A stocked events calendar and lingering effects of pandemic stimulus checks helped drive tourists to the Las Vegas. There are several forces that drove Nevada’s record year. The Las Vegas Strip set an all-time monthly record during the last month of the year with $814 million, which is up 25% compared to December 2021.
“December came in much stronger than we had anticipated,” says Lawton. Nevada had actually eclipsed the 2021 record by November 2022, but December was a record-setter as well, with casinos reporting $1.3 billion in revenue.
