Numbers show Las Vegas tourism has long path to recovery
The Las Vegas Strip at the Flamingo is active during Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Visitors walk about the Fremont Experience about the Golden Gate and Circa during Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Las Vegan Matt Cremeans bikes down stairs of a pedestrian bridge on the Strip on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. "When will we ever get a chance to ride like this again?," he said. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenkschmidt_
Pedestrians work their way down and up the bridge that crosses East Flamingo Road between Caesars Palace and the Bellagio during Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A view looking towards the Plaza from the Fremont Street Experience following Gov. Steve Sisolak's statewide order that non-essential businesses shut down for the next 30 days in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
The Las Vegas Strip is largely empty after Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered a mandatory shutdown of most nonessential businesses in the state due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. Photo taken on Friday, March 20, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
A quiet morning on the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @EliPagePhoto
The Las Vegas Strip about the Paris Las Vegas is active during Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A cyclist makes their way past the Bellagio along the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Traffic is heavy along the Las Vegas Strip across from the Bellagio during Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A boarded up entrance to the Bellagio along the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
A Bellagio entrance flows with visitors during Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Nevada casinos were ordered to shut down to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in March. Six months later, most — but not all — have reopened. It’s still unclear when tourism, Las Vegas’ financial lifeblood, will recover.
