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Las Vegas city overview
Las Vegas is a city in USA shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Airport baseLas Vegas Harry Reid (LAS)
Known forLas Vegas, Southern Nevada, Las Vegas planning base 3, Las Vegas planning base 4
Population~642kcity context
RegionUSAUSA
Time zoneAmerica/Los_Angeleslocal time
Founded550historical origin
City history
Nomadic Paleo-Indians traveled to the Las Vegas area 10,000 years ago, leaving behind petroglyphs.
This canopied five-block area features 12.5 million LED lights and 550,000 watts of sound from dusk until midnight during shows held at the top of each hour.
A young Mexican scout named Rafael Rivera is credited as the first non-Native American to encounter the valley, in 1829.
Las Vegas was founded as a city in 1905, when 110 acres (45 ha) of land adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks were auctioned in what would become the downtown area.
Renamed Nellis Air Force Base in 1950, it is now home to the United States Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatic team.
In 1951, nuclear weapons testing began at the Nevada Test Site, 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las Vegas.
In 1955, the Moulin Rouge Hotel opened and became the first racially integrated casino-hotel in Las Vegas.
Residents and visitors were able to witness the mushroom clouds (and were exposed to the fallout) until 1963 when the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty required that nuclear tests be moved underground.
In 1995, the Fremont Street Experience opened in Las Vegas's downtown area.
Due to the realization of many revitalization efforts, 2012 was dubbed "The Year of Downtown".
Eleven years later, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chose Las Vegas as the site to build a fort along the Mormon Road, which ran between Salt Lake City and.
The remainder of this Old Mormon Fort can still be seen at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington Avenue.
Following World War II, lavishly decorated hotels, gambling casinos, and big-name entertainment became synonymous with Las Vegas.
Projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars made their debut at this time, including the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, the Discovery Children's Museum, the Mob Museum, the Neon Museum, a new City.
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Las Vegas Harry Reid (LAS) arrival plan
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Rental cars
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Best time to visit
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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Booking detail
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