Economic data released early this year paints an unsettled picture for the Las Vegas economy as it enters 2026. While the region closed out 2025 with decent performance from casino operators, a combination of shaky employment figures and a persistent lag in Vegas tourism visitation has created a climate of uncertainty for southern Nevada. According to a recent report from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, the city workforce is beginning to feel the impact of a broader slowdown. Las Vegas lost 4,700 jobs between September and November of last year. The leisure and hospitality sector accounted for…

A leading economic expert in Nevada has determined that it could take up to three years for Vegas economy to fully return to where it was before the Coronavirus outbreak. Jeremy Aguero is theprincipal analyst with Applied Analysis of Las Vegas. In a recent conversation with Nevada Newsmakers he noted that the Vegas economy is “modeling somewhere between an 18-month to 36-month recovery.” When asked about a possible three-years-to-recovery scenario, Aguero said “it is a very high likelihood that it could happen. Not that it is absolute but I think we have to understand that it is a function of…