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Fremont Experience
Las Vegas Trivia
In Las Vegas:
There are over 15,000 miles of neon tubing
There are 82 McDonald's restaurants
There are more than 130,000 hotel rooms
Hotels have an average annual occupancy rate of 90%
Fun Facts:
The famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign was originally designed by
Betty Willis in 1959.
The longest-running show is Folies Bergere, started at the Tropicana
in 1959 and is still running.
The Stardust was the first casino to include a sports book.
The Dunes was the first casino to feature topless showgirls in a show
called Minsky's Follies.
The Golden Gate opened in 1906, in what is now downtown Las
Vegas, making it the first hotel and casino to open in the city.
El Rancho was the first hotel resort built on the Strip. It had
63 rooms.
Slot machines were initially created as a diversion for women
companions of male gamblers who were busy at the tables.
Slot machines typically earn 60% or more of a casino's earnings.
The Stratosphere tower is 1,149 feet high and is the tallest
free-standing observation structure in the nation.
The four hotels at the corner of Las Vegas Blvd. and Tropicana (MGM
Grand, Tropicana, New York-New York and Excalibur) have more
hotel rooms than all of San Francisco.
The MGM Grand is the nation's largest hotel with over 5,000 rooms.
Of the ten largest hotels in the world, nine of them are in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas is the 5th most popular vacation destination in the world.
The Las Vegas airport, McCarren, is the 8th busiest in the world.
30.5 million people, on average, visit Las Vegas every year.
* 80% are return visitors who average two trips per year
* 44% arrive by air
* 43% arrive by car
* 89% gamble with an average budget of $500
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Featured Sites
PokerStars.com
World Series of
Poker Official Website
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Casinos Past & Present
* Photos
* Opening dates
* Closing dates
Casino History
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