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Reasons to Research in Las Vegas

When doing research in Las Vegas, keep in mind that while the city reinvents its self about every ten years, the “Wild, Wild West era” still lives in the mind of most Nevadans. The residents of Southern Nevada and business leaders have been and are currently trail blazing into new global economy.

During 1999-2009 Clark County was the fastest growing city and lead the country in new construction with billions of dollars of new casino/hotels and housing construction. . At one point 5000 people a month were moving into the valley. As Vegas heads into the new decade it has stabilized its growth and its employment base is diversifying, creating a strong foundation for the next chapter of Vegas. The county is transitioning from an economy heavily based on new construction, entertainment/leisure and federal government jobs (Nellis AFB, Nevada Test Site, the famous Area 51) to a broader base that includes entertainment/leisure, manufacturing , medical research, federal government jobs, and hundred of new business ventures going forward.

“Extreme Diversity” describes the sample base in Las Vegas
The local resident varies. Horse ranchers and rodeo cowboys in the outlining parts of the Valley, once in the middle of the desert a few miles from the city, are now surrounded by new housing developments.

In city neighborhoods you will find working parents raising their families, soccer moms working full time and involved in their kids activities, dads shuffling kids to school activities as he finishes a home improvement project and Girls Scouts selling cookies in front of a local small business.

The ultimate of luxury living and wealth resides in numerous well planned gated communities and high rises through out the valley. Las Vegas is a popular home base or a second home to entertainers, professional sports figures, self made millionaires, business leaders and higher income demographics because of no personal state income taxes along with all the luxury lifestyle and shopping available in the city.

The 25-44 year old hospitality/leisure and casino work force earn a high middle class income with a very high disposable cash income to spend on household purchases, new trending products and luxury items.

The ever-growing retirement community is made of people from all over America, with the ability to enjoy the quality of life that allows them to golf, travel, and enjoy all the entertainment venues offered in Las Vegas. It has been reported the median income and spending of the senior citizens of the valley is well above the national average.

The Las Vegas metro area provides you a sampling of the “anything goes” attitude to the “conservative" lifestyle respondent. Vegas is the entertainment of capital of the world and at the same time has more churches per capita than any other city in the nation.

The hidden jewel of the Las Vegas sample is the Las Vegas Visitor.
With over 36,351,469 annually visiting Las Vegas, you can capture data from people from all parts of America and the world. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority reports 60% are from around the nation, 26% are from Southern California, and 14% are international. COS Las Vegas has experienced intercept recruiters that adapt to working the entertainment corridors of the city to recruit the visiting respondent you are looking for.

If you have a tight budget, are looking to get the most value for your research dollar spent and are looking for a cross section sample of America, you can achieve it by recruiting Las Vegas visitors. Lower the cost of travel expenses and save research time by recruiting a cross section of Americans in Las Vegas.

Business to Business research in Las Vegas
Las Vegas Metro area is home to all the major manufactures and suppliers of the gaming industry. Entertainment and leisure business entities rank number one and we also have 1,180 manufacturing plants of various other products in the valley.

Las Vegas Convention and Trade Shows opportunities gives you access to the National, International and small businesses operators covering all types of business markets. No American has not used, worn, bought or eaten a product that is shown, sold or bought at a Las Vegas convention or trade show. A few examples are consumer electronics, pizza restaurants, apparel, shoes, the auto after market, hardware stores, construction, home improvement, shopping center management, healthcare industries-- all hold annual convention and trade shows in Vegas. The annual number of conventions held in Las Vegas is 19,394. That brings over 4,492,275 convention/trade show delegates to Vegas on annual basis.

Facts about the Las Vegas Metro area sample base:
What most people think is the City of Las Vegas is either unincorporated part of Clark County or is the city of North Las Vegas, or Henderson.

Demographic Clark County* Las Vegas North Las Vegas Henderson
Population 1,902,834 552,539 197,567 240,614
White 77% 69.9% 55.9% 84.5%
Black 10.4% 10.4% 19% 3.8%
American Indian 1.1% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7%
API 7.9% 5.2% 3.7% 4.4%
Hispanic 28.4% 23.6% 37.6% 10.7%
White non-Hispanic 51% n/a n/a n/a
High School
Graduate
79.5% 78.5% 66.5% 88.5%
Bachelors Degree
or Higher
17.3% 18.2% 10.2% 23.7%
Mean travel time
to work (Minutes)
24.3 25.4 27.4 23.6
Language other than
English spoken at home
26% 26.8% 37.2% 13.2%
Median Household
Income
$73,686 $53,240 $46,057 $55,494


Las Vegas Metro Market Media Facts
Device/Service % of Market
that has Device
Wireless/cell 80%
DVD Player 66%
Digital Camera 58%
H.D.T.V. 52%
MP3 Player 42%
DVR 39%
Satellite TV 34%
Videogame 28%
PDA 13%
Satellite Radio 12%
Web Connection:
   Cable Modem 43%
   None 26%
   DSL 22%
   Other Connection 6%
   Dial-up 4%
Cable Penetration:
   Cable 69%
   Digital cable 46%
   Cable w/pay 39%
   Alternative Delivery 23%
General information on the Las Vegas metro market
  • Las Vegas Metro TV Market size ranking: 42nd
  • Las Vegas Metro Radio Market size ranking: 33rd
  • Entertainment/leisure industry employs 245,900 - 31% of the work force
    • 153,200 of the 245,900 are employed by a casino/gaming inanity 19.3% of the work force
  • 1180 manufacturers employ 24,642
  • Average household size is 2.7 people
  • Percentage of family households is 66.5%
Sources:
City of Las Vegas
Clark County
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
US Census Bureau
Media Week

 
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