Vegas showgirls strut their stuff to save you money - to protest the city’s mandatory resort fees -
In truth, the event was more marketing effort than protest march — an oh-so-Las Vegas stunt put on by Caesars Entertainment to highlight the fact that the company doesn’t charge such fees at its Las Vegas properties.
In that regard, the company, which owns Caesars Palace, Bally’s Las Vegas and five other Sin City casinos, stands in marked contrast to local competitors that charge anywhere from $5 to $25 per day for newspapers, bottled water and other amenities whether guests use them or not.
The protesters, um, performers included nearly 50 dancers from the Jubilee! show at Bally’s Las Vegas, who strutted down the Strip carrying placards and chanting, “1, 2, 3, 4, resort fees are no more; 5, 6, 7, 8, hidden fees I truly hate.”
They were joined by local headliners, including Marie Osmond and illusionists Penn & Teller, who also expressed righteous outrage over resort fees. The fact that they all perform in Caesars properties was presumably just a coincidence.
The rally wrapped up at Bally’s, where Osmond unveiled a “No Resort Fees” countdown clock claiming that visitors could save up to $1.16 per second, $100,000 per day and $3 million a month by staying at Caesars resorts and not paying resort fees.
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