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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The US can seriously get fucked. They like our $ that is all. Shithole country.
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.
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.
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
The feeling is not mutual. Signed, a Canadian
Nice try, ICE.
Eat sand assholes.
“Eat sand, assholes?” Or “Eat sand-assholes?”
I’m ok with either one.
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.
If you miss us so much, come visit us and spend your money in Canada.
They’ll do anything but address the problem in Washington.
I’ll be back when maga is gone.
I wont. Fuck em.
the article gloss over the fact that there is also a lack of usa tourism to vegas, and also vegas has been suffering for many years already because they overpriced everything a while ago.
Totally. Was there after Covid and everything was closing at 11pm rather than open all night and the hotels were charging even more with even worse service. Nothing like an hour long lineup to check in at 10pm. What a joke.
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
