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WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Gets Honest About Las Vegas
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The city of Las Vegas has been in the news lately over reports of the city's recent economic struggles. As someone who has to travel to Sin City for games and other sporting events, WNBA star Sophie Cunningham had some thoughts on the state of the city.

On the latest episode of her "Show Me Something" podcast, Cunningham stated point-blank that she does not like Las Vegas and dreads people asking her to go there with them.

"I don’t like Vegas," Cunningham said. "When people are like, ‘Oh, Vegas!’ I’m like, ah s---."

After her podcast co-host complained that the city just seemed sad to him, Cunningham remarked that Vegas has a certain "smell" that compels her to wash all of her cloths after leaving. Ultimately, Cunningham simply doesn't like the experience.

"Every time that I’m there, there’s just that smell Vegas has, and I have to wash everything. It’s just like that smell," she said. "Everyone that lives in Vegas, like off the strip and in the suburbs, everyone says it’s awesome. But I just never experienced that so I’m just like eh. But everyone loves it."

The reports on the situation with Las Vegas don't paint a pretty picture. Despite adding several professional sports franchises to the city over the past 10 years after decades without having any, all indications are that tourism is way down and that people are starting to feel priced out of the city.

Some have argued that the hotels and resorts are simply charging too much upfront, whether it's from the resort fees or the higher floor for making basic bets inside the casinos, the general sentiment is that it's more expensive than ever to have even a little fun.

Identifying the problem is bound to be easier than the solution though.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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