MGM CEO regrets summer pricing, including $26 water bottle fiasco

[stevenash]

MGM CEO regrets summer pricing, including $26 water bottle fiasco

Riddle me this?

How can the 'alpha dog' (chief decision maker) of a multi-gazillion-dollar corporation NOT anticipate a major push back from tourists and tourism for charging 26 dollars for bottled water and 12 dollars for an ordinary cup of coffee?

If I'm paying twelve dollars for a cup of coffee, it had better come with a double shot of Johnny Walker Black.

[Headsterx]

Until they get rid of resort fees that now run up to $60, I don’t believe anything these crooks have to say.

[mjsuax13]

They are in trouble.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

They are in trouble.

I saw a $4 bottle of soda (20oz) in Vegas some years ago. Walked out, no way.

I do wonder about Vegas. I'm trying to get out there for late DEC. Like travelling when I might get a nice discounted rate.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

One of the myriad of reasons that Vegas has been dead to me the past decade. There is literally zero value there anymore and you get nickel and dimed every which way.

[Headsterx]

101 Vegas Scams:

#1. Resorts fees
#2. Parking fees
#3. No maid services for 3 days
#4. $25 minimum tables
#5. Raiders

[ChuckyTheGoat]

101 Vegas Scams:

#1. Resorts fees
#2. Parking fees
#3. No maid services for 3 days
#4. $25 minimum tables
#5. Raiders

Pretty good list:
#1. Resorts fees - I hate this crap. Just another expense.
#2. Parking fees - Total joke. The goal is to bring customers IN.
#3. No maid services for 3 days - Seeing more and more of this.
#4. $25 minimum tables - If not $25, close to it. They want ROI per sqft.
#5. Raiders (

[ChuckyTheGoat]

#5. Raiders (the team, not the poster). Yes, poorly-run. Who hires a 74 y/o HC?

[stevenash]

#5. Raiders (the team, not the poster). Yes, poorly-run. Who hires a 74 y/o HC?

UNC

[ChuckyTheGoat]

UNC

Ha-ha. Yeah. How's that working out?

Paul Brown wasn't available?

[wombat]

Vegas is a joke now. You’ll have a much better time in Lake Tahoe.

-Way better scenery than billion dollar concrete casinos
-More things to do than just gambling/nightclubs
-Gorgeous natural scenery good for your mental health
-Can still gamble if you have the itch

[stevenash]

I was chatting with a buddy of mine in Henderson; he told me that Caesar's is charging $38 a pack for basic Marlboro Reds.

[Headsterx]

I was chatting with a buddy of mine in Henderson; he told me that Caesar's is charging $38 a pack for basic Marlboro Reds.

meh… with taxes that’s the cost in California.

[stevenash]

meh… with taxes that’s the cost in California.

Get out of that dopey state; we have room for one more here in New England.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Vegas is a joke now. You’ll have a much better time in Lake Tahoe.

-Way better scenery than billion dollar concrete casinos
-More things to do than just gambling/nightclubs
-Gorgeous natural scenery good for your mental health
-Can still gamble if you have the itch

Good post, wombat. I have to get back there.

[stevenash]

Good post, wombat. I have to get back there.

Tahoe is great, Reno's a dump though.