Tourism experts say Las Vegas will be just fine in the weeks and months following the deadly attack. The World Travel and Tourism Council said in a recent note that “visitors are resilient” when it comes to an isolated incident, and most travelers do not relate such an event to the specific locale where it occurred.<\/p>\n
\n“We believe that travel and tourism to Las Vegas will hold up,” the Council concluded. Indeed, Mandalay Bay confirmed last week that three conventions slated for the resort this month will go on as scheduled, as organizers remain committed to hosting the expos there.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
But while tourism and conventions might get back to business as usual, that doesn’t mean casino stocks aren’t a financial risk. As details continue to emerge about events that took place at the hands of a casino high roller holed up on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay, allegations that MGM security could’ve been better equipped to notify law enforcement, and potential future litigation place a dark cloud over gaming businesses in Nevada desert.<\/p>\n
Local Casino Stocks Hold Strong<\/b><\/h2>\n
The lone bright stop as it relates to gambling stocks over the past week came from casinos largely engaged in the so-called locals market.<\/p>\n
Boyd Gaming, which owns three casinos in downtown Las Vegas and multiple off-Strip venues on the outskirts of Las Vegas, saw its stock climb 5.6 percent over the past week, from $26.05 to $27.50.<\/p>\n
Red Rock Resorts, the publicly traded arm of the Fertitta brothers’ Station Casinos, has also gained value, with shares ticking up 2.4 percent, from $23.16 to $23.71.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Publicly traded casino stocks associated with Las Vegas seem to be missing out on a wildly bullish phase for Wall Street. While shares haven’t dropped as much as some analysts predicted in the week following the Oct. 1 Mandalay Bay shooting that left 59 dead (including perpetrator Stephan Paddock), the companies aren’t gaining value either, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":60626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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