Social Media Rips Into First Destination-Wide Las Vegas Sale
Posted on: September 22, 2025, 03:20h.
Last updated on: September 22, 2025, 04:02h.
- The first destination-wide Las Vegas sale began Monday on rooms, dining and entertainment
- It comes in response to a seven-month tourism downturn and the perception that Las Vegas casinos are nickel-and-diming their loyal customers too much
- The immediate social media response is that the sale is “too little too late”
In response to a months-long tourism decline, Las Vegas’ tourism agency unveiled the details of its first destination-wide sale Monday. And at least according to the most immediate response available, social media, its discounts are not deep enough.
Good from Sept. 22-26, the Fabulous 5-Day Sale on resort stays, restaurants and entertainment includes discounts such as “up to 25% off” Bellagio rooms plus a $100 food credit, “up to 33% off” suites at the Venetian plus $150 dining credit with a booking at Resorts World.
Caesars Entertainment also offers up to 50% off room rates at Harrah’s Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Flamingo Las Vegas, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, The LINQ Hotel + Experience, and Horseshoe Las Vegas.
According to the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority (LVCVA), its new sale is an invitation for tourists “to rediscover the magic, energy, and unbeatable value of Las Vegas.”
It comes in response to a seven-month slump in tourism — visitation in June was down 11% over the year before, according to Investopedia — in addition to the popular narrative that Las Vegas has become too expensive due to casinos nickel-and-diming their loyal customers with parking fees, resort fees and even fees for silverware, checking in early, and unplugging cords.
Too Little Too Late?
Time will tell if the sale can help reverse the downtown, which in addition to concern over deflated value is also blamed by experts on weaker consumer confidence, job market instability, trade tensions, and boycotts over current US policies.
For now, however, we can judge the immediate reaction via social media. And that reaction has the campaign missing its mark. Of the 20 comments beneath the LVCVA’s X post announcing the sale, 19 were negative.
“Too little too late,” wrote X user @Fredthehada.
“Read the room,” added @CasioWiser. “People don’t want to be nickel and dimed. Not given a discount code so they can pay normal prices.”
“Massive discounts after we raise the prices for the sale,” added @SocDecay
“How about.. $0 Resort Fees $0 Parking Fees .99 Cent Shrimp Cocktail $9.99 Steak & Egg Breakfasts 24×7 3/2 Blackjack & Double 0 Roulette You know….2015 Vegas,” wrote @LoanNinja.
“Great let me stop my life and now come running back to the angry ex to beat me up,” commented @vince415
“No,” wrote @midwestmagic93.
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