暴风雪沉重打击赌场经济

　　2010年的冬天带来的一月份让人深深记住了，整个新泽西州的许多行业都遭受到暴风雨的影响，全州的积雪难以清除。

　　尽管报告上说积雪只有5英寸厚，但是无疑的是国家已经遭受了强烈的暴风雪的袭击，而在大西洋城的赌场业是重灾之一。由于暴风雪的到来，Borgata酒店赌场及水疗中心的收入比预期减少了500万美元。这家酒店不是唯一一家受到影响的酒店，有报道说，在该地区的一些赌场都出现20％的跌幅和8.5％的收入损失。

　　赌场大部分的利润收入，主要来自那些去度假的游客寻找躲避暴风雨和游玩的场所。这是降雪的唯一作用。为了减缓日常的压力，人们也不可能花一个周末，冒着暴雪在雪地跋涉。即使人们希望如此，但是航班被取消，延期，人们也无法实现。

　　天气对于赌场来说产生巨大的影响。拉斯维加斯则能够利用某些方式使其对大西洋城形成优势。当在拉斯维加斯的温度渐渐升高，它甚至可能形成一个更好的氛围，豪华泳池的访客增加，因为豪华泳池在太阳的照射下显得更加有吸引力。冬季气温升高，使我们穿得比较少，这对于今天的我们来说算得上是一种视觉享受。

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　　Snowfall Hits Hard on Casino Business

　　Winter of 2010 brought a January to remember, and the effects were felt in many industries across New Jersey as storms left snow accumulation across the state.

　　From the intense snow storms around the state, despite receiving a mere 5 inches of reported snow, the Casino industry in Atlantic City was amongst the hardest hit. Because of the snow storm, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa lost a reported five million dollars and anticipated another five million dollars lost in consequence. This hotel was not the only one affected though as there was a reported 20% decreases in revenues reported in some Casinos in the region and 8.5% loss in revenue amongst the Casinos in the same area.

　　Casinos receive the majority of their profits, from tourists looking to escape and spend money as they go on vacation. This is where the snowfall comes in. To escape the pressures of the daily grind, people are not likely to have a weekend trudging through a blizzard in their snow shoes. The flights are cancelled, postponed, etc, even if people had the desire to do so.

　　Weather has a tremendous effect on casinos. Las Vegas is able to hold an advantage in this manner over Atlantic City. When those temperatures go up in Vegas it may even produce a better atmosphere for their visitors as the luxurious pools and retreats look even more attractive under the rays of the sun. The winter temperatures cause us to bundle up and the heat causes us to wear less, which is a good thing in the eyes of far too many in the world today.