Las Vegas is throwing a party. That’s when fireworks will explode off of seven casino rooftops to celebrate the Fourth of July. It will also mark more than one month of casinos being at 100% capacity.

Who knew that the World of Concrete Convention this week would spark the recovery of Las Vegas as the first big event to take place in more than a year in the country, much less in the state of Nevada?

The nation’s first big convention since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic kicked off this week in Las Vegas. Tourism experts hope the World of Concrete event will spur the city’s casino-based economy.

A rapidly recovering Las Vegas will take center stage in the global tourism industry on Monday, when World of Concrete is the first major trade show in the United States since the COVID pandemic wiped out the lucrative business of conventions and meetings.

A rapidly recovering Las Vegas will be the focus of the global tourism industry Monday, when World of Concrete stages the first major trade show in the United States since the COVID pandemic wiped out the lucrative convention and meeting business.

With many venues already operating at full capacity, some casinos in Las Vegas are holding job fairs to recruit staff.

With Nevada casinos opening at 100 percent capacity on Tuesday, Boyd Gaming in Las Vegas is holding its fourth job fair soon to fill openings. Other casinos in Las Vegas and across the country are hiring, too.

People ready to declare Las Vegas is “back” are a bit premature, experts in and around Nevada’s gaming and tourism industries say.