The Las Vegas economy had limped along for several years, causing civic leaders to wonder when, or if, better days were ahead.
The two main industries had stumbled and showed no signs of returning to their early strength. The rest of the country had major problems of its own. Government stimulus spending helped but had a limited shelf life. Various local diversification ideas had produced nothing.
Welcome to Las Vegas in March 1931 — an uncanny echo of March 2011.
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