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Las Vegas celebrated its centennial in May 2005, with various concerts and events, [119] [120] [121] including a revival of the Helldorado Days festival. [14] Red Rock Resort, developed by Station Casinos, opened in Summerlin in 2006. [122] The resort was among the early components of Downtown Summerlin, a mixed-use project on 400 acres (160 ha ...
Las Vegas casinos of the 1950s were mostly low-rise building taking advantage of the wide-open spaces that Reno didn't offer in the downtown area of Virginia Street. However, Las Vegas boomed with new luxurious hotels in the 1960s and the city's gambling casinos drew players from all over the world, and away from Reno and Lake Tahoe.
The Strip: Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream is a non-fiction book about the Las Vegas Strip's architectural history by Stefan Al. The book was published in 2017 by MIT Press. Al visited Las Vegas for the first time in 2005 to do research on a course assignment.
As Schumacher notes in his book “Sun, Sin & Suburbia: The History of Modern Las Vegas,” Wilkerson decided to ditch the prevailing “Western-rustic” theme of most contemporary casinos and ...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a 1971 novel in the gonzo journalism style by Hunter S. Thompson.The book is a roman à clef, rooted in autobiographical incidents.
In 1829, Mexican trader and explorer Antonio Armijo led a group consisting of 60 men and 100 mules along the Old Spanish Trail from modern day New Mexico to California. . Along the way, the group stopped in the what would become Las Vegas and noted the natural water sources, now referred to as the Las Vegas Springs, which supported extensive vegetation such as grasses and mesquite
The Green Felt Jungle is a 1963 book by Ovid Demaris and Ed Reid. [1] It exposes Las Vegas's dark underbelly, discussing the role of mobsters, prostitution, and political influence peddling in control of the city.
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