Las Vegas Spanish for "The Meadows"; Spanish: Ã, [laz '? e? as] ), officially Las Vegas City and often known simply as Vegas , is the most populous 28th city residents in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and county areas in Clark County. The city is anchored to the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city in the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is a large, internationally renowned resort town known primarily for gambling, shopping, dining, entertainment and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada.
The city refers to itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its mega-casino-hotels and related activities. These are the top three destinations in the United States for business conventions and global leaders in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any other city in the world. Today, Las Vegas annually ranks as one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world. The city's tolerance for various forms of adult entertainment earned him the title of Sin City, and has made Las Vegas a popular place for literature, movies, television programs and music videos.
Las Vegas was founded in 1905 and was officially established in 1911. At the close of the 20th century, it was the most populous city of America established in that century (a similar difference that Chicago acquired in the 1800s). Population growth has accelerated since the 1960s, and between 1990 and 2000 the population almost doubled, increasing by 85.2%. Rapid growth continues into the 21st century, and by 2017 forecasts, the population is 648,224 with a regional population of 2,248,390.
"Las Vegas" is often used to describe areas outside official city limits - especially areas on and near the Las Vegas Strip, which are actually located within the unrelated communities of Paradise, Winchester, and Enterprise.
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History
Perhaps the earliest visitors to the Las Vegas area were nomadic Paleo-Indians, who traveled there 10,000 years ago, abandoning petroglyphs. The Anasazi and Paiute tribes followed at least 2,000 years ago.
A young Mexican scout named Rafael Rivera is credited as the first non-Native American to meet the valley, in 1829. Trader Antonio Armijo led a 60-person party along the Spanish Trail to Los Angeles, California in 1829. The area was named Las Vegas, which is Spanish for "meadows," for displaying the abundant weeds, as well as the desert spring waters needed by western travelers. The year 1844 marked the arrival of John C. FrÃÆ'Ã… © mont, whose writings helped lure the pioneers into the area. Downtown Fremont Street in Las Vegas is named after him.
Eleven years later members of the LDS Church voted Las Vegas as a place to build a fortress amidst between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, where they would travel to collect supplies. The castle was abandoned a few years later. The remainder of this Old Mormon Castle can still be seen at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington Avenue.
Las Vegas was founded as a city in 1905, when 110 acres (45 ha) of land adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad lane were auctioned in the place to be downtown. In 1911, Las Vegas was founded as a city.
1931 is a very important year for Las Vegas. At that time, Nevada legalized casino gambling and reduced the residency requirement to divorce up to six weeks. This year also witnesses the start of construction near the Hoover Dam. The inclusion of construction workers and their families helped Las Vegas evade the economic disaster during the Great Depression. Construction work was completed in 1935.
In 1941, the Gunnery Air Corps School of Las Vegas Air Force was founded. Currently known as Nellis Air Force Base, it is home to an aerobatic team called Thunderbirds.
After World War II, luxuriously decorated hotels, gambling casinos, and entertainment with big names became synonymous with Las Vegas.
In the 1950s, Moulin Rouge opened and became the first casino-integrated hotel in Las Vegas.
In 1951, a nuclear weapons test began at the Nevada Test Site, 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las Vegas. Townspeople and visitors can witness mushroom (and impact) clouds until 1963, when the limited Test Ban Treaty requires nuclear testing to be moved underground.
The iconic "Welcome to Las Vegas" mark, never set within the city limits, was created in 1959 by Betty Willis.
During the 1960s, businesses and business centers such as Howard Hughes built and bought hotel-casino properties. Gambling is referred to as "gambling" that is transferred to legitimate business.
The year 1995 marked the opening of Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas. This five-block canopy area has 12.5 million LED lights and 550,000 watts of sound from dusk to midnight during the shows held at the top of every hour.
Due to the realization of many revitalization efforts, 2012 dubbed "The Year of Downtown." Projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars making their current debut. They include The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and the DISCOVERY Children's Museum, the Mob Museum, the Neon Museum, the new Town Hall complex and renovations to Zappos.com's new headquarters in the old City Hall building.
