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The Las Vegas Strip
The famous Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada (cc)
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The Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas was the dream of mobster Bugsy Siegel, and The Strip the realization of that dream. That was around 1940. The intervening years have spawned a real playground of indulgence and sin, a slice of Sodom and Gomorra, approved, regulated and taxed by the state, and now a magnet for visitors from near and far.
The Strip is the main drag of Las Vegas, centered on Las Vegas Boulevard. This is where outsized marquees and scintilating lights entrance and dazzle you, and where the action is 24/7. There literally scores of resort hotel-casinos on and around The Strip, thickly concentrated in the section between Tropicana and Sahara avenues. Notable names among these are MGM, Hilton, Harrah’s, New York-New York, Caesar’s, Bally’s, Circus Circus, Hilton, The Mirage, and such established stalwarts as the Sahara and the Tropicana. Many of these have screamingly stunning casino floors, the size of multiple playing fields, their walls plastered with slot machines, their floors crammed with craps, black jack and poker tables, roulette wheels and other casino games, and yet more banks of those shiny one-armed bandits (a.k.a. slot machines).
While there’s much to see and do in Las Vegas, among its highlights are the New York-New York Hotel and Casino, with it stunning imitation of the Big Apple’s skyline, complete with the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, the Chrysler Building, the Century Building and a 300-footlong Brooklyn Bridge; The Mirage with its 20,000-gallon tropical fish aquarium; the Stratosphere Casino Hotel and Tower which boasts the tallest observation tower in the country, 1,149 feet above The Strip; glorious Caesar’s Palace, where its 50,000-gallon Atlantis Aquarium and Magical Empire shows continue to dazzle; the Elvis-A-Rama as well as Liberace museums; the Circus Circus Hotel Casino and Themepark, where its Adventuredome offers a veritable, full-fledged amusement park, complete with a roller coaster and dozens of thrilling rides; the Las Vegas Hilton with its multi-faceted Star Trek Experience; and Paris Las Vegas with its Parisian theme that includes a half-scale Eiffel Tower,
Also notable are the MGM Grand where a 45-foot high, 100,000-pound bronze lion stands atop a 25-foot pedestal at the entrance; the high-profile, Tuscan-style Bellagio with its Old World look; Bally’s Las Vegas, home of the Jubilee! cabaret; the distinctly medieval Excalibur Hotel and Casino; the Moroccan-themed, Rat Pack-era Sahara withs popular NASCAR Cafe; and the Tropicana, another original Strip resort, famous for its long-running Folies Bergere. There are of course several other resorts and attractions jockeying for position along The Strip besides, each with a personality all its own.
Last updated November 16, 2010
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