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PHOTO GALLERY: Coronavirus Impacts Life In Las Vegas

By Associated Press
Published March 31, 2020 at 6:24 PM PDT
A look south on Las Vegas Boulevard to nearly empty streets and sidewalks due to the mandatory shutdown of all non-essential businesses in the State of Nevada in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Chris Smith

A look south on Las Vegas Boulevard to nearly empty streets and sidewalks due to the mandatory shutdown of all non-essential businesses in the State of Nevada in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Governor Steve Sisolak has ordered casinos and non-essential businesses to shutdown as the potentially deadly coronavirus spreads.

The usually bustling Las Vegas Strip is now nearly deserted. In some ways, it looks nothing like our city, but in other ways, life goes on. 

 
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Natalie Cullen
Natalie is an Emmy-award winning journalist who has worked in the Las Vegas market since August 1996, starting as a newscast producer for KLAS-TV Channel 8, and later as an online editor for 8newsnow.com.
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Chris Smith
As a 1999 graduate of Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA, Christopher Smith set out to make his mark in the designer world. Shortly after his arrival in Las Vegas, he started working for a small design studio, where is quickly ascended in the local design community. Wanting to branch out and see where else his designer eye could be used, he found his way to Greenspun Media Group where he started work on the Las Vegas Weekly and Las Vegas Life. Within his first 2 years he was promoted to Art Director of Las Vegas Life, where he received several awards for his work in this magazine.
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Brent Holmes
(Editor's note: Brent Holmes no longer works for Nevada Public Radio)
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