Robert Powers, a spokesman for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, said life in the residential areas outside the Strip is little different from anywhere else. Sin City started receiving the first of 18,000 Southern Baptist this weekend for their annual convention. Southern Baptist conventions have drawn an average of 45,000 attendees in recent years. Some members have decided to stay home this year not wanting to expose their children to gambling, lack of pressing issues to discuss, and not wanting to travel the distance from their stronghold in the Southeast. The convention is being held at a hotel that has been converted into a conference center. Las Vegas officials are not in favor of this special attention, and feel that life in Las Vegas outside the strip is little different from any other city.
Sin City started receiving the first of 18,000 Southern Baptist this weekend for their annual convention. Southern Baptist conventions have drawn an average of 45,000 attendees in recent years. Some members have decided to stay home this year not wanting to expose their children to gambling, lack of pressing issues to discuss, and not wanting to travel the distance from their stronghold in the Southeast. The convention is being held at a hotel that has been converted into a conference center. Las Vegas officials are not in favor of this special attention, and feel that life in Las Vegas outside the strip is little different from any other city.