Izi ndizosiyana chifukwa sikuti ndi mavuto azachuma okha," atero a Rossi T. Ralenkotter, wamkulu wa Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Zomwe zikuchitika kumbuyo kwachitukuko chatsopano kwambiri ku Strip, CityCenter ya MGM Mirage, zitha kuwonetsa kuwonongeka kwachuma.

Ntchito yayikuluyi, yomwe ili pakati pa MGM Mirage's Bellagio ndi Monte Carlo, idapangidwa ngati mzinda mkati mwa nsanja zazitali zazitsulo ndi magalasi.

Mu 2006, pafupi ndi kutchuka kwa Strip, kampaniyo idakhazikitsa kampeni yake yogulitsa kondomu ndi mitengo yapadera ya "abwenzi ndi abale" - ndiye kuti, ogwira ntchito a MGM Mirage komanso makasitomala apamwamba.

Chaka chotsatira, MGM idatenga 20% idasungitsa pafupifupi theka la malo okhala 2,400 m'minyumba itatu ya condo ndi hotelo ina, ina mtengo wake wokwana $ 9 miliyoni.

Ogula akuti msika wapano wa Las Vegas mwina sungagwirizane ndi kuwerengera $ 400 pa phazi lalikulu pamayunitsi omwe adagulitsidwa koyamba pa $ 1,000 pa phazi lalikulu. Momwemonso, ogula sangathe kupeza ngongole zanyumba pamtengo wonse wogulitsa.

"Anthu ena achokapo," atero a Mark Connot, loya waku Las Vegas woyimira ogula angapo.

Pansi pa lamulo la Nevada, MGM imatha kusunga ndalama mpaka 15% yamtengo wogwirizira, kapena ndalama zopitilira $ 262 miliyoni za $ 350 miliyoni zomwe kampaniyo idati idavomereza pamakondomu a 1,336 CityCenter kuyambira chapakatikati, ndi magawo ena 1,100 pamsika.

Mpaka posachedwa, ogula akuti, MGM idalimbana motsutsana ndi lingaliro lakukambirananso. Tsopano kampani iwonetsa zisonyezo zakubwezera kumbuyo pakuyerekeza koyambirira.

MGM Mirage Chief Executive James J. Murren adati kampaniyo ikudziwa kuti kuyeserera kwatsika kwambiri kuyambira "zoyera" nyengo yachuma isanachitike. Koma Murren, yemwenso amagula magawo awiri a CityCenter, adaonjezeranso kuti akukhulupirira kuti msikawo ukhoza kukhala "wokhazikika, ngakhale udakali wovuta," ndipo ali wokonzeka kuchira. "Timamva kuti nthawi ndi bwenzi lathu," akutero.

Pamtengo ndizokwera

Pakadali pano, zovuta za Las Vegas ndizowopsa.

Misonkhano yamakampani ndi misonkhano yayikulu - woyendetsa wamkulu pakukula kwa Strip - adayamba kuwononga zinthu modzidzimutsa munthawi yolimbitsa lamba. Sizinathandize Pulezidenti Obama kuloza chala mabungwe azachuma omwe anali atapanga ma junkets apamwamba ngakhale adalandira ndalama zothandizirana ndi feduro.

"Anagwiritsa ntchito Las Vegas monga chitsanzo cha kuwonongera ndalama," wamkulu wa kasino Steve Wynn adadandaula pamsonkhano wazachuma mu Epulo. Anali wochenjera kuchokera ku Wells Fargo & Co. kuletsa chochitika chodziwitsa anthu ogwira ntchito m'malo ake ogulitsira, chomwe adati chinawononga kampani yake $ 8 miliyoni.

Obama adasintha, mwina, pakuwonekera ku Las Vegas pa Meyi fundraiser kwa Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Senate Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat (komanso kugona usiku ku Caesars Palace pa Strip).

Koma ndikuti kusungitsa misonkhano ikucheperabe, ululu umapitilira.

Sikuti kugwa kwachuma kwakhala kwakukulu komanso koopsa kuposa m'mbuyomu, koma tawuniyi ili ndizowopsa zambiri. Mu 2001, Las Vegas idali ndi zipinda 125,000 zogona; kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2008 chiwerengerocho chinali 141,000. Zowonjezera za 16,000 zikuyenera kutsegulidwa zaka ziwiri zikubwerazi.

