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Why Everyone Is Betting on Las Vegas

How billions of dollars, major leagues, Formula 1, casinos and private capital are turning Las Vegas into America’s new sports capital

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Tanish Arora
Jul 27, 2026
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Clark County Las Vegas is now a roughly $196 billion economy with 2.41 million residents. It then adds an enormous visitor economy on top of this local base. The city welcomed 38.5 million visitors in 2025, who directly spent $50.8 billion and supported an estimated $80.9 billion of total tourism economic impact. Las Vegas had 150,300 hotel rooms, sold …

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