The city of bright lights, glitter, gambling and fun! A 24 hour city with always something to do and see. It's as if you can almost hear Elvis singing the famous song "Viva Las Vegas". Along with this comes a very interesting history of of Hotels, Entertainers and much more.
On the website http://www.lasvegasgiftsource.com/ is an oustanding collection of books on the history of Las Vegas and they include such titles as: Off-Strip, Today's Strip, History, Memories, and Las Vegas Neighborhood Resorts.
Some bits of trivia include things like ~
In 2005 Hugh Hefner was going to construct a Playboy Hotel & Casino on the property where the Cosmopolitan now stands. Mr. Hefner abandoned the idea when he decided to open a Playboy Club at the Palms resort instead.
In 1989 The Mirage hotel was built for $630 million with 3,014 rooms and the cost averaged about $209,000 per room.
In 2005 the Wynn Las Vegas was built for $2.7 billion with 2,716 rooms and the cost average about $1,000,000 per room.
1978 Superman was filmed at areas of Hoover Dam.
Some of the Las Vegas pioneers include people such as Howard Hughs, Dell E. Webb, and Hank Greenspun.
Learn more about the entertainment, facts and the people who made Las Vegas what it is today.
