| Las Vegas, city in southern Nevada. One of the fastest growing cities in the US.
Renowned for its extravagant hotels and casinos. "Enterntainment
Capital of the World". 30 million guests per year. Las Vegas is one of the most dynamic cities in the world.
Las Vegas started as a stopover on the pioneer trails to the west and became a popular railroad town in the early 1900s. It was a staging point for all the mines in the surrounding area, especially those around the town of Bullfrog, that shipped their goods out to the rest of the country. With the growth of the railroads, Las Vegas became less important, but the completion of the nearby Hoover Dam resulted in substantial growth in tourism, which, along with the legalization of gambling, led to the advent of the casino-hotels for which Las Vegas is famous. |