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Geography
Las Vegas is located within Clark County in the basin on the Mojave Desert floor and is surrounded by mountains on all sides. Many rocky and dry landscapes with desert vegetation and wildlife. This can be the target of flash floods that are very heavy, although much has been done to reduce the impact of banjir bandang through better drainage system.
The peak that surrounds Las Vegas reaches a height of more than 10,000 feet (3,000 m), and acts as a barrier to the strong flow of moisture from the surrounding area. The altitude is about 2,030 feet (620 m) above sea level. According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​135.86 million sqa (351.9 km 2 ), of which 135.81 million mi (351.7 km 2 ) is ground and 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km 2 ) (0.03%) is water.
Nevada is the third most seismically active country in the US (after Alaska and California); has been estimated by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) that over the next 50 years there is a 10-20% chance of a M6.0 or larger earthquake that occurs within 50 km of Las Vegas.
Inside the city there is a lot of grass, trees and other greenery. Due to the water resources problem, there has been a movement to encourage xeriscapes. Another part of the conservation effort is the scheduled watering day for residential landscaping. The US Environmental Protection Grant in 2008 funded a program that analyzes and estimates environmental growth and impacts until 2019.
Climate
Las Vegas has a subtropical hot desert climate (climatic classification KÃÆ'¶ppen: BWh), typical of the Mojave Desert where it resides. This climate is characterized by a long and very hot summer; a warm transitional season; and short, mild to cold winters. There is plenty of sunshine throughout the year, with an average of 310 sunny days and bright sunlight for 86% of all daylight hours. Rainfall is scarce, with an average of 4.2 in (110 mm) spread between about 26 to 27 rain days per year. Las Vegas is one of the brightest, driest, and humidest locations in North America, with very low dew and humidity densities that sometimes stay below 10%.
The summer months of June to September are very hot, although moderated by very low humidity. July is the hottest month, with the highest daytime average of 104.2 ° F (40.1 ° C). On average, 134 days per year reaches or exceeds 90 ° F (32 ° C), where 74 days reaches 100 ° F (38 ° C) and 7 days reaches 110 ° F (43 ° C). During peak summer intensity, overnight lows often stay above 80 ° F (27 ° C) and sometimes above 85 ° F (29 ° C). While most summer days are consistently hot, dry, and without clouds, Monsoon North America sporadically disrupts this pattern and brings more cloud cover, thunderstorms, lightning, increased moisture, and short spells of heavy rain. The window of opportunity for monsoons to affect Las Vegas usually falls between July and August, although this is inconsistent and varies in impact year after year. Summer in Las Vegas is characterized by significant diurnal variations; while less extreme than other parts of the country, nighttime lows in Las Vegas are often 30 Â ° F (16.7 Â ° C) or lower than day highs.
The Las Vegas winter is short and generally very light, with cold daytime temperatures (but rarely cold). Like all seasons, sunshine is abundant. December is the coldest and coldest month of the year, with an average daytime high of 56.6 ° F (13.7 ° C) and sunlight occurring for 78% of daylight hours. Winter nights are determined by clear skies and rapid temperature drops after sunset, with overnight lows sinking to 39Ã, Â ° F (3.9Ã, Â ° C) or lower for most nights in December and January. Because of its altitude ranges from 2,000 feet to 3,000 feet, Las Vegas experiences cooler winters than other areas of the Mojave Desert and adjacent Sonoran Desert that are closer to sea level. Consequently, the city recorded an average frozen temperature of 16 nights per winter. However, very rarely the temperature drops to or below 25 Â ° F (-4 Â ° C), or the temperature stays below 45 Â ° F (7 Â ° C) for a full day. Most annual rainfall falls during the winter months, but even the wettest month (February) averages only four days of measurable rain. The mountains that surround the Las Vegas Valley accumulate snow every winter, but significant or sustained accumulation within the city is rare. The latest accelerated snowfall occurred on December 17, 2008, when Las Vegas received 3.6 inches (9.1 cm). The biggest snowfall in Las Vegas is 12 inches (30 cm) which fell in 1909.
