Las Vegas - Category of Backgroud

The runways of Las Vegas's busy McCarran International Airport (tel 261-5211, www.mccarran.com ) start barely a mile east of the southern end of the Strip, ... more

Well over a hundred thousand marriages are performed in Las Vegas each year. Having a Vegas wedding has become a byword for tongue-in-cheek chic, ... more

The two principal daily newspapers in Las Vegas are the Las Vegas Review-Journal , which is published each morning and features a useful listings supplement, "Neon", on Fridays, and the Las Vegas Sun , which appears every afternoon. ... more

Gambling remains the bedrock of the Las Vegas experience. At most recent count, 28 other US states had joined Nevada in offering commercial casinos, and all except two had legalized some form of gambling, ... more

The last ten years have seen a dramatic turnaround in the profile of shopping in Las Vegas. Before the unveiling of the mind-boggling Forum at Caesars Palace in 1992, none of the casinos had its own shopping mall, ... more