Interesting Facts About Las Vegas
Las Vegas sure is one of the most attractive and interesting cities in the United States. Find out some interesting facts about Las Vegas in this article; I bet you will want to book a ticket to Vegas by the end of it!!
You think of gambling, casinos, luxury hotels, exciting nightlife, and the most attractive night-sky, there is one and only one place that comes to your mind - LAS VEGAS. If you like the good life and love traveling, if you are a night person, Las Vegas will blow your mind and will surely win you over. Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada. It is the most populous city in Nevada and the 28th most populous city in the US. There are countless forms of adult entertainment to be seen in the city, which is why Las Vegas has been popularly dubbed as 'Sin City'.
The city of Las Vegas has attracted lot of people for a lot of years. Presented below are 50 of the many, many interesting facts about the city, that continues to hold our attention and fascinate us.
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Here are 50 fascinating facts about the city of Las Vegas. For your convenience, I have listed the facts under different sub-headings. Enjoy!
The City of Las Vegas
As a warm-up, here are some random facts about the city of Las Vegas.
1. The city of Las Vegas is more than 100 years old! Las Vegas celebrated its 100th birthday on May 15, 2005.
2. 60,000 people move to Las Vegas every year.
3. Cost of living? You can rent an apartment in Las Vegas for $630 a month.
4. An acre of land on the Las Vegas Strip costs about 30 million dollars.
5. The state of Nevada charges no personal income tax or corporate income tax. 8 other states in the US, viz. Alaska, Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and Wyoming, do not charge state income tax.
6. Nevada is the largest producer of gold in the US and the 2nd largest in the world (first being South Africa.)
7. Contrary to popular belief, prostitution is NOT legal in Las Vegas.
8. You can hang your neighbor if he/she shoots your dog. Provided your dog was in your own yard, the law of Nevada can hang your neighbor for killing your dog. (I wonder how that law was passed... I love Nevada for it though; I love dogs!)
Primero, Erste, the very First!
One of the things about a place that makes it interesting and popular are the 'firsts' of the place - the first airport, the first brewery, the first five-star hotel that opened in the place, etc. Here are a few of Las Vegas' 'firsts' - I am sure you are going to find them interesting.
9. The Golden Gate Hotel and Casino that opened in 1906, is the first hotel and casino to open in Las Vegas.
10. The opening of El Rancho in 1941 marked the opening of the first resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
11. The year 1931 marked the licensing of the first casino in Las Vegas (after gambling was made legal in the year 1910).
12. The Las Vegas Strip witnessed its first topless showgirls show in the year 1957.
13. The Dunes Hotel was the first hotel and casino to feature the topless showgirls; name of the feature was "Minsky's Follies".
14. The Moulin Rouge, opened in 1955, became Las Vegas' first racially integrated hotel.
15. In 1971, Silver Slipper became the first casino in Las Vegas to employ female card dealers.
Single, and Ready to Mingle!
Did you know Las Vegas is also called the marriage capital of the world? If you are single and ready to mingle, here are some facts about Las Vegas that will make you want to book a ticket pronto!
16. Las Vegas is known as the marriage capital of the world.
17. The wedding industry is the 2nd largest industry in Nevada.
18. A marriage license costs only $60 in Las Vegas. The procedure is pretty simple too. You fill out a form, produce a copy of a government issued photo ID, pay $60, and you are done. The marriage license will be in your hand in less than a couple of hours. To top it all off, marriage licenses are issued round the clock, from 0800hrs to 2400hrs.
19. Divorce in Las Vegas is pretty inexpensive too, by the way; costs $450 on an average.
20. There are more than 35 wedding chapels in Las Vegas.
21. On an average, 315 weddings take place every single day in Las Vegas; that is around 13 weddings an hour!
22. You actually have drive-in wedding chapels in Las Vegas, like you have drive-in movie theaters all over the US. You can also have all kinds of wedding themes in Las Vegas, from Elvis Presley to Star Trek.
