According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, it's estimated that 320,000 people will be coming to Las Vegas. That's a decrease from the 326,000 who visited in 2024, but the LVCVA still anticipates a $12 million increase in spending this holiday weekend compared to last year.

Immigration policies and evolving tariff proposals have taken a toll on the city’s economy and job prospects, affecting tourism, housing and the cost of living. Those factors, alongside rising costs for tourists and locals, along with a high unemployment rate, suggest people are spending their money elsewhere. And residents are feeling the squeeze.

Despite what you may have seen on the internet lately, Las Vegas is not dead. The casinos are not empty. The streets aren't bare. If I'm being honest here, I wouldn't have minded a little less crowding during my little mid-August gals' jaunt to Sin City in an ill-fated attempt to see Kelly Clarkson, who canceled her residency there this month. But the vibe in Vegas is different. It's a slow summer, and it shows.

Though foot traffic has dipped across Las Vegas, the Entertainment Capital of the World is far from “dead” as visitors and locals flock to budget locations that provide “value.” Visitor volume is down 11.3% in June, according to the Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority; more than 3 million people visited the Las Vegas Valley that month.

Las Vegas isn’t only red hot when it comes to gambling, over-the-top hotels, and wild nightlife. The Mojave Desert notoriously reaches sizzling temperatures in the summer, so it comes as no surprise that Sin City’s visitor numbers typically drop during the hotter months of the year. But this year, Las Vegas has fewer visitors than in previous summers. How is the city responding to this year’s tourism decline?

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In June, we reported on the Las Vegas metropolitan area ending 2024 with an unemployment rate of 5.9%, the highest of all major metro areas in the U.S. Things haven’t changed a lot this year, according to a recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report that currently names Las Vegas as the third-largest metro region in terms of jobless rates at 5.8%. The area is only surpassed by California’s Riverside at 5.9% and Fresno at 8.5%.

Las Vegas’ jobless rate was again among the highest in the nation for big metro areas in June, new data shows, as tourism keeps sliding in America’s casino capital. The Las Vegas-area’s unemployment rate, 5.8 percent, was third highest among the 50-plus metro areas with at least a million people, according to non-seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.