Las Vegas recently hosted around 100,000 guests, driven by major events like NASCAR weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Raiders and Rebels games.
Despite these events, the city's hospitality sector faces challenges, according to Paul Anthony, a long-time food server on the Strip.
There are a lot of people having a lot of issues - hurting - so we're dealing with that now
Convention attendance in August was down 8% compared to the previous year, but the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) with 25,000 attendees offered some hope.
Author summary: Las Vegas economy boosted by major events.