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Las Vegas, also known simply as Vegas, is the most populous city in the state of Nevada as well as the county headquarters of Clark County. Its name derives from the Spanish phrase, which translates to "The Meadows." Las Vegas is the 26th most populated city in the United States.
The city is the largest within the larger Mojave Desert area and serves as an anchor for the metropolitan area that encompasses the Las Vegas Valley. Gambling, shopping, fine eating, entertainment, and nightlife are the primary reasons for which Las Vegas has earned a reputation as a major resort city that is known on an international scale. The whole Las Vegas Valley functions as Nevada's primary financial, commercial, and cultural hub.
The city promotes itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and it is well-known for the opulent and extraordinarily big casino-hotels that it contains, in addition to the various activities that are affiliated with them.
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Claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any other city in the world, Vegas is a top three destination in the United States for business conferences and a global leader in the hospitality industry. Today, the city consistently ranks high on the list of the most popular tourist attractions across the world.
Sin City is the nickname given to Las Vegas as a result of the city's acceptance of a wide variety of adult kinds of entertainment. This has also contributed to the city's popularity as a backdrop for works of fiction, movies, television shows, and music videos.
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The first settlers arrived in Las Vegas in 1905, though the city was not founded until 1911. At the end of the 20th century, it was the most populated North American city to have been established during that century (Chicago earned a similar distinction in the 19th century). Since the 1960s, there has been a discernible growth in the rate of population expansion; between 1990 and 2000, the population nearly doubled, expanding by 85.2%. The United States Census Bureau reported that the city had a population of 641,903 individuals in the year 2020 with a metropolitan population of 2,227,053, indicating that the city's rapid expansion has continued into the 21st century.
The name of the primary city, in this case Las Vegas, is frequently used to identify places that are outside of the city's official bounds, as is the case with the majority of major metropolitan areas. In the case of Las Vegas, this holds true in particular for the sections on and close to the Las Vegas Strip, which are in fact situated within the unincorporated localities of Paradise and Winchester. Nevada is the driest state in the US, and Las Vegas is the driest major city in the country. The frequency and severity of droughts in Southern Nevada have been rising over time, likely as a result of climate change. This has put an additional burden on the city of Las Vegas' ability to maintain its water supply.
Toponymy
The region was given the name Las Vegas, which is Spanish for "the meadows," since it was known for having an abundance of wild grasses and desert spring waters, both of which were necessary for travelers heading westward. This meadow-Vegas seems drastically different from the desert-Vegas tourists and locals experience now.
History
Approximately 10,000 years ago, nomadic Paleo-Indians traveled to Las Vegas, where they left behind petroglyphs. At least two thousand years ago, Anasazi and Paiute tribes followed.
In the year 1829, a young Mexican scout by the name of Rafael Rivera is credited with being the first person who was not a Native American to come across the valley. In the same year, Antonio Armijo, a trader, was in charge of a group of sixty people that traveled along the Spanish Trail to Los Angeles, California. John C. Frémont arrived in the area in 1844, and his writings helped encourage early settlers to settle there. Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas was given his name in his honor.
Eleven years later, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints decided that the best location for constructing a fort halfway between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles would be in Las Vegas. From there, they could travel to either city to acquire supplies. Several years later, the fort was left unoccupied and abandoned. At the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington Avenue, the remnants of this Old Mormon Fort can still be seen today.
The year 1905 marked the beginning of Las Vegas as a city when an auction was held for 110 acres (45 ha) of land adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in the region that would later become the downtown district. Las Vegas became an official city in 1911 when it received its charter.
1931 was a watershed year for Las Vegas and its development. During this time period, Nevada lowered the residence requirement for divorce to a minimum of six weeks and legalized casino gambling. This year also saw the beginning of the Hoover Dam’s construction, which is located in the neighboring area. During the height of the Great Depression, Las Vegas was saved from a catastrophic economic downturn by this influx of construction workers and their families. In 1935, all of the construction work was finally finished.
Late in the year 1941, the city established the Las Vegas Army Airfield. Since 1950, when it was renamed Nellis Air Force Base, it has served as the home of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatic team.
After the end of World War II, Las Vegas began to be identified by its reputation for opulently embellished hotels, gambling casinos, and high-profile entertainment.
