TOURISM
who used McCarran International Airport fell 0.3 percent to 3.4 million passengers, traffic increased on major highways into Las Vegas by 1.9 percent to an average 102,967 vehicles per day.
Laughlin and Mesquite also had disappointing results. Visitor volume was down 3.4 percent to 152,004 in February and down 6.5 percent to 103,365 in Mesquite.
Laughlin’s average daily room rate increased 1.6 percent to $45.02 in February and occupancy was up 1.1 percentage points to 66.5 percent.
In Mesquite, room rates and occupancy were down, with the rate down 0.9 percent to $61.05 and occupancy off 5.4 points to 75.7 percent.
On the gaming side, despite declines in every market except downtown Las Vegas, three-month trends were still holding steady with win up 1.4 percent. Over the past 12 months, statewide win is up 1.5 percent to $11.3 billion.
For the month of February, Clark County numbers were down
While February gaming win was down in nearly every state market, the three-month trend remains favorable. Market Win Feb. 2016 State $945.6 million -4.5% Clark County $825.9 million -4.4% Las Vegas Strip $541.9 million -5% Downtown Las Vegas $51.7 million +2.2% North Las Vegas $23 million -7% Boulder Strip $64.5 million -9.1% Laughlin $43.1 million -0.6% Mesquite $10.7 million -1.7% Balance of county $90.9 million -1.7% 3-month trend +1.4% +1.6% +2.2% +10% -1.4% -3.5% -0.8% +0.2% -0.7% 4.3 percent to $825.9 million and the Strip was off 5 percent to $541.9 million.
Downtown Las Vegas continued its impressive roll since last summer as the only market in positive territory in February, up 2.2 percent to $51.7 million. Contact Richard N. Velotta at r(elotta@re(ie)journal. com or 702-477-3893. Follo) @RickVelotta on T)itter.