Life is a Gamble
One of the major tourist attractions of Las Vegas is gambling. Gambling was legalized in 1910 in Las Vegas. Gambling is the biggest industry in Nevada. Here are some interesting facts about Las Vegas with respect to gambling.
23. Nevada makes roughly 9 billion dollars of gambling revenue annually.
24. 43% of Nevada's general fund is fueled by the gambling revenue.
25. There are 1701 licensed gambling places in Las Vegas
26. There is one slot machine for every 8 residents in Nevada; in all, there are over 200,000 slot machines in Las Vegas!
27. 13% of tourists come to Las Vegas with the intention of gambling
28. An average visitor daily spends almost 4 hours gambling.
29. Freebies worth roughly $3 million are given away by Las Vegas casinos every single day.
30. The vaults of the larger casinos host between $30 and 60 million on a random night; and on weekends? It's almost double!
31. In March 2003, the largest jackpot in the world was won by a woman at the Excalibur Casino in Las Vegas. Want to know the jackpot amount? $39.7 million!
Tour de la Vegas
Las Vegas attracts a lot of tourists each year. Main attraction is the nightlife and gambling. Las Vegas has some of the most expensive and luxurious hotels that thrive in decadence. Here are some tourism related facts about Las Vegas.
32. More than 40 million people visit Las Vegas every year.
33. Of the total number of tourists, around 87% end up gambling during their stay at Las Vegas.
34. The nightlife of Las Vegas totally rocks. One of the most prominent things about Las Vegas nightlife is how spectacular it is - the big lights literally blow you away. If all the neon tubing in Las Vegas were straightened out, it would cover a distance of around 15,000 miles.
35. Las Vegas is one of the brightest cities on Earth.
37. The famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign was created in 1959 by Betty Willis.
38. The gigantic neon cowboy on Fremont Street known as Vegas Vic is the world's largest mechanical neon sign. If you drive into Las Vegas at night, you can see Vegas Vic from miles and miles away. In fact, you can see it from such a great distance, that you actually get tired of waiting to reach it.
Hotels of Las Vegas
If tourism is so well-developed in Las Vegas, it is but obvious that the hotels in Las Vegas will be no ordinary hotels but a little extraordinary. In fact, such are the hotels in Las Vegas, I am wondering why no one as named Las Vegas as the hospitality capital of the world or something (though it has been named as the entertainment capital of the world). Anyway, here are some interesting facts about the hotels of Las Vegas.
39. Of the 20 biggest hotels in the world, more than half are in Las Vegas!
40. Of the 20 biggest hotels in the US, a whopping 17 are in Las Vegas!
41. Las Vegas has an astonishing 150,000 hotel rooms. If a person decided to spend one night in each hotel room, it would take him/her well over 400 years to stay in each room.
42. More than 60,000 pounds of shrimps are consumed in Las Vegas every year - that is more than the rest of US put together. This is due to a popular shrimp cocktail served in most hotels in Las Vegas.
43. With 7,117 rooms, The Venetian and The Palazzo are the largest hotels in Las Vegas (and 2nd largest hotels in the world).
44. The Mirage was the first mega resort to be opened on the Strip in 1989, that raised the bar for subsequent hotels to be opened in Las Vegas. The main attraction of The Mirage is the artificial volcano.
45. The Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino complex has a huge wine cellar. Just how huge? Well, it hosts no less than 50,000 wine bottles.
46. The Luxor Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is an architectural attraction on the Las Vegas Strip that is impossible to be missed, for the main building of the hotel is in fact a mammoth black pyramid. The peak of the pyramid hosts a fixed position beam of light that is the Brightest Beam in the World at over 42.3 billion candle power. It is said the Luxor Beam is visible from a distance of 250m above.
47. The Bellagio Hotel of Las Vegas has more number of rooms that the residents of Bellagio, Italy. It is also famous for its spectacular musical fountains.
48. Probably the most intriguing story is that of Aria Hotel. From September 2007 to September 2008, construction workers added one new floor to the building hotel every single week! The hotel has total 61 floors.
