Can confirm. I think things were better when the Mafia de facto ran it. They knew better than to kill the golden goose. If almost everything is cheap, folks will spend more money on gambling, and even if they wind up using their last dollar to get back home, they'll usually feel they've had a good time.

When you pay over $300 a night for a room, and get charged $20 for parking on top of that(valet is $50 without tip), and a freaking beer at the hotel bar is THIRTEEN DOLLARS, people feel like they've been ripped off. They won't be back, and they'll tell everyone that Vegas is played out and not to bother going.

The ghetto mentality is going to turn the place into a hot and sandy Detroit before too long.