LV expects some 235,000 visitors this weekend

Friday, July 2, 1999 | 11:47 a.m.

Nearly a quarter-of-a-million visitors are expected in Las Vegas over the Fourth of July weekend, providing a $129.6 million infusion of cash, exclusive of gambling revenues.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is expecting 235,000 visitors for the weekend, up 10.3 percent over last year's Independence Day holiday.

Three megaresorts -- Bellagio, Mandalay Bay and the Venetian -- have opened since last July, bringing to 116,753 the number of hotel and motel rooms in the city. The LVCVA is expecting an occupancy level of 88.2 percent for the weekend.

The nongaming economic impact is expected to be up 25.2 percent from last year.

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