I-Las Vegas ibeke engcupheni ikusasa layo kumalineni e-320-thread-count, ama-suites angu-2,200-square-foot, i-filet mignon, i-Chanel, ama-seaweed wraps kanye nokubheja ka-$5,000 emshinini wokugembula. Iqoqo lakamuva lama-mega-resort lijabulela ukunethezeka. I-Thrift yashabalala kakhulu namantombazane emiboniso kanye ne-Rat Pack.
Manje abanye ababukele bayazibuza ukuthi lokho bekuwukubheja okuhlakaniphile yini.
Ukuwohloka komnotho kubangele amakhasino ase-Las Vegas, ake anconywa njengawo wonke angakwazi ukumelana nezimo zomnotho wezwe. Uma uqhathanisa lo Okthoba nenyanga efanayo ngonyaka odlule, iningi lezinto zehlile: isibalo sezivakashi, ukuhlala kwamahhotela, inani lemihlangano emikhulu.
Imali engenayo yemidlalo ku-Strip yehle ngo-25.8%. Futhi isilinganiso segumbi lansuku zonke lehle ngo-14.3%, okuwumphumela omkhulu enzuzweni. E-Encore, ileviathan evulwe yingcweti yekhasino uSteve Wynn kuleli sonto, amagumbi aqala ku-$159 ngoJanuwari. Lapho indawo yakhe yokungcebeleka yaseWynn Las Vegas iqala ngo-2005, i-$ 250 yayiyi-bargain.
“Umhlaba usushintshile, futhi sesishintshile ngawo,” kusho u-Tom Breitling, iphini likamongameli omkhulu wezamasu nentuthuko, ngesikhathi ehambele indawo yabezindaba kwenye yezindlu zikanokusho ze-Encore ezingu-2,034.
Abahlaziyi bathi iLas Vegas Boulevard, manje egcwele izindawo ezingenalutho namaphrojekthi okwakha amisiwe, kufanele ibuyele emuva uma inkinga yezikweletu isinciphile futhi abavakashi bazizwa bezethemba ngokwanele ukuthi bangachitha isikhathi sokuvakasha. Kodwa nakuba ukwehla kwezinga langaphambilini kwedlule ngokushesha njengokuduma kwezulu, izazi zezomnotho zilindele ukuthi lesi sibhicongo siqhubeke kuze kube u-2009, kwenze izinga lokungasebenzi kwe-Clark County lifike ku-10%, futhi kusule amaphrojekthi amakhasino.
Ezokuvakasha ziwumondli oyinhloko we-Nevada, kanti i-Strip, enemali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6.8 zamaRandi ngonyaka odlule, iwumshini wemali omkhulu kunayo yonke. Indlela isithombe sayo esisezingeni eliphezulu esidlala ngayo kubavakashi ngesikhathi nangemuva kokuwohloka komnotho kuzothinta izwe lonke.
"Abantu bangase bafune ukunethezeka, kodwa bazimisele ukukukhokhela?" kusho uKeith Schwer, umqondisi weCentre for Business and Economic Research eNyuvesi yaseNevada, eLas Vegas. "Kungenzeka ukuthi siphuthelwe uhlobo lwethu."
I-Las Vegas ihlezi iphumelela ku-showmanship kanye ne-glitz. Kuphela emashumini eminyaka edlule, yayithengeka ngamabomu. U-Benny Binion, owasungula i-World Series of Poker, wakhuluma ngokwenza "abantu abancane bazizwe njengabantu abakhulu" ukuze bacebe. Umdali weSigodlo sikaKhesari kuthiwa wenqabile ukusebiza ngokuthi “esikaKhesari” ngoba wayefuna ukuba isivakashi ngasinye sizizwe njengombusi.
Umbono we-Las Vegas njengeshibhile, uma ngabe uhlakaniphile, wawuthwala ngokunye ukuwohloka komnotho, kusho uSchwer.
Kodwa uSteve Wynn washintsha izinto: Indawo yakhe yokungcebeleka iMirage kanye nekhasino, eyavulwa ngo-1989, yethula amaboutique asezingeni eliphezulu nezindawo zenyama ezigodlweni zokugembula. UBellagio wayenobukhazikhazi kakhulu.
Amaphrojekthi akamuva e-Strip - okuhlanganisa namahektha angu-76 e-MGM Mirage's CityCenter, okuhlelwe ukuthi avulwe ngo-2009 - athatha izintambo ku-Wynn Las Vegas, i-bronze skyscraper engenatimu, awekho amagimmikhi aseceleni futhi akukho zindleko ezisingisiwe. I-Encore yamabhiliyoni angu-2.3 iwubukhazikhazi ngendlela efanayo: Amakhanyisa abomvu afana ne-licorice twist, i-Botero artworks ihange indawo yokudlela, isitolo sobucwebe sibonisa i-231-karat i-Wynn Diamond kanti iklabhu yasebusuku ephakathi nendawo ibizwa nge-XS.
