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Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley issued a heartfelt plea to Canadian visitors this week, acknowledging the city’s tourism-dependent economy is suffering from a dramatic decline in international visitors, particularly from Canada, which represents the city’s largest international market.

“As the mayor of Las Vegas, I’m telling everybody in Canada, please come. We love you, we need you, and we miss you,” Berkley said during a press conference this week, where she addressed the multiple challenges facing the entertainment capital’s tourism industry.

The mayor’s latest comments echo concerns she first raised in an August press conference, where she painted a stark picture of the tourism decline.

“International travel is way down. People are not coming to the United States,” Berkley said last month. “’

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[–] yarr@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have an idea! What if those filthy Canadians were just stopped at the border and customs can just search them and confiscate any cash, then send them back to Canada and send the cash to Vegas. Then we don't have to deal with those annoying foreigners and we still get their money.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Hush. If they hear you they'll make that happen.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Oopsie poopsie!

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

America can't have nice things

MAGA can make up for it.

[–] tensorpudding@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I don't feel like this counts since Mayor Berkeley is a Democrat and Las Vegas' Clark county swung for Harris in 2024 even if Nevada's electoral votes went for Trump. The people being hurt by this mostly didn't have the day they voted for, in other words...

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

When is the national guard scheduled to hit Las Vegas?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

Show me some amazon showgirls and I'll think it over.

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