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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:55 pm
There’s a heavy equipment playground in Las Vegas where you can drive bulldozers for fun.
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Since it was created in 1959 by Betty Willis, ‘Welcome To Las Vegas Sign’ has been one of the most popular tourist attractions in Las Vegas. This 25 foot-tall attraction stands toe-to-toe with the best restaurants in Las Vegas, the best shows in Las Vegas, and the numerous events in Las Vegas.
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espite what many may think, the Tangiers Casino used in Martin Scorcese’s film, “Casino” never actually existed.
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Due to its arid landscape and desert vegetation, Las Vegas can be subjected to torrential rains and flash floods.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:55 pm
Las Vegas has a “black book,” a list of people who are banned from setting foot in any casino in the city.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:55 pm
If you’re living in Nevada, beware of earthquakes! Because, after Alaska and California, Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the U.S., and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has estimated that over the next 50 years Las Vegas would experience M6.0 or greater earthquake.
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At 1,149 feet, the Stratosphere Las Vegas is the tallest freestanding observation tower in the nation.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:55 pm
With an average relative humidity level of just 30 percent, Las Vegas is the driest city in North America. The city is also the sunniest location in North America.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:56 pm
Mobster Bugsy Siegel named his casino, The Flamingo, after his showgirl girlfriend, whose long legs garnered her the same name.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:56 pm
Las Vegas sometimes also referred to as “Ninth Island of Hawaii;” because so many Hawaiians have moved to the city.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:56 pm
The largest sum won on the Las Vegas slots was at the Excalibur. After putting in $100, a 25 year-old software engineer won $39 million, beating the odds at the time for 1 in 16.7 million.
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Among all the US cities, Las Vegas tops the lists of the highest percentage of divorced residents and the highest rate of suicides.
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Music legend Elvis Presley performed 837 consecutive sold out shows at the Las Vegas Hilton (now known as LVH–Las Vegas Hotel and Casino).
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Well! Besides having the highest divorce rate in the United States, Las Vegas ha sone of the highest marriage rates of U.S. cities; as Nevada marriages are notoriously easy to get.
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The Luxor Las Vegas’ Sphinx, a re-creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza, is 101 feet high and larger than the original
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The Palms Casino Resort Palms offers a Kingpin Suite that has two fully functional bowling lanes inside.
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The shrimp consumption in Las Vegas is over 60,000 pounds per day, higher than the rest of the nation combined.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:57 pm
Las Vegas casinos never use dice with rounded corners.
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When erected, the neon cowboy outside The Pioneer Club in Las Vegas was the largest mechanical sign in the world.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:57 pm
Ironically, just outside of Las Vegas is Boulder City, one of the only two cities in Nevada that prohibits gambling.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:57 pm
Even though Las Vegas seems like a larger than life city, it’s located in the Mojave Desert, the smallest desert in America.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:58 pm
There’s about one operating slot machine for every eight Las Vegas residents.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:58 pm
Las Vegas Boulevard, where The Strip is located, has had several names. It’s been called 5th Street, Arrowhead Highway, Los Angeles Highway, Salt Lake Highway, US 91, US 93, US 466 and State Route 6. 36. There are about 15,000 miles of neon tubing in The Strip and downtown Las Vegas.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:58 pm
Las Vegas Boulevard, where The Strip is located, has had several names. It’s been called 5th Street, Arrowhead Highway, Los Angeles Highway, Salt Lake Highway, US 91, US 93, US 466 and State Route 6. 36. There are about 15,000 miles of neon tubing in The Strip and downtown Las Vegas.
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:58 pm
The white circles around the letters of the word ‘welcome’ on the Las Vegas sign are supposed to portray silver dollars. They were incorporated into the sign because Nevada is known as The Silver State.
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