Industry professionals, union leaders and hospitality scholars have different perceptions of what the rebound will look like, but nearly everybody is unclear on what people want to know most: When is it going to happen? One analyst told investors the Strip would be the last to recover. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) industry analysts say casinos will be in the first wave of business reopenings from the coronavirus shutdown, but not all markets will look the same when they do. Photo taken on Friday, March 20, 2020, in Las Vegas. Steve Sisolak ordered a mandatory shutdown of most nonessential businesses in the state due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.
The Las Vegas Strip is largely empty after Gov.