The grassroots group said they are fighting back against the takeover of rideshare companies.Įarlier this year, the Taxi Cab Authority released numbers showing a decline in taxi ridership in 2017. Last month, the group said they boycotted the Bellagio and next month they plan to boycott Mandalay Bay and Delano. On their website, the group says participating cabbies plan not to pick up any passenger from New York-New York hotel-casino for 72 hours starting Thursday morning and continuing every week for the rest of the month.
The battle between taxi cabs and rideshare companies continues on the Las Vegas Strip this weekend.Ī grassroots group known as Vegas Drivers Unite claim they have started to boycott several different Strip hotel-casinos in an effort to fight back against rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft.
