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.
Only down 50%. Shameful. Canadians need to do better.
Get those numbers up!
The feeling is not mutual. Signed, a Canadian
If you miss us so much, come visit us and spend your money in Canada.
Sure I could get Canadian currency at par but I could end up in an El Salvador death camp. I guess it adds an extra layer of gambling on top of the blackjack table!
Or a bullet on your back, or your face
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
“we’ll give you like a 20% discount because WE MISS YOU! All you have to do is cross the border, risk being detained and sent to Ecuador or something if your paperwork isn’t perfect or you’re brown or if you’ve ever said anything online that disparages Dear Leader, and if you do get across the border you’ll get to enjoy visiting a fascist state with roaming bands of masked thugs grabbing people off the streets. Why won’t you come stay in our hotel? WE MISS YOU!”
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.
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.
As a Canadian… Fuck off.
As an American, I’m glad the US is suffering. Since 33% of our population is stupid/racist/homophobic/transphobic and just overall pieces of shit, the only way they will change is experiencing the consequences of exactly what they voted for. Thank you Canada for the find out phase at least 1/3 of us Americans deserve. I’m not happy about how financially fucked over I’m going to be, but I will take one for the team if it means putting a stop to Trump, American Imperialism, and fascism.
Those who did not put an x on the ballet also voted for this, because of how your system works (unlike Canada’s) those who put an x by the third party leader voted for this. In Canada we do not vote for our leader we vote for our riding, well if you want to be all technical we could vote for our leader if we paid whatever the price is and joined the party to vote for the parties leader. What I am saying is in the US how your system works third party votes are throw away votes in Canada they are not.
As someone still begrudgingly living in America as a US Citizen, fuck us up Canada
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.
Agreed. This lesson needs to be taught to the nth degree.
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.
Not the stakes you want when you go to Vegas.
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
