On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well his comments + the recession. The convention business didn't go > elsewhere. They just didn't go. LV locals went ape-shit about his comments > and he retracted them. As the economy has improved so has the convention > business. I think the economy had much more to do than his comments.
Here's his retraction a year later: "You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college." > My last job had me in LV about every six weeks and I spoke to a lot of cab > drivers while I was down there. My understanding is that "Obama killing LV > convention business" is just a sound bite. Bush killed it more by burning > down the building on his way out. At least you didn't say you worked a cab for ten years there ala GG. When the economy was weak after 9/11 Bush said go out and spend money, and that's what people did. When the economy was weak under Obama he said don't go out and spend money, and they didn't. Those comments devestated Vegas. Mainly because many conventions were canceled right after each statement the president made. It had a direct impact. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327868 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
