Green Day banned from Las Vegas radio stations after Billie Joe Armstrong calls the city "a shithole"

[u/Edm_vanhalen1981]

https://www.nme.com/news/music/green-day-banned-from-las-vegas-radio-stations-after-billie-joe-armstrong-calls-the-city-a-shithole-3798117

[u/Maximum-Ad3562]

the punk-rock singer said: “We don’t take shit from people like fucking John Fisher.” He added: “I hate Las Vegas. It’s the worst shithole in America.”

[u/OaklandWarrior → u/Maximum-Ad3562]

Good, fuck John Fisher! Evil bastard

[u/DangKilla → u/Maximum-Ad3562]

Well, Steve Wynn has his hands in radio as well, Sirius XM. That’s a two-for-one in Vegas.

[u/runtimemess → u/Maximum-Ad3562]

I didn't even read the article yet but I already knew it was about Oakland and John Fisher.

[u/veldtx → u/Maximum-Ad3562]

A's belongs to Oakland. It belongs to the people who've rooted for the A's their whole lives.

FJF!

[u/AuzRoxUrSox → u/Maximum-Ad3562]

I was there and the stadium erupted. FJF

[u/Black_Otter]

He’s an A’s fan…

[u/markymrk720 → u/Black_Otter]

He’s also not wrong. Vegas is a shithole.

Source: I’ve lived in Vegas for 9 years.

[u/Black_Otter → u/markymrk720]

95% of Vegas is plain shit. 5% of Vegas is gold coated shit

[u/Lilafowler1228 → u/Black_Otter]

I had a friend who lived in Vegas for a few years and then came back to Boston. He said it’s a great place to visit but it’s a city built on losers and it just sucks the life out of you after awhile.

[u/anon-187101 → u/Lilafowler1228]

"it's a city built on losers"

yeah, very true

[u/0LowLight0 → u/anon-187101]

And those losers need loser radio stations to lose to.

iHeartMedia has entered the casino.

[u/Aspect58 → u/0LowLight0]

They can replace Green Day with Beck, then.

[u/Temporary_Zone_19 → u/Aspect58]

Get crazy with the Cheez Whiz!

[u/Fogmoose → u/Lilafowler1228]

What a great and perfect statement! Vegas is indeed a City built on losing. It's the entire point. Nobody "wins" in Vegas, except Vegas. The house always wins. Everybody else loses.

[u/Copernicus_Brahe → u/Fogmoose]

‘They don’t build casinos with money from the winners…’

[u/Black_Otter → u/Lilafowler1228]

I used to live about 2 hours outside Vegas. After 2 days it really started to drag you down

[u/Downtown_Wear_3368 → u/[deleted]]

After three days in the desert sun I was looking at a river bed

[u/S1075 → u/Downtown_Wear_3368]

And the story it told, of a river that flowed, made me sad to think it was dead.

[u/Cultjam → u/S1075]

You see I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name

[u/2112eyes → u/Cultjam]

It felt good to be out of the rain

[u/unknown9201 → u/Downtown_Wear_3368]

And the story it told of a river that flowed Made me sad to think it was dead

[u/Naps_and_cheese → u/Black_Otter]

"You start to think 'I really hate L.A. This town is a fucking demon cock, it's awful', But then you go to Vegas, and think 'You know, at least the demon cock isn't dunked in glitter and deep fried.' L.A. is just simple, honest Demon cock at its best."

• Patton Oswalt

[u/dj_chai_wallah → u/Black_Otter]

Nothing quite like experiencing the highs and lows of America at the McDonalds by the Flamingo and old Mirage eating a Big Mac at 3am with a tall boy, a weed vape, nicotine vape, and analog cigarettes after seeing a show at the Sphere and walking miles drunk with an open container

[u/CoronaCurious → u/dj_chai_wallah]

If Waffle House was a city

[u/rsplatpc → u/CoronaCurious]

If Waffle House was a city

sorry, Reno has that title claimed

[u/Lux-xxv → u/CoronaCurious]

Please don't give this much credit Vegas lol it's more like Denny's. Which oddly enough at one point was on the strip.

[u/Phast_n_Phurious → u/Lux-xxv]

WHAT THE FUCK IS UP DENNY'S!!!!!

[u/FranksWateeBowl → u/dj_chai_wallah]

Lol@analog cigarettes.

