width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" name="viewport"/>Nighttime economy, explained: Why experts say cities should embrace 24-hour culture to boost safety and economic growth. “People are going to die here,” they told him. Blood will be spilled on the streets of Amsterdam, they said, of this plan for a 24-hour city (and liquor licences). But the city’s night mayor pushed on.