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G2E: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 | 10:30 a.m. Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español. The CEOs of Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts did not mention President Donald Trump or his tariffs Tuesday as they discussed the causes of declining visitation to Las Vegas. Tom Reeg of Caesars, Bill Hornbuckle of MGM and Craig Billings of Wynn took the main stage Tuesday at the Global Gaming Expo at the Venetian Expo for a conversation moderated by CNBC correspondent Contessa Brewer. When Brewer asked about the drop in Las Vegas visitation, Reeg cited the COVID-19 pandemic, Hornbuckle cited airfare costs and Billings a “complicated world.” The executives never named the president, even though Trump’s trade war with Canada and his remarks about making Canada the 51st state coincided with a 17.4% decline in Canadian visitation to Las Vegas in 2025. Overall visitation to Las Vegas fell 7.5% to about 38.5 million in 2025, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, amid declines in leisure and international travel. The 4.8% drop in international visitation was almost entirely due to the loss of about 250,000 Canadian visitors, LVCVA data show. “It’s a complicated world, I don’t know what else to say,” Billings said. “The state of geopolitics and the state of international relations is more complicated than it used to be.” Democratic lawmakers and labor leaders in Nevada see it differently. They have labeled the downturn the “Trump Slump” and have also criticized Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo for not doing enough to push back against the policies of his fellow Republican in the White House. “We all know that Donald Trump’s policies have impacted Las Vegas’ local economy, and workers are feeling it,” Diana Valles, president of Culinary Workers Union Local 226, said ahead of Trump’s April visit to Southern Nevada. “Las Vegas is an independent economy, and we need policies that welcome visitors. We need a policy that strengthens our state, but we’re in a crisis right now. We’re in a crisis right now because our members in our community (are) experiencing big, big financial problems.” Reeg said Caesars’ Las Vegas properties are feeling the effects of a decline in leisure travel, noting that “the leisure customer is not as strong as it has been.” Reeg attributed this to the pandemic. Las Vegas welcomed 42.5 million visitors in 2019, according to the LVCVA, before casino closures in March 2020 sharply reduced visitation. “We had summers here, a couple that were exceedingly strong, and we’ve kind of gone back to the normal seasonality in Las Vegas,” Reeg said.