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As Sin City grapples with a tourism decline, one Las Vegas icon is pointing fingers at overpriced casinos and hotels and the damage the COVID-19 virus left behind.

Rick Harrison of "Pawn Stars" told Fox News Digital in an interview he's noticed fewer people on the Las Vegas Strip than in times past. (See the video at the top of this article.)

"I think it's the COVID hangover," he said. "For a couple of years, everybody was just making crazy COVID money. The government was giving everybody money left and right. Everybody had tons of money to spend."

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The influx of money, said Harrison, caused inflation in the area while also making it more likely t

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