By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News
Hotel occupancy drops 6.5% while room rates decrease as Caesars CEO predicts ‘soft summer’
Tourism in Las Vegas continues to decline as many visitors are calling out the once-packed Sin City for its high prices.
The latest statistics from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) show that only 3.1 million people visited in June, which is down 11.3% compared to last year.
The hotel industry is feeling the burn of fewer visitors, with occupancy dropping 6.5% while average daily room rates have lowered to $163.64 – down 6.6%, according to the LVCVA.
Even the Harry Reid Airport has shown a decline, dropping 4.1% in year-to-date decline compared to the same time last year, according to the website.
Tom Reeg, Caesars Entertainment CEO, shared that it would be a “soft summer” on a recent earnings call, according to local reports.
A recent X user claimed to have family members living in Las Vegas. The person posted, “They say casinos are empty … People are being laid off … There is no tourism.”
Another X user shared a photo of an empty casino, captioning the post, “Las Vegas is dead, bro.”
In April, three lawsuits were filed against two resorts on the Las Vegas strip for incidents that occurred in the summer of 2024, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Attorney Brian Virag, founder and CEO of My Bed Bug Lawyer, is representing the plaintiffs in these cases and commented on the situation.
“We wanted to not only make sure to represent them, but also to bring awareness that bedbugs in Las Vegas hotels are a real problem,” Virag told Fox News Digital recently.
Many Reddit users have drawn attention to tourism issues in Sin City, posting thoughts in the “r/lasvegas” forum.
“While the economy is going downhill, the strip nickel and diming folks [sic] is gonna result in this, and it’s gonna get worse,” wrote one user.
Another person said, “Slow season in Vegas, no people, no conferences in summer, and it’s hot.”
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