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. “’

Great yet ?

  • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social
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    15 hours ago

    Hey, try this instead:

    “We have an armed response force ready to protect you against ICE if they come to try to snatch you. We have lawyers at the ready, and we’re fine mobilizing the state’s National Guard if it comes to that. If you’re in another part of the country and worried about your safety, come to Vegas! You can do some gambling and see the sights without worrying if you’re going to make it home to your family or not.”

    Guaranteed spike in tourism. Don’t just ask for what you want. Earn it.

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      13 hours ago

      Didn’t Vegas literally began as mob-ran city that bargained with federal goverment?

      Where are the spine and concrete boots now, Vegas?

      Where went the Sin part of Sin City?

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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      12 hours ago

      It would be foolish to trust a statement like that even if she did say it. The fashy feds will do whatever they want regardless of what local governments say.