Nearly 300,000 people were expected to ring in the New Year in Sin City. They were expected to spend nearly 212 million dollars during their weekend stay. Which is roughly $700 per person for a weekend in Las Vegas; although this price does not include hotel room and gambling money it still seems like a reasonable enough amount for a New Years in Las Vegas.

I constantly hear how Las Vegas has started to price itself away from the middle class patron. Assuming of course, that middle class still exists in a world that seems to have an increasing gap between have and have not’s. Las Vegas used to be a cheap weekend getaway that catered to the working stiff. But, it also used to be nothing more than a watering hole in the middle of the desert.

While an average door charge at a Las Vegas nightclub over the New Year’s weekend was about $250, I think you can argue that the average charge at nightclub in New York or LA are more. The same can be said for a 5 star restaurant. Most 5 star Vegas restaurants were charging around $800 for a multiple course dinner and wine experience, but what were your local restaurants charging? And are they comparable to Guy Savoy at Caesar’s Palace.

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