A leading local economist sees continued prosperity for Southern Nevada, even with several significant challenges ahead, kicking off Preview Las Vegas 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday.
Jeremy Aguero, principal for Las Vegas-based Applied Analysis, emphasized the value of experience as a draw to Southern Nevada, highlighting the continued appeal of sports and entertainment even while addressing issues like homelessness, housing affordability, population growth, debt and inflation.
“We’ve proven all of the skeptics wrong, we are not the greatest ghost town in the world, right? The idea that hockey will never work in the desert. Wrong and wrong,” he said. “It works here.”
