Las Vegas: Post-Recession Model City?

Tony Hsieh

What can Las Vegas teach us about economic recovery? A lot, according to a recent article in The Atlantic. This year’s CCIM Live! host city is poised for big changes, thanks in part to the vision of Zappos Chief Executive Officer Tony Hsieh: "He wants to build community, a place that fosters collaboration and learning and passion and compassion. These are not exactly character traits of Las Vegas, a city that, like Wall Street, can be hard and rapacious in its hunt for the easy marks. Hsieh says that if it can be done in the unlikeliest of places, it can be done anywhere."