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Following the Las Vegas shooting, Las Vegas hotels provided at least 1,875 cumulative room nights to families of victims. A couple of airlines also provided free flights to at least 260 victims’ family members.
“Given that most of the people impacted weren’t from Las Vegas, having those hotel rooms and transportation available to victims and survivors is so critical in the immediate aftermath of a crisis, like the Las Vegas shooting or terrorist attack,” said Anita Busch, co-founder of the National Center for Victims of Crime. “We applaud all the people who actually step up and do this. It’s so vitally important for families who are trying to get to their loved ones in the hospital or to tragically bring home their bodies.”
South Point provided 740 complimentary room nights for families impacted by the Oct. 1 shooting, according to a company spokesman.
Station Casinos donated 835 room nights. Station Casinos’ spokeswoman Lori Nelson said the average length of stay was two nights, and about 417 hotel rooms were used by victims’ families across various properties with a blended value of $100,000.
MGM Resorts International and Siegel Group Nevada Inc. also provided accommodations, but both declined to give a figure of the amount of room nights donated and the estimated monetary value of that donation.
Airbnb users volunteered 205 houses for families in need after the Oct. 1 shooting, said Kellie Bentz, the company’s head of global disaster response and relief.
For families who requested to stay in a particular part of the valley, but didn’t have a volunteered house as an option, Airbnb paid users to let the families stay, Bentz said.
Following the Las Vegas shooting, Las Vegas hotels provided at least 1,875 cumulative room nights to families of victims. A couple of airlines also provided free flights to at least 260 victims’ family members.
“Given that most of the people impacted weren’t from Las Vegas, having those hotel rooms and transportation available to victims and survivors is so critical in the immediate aftermath of a crisis, like the Las Vegas shooting or terrorist attack,” said Anita Busch, co-founder of the National Center for Victims of Crime. “We applaud all the people who actually step up and do this. It’s so vitally important for families who are trying to get to their loved ones in the hospital or to tragically bring home their bodies.”
South Point provided 740 complimentary room nights for families impacted by the Oct. 1 shooting, according to a company spokesman.
Station Casinos donated 835 room nights. Station Casinos’ spokeswoman Lori Nelson said the average length of stay was two nights, and about 417 hotel rooms were used by victims’ families across various properties with a blended value of $100,000.
MGM Resorts International and Siegel Group Nevada Inc. also provided accommodations, but both declined to give a figure of the amount of room nights donated and the estimated monetary value of that donation.
Airbnb users volunteered 205 houses for families in need after the Oct. 1 shooting, said Kellie Bentz, the company’s head of global disaster response and relief.
For families who requested to stay in a particular part of the valley, but didn’t have a volunteered house as an option, Airbnb paid users to let the families stay, Bentz said.