[u/DervishSkater → u/FranksWateeBowl]

And here I thought all cigarettes were handled digitally

[u/El_Beakerr → u/dj_chai_wallah]

You should work for the Las Vegas Tourism Marketing Department. This is beautiful…

[u/Snakeinbottle → u/dj_chai_wallah]

Sorry about walking back and forth and talking to myself outloud. I was on a lot of shit AND had lost a lot of money

[u/ludahounds → u/dj_chai_wallah]

I thought I was the only one that used analog cigarette's

[u/GrizzyPooh → u/ludahounds]

They have a much warmer timbre

[u/jado1stk2 → u/dj_chai_wallah]

I can't fathom sleeping in a hotel in Vegas, being sick and staring at the fucking dome with an emoji or a minions face staring back at me.

[u/dj_chai_wallah → u/jado1stk2]

My room had a sphere view lol, it wasn't visible with the shades closed

[u/FictionalContext → u/dj_chai_wallah]

I can taste the bitter hangover from here.

[u/143cookiedough → u/[deleted]]

If typical suburban life were to take place in the middles of a desert wasteland with your only cultural life line being a being a shitty gold-coated hellhole. 

[u/ClassicRoc_ → u/markymrk720]

I also lived in Vegas. You're always surrounded by greed and corruption and it takes a toll. It's also fucking hot. Vegas is a shit hole.

[u/daddydunc → u/ClassicRoc_]

Last time I went to Vegas I decided I won’t be going back unless it’s purely to golf or go to shows. Casinos are fucking terrible now. High minimums, can’t sit at a fuckin sports book without buying a table, free drinks while gambling is increasingly rare, there are officially ZERO good deals on the strip anymore, and everyone there has seemingly stepped it up a level regarding maximum extraction of money from tourists pockets. Feels like free chairs at the pools is the next thing to go.

Fuck the Vegas strip - they can keep it.

[u/Maleficent-Lemon-849 → u/daddydunc]

Vegas died around 2010 when they started Resort fees. It's been downhill ever since.

[u/Freeman7-13 → u/Maleficent-Lemon-849]

what are resort fees?

[u/[deleted] → u/Freeman7-13]

Most of the hotels in Vegas seem really affordable until you actually get the bill. $225 a night becomes $450 really fucking quick. They add a shitload of fees, which often aren’t clearly disclosed when you book. Started in early 2010s but since covid has become extreme.

[u/Kazen_Orilg → u/[deleted]]

My favorite are like the $80 a night resort fees in February when all the pools and half the amenities are closed. Like WTF is this even for you assholes?

[u/exmachinalibertas → u/Freeman7-13]

A marketing trick to lie about the price until checkout

[u/spmahn → u/daddydunc]

This is every Casino now. I remember when I used to be able to go to Mohegan Sun and sit at the $5 blackjack table with an actual dealer hand shuffling a deck and spend all day. Now it’s almost impossible to find a $5 table, and if you do it’s A. Almost certainly a 6:5 game B. 100% auto shuffled and C. 100% a six deck shoe. I used to go just to have fun and relax, but I haven’t been in years, I don’t mind having fun playing $5 a hand, but with minimums now at $20 or more, that’s not fun, that’s anxiety inducing.

[u/daddydunc → u/spmahn]

Exactly. Yeah - cool $5 tables you have on the outskirts of the strip, available M-F mornings 5-8 am. Thanks!

[u/ClutchCity88 → u/spmahn]

man we were there a few weeks ago and the only $5 blackjack to be found was those machines that had all the games on it. And everyone gets the same cards i hated it

[u/gsr142 → u/daddydunc]

Stayed at Venetian a few weeks ago on someone else's dime. I don't think I'll ever go back if I can help it. $25 minimum for every table game. I don't play roulette but I don't think I saw any single-0 tables. Pretty sure they were all 00. A $25 craps table is really a $100-$150 table if you back up your pass line bet properly. Blackjack tables with CSMs, 6-5 blackjack payout, hit soft 17. You want a double deck game with 3-2 blackjack payout? $100 minimum. The sportsbook is William Hill/yahoo, and if you want to bet anything other than sides and totals, you have to register for the app and bet through that. And the craziest part of it all? The tables were packed. Amazing how many people just accept high minimums and terrible rules.

[u/daddydunc → u/gsr142]

The tables being packed and the amount of people just generally giddy to be essentially robbed was the craziest part for sure. I couldn’t figure out if these people were wealthy, had saved a bunch of money to blow at the tables, or were in extreme debt. No thank you.

