Nevada has more Starbucks stores per resident than any other state

One reason: The caffeine-craze driven by Las Vegas' 24-hour economy where many casino workers never sleep, or so it seems. (Second column item.) (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Comments

[RC of strangeculture]

I wonder if they're for people traveling through and non-residents...i wonder how the stats would differ if they included hotel occupancy.

--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com

[James the Barista]

I think it was a wise investment for Starbucks...finally a place where 24 hour stores can bloom.

[joy]

I think you also have to look at the proportion of state residents who live in Vegas (largest city in NV, obviously) as compared to the proportion of residents who live in major cities in other states. With that taken into consideration, it makes more sense. What other states have 18% of their residents all living in one city?

[Leigh-Ann]

Speaking as a Las Vegas resident, I can only think of one Starbucks which is actually open 24 hours (it's near the Hard Rock Hotel). I live in a completely residential area of Vegas, about 25 miles north of the Strip, and we have five Starbucks within about a four mile radius (if you include one in the grocery store). They don't keep good hours, though -- the closest one to our house is usually closed by 9:30 pm.

Just a question, but I was wondering about some of the starbucks customers. Like, what kind of job do these middle aged people in business attire have that allows them to sit in starbucks for two hours in the middle of the day? (I want to persue this kind of "work"). Also, who is going for coffee on a weeknight after about 9:30pm? I've seen places BUSY late at night with people that seem to have real jobs (again, a kind of work I want to sign up for).

[barista chica]

considering the amount of tourists that town gets, the stats are skewed quite a bit...

I thought all Starbucks (the actual stores) were open until at least 11:00 pm. Or am I wrong here? I know in my city, all of them are open until then.
Ours is poen until 11, and we have to kick out at least 20 people each night when we close. As to what these people do for a living, I am still trying to figure that out... We have one guy that comes in every day, all day, and sits with his laptop. We thought he was working from it, but no, he spends all day writing a fake blog, and surfing random websites. How this guy can live I would love to know, because I would love to do that all day.

[Florida Barista]

No not all of the Starbucks are open until 11. In the city they usually are but I just transfered to a Starbucks in the suburbs and we close at 9, and 8 on Sunday. If you don't get the business that late at night, why bother stay open?

[higgins]

Check out this map and you'll see that there are a gazillion Starbucks all over town, far far from the Strip and where the tourists hang out.

[Leigh-Ann]

Just a question, but I was wondering about some of the starbucks customers. Like, what kind of job do these middle aged people in business attire have that allows them to sit in starbucks for two hours in the middle of the day? (I want to persue this kind of "work"). Also, who is going for coffee on a weeknight after about 9:30pm? I've seen places BUSY late at night with people that seem to have real jobs (again, a kind of work I want to sign up for).

Anyone sitting in a suit in a Starbucks may be on their way to work or home from work, for example, sitting on a laptop and completing work at the end of the day, after they've already put in 8 or 9 hours. Perhaps not a job you'd want after all ;-)

As for who wants coffee at 9:30 pm, um, I do. My day often doesn't start until about noon, but I tend to be up and working until around 3am, so coffee at 9 or 10 at night seems a perfectly natural craving. I also drink decaf.

The one 24 hour Starbucks in Vegas that I'm aware of is always busy, even in the wee hours. We often stop off there for a drink after attending a concert and the place is full.

The store at Tropicana and Decatur is open 24 hours, and never empty it seems.

There are 66 locations within 5 miles of 89109 (the Strip), including one or more in many of the casinos. All of those are most likely 24 hours.

And if you think the line at your Starbucks is long, try the one inside the Las Vegas Convention Center. I've waited an hour to get coffee at a convention.

[Leigh-Ann]

Yes, the Convention Center Starbucks is always busy, and if I recall, quite expensive.

The Starbucks inside the casinos still have crappy hours, often worse than the Starbucks in surrounding neighbourhoods. At best they're open until 11pm, but the one in the Santa Fe is only open until 9pm. The ones is the MGM and and Mandalay Bay are always closed by the time concerts are over, which is why we end up at the 24 hour store on Paradise.

there is a 24 hours sbux in reno.... viginia and Keitzke it is pretty much always busy maybe at 2 am it gets slow, and from my understanding there is one in Sparks that is going to open up at 24 hours............oh yeah baby

[Jill]

Ah, Starbucks and craps! It doesn't get any better than that on Vegas' strip. We're headed there at the end of the month, and now that Harrah's and others have Starbucks, I know I can recover after one of those long nights that's supposed to stay in Vegas!

[Brittany]

I work nights in vegas and ALL of my regulars are on their way to work, usually in casinos/hotels or hospitals.

I closed one night at my store and gave two quad venti lattes to a regular (he works at the air force base) and came in the next day to work in the afternoon and he came in AGAIN!

Apparently he does it every day. before and after work.

[Coffee House]

I am a coffee nut, so I completly understand why las vegas is crazy for coffee.
Coffee House

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[tv bracket]

This statistics are true and surprising at the same time. I wonder what makes Nevada to be with the most store per resident ratio.