Analyst: Las Vegas has ‘a lot to be concerned about’ with rising gas, jet fuel prices

Thursday, April 2, 2026 2:19 PM
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  • Mick Akers, Las Vegas Review-Journal

No city has more riding on summer fuel prices than Las Vegas.

Patrick De Haan, lead petroleum analyst for GasBuddy, said Wednesday that summer travel could be affected across the U.S. by rising fuel prices, but especially in Southern Nevada, if President Donald Trump doesn’t work out a plan to end the war in Iran, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and get oil moving again.

“Las Vegas probably should be a little anxious on that here because your summer could be make or break by jet fuel prices, which have surged,” De Haan said.