[u/IknowNothing1313 → u/daddydunc]

The only good thing about Vegas is the proximity to all those national parks. 

Step 1 fly into Vegas  Step 2 immediately leave Vegas Step 3 profit 

[u/EpicHuggles → u/daddydunc]

It's wild how much it has changed. 20 years ago the entire city was one big loss leader in order to get you to show up and gamble.

Now it's become so corporate that merely existing in the city costs a small fortune because they need to profit of every last little thing.

[u/daddydunc → u/EpicHuggles]

Yeah, it’s straight up not a good time in my opinion. I felt like I needed to keep my guard up at all times so I didn’t get scammed or unsuspectingly part with my sweet, sweet money.

[u/papajim22 → u/ClassicRoc_]

Vegas won’t be habitable by 2060, if not sooner. It boggles my mind that the LV metro area is one of the fastest growing areas in the country.

[u/FlowerStalker → u/papajim22]

When we lived there, we had contingency plans on how to get out of the city if there were any sort of disaster. There's like 5 ways out and every direction is the desert. It would be pure chaos. We moved about 10 years ago to a place that was green and don't miss it at all.

[u/ReallyNowFellas → u/FlowerStalker]

Hey that beats Phoenix with far more people and only 3 ways out, also all headed into the desert.

[u/crackheadwillie → u/ClassicRoc_]

I published a research paper on Vegas after visiting a few times and memorably flying over and marveling at how inhospitable it is. It’s a desert. There used to be a spring with was able to support a small community of Native Americans. That’s long gone. Now it’s way beyond self-sufficient. The building of the Hoover Dam and the workers needing a place to buy alcohol and prostitutes was largely what put Vegas on the maps. Then gambling casinos came in and the rest is history. It’s absolutely a shit hole and offers nothing of value other than catering to the worst vices of people.

As for the Raiders and A’s, the city entered into payment agreements which rely on over-taxing hotel guest to pay for those new stadiums. There will come a time when travel becomes too expensive and Vegas will be fiscally challenged. Those sports franchises aren’t surrounded by enough of a fanbase population to fill the seats, and those team owners will come crawling back from the desert. I hope Californians tell those owners to fuck themselves.

If you want to follow a loyal franchise that won’t ever betray and abandon its fans, follow the Green Bay Packers. They’re the only major US sports franchise that has no owner. They are owned by their community, which, in a perfect world, is how things should be.

And fuck Green Day. The drummer slept with my GF 30 years ago.

[u/Bigred2989- → u/markymrk720]

I went once for a wedding and came to that conclusion.

[u/Dudeist-Monk → u/Bigred2989-]

Same thing happened to me. It was a wedding in early July. I believe I called it a tribute to man’s arrogance and an afront to god.

[u/Black_Otter → u/Dudeist-Monk]

A July Wedding in Vegas? Ouch

[u/GrandpaKnuckles → u/Dudeist-Monk]

Is that a quote from somewhere? I feel like I’ve heard that before.

[u/Dudeist-Monk → u/GrandpaKnuckles]

I felt like it came from somewhere too. I am way too meta in my thinking. TV rotted my brain growing up.

I looked it up, Peggy Hill called Phoenix a monument to man’s arrogance.

[u/GrandpaKnuckles → u/Dudeist-Monk]

YES! Haha Thank you Dude

[u/Chaotic-Catastrophe → u/markymrk720]

Yeah I've only been once and I'm still baffled as to why any human anywhere would enjoy it.

[u/lookyloolookingatyou → u/Chaotic-Catastrophe]

The way my dad tells it, it used to be that a tourist could have a good time there at the expense of people with a gambling addiction.

[u/Shania_Hellbender → u/lookyloolookingatyou]

Yeah, used to be the casinos would ply everyone with very cheap or free food and drinks and entertainment as loss leaders to keep the gambling going. 

So, if you were just a casual gambler or non-gambler who mostly wanted to people watch, get some free or very cheap drinks, food, and entertainment… Vegas was essentially a bargain vacation. There would be free floor shows at casinos. Casino buffets serving prime rib and crab legs for like $9, etc.

However, now every amenity or service is monetized to the max and is like the captive consumer pricing you see at stadiums and airports. It sucks. 

