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Article: Top Las Vegas Business Stories of 2002 Reviewed.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- December 29, 2002
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Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 29--In the days and weeks immediately following Sept. 11, 2001, those who claimed the terrorist attacks would ravage Las Vegas' tourism-based economy were out in abundance.
"Las Vegas (is) hurting," USA Today wrote Sept. 21, only 10 days after the attacks. "Hotel occupancy was at least 30 percent off normal levels last weekend; 240 meetings, conventions and trade shows due there in the next 60 days have backed out."
That same day, Australia's Sydney Morning Herald wrote, "The American tourism industry is just about out for the count ... (and) the entertainment strip at Las ...