Nearby communities
- Henderson, Nevada, merged
- North Las Vegas, Nevada, merged
- Summerlin, Nevada, unrelated
- Heaven, Nevada, not connected
- Company, Nevada, not connected
- Sunrise Manor, Nevada, not connected
- Spring Valley, Nevada, unrelated
- Boulder City, Nevada, merged
Demographics
According to the 2010 Census, the composition of the Las Vegas race is as follows:
- White: 62.1% (Non-Hispanic White Skin: 47.9%; Hispanic White Skin: 14.2%)
- Black or African American: 11.1%
- Asia: 6.1% (3.3% Philippines, 0.7% China, 0.5% Korea, 0.4% Japan, 0.4% India, 0.2% Vietnam, 0.2% Thailand)
- Two or more races: 4.9%
- Native Americans: 0.7%
- Original Hawaiian and Pacific Island Other: 0.6%
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The most urban ethnic group, non-Hispanic whites, has proportionally decreased from 72.1% of the population in 1990 to 47.9% in 2010, even when the total number of all ethnic groups has increased with the population. Hispanic or Latin from any race is 31.5% of the population. Of those 24.0% are Mexico, 1.4% of Salvador, 0.9% of Puerto Rico, 0.9% of Cuba, 0.6% of Guatemala, 0.2% of Peru, 0.2% of Colombia, 0.2% of Honduras and 0.2% of Nicaraguan descent.
The Hawaiians and Las vegans sometimes refer to Las Vegas as the "ninth island of Hawaii" because so many Hawaiians are moving into the city.
At the 2010 census, there were 583,756 people, 211,689 households, and 117,538 families living in the city. Population density was 4,222.5/sq., Mi (1,630,3/km 2 ). There are 190,724 housing units with an average density of 1,683.3/sq., Mi (649.9/km 2 ).
In 2006, there were 176,750 households, of which 31.9% had children under 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 12.2% had female households without a husband, and 33.5% no family. 25.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.5% have someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the city, the population is spread by 25.9% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% years or more. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there are 103.3 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 102.5 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 53,000 and the average income for families is $ 58,465. Men have an average income of $ 35,511 versus $ 27,554 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 22,060. About 6.6% of families and 8.9% of the population are below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under the age of 18 and 6.3% of those aged 65 and older.
According to a 2004 study, Las Vegas has one of the highest divorce rates. The high divorce rate in this city is not entirely because Las Vegans itself is divorced. Because divorce is easier in Nevada than most other states, many people come from different parts of the country for an easier process. Likewise, Nevada marriage is very easy to come by. Las Vegas has one of the highest wedding rates in US cities, with many licenses being issued to people from outside the area (see Las Vegas weddings).
Economy
The main drivers of the Las Vegas economy are tourism, games and conventions, which in turn feed the retail industry and restaurants.
Tourism
The main attractions in Las Vegas are casinos and hotels, although in recent years other new attractions have begun to emerge.
Most of the downtown casinos are located on Fremont Street, with The Stratosphere being one of the exceptions. Fremont East, adjacent to the Fremont Street Experience, is given a variety to allow the bar to be closer, similar to Gaslamp Quarter San Diego, the goal being to attract a demographic different from the Strip wanted.
City center casinos
Golden Gate Hotel & amp; The casino, located downtown along the Fremont Street Experience, is the oldest hotel and casino operating in Las Vegas; opened in 1906 as Hotel Nevada.
The year 1931 marked the opening of the Northern Club (now La Bayou). The most prominent of the early casinos may be Horseshoe Binion (now Gambling and Hotel Gambling Binion) when it is run by Benny Binion.
