“That’s a lot of lawyers, accountants, management consulting firms and so forth. “Turns out that can be the very worst thing you can do for your downtown,” Chapple said. Other factors measured included the area’s availability of accommodation and food services, commute time and a city’s dependence on cars. cities that were facing slower returns to their downtowns had higher concentrations of jobs in professional, scientific and technical fields, Chapple’s research found.
Las Vegas’ downtown recovered to 103 percent of its pre-pandemic mobile phone activity. The results showed multiple Southwestern cities had stronger returns to the downtown core, at least partially attributed to weather and tourism. Karen Chapple, an urban studies researcher at University of Toronto, studied the resiliency of downtowns using mobile phone location data, measuring how many people had stopped in a particular area.
(Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Las Vegas’ recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was more resilient than other American cities, but some economists say the region will need to diversify to keep up growth in the long term.Įconomists discussed the resiliency of American downtowns - and how Las Vegas compares - during a panel at UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research’s Fall Outlook event. People walk around Fremont East in downtown Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov.
