2015-07-24
Friday, July 17, around 4 p.m., there was a massive fire on the Interstate 15 that forced it to be shut down on both sides for a long period of time. As you know, the I-15 is the only real way to get to/from SoCal to Las Vegas. My guess is those wanting to go to Vegas from SoCal never made it - turning around and going home instead. How much did this fire cost Las Vegas as far as lost revenue for hotels and gambling? Being a "nothing" weekend in July probably minimized the damage. If this had been something like New Year’s Eve weekend or a weekend once college/pro football was underway how much more would the lost revenue have been?