Amakhulu abantu alinde ngaphandle kwangoMsombuluko ukuvulwa kwe-Encore - abaningi bebuka nje. “Ngeke ngikwazi ukuhlala lapha. Ukube nginemali bengizoba. Imali eningi,” kusho uJulia Dziegelewski, 62, obevakashele ePalm Bay, eFla., lapho athi udonsa kanzima ukuthengisa umuzi wakhe.
Ngo-2003, ingxenye yeshumi yezivakashi zase-Las Vegas yenza u-$100,000 ngonyaka noma ngaphezulu. Ngonyaka odlule, ingxenye yesine yenza, ngokocwaningo olwenzelwe i-Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Phakathi naleyo minyaka embalwa, abantu abenza imali engaphansi kuka-$60,000 behle besuka engxenyeni yazo zonke izivakashi baya cishe kwekota.
Ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, abavakashi kanye nabantu bendawo bakhononde emaphephandabeni naku-inthanethi ngokuthi iStrip ibanakekela kanjani onxiwankulu.
“Uma amakhasino efuna abantu babuye, kudingeka banikeze inani,” kusho enye incwadi eya ku-Review-Journal. “Uma bengawuvali umqondo kabhiya ongama-$3, ukudla okushibhile kanye nokuncishiswa okuncane, mhlawumbe bangazama ukukhokhela abakweletayo ngobuwula babo.”
Isiphathimandla sezivakashi silungise ukumaketha kwaso ukuze sihehe ukunakekela izindleko. Umkhankaso wawo othi “Vegas Right Now” uhlose ukugcwalisa amahhotela ngamakamelo anesaphulelo, amathikithi okubonisa namaphakheji e-spa. Ehlobo, njengoba amanani kaphethiloli asondela ku-$4 ilitha, izikhangiso zaphakamisa ukuthi “Izikhathi zokuhlanya zidinga ukuzijabulisa okuhlanyayo.”
Muva nje, izikhulu zezokuvakasha zindize izakhamizi eziyi-120 zaseCranfills Gap, eTexas - inani labantu abangama-351 - futhi zabathwebula ukutshuza esibhakabhakeni, igalofu kanye ne-clubbing. Umphumela we-blitz wesikhangiso uhlose ukupenda i-Vegas njengendawo yokubalekela esheshayo nethengekayo ye-Middle America. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abadayisi nabanikazi bamahhotela bazamile ukungafihli ukukhanga okukhazimulayo kwe-Strip.
“Awufuni ukwakha umkhiqizo emakethe yanamuhla ngokusekelwe kuphela enanini elikubuyisela ekhoneni,” kusho uTerry Jicinsky, iphini likamongameli omkhulu kwezokukhangisa.
Ngandlela thize, abahlaziyi bathi, ukwehla kungase kube kuhle kumakhasino we-Strip. Ezinyangeni ezedlule, u-Dennis Forst, umhlaziyi we-KeyBanc Capital Markets, ucabange ukuthi ezinye izindawo zokungcebeleka ze-jet-setter kungase kudingeke zehlise amanani noma zehlise iminikelo yazo kanokusho.
“Ngisho nasemnothweni omuhle, awudingi i-20 Il Mulinos edolobheni,” esho, ebhekise endaweni yokudlela yase-Italy ebizayo.
UBill Lerner, umhlaziyi weDeutsche Bank, uthe kunezinhlelo zokwengeza amakamelo amahhotela angaba ngu-51,000 eLas Vegas, amaningi awo asezingeni eliphezulu. Njengoba amaphrojekthi amaningana asamisiwe ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho - i-Echelon, ngaphesheya kwe-Encore, yamiswa ukwakhiwa kwamaphakathi - lelo nani kulindeleke ukuthi lehle lifinyelele cishe ku-25,000.
"Okwesikhashana, bekunombono wokuthi iBellagio kanye neVenetian bazoba izakhiwo ezimaphakathi futhi konke okunye kuzokhuphuka," kusho uKathy LaTour, uprofesa ohlanganyele eNyuvesi yaseNevada, eLas Vegas, ofundela ukwamukela izihambi. ukumaketha. “Kodwa ngeke sibe yiDubai. Ngeke sikukhokhise u-$1,000 ngobusuku.”
Ama-rollers aphezulu, uthe, "angeke abe yi-100% yemakethe. Iqiniso liwukuthi, kukhona abanye abantu abeza lapha asebedukile kule minyaka embalwa edlule.”