49. The Stratosphere Hotel and Tower, is the fifth tallest building in the United States. At 1100m, it is the tallest building in West Mississippi
50. The Flamingo Casino started by Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was named by him after his showgirl girlfriend who had beautiful long legs.
There were only two destinations on my 'Places To Visit Before I Die' list so far; now I have three, with Sin City being on top-most priority. Though of course - what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas! Viva Las Vegas!
The city of Las Vegas has attracted lot of people for a lot of years. Presented below are 50 of the many, many interesting facts about the city, that continues to hold our attention and fascinate us.
*Click on images for an enlarged view
| 50 Fantastic Facts about Las Vegas |
Here are 50 fascinating facts about the city of Las Vegas. For your convenience, I have listed the facts under different sub-headings. Enjoy!
The City of Las VegasAs a warm-up, here are some random facts about the city of Las Vegas.
1. The city of Las Vegas is more than 100 years old! Las Vegas celebrated its 100th birthday on May 15, 2005.
2. 60,000 people move to Las Vegas every year.
3. Cost of living? You can rent an apartment in Las Vegas for $630 a month.
4. An acre of land on the Las Vegas Strip costs about 30 million dollars.
5. The state of Nevada charges no personal income tax or corporate income tax. 8 other states in the US, viz. Alaska, Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and Wyoming, do not charge state income tax.
6. Nevada is the largest producer of gold in the US and the 2nd largest in the world (first being South Africa.)
7. Contrary to popular belief, prostitution is NOT legal in Las Vegas.
8. You can hang your neighbor if he/she shoots your dog. Provided your dog was in your own yard, the law of Nevada can hang your neighbor for killing your dog. (I wonder how that law was passed... I love Nevada for it though; I love dogs!)
Primero, Erste, the very First!One of the things about a place that makes it interesting and popular are the 'firsts' of the place - the first airport, the first brewery, the first five-star hotel that opened in the place, etc. Here are a few of Las Vegas' 'firsts' - I am sure you are going to find them interesting.
9. The Golden Gate Hotel and Casino that opened in 1906, is the first hotel and casino to open in Las Vegas.
10. The opening of El Rancho in 1941 marked the opening of the first resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
11. The year 1931 marked the licensing of the first casino in Las Vegas (after gambling was made legal in the year 1910).
12. The Las Vegas Strip witnessed its first topless showgirls show in the year 1957.
13. The Dunes Hotel was the first hotel and casino to feature the topless showgirls; name of the feature was "Minsky's Follies".
14. The Moulin Rouge, opened in 1955, became Las Vegas' first racially integrated hotel.
15. In 1971, Silver Slipper became the first casino in Las Vegas to employ female card dealers.
Single, and Ready to Mingle!Did you know Las Vegas is also called the marriage capital of the world? If you are single and ready to mingle, here are some facts about Las Vegas that will make you want to book a ticket pronto!
16. Las Vegas is known as the marriage capital of the world.
17. The wedding industry is the 2nd largest industry in Nevada.
18. A marriage license costs only $60 in Las Vegas. The procedure is pretty simple too. You fill out a form, produce a copy of a government issued photo ID, pay $60, and you are done. The marriage license will be in your hand in less than a couple of hours. To top it all off, marriage licenses are issued round the clock, from 0800hrs to 2400hrs.
19. Divorce in Las Vegas is pretty inexpensive too, by the way; costs $450 on an average.
20. There are more than 35 wedding chapels in Las Vegas.
21. On an average, 315 weddings take place every single day in Las Vegas; that is around 13 weddings an hour!
22. You actually have drive-in wedding chapels in Las Vegas, like you have drive-in movie theaters all over the US. You can also have all kinds of wedding themes in Las Vegas, from Elvis Presley to Star Trek.
Life is a GambleOne of the major tourist attractions of Las Vegas is gambling. Gambling was legalized in 1910 in Las Vegas. Gambling is the biggest industry in Nevada. Here are some interesting facts about Las Vegas with respect to gambling.
23. Nevada makes roughly 9 billion dollars of gambling revenue annually.
24. 43% of Nevada's general fund is fueled by the gambling revenue.
