Slate article about whether or not Vegas is "dead"

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Pretty sure the diversification into non-gaming revenue sources has been highly successful.

Then why are there about a million stories involving tourism decline, revenue decline, hotel occupancy declines over the last 10 years?

ANY data you look at shows decline.

And anyone that lives and plays here regularly doesn't even need to see this data to know, it ain't the way it used to be just 8-10-12 years ago.

That is a recent decline from peak earnings, and is commonly attributed to excessive prices and fees.

The diversification in question began long ago. 30 years ago maybe?