[BC] NAB???

[Barry Mishkind]

I'm posting too much today. Sorry.  But I couldn't resist this one.

At 12:07 PM 3/10/2009, patrick roberts wrote:
>question will have to be raised if Lost Wages and their high prices are the
>right fit for the show.  I, for one, would rather it be in a less expensive
>city.  Nothing about that town is really budgetary nice these days. The days
>of cheap eats and rooms to get us out there to "gamble" are over.  If
>attendance stays down for several years in a row and cost is a big factor
>for vendors, I would look for the collective call to find someplace cheaper
>to do it.

         1. Up until now, there has no other place with sufficient floor space
                 to handle the whole show.
         2. LV has not been a "cheap" place for a long time.
                 Just like radio listeners, tastes have changed,
                 and the public seems to want what LV has
                 become ... at least until the economy hit
                 the speed bump.

         That said, in January I stayed at a older, modest,
                 hotel right at the top of the strip - for an
                 average of $40 a night. Sure, the room was
                 nothing you'd ever call "luxury" ... and
                 amenities were few. But the car was
                 10 feet away. And I easily walked to the
                 LVCC each morning.

                 For about $20 more per night, you could
                 get some of the "name" hotels.  And, as
                 more than one reader has found, there
                 are packages of less than $200 for three
                 days at some major hotels .... including
                 some food!

                 Yes, you can spend $250 or 5000 a night,
                 and the buffet at Wynn is pushing $50.
                 But there are still many other options, not
                 as cheap as the 70s in raw number prices -
                 but what is?

                 Barry (retreating to my box)