Three downtown Las Vegas hotels have begun accepting the Canadian dollar at par with the American dollar in an effort to spur Canuck travel.
Circa Resort and Casino, the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate Hotel and Casino have launched the “At Par Program,” which runs until Aug. 31.
“Everybody (in Las Vegas) is talking about really the same thing,” CEO Derek Stevens tells CTV News. “There’s clearly something missing, and that’s the lack of Canadian tourism.”
“We miss our best friends.”
The hotels will all offer on par accommodation and drink prices.
They’ll also allow Canadian guests to redeem up to $500 CAD in slot play, treated at full USD value.
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The promos will require a valid Canadian passport or government-issued ID.
Stevens says he understands the deal still won’t be enough for many travellers but he hopes some rethink their American boycott.
“Canadian tourism, on a monthly basis, has been down anywhere from 25 to 50 per cent,” he said. “And I realize sometimes when best friends or allies have a spat — yes, they have a spat, but it doesn’t mean everybody wants to fight.“
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Stevens’ plea comes amidst a massive downturn for the Nevada city.
Data from the Harry Reid International Airport shows ten straight months of declines — with the biggest culprit being flights out of Canada. The country typically makes up Vegas’ largest international market by a wide margin.
The slowing travel demand can be linked directly back to the re-election of U.S. President Donald Trump and the trade war he started.
Recent Abacus Data figures show among those Canadians who have not travelled south in the past year, 34 per cent “thought about going but ultimately decided against it because of their feelings about Trump or about how the U.S. is treating Canada.”
Abacus says that works out to roughly 23 per cent of Canadian adults overall.
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Who did Nevada vote for in the last election…? Oh that’s right…
Fuck you, your gambling, your shit weather. You did this to yourself and are fucking over the entire nation. I am glad your businesses are failing, tourism is in the toilet, and that Canada is wisely choosing to spend their money at a better place.
The US can seriously get fucked. They like our $ that is all. Shithole country.
The feeling is not mutual. Signed, a Canadian
Haven’t been to the US since Bush Jr. My kids have never been there and we encourage them to stay away, espcially the past decade or so. They do.
Good luck fascist hellhole.
What if we sweetened the deal with free passes to target shooting as a door gunner from a helicopter gunship in vegas.
Belt fed, mounted machine gun shooting.https://gunshiphelicopters.com/
It can be paired with a “Ride with the US Border Patrol” tour in the CBP explorer program. Its focussed on young male fascists age 14-20, but you can also do ride alongs as an adult fascist.
https://careers.cbp.gov/s/career-paths/cbp-explorer-programOr theres also a great prison tour in Carson city of the Nevada state prison. Have to buy tickets well in advance, they sell out and are very popular. https://nevadastateprison.org/pages/visit If these don’t get the canadian tourists back as disaster tourists, nothing will.
(half /s). All those tour options are real, check em. This whole country gets more effing crazy by the day.
From my understanding is even if shit was fine Vegas would still be suffering as they have been bleeding guests for years as it gets more overpriced
Nice try, ICE.
Eat sand assholes.
“Eat sand, assholes?” Or “Eat sand-assholes?”
I’m ok with either one.
That’s a fantastic deal, but uh, no deal is gonna work.
I’m disappointed in the mafia. They aren’t even trying to fix this.
I’d say don’t go even if they pay you.
Only down 50%. Shameful. Canadians need to do better.
Get those numbers up!
Geuss Trump wasn’t satisfied with only bankrupting his own casinos.
If Trump could read, he would need so much burn cream and a WWAAAHHHHmbulance for this comment. 10/10 chef’s kiss, no notes.
he does use alot of DIAPER cream for his poopy diaper, which also doubles a s aburn cream.
Also Vegas:
The agreement, known as 287(g), creates a partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) where local law enforcement officers are deputized to carry out federal immigration duties. However, Berkley said that she didn’t push Sheriff Kevin McMahill one way or the other before he joined the program.
“Come here! Give us your money! Possibly be sent to a death camp!”
“We’ll even give you the slightest of discounts!”
Pathetic.
I mean you could also get shot execution style for trying to help someone that a mask wearing state sponsored terrorist just shoved to the ground. You have options
Not the stakes you want when you go to Vegas.
As someone still begrudgingly living in America as a US Citizen, fuck us up Canada
Agreed. This lesson needs to be taught to the nth degree.
As a Canadian I’m still naively holding out for some kind of resolution that improves conditions for ordinary people on both sides of the border. Or at least stabilizes them.
One of the most sombering lessons is how innocence is the first casualty. In the worst case scenario, no one can keep their hands clean by this conflict’s end.
