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Economic Impact Horse Happenings

National Finals Rodeo an Economic Hoedown

Before the National Finals Rodeo arrived in Las Vegas in 1985, the city would all but shut down in December, a traditionally slow month in which hotels would close for renovations, shutter their showrooms and furlough employees.

Not anymore.

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Events Horse Happenings Western

Las Vegas has become a great rodeo town — and it should stay that way well

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 | 2:05 a.m

In the opening sequence one night at last year’s National Finals Rodeo, one of the announcers at the Thomas & Mack Center greeted the crowd in a conversational tone.