Sin City

Las Vegas is the largest city in the state of Nevada and is located within Clark County. Las Vegas was founded in 1905. Las Vegas is nicknamed as Sun City. It is the entertainment capital of the world. Las Vegas gets its name from the Spanish explorers who found small parts of the Las Vegas Valley that contained artesian wells which supported extensive green areas and called it The Meadows (vegas in Spanish means the meadows).

Tourism, gaming and conventions are the main revenue generators for the cities economy. Las Vegas is a major resort city in the United States. Casinos in Las Vegas are the major attractions for tourism. The Casinos in Las Vegas are named implicitly to depict historical or imaginary settings, fiction and far-away destinations. Las Vegas is the headquarters for the world’s two largest gaming giants Harrah’s Entertainment and MGM Mirage. Gambling opportunity is found in most places of the Las Vegas metro area, which include McCarran airport and small supermarkets. Las Vegas is also the wedding capital of the world.

The 20th century marked the development of the city of Las Vegas. The construction of Hoover Dam in 1928 attracted thousands of workers to the area. According to British author Deborah Cadbury, Hoover dam is one among the Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. In 1931, gambling was legalized in Las Vegas. On January 27, 1951, the first atomic test code named “Able” was demonstrated at Indian Springs, an air base about 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The luxurious El Rancho Vegas resort was inaugurated in 1941 followed by Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel’s Flamingo Hotel in 1946.

Adventurous activities like rock climbing, dayhiking and backpacking, skiing, and mountain biking can be done in and around the city of Las Vegas. With every hotel and casino having a club or lounge, nightlife is Las Vegas is never hard to find.