Fun Facts

"What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!"

• The city of Las Vegas celebrated its 100th birthday on May 15, 2005.

• The first hotel and casino to open in Las Vegas was the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino in 1906.

• The famous “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign was created in 1959 by Betty Willis.

• The famous Las Vegas strip is for the most part, not within the city limits of Las Vegas. The majority of the strip is located within Clark County.

• A marriage license costs $60 in Nevada. Many couples choose to marry in Nevada because there is no blood test or waiting period.

Sources: Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, Clark County School District, Clark County Clerk

Chapter 16

Unlike the North Pacific Coast, Las Vegas is not a land of trees. Moreover, the closest national park to Las Vegas is the Great Basin. The Great Basin includes valleys, basins, lakes, and mountain ranges of Basin and Range topography. The Great Basin almost entirely contains the smaller Great Basin physiographic section, which extends about 10,000 sq mi (26,000 km2) into the Colorado River watershed (including the Las Vegas metropolitan area and northwest corner of Arizona).



Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Basin