The
Las Vegas Strip; History, Then, Now, In The Future,
and online snapshot via Casino News Media and associates
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Lights Mania! Bells, whistles, showgirls, entertainment,
more girls, and lots of places to spend a dollar,
or even make a few! Welcome to Vegas Baby!
Even
without having seen the Las Vegas Strip, you have
at least an idea of what it looks like. Elaborate
VIP resorts and casinos. Bright, neon lights. Floods
of pedestrians. Girls, showgirls, shows and spectacles
you won't find anywhere else in the world. While the
Strip is always being built and rebuilt and updated
and enhanced, it's steeped in a past that most people
don't know. Let's take a walk through the virtual
history of the Las Vegas Strip.
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The
Strip history flashback
While
the date will vary depending on who you talk to, generally,
historians say that Las Vegas saw its beginnings in
1905. This was when the Union Pacific Railroad started
passing through the area, as it was a good place to
refuel and take a break.
Oh,
there's rumors that the Spanish explorers stopped
by in or around 1829, but how do we know for sure?
Las
Vegas looked quite different from what we know and
love today. In fact, the name is Spanish for "the
Meadows." It got this name because of the spring-fed
water here. It was dusty and undeveloped at first.
It
was incorporated as a city in 1911, but it was during
the Great Depression in the 1930s when
thousands of people started flocking here. The Hoover
Dam (then called Boulder Dam) was of particular interest,
since it was in the process of being built on the
Colorado River. The city got its first high school
and local rag er newspaper, rapidly entering into
its next chapter.
It
was also around this time in 1931, to be specific
that Nevada became the first state to legalize
gambling in casinos. Lucky you hey!
Interestingly,
it was only a downtown Las Vegas club that got a temporary
license for this. However, a stretch of road just
a few miles long, which was really Highway 91 but
people had nicknamed the Strip, was starting to get
attention, both good and bad. That's life hey.
The
city was first built by ranchers and railroad workers,
who came here for the springs. This quickly changed,
though. Word spread and by the early 1950s, Las Vegas
had become a hot vacation spot in its own right. People
came here to get married in a rush, since there was
no waiting period, and also to witness the incredible
array of performers such as Elvis and Liberace, who
helped Vegas stake its claim as the entertainment
capital of the world. Ever heard of Frank Sinatra?
Las
Vegas also became another home for the mob, who found
comfort here in the city's lax and wild ways of living.
Sketchy individuals came from the east and brought
their organized crime, partaking in the drinking,
drugs, gambling, and racketeering. In fact, the Flamingo
was opened with drug money! Wouldn't be the first
establishment to do that trick.
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From there, the city exploded and the Strip earned
a reputation of its own. In 1960, the Stardust made
history by becoming the first hotel to put on a production.
Around this time, the Tropicana started putting on
Folies Bergere, featuring traditional showgirls in
spectacular outfits. If you've been to the city, there's
a chance you saw it: The show ran through 2009 before
it closed, making it the longest-running show in Vegas
(and one of the last to honor real Las Vegas showgirls).
Some showgirls did "double duty", but that's
another story. Use your imagination. Liberty Bell
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Las
Vegas also saw its first convention center in 1959,
the Las Vegas Convention Center. The objective was
simple: Bring more people to the city and fill up
hotel rooms during off-seasons. They far surpassed
their goal, with the LVCC becoming one of the biggest
convention centers in the world and drawing millions
of people every year.
Between
the 1950s and 1990s, Las Vegas saw many more hotels
and casinos pop up along the Strip, like Caesars Palace,
Golden Nugget, and the Dunes, which would later become
Bellagio. On a side note, did you know that Bel got
robbed a few times over the decades!
Las
Vegas icon Steve Wynn played a huge role in the growth
and development of the city, helping push the shift
from a city of gambling to a city of lavish vacations.
Wynn gave us the Golden Nugget, which he eventually
sold before moving on to the Mirage, Treasure Island,
and Bellagio. He's also responsible for having brought
Cirque du Soleil here, starting with a Canadian acrobatic
troupe to Treasure Island. To this day, when you think
of Las Vegas, one of the first things that comes to
mind is Cirque. While individual shows have come and
gone, you can always count on at least one epic Cirque
show to be running on the Strip.
Wynn
didn't come here just to build casinos and hotels.
He came to pave the way for a shinier and more extravagant
Las Vegas. Needless to say, he succeeded, and to this
day, his name is undeniably recognizable. That's with
or without the scandal!
While
some of our original landmarks remain in some form,
starting in the 1990s, Las Vegas became much more
aggressive when it came to destroying the old to usher
in the new. The Old West-type hotels and casinos were
demolished or remodeled in favor of more modern and
fancy establishments. And with that, the feel of the
Strip changed somewhat significantly.
While
it's not the oldest city in the world, Las Vegas and
the Strip still have an incredible and true story
to tell. This four-mile stretch of road has gone through
a massive evolution. And every year, the city finds
ways to outdo itself. Media firms such as Media
Man Int, Casino
News Media and Property
News Media do regular features on the newsy stuff
to keep coming out of Vegas on a frequent basis. They
can hardly keep up in fact!
Las
Vegas is a great place to visit and makes for interesting
reading also. Can't make it today or this week? No
problems, check out the portfolio of online casino
games and use your imagination and power of the mind.
Good luck at the casino punter.

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