At the Nevada Test Site, which is located around 105 kilometers (65 miles) north of Las Vegas, nuclear bomb testing began in the year 1951. Throughout this period, the city was referred to by the moniker "Atomic City." Residents and visitors were able to see the mushroom clouds (and were exposed to the fallout) until 1963, when the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ordered that nuclear tests be moved underground. Since that time, all nuclear testing has taken place underground.
The Moulin Rouge Hotel, which debuted in 1955, was the first racially integrated casino-hotel in Las Vegas.
Betty Willis created the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign in 1959. The sign has never been situated within the city borders of Las Vegas.
In the 1960s, businesses and business tycoons like Howard Hughes were building and purchasing hotel-casino properties all over the world. Because it was rebranded as "gaming," previously illegal betting and gambling evolved into a respectable commercial activity. Learning from Las Vegas was a book published during this time that encouraged architects to draw ideas from the extravagantly decorated buildings that could be seen in Las Vegas. This book was essential in the beginning of the postmodern architectural movement.
The Fremont Street Experience first opened to the downtown district of Las Vegas in the year 1995. This five-block area is covered by a canopy and boasts 12.5 million LED lights and 550,000 watts of sound during concerts that take place hourly from sundown till midnight.
2012 was dubbed "The Year of Downtown" in recognition of the various redevelopment efforts. The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, the Mob Museum, the DISCOVERY Children's Museum, a new City Hall complex, the Neon Museum, and renovations for a new Zappos.com corporate headquarters in the old City Hall building were some of the projects that made their debuts that year. Together, these projects were valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.
Geography
The city of Las Vegas is located in Clark County, in a basin in the middle of the Mojave Desert, and it is encircled on all sides by mountain ranges. The majority of the terrain is arid and stony, with vegetation and species typical of desert environments. Even though significant progress has been made toward mitigating the effects of flash floods by improving drainage systems, it is still possible for it to be hit by severe flash floods.
The mountains around Las Vegas reach altitudes that are greater than 3,000 meters (10,000 feet), and they serve as barriers to the robust flow of precipitation and moisture that originates from the surrounding area. The height above mean sea level is roughly 620 meters, or around 2,030 feet. The city has a total area of 135.86 square miles (351.9 km2), according to the data provided by the United States Census Bureau. Of this total area, 135.81 square miles (351.7 km2) is land, while 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) or 0.03% is water.
Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the United States, after the states of Alaska and California. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has determined that there is a probability of 10–20% that an earthquake with a magnitude of M6.0 or higher will take place within 50 kilometers (31 miles) of Las Vegas within the next 50 years.
There are many lawns, trees, and other types of vegetation located within the city. Because of problems with available water supplies, there has been a movement to promote the use of xeriscapes instead of traditional American residential landscaping. The establishment of predetermined watering schedules for residential landscaping is yet another component of conservation initiatives. A study that examined and anticipated growth and environmental implications until 2019 was made possible by funding from the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States in 2008.
Casinos and the Las Vegas Strip
First opening its doors in 1906 as the Hotel Nevada, the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino is located in the heart of downtown Las Vegas along the Fremont Street Experience. It is the city's oldest hotel and casino that is still in operation, and has been in operation continuously since it’s first opening.
Binion's Horseshoe was an early casino run by Benny Binion. Now it is Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel. The Northern Club opened in 1931 and is still operating today under the name La Bayou.
The California Hotel & Casino, the Fremont Hotel & Casino, and the Main Street Casino are all operated by Boyd Gaming, giving them a significant presence in the downtown area. In addition, The Four Queens maintains a presence downtown, along the Fremont Street Experience.
The D Las Vegas (formerly Fitzgerald's), the Golden Nugget Las Vegas, the Downtown Grand Las Vegas (formerly Lady Luck), the Plaza Hotel & Casino, and the El Cortez Hotel & Casino are some of the downtown casinos that have undergone significant renovations and revitalization in recent years.
In Las Vegas’ surrounding unincorporated communities of Paradise and Winchester in Clark County, the gambling and entertainment industries' epicenter known as the Las Vegas Strip can be found. These communities are located outside the city limits of Las Vegas. There you'll find some of the world's largest casinos, as well as some of the tallest buildings.
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The region of the Mojave Desert Las Vegas is characterized by a subtropical and hot desert climate. The summers are long and extremely hot, the transitional seasons are warm, and the winters are brief with mild days and cool nights. There are 310 sunny days on average throughout the year, and there is brilliant sunshine during 86% of all daytime hours. It rains just around 26 days out of the year on average, with only 4.2 inches (110 millimeters) of precipitation on average. With an extraordinarily low dew point and humidity that sometimes remains below 10 percent, Las Vegas is one of the sunniest, driest, and least humid regions in North America.