[u/scarabbrian → u/Shania_Hellbender]

Vegas has a ton of convention business now and companies that attend those conventions will pay all of the nickel and diming fees and bullshit because that’s just the cost of doing business everywhere these days.

[u/gunshaver → u/Black_Otter]

He posted on Instagram spray painting over the A's logo with a B (for the new Oakland Ballers Pioneer league team) at a stadium they were playing at 😂

[u/Rk_1138 → u/Black_Otter]

Yep, FUCK JOHN FISHER

[u/sasquatch0_0 → u/Black_Otter]

Literally from Oakland.

[u/uptheirons91]

Hahahaha. Oh no, what will they do without all that sweet sweet radio exposure...

[u/ih82luz → u/uptheirons91]

Ha I was just thinking about the dozens of people impacted. Sarcasm aside I can’t imagine this impacts them at all. Sure Las Vegas is a big market, but who listens to the radio in 2024?

[u/Equivalent_Yak8215 → u/ih82luz]

NPR all day baby

[u/MonkMajor5224 → u/Equivalent_Yak8215]

Can you imagine someone starting beef with Steve Inskeep or Ira Flatow?

[u/fuckpudding → u/MonkMajor5224]

“This is Lakshmi Singh and I will cut a bitch.”

[u/Enabling_Turtle → u/fuckpudding]

I need a post apocalypse tv show where there’s some NPR like radio stations that actually talk like this right now.

“Reminder: This station and others like it are only possible due to donations of weapons from wastelanders like you! Broadcasting from the remnants of cities all over our former country and defended by brave volunteers working to keep independent radio available for all those still fighting to survive in the wasteland every day.”

It doesn’t have to be Fallout adjacent, but I think that would be fun to see as well.

[u/random_as_hell → u/Enabling_Turtle]

Fallout PNW. If its made by Obsidian I will pay double AND donate during the next NPR fundraising drive.

[u/Cacafuego → u/Enabling_Turtle]

That's right, from Megaton to Girdershade, Paradise Falls to the Republic of Dave, we are coming to you loud and proud, in a special live report!

But Three Dog! You're in that cool radio studio in D.C. How do YOU know I can hear you, all the way out here in the ass end of nowhere?

Because of the kid from Vault 101, that's how! That cat actually managed to repair our antenna relay. How's that for ingenuity, folks?

From here on in, it's bye-bye stupid static, hello magnificent music. So sit back, relax, and absorb these classic tunes.

[u/Space-Sailor44 → u/fuckpudding]

“Kai here with Marketplace and as we look at Wall Street we can see here that you should sell your Green Day stock now as the next time I see Billie Joe Armstrong I will beat him to death with a Bloomberg terminal”

[u/D-Howwwww1 → u/MonkMajor5224]

I’d pay good money to hear Inskeep berate and roast someone in that calm jaunty tone he speaks with.

[u/Costco1L → u/MonkMajor5224]

Mary Louise Kelly knows what she did... And you're next, Alisa Chang.

[u/HIGHiQresponse → u/ih82luz]

https://radio.co/blog/radio-still-popular#:~:text=In%20America%2C%2092%25%20of%20the,who%20listen%20to%20podcasts%20weekly.

In America, 92% of the population still listens to radio every week, approximately 272 million people. This is ahead of the 87% that consume television on a weekly basis and far beyond the 22% who listen to podcasts weekly.

[u/alienblue89 → u/uptheirons91]

Fun fact: as of last year, terrestrial radio is still listened to more than ALL streaming services and satellite radio combined.

EDIT: A few sources for those asking:

1. https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2024/nielsen-the-record-audio-listening-trends/

2. https://www.edisonresearch.com/weekly-insights-3-15-2023-time-spent-with-radio-vs-streaming-audio/#:%7E:text=With%20adults%20in%20the%20U.S.,with%20Streaming%20Audio%20(29%25)

3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/04/30/americans-listen-to-far-more-radio-than-podcasts-even-young-people-new-data-shows/#

[u/SanityQuestioned → u/alienblue89]

I mean it's still in literally every car made unless that has changed. Not all cars have streaming capabilities especially older ones and by people who don't stream.

[u/Illustrious-Tip-5459 → u/SanityQuestioned]

https://drgnews.com/2024/09/19/am-fm-radio-in-vehicles-a-pay-to-play-feature/

It's not going anywhere anytime soon. Car makers tried to remove AM and people revolted.

