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Las Vegas is the most populus city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment. Las Vegas, billed as The Entertainment Capital of the World, is famous for the number of casino resorts and associated entertainment.
Las Vegas continues to capture the world's imagination as the destination where anything is possible. With more than 136,000 guest rooms, 9.7 million square feet of convention and exhibit space, award-winning restaurants, luxurious spas, fantastic shopping, world class golf, and truly unique entertainment, Las Vegas remains one of the most exciting convention, meeting and incentive destinations in the world.
The major attractions in Las Vegas are the casinos. The most famous hotel casinos are located on Las Vegas Boulevard, better known as the Las Vegas Strip. Many of these hotels are massive, carrying thousands of rooms, with their large adjoining casino areas. There are many hotel casinos in the city's downtown area as well, which was the original focal point of the city's gaming industry in its early days. Several large hotels and casinos are also located somewhat off the Strip but adjacent to it, as well as in the county around the city.
Some of the most notable casinos involved in downtown gaming are on the Fremont Street Experience which was granted variances to allow bars to be closer together, similar to the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego.
* Golden Nugget
* Four Queens
* Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel
* Fremont Casino
* Plaza Hotel & Casino
* Las Vegas Club
* Fitzgeralds Las Vegas
* Golden Gate Hotel and Casino
* California Hotel and Casino Monster Jam World Finals27 - 28 Mar 2009 (annual) The country's biggest and baddest trucks converge on Las Vegas' Sam Boyd Stadium for the Monster Jam Finals. The trucks weigh around 10,000 pounds and are powered by supercharged V-8 engines that produce over 1500 horsepower. Watch them roll over anything that gets in their way as they race round the track.
Competition is rough as drivers battle it out for the highly-coveted titles of Racing World Champion and Freestyle World Champion. |