Boyd Gaming has a major presence in California Hotels & amp; Casino, Fremont Hotel & amp; Casino and Main Street Casino. Other casino operations include Four Queens Hotel & amp; Casino, Las Vegas Club (currently undergoing renovations) and Mermaid's Casino, which is also centrally located along the Fremont Street Experience.
The downtown casino has undergone major renovations and revitalization in recent years including the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino, The D Las Vegas Hotel Casino (formerly Fitzgerald's), Downtown Grand (formerly Lady Luck), El Cortez Hotel & amp; Casino and The Plaza Hotel & amp; Casino.
Las Vegas Strip
The center of the gambling and entertainment industry, however, is located on the Las Vegas Strip, just outside the city limits of an unrelated community around Paradise and Winchester in Clark County. The largest and most famous casino and buildings are located there.
Development
When The Mirage opened in 1989, he embarked on a major resort development trend on the Las Vegas Strip outside the city. This has resulted in a decrease in tourism in downtown areas, but many recent projects have increased the number of visitors to the city center.
Efforts have been made by city officials to diversify the economy by attracting commercial interest, high technology and other commercial interests. No state tax for individuals or corporations, as well as the lack of other forms of business-related taxes, has helped the success of these efforts.
The Fremont Street Experience was built in an effort to attract tourists back to the area, and has been popular since the beginning of 1995.
The city purchased 61 acres (25 ha) of property from Union Pacific Railroad in 1995 with the aim of creating a better withdrawal for more people to the city center. In 2004, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman announced plans for Symphony Park, which could include a mix of offers, such as residential spaces and office buildings.
Already operating at Symphony Park is Cleveland Lou Ruvo Center Clinic for Brain Health (opened in 2010), Smith Center for the Performing Arts (opened in 2012) and the DISCOVERY Children's Museum (opened in 2013).
On land across from Symphony Park, the World Market Center of Las Vegas opened in 2005. It currently includes three large buildings totaling 5.1 million square feet. Trade shows for furniture and furniture industries are held there every half year.
Also located nearby are the Las Vegas Premium Outlets. The second expansion was completed in May 2015, with the mall currently offering 175 stores.
The Las Vegas City Hall opened in February 2013 on Main Street in downtown. The former City Hall building is now occupied by corporate headquarters for the main online retailer, Zappos.com, which opened in the city center in 2013. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has been interested in urban areas and has donated $ 350 million for a revitalization effort called Project Downtown. The funded projects include the first independent bookstore Las Vegas, The Writer's Block.
Other industries
A number of new industries have moved to Las Vegas in recent decades. The online shoe retailer Zappos.com (now an Amazon subsidiary) was established in San Francisco but in 2013 has moved its headquarters to downtown Las Vegas. Allegiant Air, a low-cost carrier launched in 1997, has its first hub at McCarran International Airport and is headquartered in nearby Summerlin.
Culture
The city is home to several museums, including the Neon Museum (location for many historical signs from the mid-20th century Las Vegas triumph), the Mob Museum, the Natural History Museum of Las Vegas, the DISCOVERY Children's Museum, the State of Nevada Museum and Old Las Vegas Mormon State Historic Park.
The city is home to the vast Downtown Arts District, which has many galleries and events including the annual Las Vegas Film Festival. "First Friday" is a monthly celebration that includes art, music, special presentations, and food in a downtown section called 18b, The Las Vegas Arts District. The festival also extends to the Fremont East Entertainment District.
Thursday before Friday First known in the art district as "Preview Thursday." This evening's event highlights new gallery exhibitions throughout the district.
The Las Vegas Visual Studies, Performing Arts and Visual Academy is a Grammy award-winning magnet school located in downtown Las Vegas.
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts is located in the city center of Symphony Park. The world-class performing arts center hosts Broadway shows and other major tourist attractions, as well as orchestras, operas, ballets, choirs, jazz and dance performances.
Las Vegas has gained gambling gambling world moniker, because today this city has the largest land casino strip in the world.