25. There are 1701 licensed gambling places in Las Vegas
26. There is one slot machine for every 8 residents in Nevada; in all, there are over 200,000 slot machines in Las Vegas!
27. 13% of tourists come to Las Vegas with the intention of gambling
28. An average visitor daily spends almost 4 hours gambling.
29. Freebies worth roughly $3 million are given away by Las Vegas casinos every single day.
30. The vaults of the larger casinos host between $30 and 60 million on a random night; and on weekends? It's almost double!
31. In March 2003, the largest jackpot in the world was won by a woman at the Excalibur Casino in Las Vegas. Want to know the jackpot amount? $39.7 million!
Tour de la VegasLas Vegas attracts a lot of tourists each year. Main attraction is the nightlife and gambling. Las Vegas has some of the most expensive and luxurious hotels that thrive in decadence. Here are some tourism related facts about Las Vegas.
32. More than 40 million people visit Las Vegas every year.
33. Of the total number of tourists, around 87% end up gambling during their stay at Las Vegas.
34. The nightlife of Las Vegas totally rocks. One of the most prominent things about Las Vegas nightlife is how spectacular it is - the big lights literally blow you away. If all the neon tubing in Las Vegas were straightened out, it would cover a distance of around 15,000 miles.
35. Las Vegas is one of the brightest cities on Earth.
37. The famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign was created in 1959 by Betty Willis.
38. The gigantic neon cowboy on Fremont Street known as Vegas Vic is the world's largest mechanical neon sign. If you drive into Las Vegas at night, you can see Vegas Vic from miles and miles away. In fact, you can see it from such a great distance, that you actually get tired of waiting to reach it.
Hotels of Las VegasIf tourism is so well-developed in Las Vegas, it is but obvious that the hotels in Las Vegas will be no ordinary hotels but a little extraordinary. In fact, such are the hotels in Las Vegas, I am wondering why no one as named Las Vegas as the hospitality capital of the world or something (though it has been named as the entertainment capital of the world). Anyway, here are some interesting facts about the hotels of Las Vegas.
39. Of the 20 biggest hotels in the world, more than half are in Las Vegas!
40. Of the 20 biggest hotels in the US, a whopping 17 are in Las Vegas!
41. Las Vegas has an astonishing 150,000 hotel rooms. If a person decided to spend one night in each hotel room, it would take him/her well over 400 years to stay in each room.
42. More than 60,000 pounds of shrimps are consumed in Las Vegas every year - that is more than the rest of US put together. This is due to a popular shrimp cocktail served in most hotels in Las Vegas.
43. With 7,117 rooms, The Venetian and The Palazzo are the largest hotels in Las Vegas (and 2nd largest hotels in the world).
44. The Mirage was the first mega resort to be opened on the Strip in 1989, that raised the bar for subsequent hotels to be opened in Las Vegas. The main attraction of The Mirage is the artificial volcano.
45. The Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino complex has a huge wine cellar. Just how huge? Well, it hosts no less than 50,000 wine bottles.
46. The Luxor Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is an architectural attraction on the Las Vegas Strip that is impossible to be missed, for the main building of the hotel is in fact a mammoth black pyramid. The peak of the pyramid hosts a fixed position beam of light that is the Brightest Beam in the World at over 42.3 billion candle power. It is said the Luxor Beam is visible from a distance of 250m above.
47. The Bellagio Hotel of Las Vegas has more number of rooms that the residents of Bellagio, Italy. It is also famous for its spectacular musical fountains.
48. Probably the most intriguing story is that of Aria Hotel. From September 2007 to September 2008, construction workers added one new floor to the building hotel every single week! The hotel has total 61 floors.
49. The Stratosphere Hotel and Tower, is the fifth tallest building in the United States. At 1100m, it is the tallest building in West Mississippi
50. The Flamingo Casino started by Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was named by him after his showgirl girlfriend who had beautiful long legs.
There were only two destinations on my 'Places To Visit Before I Die' list so far; now I have three, with Sin City being on top-most priority. Though of course - what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas! Viva Las Vegas!
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