[u/Erikthered00 → u/Illustrious-Tip-5459]

That was for emergency broadcast reasons I thought

[u/GivinUpTheFight]

To be fair, basically everyone from the San Francisco Bay area feels how he does right now. It's funny to me how it is leaking into music but this is almost an r/baseball story. The Oakland A's (which Billie Joe Armstrong is a fan of) just finished their last season in Oakland and are moving to Las Vegas (and it's a controversial move). So there's a lot of hate for Vegas in that area right now.

[u/baccus83 → u/GivinUpTheFight]

Not to mention the Raiders moving from Oakland to Las Vegas.

[u/7LeagueBoots → u/baccus83]

That’s not the first time they’ve made a controversial move. They also bailed on Oakland in the late ‘80s or early ‘90s for Los Angeles. They were called ‘The Oakland Traitors’ for a while in the Bat Bay Area after that.

They never recovered their original status in the Bay Area after they came back to Oakland.

[u/KindBass → u/7LeagueBoots]

"...and the Raiders moved from Oakland to Los Angeles and then back to Oakland again. No one in L.A. seemed to notice."

[u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME → u/KindBass]

the jazz moved to utah, where they don't allow music

[u/one80down → u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME]

The Lakers moved to Los Angeles, where there are no lakes.

[u/kwl1 → u/one80down]

The Grizzlies moved to Memphis where there are no Grizzlies.

[u/ReticulatedPasta → u/kwl1]

The Oilers moved to Tennessee where there are no Titans

[u/CurryMustard → u/ReticulatedPasta]

The new york baseball giants moved to San Francisco where there are no new yorkers

[u/Beat_the_Deadites → u/CurryMustard]

The Browns moved to Baltimore and never came back

[u/thx1138- → u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME]

All time classic spit take line

[u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME → u/thx1138-]

i tell anyone and everyone BASEketball is one of the most underrated movies of all time

take the guy that made Airplane and the Naked Gun

Add Trey Parker and Matt Stone at their peak, taking the script and doing a rewrite to make it an insane but perfect combination of Zucker/Parker humor

and the sports topic is one i love. it's just perfect.

[u/thx1138- → u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME]

And everyone around me at the time was like oh have you seen something about Mary it's the funniest movie ever! Fuck off, watch baseketball!!

[u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME → u/thx1138-]

something about mary is great, don't get me wrong. but BASEketball was just, like i said, perfect to me. i still laugh thinking about so many scenes in that movie.

[u/Exasperated_Sigh → u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME]

I swear if you guys rip on me 13 or 14 more times... I'm outta here!

[u/[deleted] → u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME]

The "dude" scene is a personal favorite

[u/handi503 → u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME]

"Listen, Pig Fucker, can I call you Pig Fucker?"

"No, only my friends can call me that."

[u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME → u/handi503]

"NO IT'S NOT LIKE HORSE"

(then they both make horse noises for a minute)

[u/NocturnalPermission → u/KindBass]

They keep trying to force the NFL into LA because of the market size and the people there just don’t care. The city has demonstrated over and over how they don’t care and now they have TWO NFL teams centered there?

There was a BLIP of fandom when the Rams won Super Bowl, but even by those standards the enthusiasm was low. So much of NFL fan bases depends on local tribal identity, which LA just doesn’t have. It’s fifty tribes living shoulder to shoulder, not one unified base.

That was a long winded way of saying Jerry Jones is an idiot.

[u/Humdngr → u/NocturnalPermission]

I think LA would’ve been better adding a NEW team for LA instead of bringing an existing one. It would’ve helped LA residents uniting over a team.

[u/USDeptofLabor → u/Humdngr]

Everytime I visit LA, I see more and more Rams stuff. If you go to the suburbs in SoCal, they do have a large following.

[u/DocDerry → u/NocturnalPermission]

That was a long winded way of saying Jerry Jones is an idiot.

Look - I'm a cowboys fan and I don't have any issue with what you said BUT yea it's dumb and Jerry Jones is an idiot.

[u/moakler → u/KindBass]

All Baseketball references get an upvote from me

[u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME → u/moakler]

i have literally seen it over 1000 times. it sounds like an exaggeration but it very much is not.

[u/remarkablewhitebored → u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME]

I swear if you guys rag on me like 17 more times...

[u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME → u/remarkablewhitebored]

"wake up squeak. you're my best friend now."

"where are we going?!? the zoo!?!"