Sports
Las Vegas Valley is the home of one of the premier league professional teams, the Vegas Gold Knight of the National Hockey League, an expansion team that started playing in the 2017-18 NHL season from T-Mobile Arena near Paradise. By 2020, the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League will move to the Las Vegas Stadium, which is currently under construction.
The only small league sports team playing in Las Vegas city is Las Vegas 51 from the Pacific Coast League, the AAA farm club of New York Mets, although they will move to the nearest Summerlin in the 2019 season under a new name.
Responding to the original rumors of the NHL expansion team in Las Vegas, ESPN writer Scott Burnside notes some of the obstacles that the city will face if it wants to become a professional sports market, including legal sports betting presence, conflict scheduling with large numbers of people working nights and night shifts, and that casinos would not be possible to provide tickets for events such as promotions, as they conflict with the purpose of encouraging customers to stay on their facilities.
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Premier League Team
Little League Team
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Parks and recreation
Las Vegas has 68 parks. The city has land for, but not operating, four golf courses: Angel Park Golf Club, Desert Pines Golf Club, Durango Hills Golf Club, and Las Vegas Municipal Golf Course. It is also responsible for 123 playgrounds, 23 softball fields, 10 soccer fields, 44 soccer fields, 10 dog parks, six community centers, four senior centers, 109 park skates, six swimming pools and more.
Government
The city of Las Vegas government operates as a council-manager government. The mayor sits as a Board-in-large member and leads all meetings of the City Council. If the Mayor can not lead a City Council meeting, the Mayor of Pro-Tem is chairman of the meeting until the Mayor returns to his seat. The City Manager is responsible for the administration and daily operations of all municipal services and municipal departments. City Managers maintain intergovernmental relationships with federal, state, local and other local governments.
Most of the Las Vegas metropolitan area is divided into cities bordering neighbors or unrelated communities. About 700,000 people live in unrelated areas set up by Clark County, and another 465,000 live in the combined cities of North Las Vegas, Henderson, and Boulder City. Las Vegas and Clark County share a police department, the Metropolitan Police Department of Las Vegas, formed after the 1973 merger of the Las Vegas Police Department and the Clark County Sheriff's Department. North Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, and several colleges have their own police departments.
Indian Paiute Reservation occupies about 1 acre (0.40 ha) in the city center.
Las Vegas, home of the Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse and the Regional Justice Center, attracts many companies providing collateral, marriage, divorce, taxes, mergers and other legal services.
City council
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Primary and secondary primary education is provided by the Clark County School District, which is the fifth most populous school district in the country. Students reach 314,653 in K-12 class for academic year 2013-2014.
Colleges and universities
The College of Southern Nevada (the third largest community college in the United States based on enrollment) is the premier higher education facility in the city. Other institutions include the University of Nevada School of Medicine, with a campus in the city, and a private private school, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. Educational opportunities exist around the city; among them are the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Nevada State College run by the Nevada Higher Education System, the Desert Research Institute, the Academy of International Design & Las Vegas Technology and Touro University Nevada.
Transportation
RTC Transit is a public transportation system that provides bus services throughout Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, and other areas of the valley. Inter-city bus services to and from Las Vegas are provided by Greyhound, BoltBus, Orange Belt Stages, Tufesa, and some smaller aircraft carriers. Amtrak trains have not served Las Vegas since service through the Desert Wind stopped in 1997. Although there is no Amtrak train serving Las Vegas since the Desert Wind was canceled in 1997, Amtrak California operates a dedicated Thruway Motorcoach service between the city and its carrier train station in Bakersfield, California , as well as Los Angeles Union Station via Barstow.
Fast transit bus links in Las Vegas called Strip & amp; Downtown Express (formerly ACE Gold Line) with limited stops and periodic services launched in March 2010, and connecting downtown Las Vegas, the Strip and the Las Vegas Convention Center.
