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Article: Airline cuts, high gas prices making Las Vegas tougher to get to and more expensive
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- June 18, 2008
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Sin City is facing hard times.
Soaring fuel prices are forcing airlines to cut flights and jack up fares to this desert oasis. Road trips have become luxury travel with gasoline costing more than $4 a gallon.
And tourists who do make it to Las Vegas are spending less, leading casinos to offer deals just to keep them in their resorts.
"The overall economic uncertainty this country is facing ... makes the outlook for the next several months very murky," said Gary Thompson, spokesman for Harrah's Entertainment Inc., owner of seven Las Vegas casinos.
US Airways Group Inc. announced last week that it was cutting nearly half its Las Vegas flights as part of ...