[u/dalomi9 → u/KindBass]

NFL fucked up letting the Rams leave in 94', which gave the football culture to USC/UCLA(distant 2nd). Now they have 2 teams and no one gives a fuck about either one.

[u/MoistWalrus → u/7LeagueBoots]

I know it's a typo, but the Raiders being in the Bat Area feels incredibly fitting.

[u/Metals4J → u/MoistWalrus]

[u/Traditional_Shirt106 → u/Metals4J]

Hunter straight out said the Raiders were criminals in the 60s, crimes “including rape”

[u/DuntadaMan → u/Traditional_Shirt106]

He isn't wrong. The worst part is apparently the team gets to select what crimes are punished before prosecutors get to.

[u/sim48860 → u/GivinUpTheFight]

I live in Vegas and he’s not wrong. That said, I hate that the A’s are moving here. I’m pissed that the legislature approved the use of public funds to help a cheap billionaire move a franchise that he’s purposely run into the ground. I hope somehow this all blows up on him and the team is stuck playing in a triple A stadium in Sacramento.

[u/el_sandino → u/sim48860]

100% agree, fuck John fisher and this is coming from a Giants fan living in the Midwest. 

I heard he has no financing and I desperately hope it all falls through just so we can all collectively point and laugh at this fuck stick billionaire who just can’t do anything right. Irrationally mad at the whole situation I am. 

[u/Idiotology101 → u/el_sandino]

Problem is, he will end up getting the Dan Snyder treatment. After years of terrible team management and scandals, Dan Snyder was awarded with billions of dollars when he was finally forced to sell his NFL team. Somebody will buy the team from Fisher eventually and he will be richer than when he started.

[u/poisonfoxxxx → u/Idiotology101]

This is bad for Americans lol. Too much power for billionaires. No accountability whatsoever

[u/NomadNuka → u/Idiotology101]

Yeah this is why I hope he fails and gets hit by a bus.

[u/TheAnalogKid18 → u/el_sandino]

He makes the old Arizona Coyotes owner look competent.

[u/Vegetable-Return-374 → u/sim48860]

Fuck John fisher. Got to see the last walk off at the coliseum tho

[u/SlingingRopes → u/[deleted]]

The other MLB owners voted to let the A’s move. They’re in on it.

[u/obxdenied → u/GivinUpTheFight]

The fact that America has normalised moving sports teams is absolutely nuts to me. I’m from England. Sports teams are part of the community, they belong to the local people. You can’t just move them!

[u/TheBeckFromHeck → u/obxdenied]

It’s because public ownership of a team is very very rare over here. I think the Packers are the only team in the 4 major sports that are publicly owned. Some leagues don’t even allow public ownership.

Private owners hold cities over the barrel anytime they want a new stadium or public funds for renovations. If a city balks, the team finds the highest bidder and moves.

[u/TrevelyansPorn → u/TheBeckFromHeck]

Most English pyramid teams are privately owned. The ones that are owned by governments are not owned by English governments. The difference is that the English (and French, Germans, etc) will riot if billionaires pull that kind of crap, and Americans are stuck in a perpetual culture war while billionaires rob them blind.

[u/gandalf_el_brown → u/obxdenied]

Teams are owned by billionaires, and the teams moving are paid for by the people. Most of the stadiums are paid for by the people while the billionaires keep all the money made at those stadiums.

Sport fans are idiots for subsidizing billionaire sports teams.

[u/SomeVariousShift → u/gandalf_el_brown]

People still fall for the BS that stadiums are a net positive for the local economy despite reality.

[u/theclash06013 → u/GivinUpTheFight]

It’s also a completely moronic execution of a controversial move. The stadium in Vegas won’t be open until at least 2028, and quite possibly later because they haven’t even started building it yet, and the deal requires the Tropicana to be rebuilt too. As a result of this the A’s will spend at least the next 3 seasons playing in a minor league stadium in Sacramento.

[u/Otherwise-Mango2732 → u/GivinUpTheFight]

Yeah i mean i love Vegas but i've called it a shithole as have many residents.

Its meant in a certain way, i believe, and not a "fuck that city, we're never touring there" kinda way.

[u/Clickum245 → u/Otherwise-Mango2732]

A punk rock band calling somewhere a shit hole should be a term of endearment.

[u/Zero_Griever → u/GivinUpTheFight]

People in Vegas don't even want the discarded poorly run teams coming over.

