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Las Vegas City Hall was the center of municipal government for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is located downtown, with its main entrance on Stewart Avenue. It is cited as an example of 1960s modern architecture. [1] The original eleven-story central tower was completed in 1973.
[2] [3] The city of Las Vegas has a council–manager government. The mayor sits as a council member-at-large and presides over all city council meetings. If the mayor cannot preside over a City Council meeting, then the Mayor Pro-Tem is the presiding officer of the meeting until the Mayor returns to his/her seat.
Bullfrog County, Nevada, formed in 1987 from part of Nye county. Creation was declared unconstitutional and abolished in 1989. [1] Lake County, Nevada, one of the original nine counties formed in 1861. Renamed Roop County in 1862. Part became Lassen County, California in 1864. Nevada remainder annexed in 1883 to Washoe county. [1]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Nevada.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 76 law enforcement agencies employing 6,643 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents.
Summerlin is a community in the Las Vegas Valley of Southern Nevada.It lies at the edge of the Spring Mountains and Red Rock Canyon to the west; it includes the census-designated place of Summerlin South, is partly within the official city limits of Las Vegas and partly within unincorporated Clark County.
In July 1997, the Clark County Commission declined to hold public hearings on the project until the completion of the fiscal impact statement. [7] By November 1998, the project's name had been changed to Southern Highlands, due to concerns from the U.S. Olympic Committee , which was known for protecting the rights to its name.
The Clark County School District (CCSD) is a school district that serves all of Clark County, Nevada, including the cities of Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, and Boulder City; as well as the census-designated places of Laughlin, Blue Diamond, Logandale, Bunkerville, Goodsprings, Indian Springs, Mount Charleston, Moapa, Searchlight, and Sandy Valley, as well as Mesquite.
It is the largest Hilton hotel property in the world, [107] and includes Las Vegas Hilton at Resorts World, with 1,678 rooms; [108] Conrad Las Vegas at Resorts World, the largest Conrad hotel in the world, with 1,496 rooms; [64] [109] [108] and the high-end Crockfords Las Vegas, an LXR Hotel & Resort brand, [64] [110] [111] which houses the ...