LAS VEGAS _ Resorts rise, resorts fall (or get strategically imploded). Brands are born, go dim, then sometimes are reborn. So goes business as usual in Las Vegas, which draws more than 40 million tourists annually and will be unveiling new hotels, a new football stadium and an expanded convention center in the coming months.
Here's a roundup of this and more.
Before plunging ahead, a note about hotel rooms and prices. The city's hotel room inventory has hovered around 150,000 for several years. The average daily room rate for the first nine months of 2019 was $133; that's $143 on the Strip and $72 in the humbler properties downtown. When browsing prices, beware of resort fees, which often add $35 or more a night to your bill yet are often omitted from advertised rates.