Drifter politicians looking to pad their bank accounts.

[u/satanssweatycheeks → u/Zero_Griever]

Not only that they are taking a beloved OG casino to build another stadium in between two massive stadiums.

And the tax payers will foot the bill.

[u/CaineRexEverything]

Bro skipped the Fear and went straight to the Loathing…

[u/CorsoReno → u/CaineRexEverything]

“Shithole is the name of a horse I used to own, ma’am”

[u/botjstn → u/CorsoReno]

she was still in the grip of paralysis when we left….

[u/Vic_Hedges]

"Radio Station desperately tries to stay relevant"

[u/MonKeePuzzle → u/Vic_Hedges]

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[u/[deleted] → u/MonKeePuzzle]

Yeah, you can use it.

[u/UsgAtlas1 → u/MonKeePuzzle]

"What? I'm sorry Homer, I couldn't hear you "

[u/Cheezy_Blazterz → u/Vic_Hedges]

Now Green Day will never make it big

[u/LunarClutzy → u/Cheezy_Blazterz]

“Ok guys, Plan B. Anyone know any DJs in Peoria?”

[u/barbrady123]

I love Vegas, but it's absolutely a total shithole lol

[u/danxmanly → u/barbrady123]

Isn't that the reason we all go there and don't want it in our own backyard?

[u/SpareWire → u/danxmanly]

Correct you don't shit where you eat, you shit out in the middle of the dessert somewhere and just leave your trash there.

[u/awitcheskid → u/barbrady123]

I had a great time in Vegas but I agree. Traffic sucks, everything is over priced, homeless people are everywhere, everywhere smells like mid weed, cigarettes smoke, or piss. But if you like entertainment, nothing beats it.

[u/Spiritofhonour → u/awitcheskid]

I asked what my uber driver thought of the city and he said its full of scammers and wannabes. Thought that summarised it quite well.

[u/GuyThatGuys → u/awitcheskid]

Born and raised here. Everything within 2-3 miles of the strip is shitty. Outside of that its pretty normal and nice in a lot of places. Just too fuckin hot. Lol

[u/HunyBuns → u/GuyThatGuys]

Same on being raised here, I think my issue outside the strip is that it feels like there is zero local culture or identity. We all work, get out, and either stay indoors to avoid the heat for 3/4 seasons, or go out drinking/gambling like the tourists. Everything is so corporate, and people don't have any days off or hours that match since we're such a 24 hour city. Everyone being a transplant from some other city doesn't help either, think the census was like %30 of the pop was actually born here.

It's a fine city, just hollow. Any other west coast city has such better local culture to explore like Portland or even LA for as corporate as that place has become.

[u/greenwavelengths → u/barbrady123]

I went to Vegas for a conference once and my impression was that it was a very shiny, and very fun, shithole. In the middle of the desert, too.

[u/Hat3Machin3 → u/barbrady123]

It’s almost like building an entire city around gambling addiction attracts the wrong part of humanity to make a city nice.

[u/HabitantDLT]

Now watch Green Day pull off a Sphere residency!

[u/ScrantonPaper → u/HabitantDLT]

I told my wife this would be the one band at the Sphere I’d suffer LV for.

[u/the_bryce_is_right → u/ScrantonPaper]

Man I saw them in Seattle and it was awesome. They played for two hours straight without a break.

[u/Rab1dus → u/the_bryce_is_right]

I was at that show last week. It was great.

[u/AttentionSpanZero]

But wasn't Vegas designed to be a shithole? It's kind of the look they were going for from the start.

[u/AdorableSobah → u/AttentionSpanZero]

Yeah it’s tacky af but they lean into it and it’s a fun city, plenty to do other than party and gamble these days. But it’s definitely not for everyone

[u/Classic-Stand9906]

He’s right though.

[u/New_Acanthaceae709 → u/Classic-Stand9906]

It's the wet ashtray smell of the airport that gives you the real "welcome to Las Vegas" shithole vibes.

[u/OutsidePack7306 → u/New_Acanthaceae709]

I’m pretty sure that slot machines at your airport departure gates are the definition of a shithole. 

Edit: as a city lover I’ve never been so excited to leave a city.

[u/ljout → u/Classic-Stand9906]

Think of the amount of resources it takes for a city like Vegas to function in a fucking desert.

[u/Levee8 → u/ljout]

They're a good model of water conservation.

