Best & Worst 2008: The year in Vegas
The Monte Carlo fire may have been an ominous sign of what was to come.
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Monte CarloThe Movable Buffet: Sin City never has a dull moment By Richard Abowitz Like a bad omen, January put Vegas in the national news for all the wrong reasons with a fire at the Monte Carlo. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt, but it was a portent for a scary year, a year marked by record-breaking plunges in tourist volume, the bankruptcy of the Tropicana and many other resort companies reeling from the fallout from a national recession. This was actually surprising to many who believed Las Vegas, as conventional folk wisdom put it, was recession-proof. Still, even in a slow year Vegas offered plenty of new and exciting ventures. |
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