Nearly half of Las Vegas’ visitors last year were millennials or Gen-Z, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Within the span of single decades, the city’s population has frequently doubled. To give just one example: Between 1940 and 1950, the city’s population grew from around 8,000 to more than 24,000, a nearly 200% increase. By 2020, it had more than 640,000 residents, according to the Census Bureau — an 80-fold increase in the same number of years.

On the face of it, a drop of 7.8% in the overall number of visitors to Vegas is a startling reality. The city’s tourism-based economy relies heavily on the dollars that out-of-towners spend in their hotels, restaurants, bars, casinos, and more.

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Naughty Patty’s is bringing gourmet smash burgers to The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas' Block 16 Urban Food Hall this summer, starting with a Memorial Day weekend pop-up, and the first 25 attendees can win a year of free smash burgers.

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