Busiest Days

[Dan NguyenParticipant]

How would y’all rate the busiest (holi)days throughout the year? Father’s/Mother’s Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, Superbowl, Memorial Day, and any other busy days not listed.

[Ben RosenthalKeymaster]

Good question. I’m often with my family for some of those days. I’m not knocking anyone who isn’t, obviously, but I don’t have a good sample.

At my local casinos, action definitely picks up during March Madness. I often go during part/tail end of New Year’s, and it’s a zoo then. I’d have to think it would be packed during the Super Bowl, though people are also going to be watching the game (I’m sure hitting the slots hard before and after).

I’d probably lump many of those “day off from work” days together, as I’d be surprised if there was a noticeable spike with one over another.

I’ve heard from slot attendants that it’s busy on Christmas (but later in the day, not the morning or afternoon), and this thread implies as much too. That thread also mentions Thanksgiving being not all that busy at the casinos. I’d add Valentine’s Day as a “busy day” to the list as well.

[J. J. C.Participant]

You can look at room rates for hotels to get an idea of how busy some place will be.

[NickelsParticipant]

In my experience, New Year’s Eve, Superbowl and 4th of July are the craziest, but any of the ones with an extra day off like Memorial Day tend to get pretty busy over the weekend as well. Not so much on the holiday itself though, because the Monday is the day people use to travel back home.

 

Another busy weekend is the one that comes after the 15th of the month. Many people will have just got paid and didn’t have to throw their paycheck at rent and bills like they do at the first of the month.

[Ben RosenthalKeymaster]

I’ve heard some people speculate that in poorer areas (which is sometimes where casinos are built), it’s busier early in the month in general. Why? That’s often when government assistance checks become available (yikes). Now, I haven’t noticed such an uptick that I made that correlation myself, but I know some people are convinced of it, so I figured I’d pass it along.

[RMunchkinParticipant]

It also depends on your market.  Traditionally in Vegas Presidents Day weekend is the 2nd busiest weekend after NY Eve.  It’s the first 3-day weekend after New Year.  But now with things like F1 and Super Bowls it seems to be always busy.

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