No one knows how many people will be in town this week when NFL draft festivities begin Thursday.
But it will be a lot – almost certainly a record-breaking number – and the economic impact is expected to shatter all Las Vegas and NFL standards for a special event.
“Las Vegas’ tourism industry was built for signature special events like this, and we are ready,” said Virginia Valentine, president and CEO of the Nevada Resort Association.
Consider that Nashville, Tennessee, the host for the 2019 draft – the last live draft event before the COVID-19 pandemic shut things down – drew an estimated 600,000 people and an estimated economic impact of $223.9 million in direct and indirect spending in that city.