Monga lamulo, kuwonjezeka kwa alendo 200,000 pachaka kumafunika kudzaza zipinda zatsopano 1,000 - kutanthauza kuti alendo 3.2 miliyoni amayenera kubwera kutauni kudzatenga nyumbayi.

Kulephera kusintha izi kungasokoneze chimodzi mwazikhulupiriro zamtawuniyi: malo atsopanowa, nthawi zonse amapangitsa zokopa alendo kudzaza.

Mbiri imeneyi yakhala ikuchitika kuyambira pomwe Wynn adatsegulira Mirage ya zipinda 3,000 mu 1989. Ambiri panthawiyo ankakayikira kuti malo ake opukutirawo atha kukhala okwanira kubweza ngongole yake yayikulu. M'malo mwake chinali kupambana kwabwino. Mtsinje wa malo oterewa unatsatira.

Panali MGM Grand ya Kirk Kerkorian mu 1993; Wynn yemwe ndi Bellagio, akutuluka pamabwinja a milu mu 1998; wa ku Venetian, wotseguka pamalo omwe Sheldon Adelson adawononga Sands mu 1999.

Chaka chomwecho Circus Circus Enterprises, mwiniwake wa kasino wosasanja wa Circus Circus, adatsegula Mandalay Bay yotchuka kuti kampaniyo idasintha dzina kukhala Mandalay Resort Group. (Pambuyo pake idapezedwa ndi MGM Mirage, yomwe idapangidwa pomwe MGM Grand ya Kerkorian idalanda Wynn's Mirage Resorts.)

Mutu wotsatsa wokomera mabanja mzaka za m'ma 1990 udatsimikizika kuti siwowoneka bwino (makolo adakhala owononga ndalama), ndipo 9/11 inali kuchepa pang'ono. Komabe, a Strip adayamba zaka khumi zazikulu kwambiri.

Ndipo pofika pakati pa 2000s kuzungulira kwatsopano, ngakhale kwakukulu kuposa kotsiriza, kudawoneka posachedwa.

Wynn, atayambiranso kutayika kwa Mirage Resorts, adakhazikitsa Wynn Resorts Ltd. ndikutsegula Wynn Las Vegas mu 2005. Ian Bruce Eichner, wopanga kondomu waku New York, adakhazikitsa gulu la 2,250-cosmopolitan. Woyang'anira wamkulu wa kasino Glenn Schaeffer adayanjana ndi wopanga kanyumba Jeffrey Soffer kuyambitsa chipinda cha 3,815 cha Fontainebleau kumpoto kwa Strip.

Kenako nyimbo zinaima.

Zosintha, milandu

Eichner adalephera kubweza ngongole mu Januware 2008 ndipo adataya ntchitoyi kwa wobwereketsa wamkulu, Deutsche Bank. Ntchito yomanga ku Fontainebleau, 70% yatha, makamaka idayimitsidwa mu Epulo chaka chino; zidathera pakuzenga milandu ndi omwe adakongola nawo, omwe amati samayendetsa bwino komanso kuwononga ndalama zambiri. Mu Juni Fontainebleau adasumira chitetezo cha bankirapuse.

CityCenter idakhala nkhani yamilandu yotumizidwa ndi mnzake wa MGM, boma la Dubai; zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa chaka chino ndi ndalama zomwe zidalola kuti ntchitoyi ipite patsogolo potsegulira kuyambira mu Disembala.

Chithunzi chowoneka bwino kwambiri cha mkangano womwe udalipo pakati pa ziyembekezo zazikulu ndi zovuta zachuma ndi maekala 88 kudera la Wynn Las Vegas, thambo lamchenga lokhala ndi mafelemu achitsulo. Awa ndi tsamba la Echelon, lomwe linayambitsidwa ngati malo okwera madola 4 biliyoni a Boyd Gaming Corp.

Boyd adadzitcha dzina loti anali ndi malo ochezera otsika omwe amadyera anthu okhala ku Las Vegas, komanso angapo amatauni akumatauni omwe amagulitsidwa makamaka kwa alendo aku Hawaii. Inali ndi malo 10 mdera la Las Vegas mchaka cha 2006 pomwe idalengeza za Echelon, kuyesera kuti mbiri yake ikhale ndi "kupezeka kwakukulu" pa Strip.

