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Of course a Harrahs spokesperson blames the move on "cost-cutting priorities" and they say no guests want to read the local paper when they are in Vegas.

Yet the LVRJ counters that since being dropped by Harrahs, their single copy sales on the Strip have increased thus indicating people are buying the newspaper when in town.

Personally, we're a big fan of the local newspaper. The LVRJ is always a pretty good read and it even has a special tourist section for its hotel editions.

As for our most recent hotel stays, when we stayed at the Palazzo we were given the Wall Street Journal, which we didn't mind. Over at the Bellagio, they were still using the LVRJ back in September.

But when we hit up the Hyatt Regency Denver we were given USA Today when we would have preferred a local newspaper. There's just more interesting stories inside the local papers, so we think.

Now you tell us: would you rather prefer a national newspaper or a local newspaper in your hotel room? Or do you not even read the paper when traveling? Put your thoughts in comments below.

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Tags: Viva Vegas / Hotel Newspapers

by juliana