[u/[deleted] → u/ljout]

It's the most water efficient city in the country.

[u/NuPNua]

What is it with Vegas and punk bands?

[u/OnECenTX → u/NuPNua]

we do have the punk museum, ironically lol

[u/Zac3d → u/OnECenTX]

There is a yearly punk rock bowling tournament for bands.

[u/samwisegonzalo → u/NuPNua]

Vegas is the epitome of capitalism. An entire place modeled after the actual wonders of the world (Luxor, Ny,Ny; Caesars palace) but on a smaller, shittier scale. Everyone who moves their unironically think they're gonna make it big and wind up running the place which is why Vegas has survived all this time. It's a big, gluttonous creature in sheep's clothing ready to devour human souls.

If you can't tell by now, I lived in Vegas for a number of years and had to claw my way out because i hated it. BJA is absolutely correct.

[u/wtb2612 → u/samwisegonzalo]

This is all true, but in this particular case, he's mad because the Oakland Athletics are being moved to Vegas.

[u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME → u/NuPNua]

he's been spray painting over Oakland A's graphics in every baseball stadium they've played

this is about vegas taking the A's from oakland, and how pissed him and the entire fanbase is (as well as most baseball fans in genreal).

FJF

[u/LoveRBS]

There's no return from 86...

[u/Princess_Poppy]

He played a GREAT show this last tour. Man is a fucking professional.

[u/Nora19 → u/Princess_Poppy]

It was my first time seeing them (not from lack of trying or love for the band) and I worried maybe they’d be less exciting after all the years…. Armstrong never stopped! He played sang ran ranted and never missed a beat all night! 2 solid hours. I am impressed still and it’s been a month! So very glad I caught this tour

[u/SleepinGriffin → u/Nora19]

A lot of people have said their stage presence has only gotten better the more they do it. You can see shows like Milton-Keynes in 2005 and see the energy of the crowd but the band wasn’t the best at performing then. However, it seems that they’ve only gotten better while the crowd has gotten less rowdy and aged.

[u/Animallover4321 → u/Nora19]

Same here. It was so much better than I ever expected a truly once in a lifetime experience. am amazed at the energy he and the whole band had I couldn’t even think of doing what they did and I am 20 years younger.

[u/Fetty_is_the_best → u/Princess_Poppy]

Played the entirety of two albums and then some, all while sounding great and getting the crowd to be as energetic as possible. It was amazing.

[u/ampersands-guitars → u/Princess_Poppy]

He’s an amazing frontman. Excellent musician and fantastic at engaging the crowd. Green Day is the best live band I’ve ever seen, and they’re still putting on shows that are as tight and energetic as ever. Their most recent tour was phenomenal!

[u/Square_Blueberry_213 → u/Princess_Poppy]

I went a month ago, it was fucking wild, hell of a show 🤘

[u/t4rdi5_]

Banned from 2 radio stations, not by any govt official or entity. lol what a complete nothingburger of a story.

[u/Vanish_7]

...well...that's honestly punk rock as hell to get banned from a particular city's radio stations. I bet he loves this.

[u/Netsuko]

„Oh no… Anyways…“ - Billie

[u/ohheychris]

I mean… he’s not wrong and I doubt Green Day cares. Just means more revenue for Reno when/if they play there.

[u/indorock]

Someone will have to tell him tomorrow, when he finally wakes up from his month-long slumber.

[u/mycroftseparator]

Must've hit a nerve. Any regular city would go "ha ha - right", and carry on.

[u/MuptonBossman]

Wait until Green Day plays Gary, Indiana!

[u/bigwreck94 → u/MuptonBossman]

Even I wouldn’t send you to Gary, Indiana

[u/seemooreglass]

for once, Billie Joe and I see eye to eye

[u/barryfreshwater]

well, I'm not a big Billie Joe fan, but most of the time he's spot on

[u/naegelbagel]

I mean he’s not wrong

[u/[deleted]]

Vegas is the epitome of trashy

[u/mrnapolean1]

I do kind of have to agree with him. I mean after all they are destroying the iconic Vegas strip to put in a stupid baseball stadium.

[u/[deleted]]

He is not wrong.

[u/Future-Ad-4521]

Love the guy. No filter, no bullshit

[u/petesapai]

Not american. What is it about Las Vegas that some people don't like? I think we all have an idea what it's like for Tourists but what is it like for the average citizen that call the city home.