You know, the “what happens here, stays here” commercials. The latest one features a lawn service guy blackmailing a homeowner based on the fact that he apparently saw the homeowner doing something naughty in Las Vegas the week before.
“Come to Las Vegas if you want to be criminally victimized!”
Does this strike anyone else as a strange ad strategy?
Here in Las Vegas we don’t see many of those commercials because, duh, we are already here so I guess there is no point in paying for ads to entice us visit.
One quick sidebar - the police here are not all that thrilled with the “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” ad campaign.
It seems many tourists flock here thinking nothing is against the law and anything goes. That is not exactly true and sometimes, “what happens in Vegas leads to arrest and a minimum of heavy fines”. Just ask O.J.
Oh, and don’t even think of driving after you have had a few drinks in this city or your stay in Vegas might be a hell of lot longer than you had planned!
Way to harsh my holiday buzz, man. Vegas is still my favorite place to play, and I think the commercials are funny!
I resent these ads because they assume that I’m constantly jonesing for a town in which to commit my debauchery. I thought LV was becoming more family friendly, but now the tourism board seems to be begging people to come and do cocaine off a hooker’s butt. “Your wife will never know!”
“Family-Friendly” was the worst idea the Las Vegas Tourism Board ever came up with. Unbelievable disaster all around.
I’m rather amused by the Vegas.com commercial in which the construction worker jumps into a (non-working) cement mixer and emerges in the middle of a Chippendales revue. He looks so pleased with himself as he tears his shirt off and dances like a fool.
I think they’re great. My favorite is the one where the women introduce themselves as “Wilma, Betty, Jan, Marsha…”
As silenus mentioned, this family-friendly scheme was a huge disaster. Casinos found more tourists arriving, but mommies and daddies with kids in tow generally don’t gamble or spend much. The average amount of money spent per person went down from something like $100 a day to $25 a day. MGM Grand’s hugely expensive theme park was closed and every other casino’s family plan quickly followed suit. Only Circus Circus still lays claim to being somewhat family friendly, with a large RV park and a theme park with roller coasters, etc. in the back.
Almost every casino bans strollers on the gaming floors and anyone under the age of 21 is not allowed to go to most places in casinos, other than the video game arcades and buffets. Las Vegas is anything but kid friendly. Even families who live here with kids generally avoid the Strip unless they are taking their kids to Circus Circus for the occasional birthday party.
If you are foolish enough to come here with kids, you might want to try some of the Station Casino locations - some of them have a very cool kids area, sort of like a high-tech day care center. The kids love it and for a nominal fee parents can drop them off there for a few hours (I think it is a maximum of 4 hours per day, but not sure) while mommy and daddy go see a movie, have dinner or maybe drop a few coins in the slots. This is something the locals will do on the occasional night out. Otherwise, this city is really, really not for kids.
As a side note, that brunette actress who keeps introducing her and her friends with the fake TV names looks familiar. She resembles Rose McGowen but I know it’s not her. Does anybody know her name or if she was on some recent TV show?