Boyd adapeza ndikukhazikitsa hotelo yotchuka ya Stardust. Pofika nthawi yomwe Echelon adakhazikika mu June 2007, ntchitoyi idakulirakulira kukhala hotelo zinayi zokwanira zipinda 5,300, malo ochitira msonkhano, malo ochitira zisudzo awiri komanso malo ogulitsira abwino. Mtengo wake watsopano wa $ 4.8 biliyoni udapangitsa kuti ikhale yachiwiri yotsika mtengo kwambiri ku Strip, kumbuyo kwa CityCenter ya $ 8.4 biliyoni yokha.

Chaka chimodzi pambuyo pake, atapatula $ 700 miliyoni mu ntchitoyi, Boyd adatseka. Panthawiyo, kampaniyo idatchulapo "zachuma" komanso kuti ngongole imangoyimitsidwa, koma ngakhale onse ayamba kusinthasintha, sanaganizirenso lingaliro lake.

"Tipitilizabe kuyang'ana ntchitoyi, ndipo sitikuwona poyambiranso mwachilengedwe," a Chief Executive Officer a Boyd Keith Smith adati poyankhulana. "Tikutsalira chaka chonse cha 2009 kuti tiwone zomwe tingasankhe."

Zogulitsa zokongola

Pakadali pano, kudula mitengo mosalekeza kumangowonabe pa Strip. Wynn Resorts adalemba ndalama ku Las Vegas za $ 291.3 miliyoni kotala yoyamba ya chaka chino, tsitsi limodzi lokha lomwe linali patsogolo pa $ 287.2 miliyoni munthawi yomweyo ya 2008, ngakhale adapeza chipinda chake chokwanira potsegula chipinda cha 2,034 mu Disembala.

Wynn adanenanso kuti kuchotsera kumachepetsa ndalama zapakati pa chipinda chilichonse mpaka $ 194 kwa theka loyambirira la chaka chino, kuyambira $ 289 chaka chapitacho - ngakhale mitengo yake yotsatsa mwamphamvu sinathandizire kukhalamo, komwe kudatsika ndi 88% kuchokera pa 96.2%.

Akatswiri ena opanga ma kasino amawopa kuti kupitiliza kuchotsera katundu kumachepetsa aura ya Vegas kwakanthawi.

"Muyenera kutsitsa mitengo yanu, koma simukufuna kupanga lingaliro kuti izi ndizotsika mtengo kapena kuti zomwezo zacheperako," atero a Billy Vassiliadis, wamkulu wa R&R Partner, gulu la ku Las Vegas Kampani yaubwenzi yomwe idapanga kampeni yotsogola yotchuka "Zomwe zimachitika kuno, sizikhala pano". Zakhala zovuta kwambiri. ”

Chodetsa nkhawa china ndikuti osaka malonda omwe adakopeka nawo ku Strip ndi zipinda zocheperako mwina sangakhale mgulu lamsika lomwe bizinesi yake - chizindikiro cha malo okwera mtengo, malo odyera komanso zosangalatsa - amadalira. Mwachitsanzo, m'malo mongodyera m'malo odyera a Wolfgang Puck ku hotelo, amatha kuwoloka msewu kuti adye chakudya chofulumira.

Ku mbali yowala

Komabe, ndizovuta kupeza woyang'anira kasino ku Las Vegas yemwe samadzinenera kuti ali ndi chiyembekezo chamtsogolo mderalo.

Chikhulupiriro chawo ndikuti ngakhale Las Vegas itha kukhala yochulukirapo komanso yomangika mopitilira nthawi ino kuposa kale, yaphunzira kulowerera mu gawo la umunthu womwe ngakhale kutha kwakutali, kwakuya sikungathe.

"Anthu apitiliza zizolowezi zomwe akhala nazo kwazaka zana," Wynn adaneneratu pamsonkhano wapadziko lonse wa Milken Institute mu Epulo. “Las Vegas idzakhalako. Idzachira mwachangu kwambiri kuposa momwe anthu amaganizira. Aliyense adzakhala wochenjera pang'ono. Adzakhulupirira nthano ya dzino pang'ono. Ndipo aliyense zinthu zimuyendera bwino. ”