The months of June through September have extraordinarily high temperatures. However, the extremely low humidity helps to moderate the heat. The hottest month is July, with an average high temperature during the daylight of 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit (40.3 degrees Celsius). There are 137 days every year that reach or surpass 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius), with 78 days reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), and 10 days reaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius). During the most intense part of summer, nocturnal low temperatures usually persist above 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius), and they occasionally rise above 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees Celsius).
The North American Monsoon occasionally brings increased cloud cover, thunderstorms, lightning, higher humidity, and brief spells of heavy rain, but for the most part, summer days are hot, dry, and cloudless. The window of opportunity for the monsoon to strike Las Vegas often falls between the months of July and August; however, this window of opportunity is not consistent and the monsoon's impact fluctuates significantly from year to year. The summer season in Las Vegas is characterized by a significant diurnal temperature variation; while nighttime lows in Las Vegas are typically at least 30 degrees Fahrenheit (16.7 degrees Celsius) lower than daytime highs, the diurnal temperature range in Las Vegas is less extreme than in other parts of the state.
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The winters in Las Vegas are brief and often quite pleasant, with daytime temperatures that are chilly but very infrequently actually cold. The amount of sunshine is plentiful throughout the year. With an average daytime high of 56.9 degrees Fahrenheit (13.8 degrees Celsius) and sunshine occurring during 78% of its daylight hours, December is the year's cloudiest month and also the month with the lowest average temperature. The winter evenings are characterized by clear sky and sudden dips in temperature after sunset, with nighttime minimums in December and January average around 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4.4 degrees Celsius). Because of its elevation, which spans from 2,000 to 3,000 feet (610 to 910 m), the winters in Las Vegas are noticeably cooler than those in other regions of the Mojave Desert and the neighboring Sonoran Desert, which are closer to sea level. As a direct result of this, the city experiences an average of 10 nights per winter with temperatures below freezing. On the other hand, it is extremely unusual for temperatures to reach or dip below 25 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius), or for temperatures to remain below 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) for a whole day.
Even though February is the wettest month of the year, on average it only rains for four days that month. The majority of the precipitation that occurs during the year falls during the winter months. Every winter, snow falls on the mountains that surround the Las Vegas Valley; yet, considerable snowfall in the city itself is extremely uncommon. However, moderate snowfall does occasionally occur once every few years. The most recent accumulations took place on February 18, 2019, when areas of the city received approximately 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) of snow, and on February 20, 2019, when the city received almost 1.3 millimeters (almost 0.5 inch or 1.3 cm) of snow. The 25th of December in 2015 and the 17th of December in 2008 were both recent examples of substantial snow accumulations. The 12 inches (30 cm) of snow that fell in Las Vegas in 1909 is unofficially considered to be the city's heaviest snowfall on record.
On July 10, 2021, Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas recorded a temperature of 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius), the highest temperature officially observed for Vegas; it was the fifth time that this temperature was recorded. On the other hand, the day of January 25th, 1937 and the day of January 13th, 1963 both recorded temperatures of -13 degrees Celsius (or 8 degrees Fahrenheit), the lowest temperature recorded for Las Vegas. On July 26, 1931, the city of Las Vegas recorded a temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius), which was the highest temperature that had ever been recorded there
As a result of worries regarding climate change and in response to a drought that occurred in 2002, the average daily water use of residents in the area has decreased from 314 US gallons (1,190 l) in 2003 to approximately 205 US gallons (780 l) in 2015.
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Nearby communities
Boulder City, incorporated
Enterprise, unincorporated
Henderson, incorporated
Lone Mountain, unincorporated
North Las Vegas, incorporated
Paradise, unincorporated
Spring Valley, unincorporated
Summerlin South, unincorporated
Sunrise Manor, unincorporated
Whitney, unincorporated
Winchester, unincorporated
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Industries
Over the past few decades, Las Vegas has seen the arrival of a variety of new economic sectors. Zappos.com, an online shoe retailer that is now a subsidiary of Amazon, was established in San Francisco, but by 2013 the company had relocated its headquarters to the downtown area of Las Vegas. Allegiant Air, a discount airline, began operations in 1997 with its first hub located at Harry Reid International Airport and its headquarters located in Summerlin, which is located nearby.