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Las Vegas A City Guide
ntroduction
a railroad town (May 15, 1905).
"˘ Legalization of gambling
Las Vegas is the most (March 19, 1931).
populated city in Nevada, United "˘ Completion of Hoover Dam
States. The city was founded in (October 9, 1936).
the first decade of the 20th "˘ Opening of Bugsy Siegel's
century, and is a major vacation, Flamingo Hotel on what would
shopping, and gambling become the Las Vegas Strip
destination. The center of (December 26, 1946).
gambling in the US, Las Vegas is "˘ Above-ground testing of
sometimes called Sin City due to nuclear bombs (1951 to 1963).
the popularity of legalized "˘ The floods of 1955, 1984,
gambling, availability of 1999, and 2003.
alcoholic beverages any time "˘ MGM Grand Hotel fire (November
(like all of Nevada), various 21, 1980), the worst disaster in
forms and degrees of adult Nevada history.
entertainment. The nickname "˘ Opening of the Mirage
favored by local government and (November 22, 1989), this began
promoters of tourism is The the era of mega resort casinos.
Entertainment Capital of the
World. The city's glamorous image Place of interest
has made it a popular setting for
films and television programs. The city and surrounding areas
offer many attractions for both
History visitors and locals to enjoy.
Just walking on the Strip and
Major events in Las Vegas' gazing at the gaudy, garish,
history include: absurd wonder of it all can
occupy quite a lot of time. This
"˘ Establishment of Las Vegas as is the number-one activity in
Vegas; at night and there are Las Vegas, better to say, with
shows and plenty of other the history of America.
nighttime entertainment.
"˘ Boulder City / Hoover Dam
There are also plenty of Museum,
out-of-town sightseeing options, "˘ Bruno's Indian Museum,
like Hoover Dam (a major tourist "˘ Central Nevada Museum,
destination), Red Rock Canyon, "˘ Clark County Heritage Museum,
and "˘ Guinness World of Records
nexus-of-all-conspiracy-theories Museum and Gift Shop
Area 51, along with excursions to
the Grand Canyon. are some of those museums. Other
than these some art museums and
The main attractions for the auto museums are there in Las
tourists are the casinos and Vegas. Las Vegas Art Museum,
their free shows. Free hotel George L. Sturman Museum of Fine
attractions, such as Bellagio's Art, Southern Nevada Museum of
water-fountain ballet, The Fine Arts are some of arts
Mirage's volcano and white-tiger museums.
exhibit, and the masquerade show
at the Rio and the utter piece of Shopping
hooey that replaced the pirate
show at TI at the Mirage. Shopping in Vegas is endless and
it's a shop-till-you-drop kind of
Museums & Art Galleries city. Some extensive malls and
many hotels have comprehensive,
Besides the casinos another and sometimes highly themed,
attraction in Las Vegas is its shopping arcades. The most
museums. These museums are very notable of the arcades are in
much attached with the history of Caesars Palace, Aladdin, and The
Venetian. In addition to the Lutèce, Border Grill, Nobu and
malls, outlets, and shops, it's a Rosemary's Restaurant. Las Vegas
good idea to drive to Maryland has some theme restaurants like
Parkway, which runs parallel to The House of Blues, Harley
the Strip on the east and has Davidson Café, The Hard Rock
just about one of everything: Café, the Rainforest Café and
Target, Toys "R" Us, several Margaritaville.
major department stores, Tower
Records, major drugstores, some Universities
alternative-culture stores
(tattoo parlors and hip clothing University Of Nevada-Las Vegas is
stores), and so forth. Las Vegas the main university located in
has a big factory-outlet center Las Vegas. Among other
just a few miles past the universities and community
southern end of the Strip. Vegas colleges University Of
has quite a few antiques stores, Phoenix-Nevada, Community College
nearly two dozen, of consistent Of Southern Nevada, Community
quality and price, nearly all College Of Southern Nevada,
located within a few blocks of Southern Nevada University Of
each other. Cosmetology are some notable
entities.
Food & Drink
Sports
Among the many images that come
to mind when people think of Las Las Vegas isn't known for its
Vegas are cheap food deals, sports teams. Except for
bargains so good the food is minor-league baseball and hockey,
practically free. Some of the big the only consistent spectator
names are Pinot, Le Cirque, sports are those at UNLV. The Las
Alizé, Aqua, Aureole, Olives, Vegas Motor Speedway is a main
venue for car racing and should hotels in its possession. The MGM
draw major events to Las Vegas. Grand, the Las Vegas Hilton, the
Ritz-Carlton, the Hotel, the
But since the city has several Mirage, Stratosphere Casino Hotel
top-notch sporting arenas, there & Tower - are some of these big
are important annual events that names.
take place in Las Vegas. The PGA
Tour's Las Vegas Senior Classic Budget Hotels
is held each April in nearby
Summerlin, and the Las Vegas If the visit to Vegas is in a
Invitational takes place in Las particularly busy season and
Vegas each October. The National booking in prominent hotels are
Finals Rodeo is held in UNLV's over, here's a list of moderate
Thomas and Mack Center each to very inexpensive alternatives
December. - Budget Suites of America,
Travelodge, Budget Inn, Motel 6
Hotels & Accommodation Boulder Highway etc.
If there's one thing Vegas has, Tours and Sightseeing
its hotels, big hotels and lots
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Vegas have elegant and grand sightseeing tours. The tours
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Airplane, Helicopter Tours; Land Grand Hotel at the south end of
tours including ATV Tours, the Strip to the Sahara Hotel at
Bicycle Tours, Bus Tours, Walking the north end of the Strip.
/ Hiking and Horseback Riding; McCarran International Airport
Water tours including Jet Ski provides commercial flights into
Tours, Lake Cruises, River the Las Vegas valley. The airport
Rafting, Wakeboarding, etc. These also serves private aircraft,
tours contain destinations like domestic and international
Hoover Dam, Mount Charleston, and passenger flights, and
Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire freight/cargo flights.
and Lake Mead. The Reservation
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comprehensive tour agencies and Vegas is provided by traditional
offers a wide variety of tours. intercity bus carriers, including
Greyhound; many charter services,
Transport including Green Tortoise; and
several Chinatown bus lines.
The CAT Bus is the popular means Union Pacific Railroad (UP) is
of public transportation among the only class one railroad to
locals and tourists with 52 bus provide rail freight service to
routes operating covering a large the city.
portion of the valley. The Las
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