They canceled their reservations, according to employees at several of the largest hotels on the Strip.
Others said they didn’t want to celebrate in the wake of the tragedy. “What happened doesn’t seem to have dampened anyone’s courage.”Ĭlearly there were those who decided in the immediate aftermath of the shooting that they were too anxious to come to town. “Take a look at that line,” said a Walgreens clerk. Couples in shorts and flip-flops still slurped from their three-foot-tall daiquiri decanters, but now under glowing Jumbotrons that proclaimed “VegasStrong.” And customers filed steadily into giant CVS and Walgreens stores along the Strip, packing out bags full of cigarettes, energy drinks, DayQuil and 12-packs of beer. Lines continued to form at check-in desks up and down Las Vegas Boulevard. Visitors from China, France and Appleton, Wisconsin, continued to gape at the Bellagio’s water show.