By 2016, 77.1 percent of Las Vegas's working population (those who live in the city, but not necessarily in the city) are lightened by driving alone. About 11 percent was lightened by carpool, 3.9 percent used public transport, and 1.4 percent went on. About 2.3 percent of Las Vegas passengers use all other forms of transportation, including taxis, bicycles, and motorcycles. About 4.3 Las Vegas workers work at home. By 2015, 10.2 percent of Las Vegas household cities are without cars, which increase slightly to 10.5 percent by 2016. The national average is 8.7 percent by 2016. Las Vegas averages 1.63 cars per household in 2016, compared to the national average of 1.8 per household.
With a few exceptions, including Las Vegas Boulevard, Boulder Highway (SR 582) and Rancho Drive (SR 599), most road surfaces in Las Vegas are laid out in grids along the lines of the Public Land Surveys section. Many are managed by the Nevada Department of Transport as state highways. The road numbering system is divided by the following streets:
- Westcliff Drive, US 95 Expressway, Fremont Street, and Charleston Boulevard divide the north-south block number from west to east.
- Las Vegas Boulevard divides the east-west path from the Las Vegas Strip to the nearby Stratosphere, then Main Street becomes the dividing line from the Stratosphere to the North Las Vegas border, after which the Goldfield Road spreads east and west.
- On the east side of Las Vegas, the block number between Charleston Boulevard and Washington Avenue differs along Nellis Boulevard, which is the eastern border of the city limits.
Interstates 15, 515, and US 95 leads out of town in four directions. Two major highways - Interstate 15 and Interstate 515/US. Route 95 - crossed in downtown Las Vegas. I-15 connects Las Vegas to Los Angeles, and heads northeast to and beyond Salt Lake City. I-515 went southeast to Henderson, where US 93 continues over Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge to Phoenix, Arizona. US 95 connects the city to northwestern Nevada, including Carson City and Reno. US 93 splits from I-15 northeast of Las Vegas and goes north through the eastern part of the country, serving Ely and Wells. US 95 is heading south from US 93 near Henderson via far eastern California. Partial beltways have been built, consisting of Interstate 215 in the south and Clark County 215 in the west and north. Other radial routes include Blue Diamond Road (SR 160) to Pahrump and Lake Mead Boulevard (SR 147) to Lake Mead.
- The east-west road, north to south
- Road north-south, west to east
McCarran International Airport handles international and domestic flights to the Las Vegas Valley. The airport also serves private planes and freight/cargo shipments. Most of the general aviation traffic uses the smaller North Las Vegas Airport and Henderson Executive Airport.
Union Pacific Railroad is the only Class I train that provides train delivery services to the city. Until 1997, the Desert Wind Amtrak train service ran across Las Vegas using the Union Pacific Railroad line.
Famous people
See also
- List of movies in Las Vegas
- List of movies taken in Las Vegas
- A list of Las Vegas casinos never opened
- List of Las Vegas mayors
- List of television shows set in Las Vegas
- Radio station in Las Vegas
- Television station in Las Vegas
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References
Further reading
- Brigham, Jay. "Reno, Las Vegas, and Strip: The Story of Three Cities." Western Historical Quarterly 46.4 (2015): 529-530.
- Chung, Su Kim (2012). Las Vegas Then and Now , Holt: Thunder Bay Press, ISBN 978-1-60710-582-4
- Moehring, Eugene P. Resort City in Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-2000 (2000).
- Moehring, Eugene, "Urban Impact: Cities and Cities in Nevada's History," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly 57 (2014): 177-200.
- Rowley, Rex J. Everyday Las Vegas: Local Life in a Tourist City (2013)
- Stierli, Martino (2013). Las Vegas in Mirror Glass: The City in Theory, Photography, and Movies , Los Angeles: Getty Publications, ISBN 978-1-60606-137-4
- Venturi, Robert (1972). Learning from Las Vegas: A Forgotten Symbol of Architectural Form , Cambridge: MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-26272-006-9
External links
- Official website
- "The Making of Las Vegas" (historical timeline)
- Las Vegas geological tour guide from the American Geological Institute
- National Weather Service forecasts - Las Vegas, NV
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