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Originally Posted by Josh1985
How many people live in Clark county? I saw the 2000 census figures and it was 1.35 million but I talked to my mother who live in Vegas and she said there was about 2 million? What's your take on this ?
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How many people
live in Clark County? All of them.
We passed the 2 million mark this past September.
here are some Las Vegas and Nevada "facts" as heisted from the CH-3 WOFY site:
• First casino was licensed in 1931
• 197,144 slot machines are located in the city
• 25% of visitors are from California
• 96,057 people move to Las Vegas annually
• 161 thousand dollars is the average price of land in the Las Vegas Valley
• 11 million dollars is the price for a prime acre of land on “The Strip”
• 124,270 hotel rooms are located in Las Vegas (I think there are more now)
• 15,000 pillow cases are washed daily at the MGM Grand
• 3,749 conventions are hosted annually in Las Vegas
• 315 weddings are conducted daily
• There are 37 golf courses in Las Vegas
• 15,000 miles of lighted neon tubing on “The Strip” and downtown
• 42.2 % of the Las Vegas population are registered voters
• $35 will buy you a marriage license in Las Vegas
• Many couples choose to marry in Nevada because there is no blood test or waiting period
• $450 is the average cost of filling divorce in Nevada
• Boulder City is the only town in Nevada where gambling is illegal.
• The first major resort built in Las Vegas was the El Rancho in 1947
• Elvis Presley has performed 837 consecutive sold-out shows at the Las Vegas Hilton
• The Riviera was the first high-rise hotel in Las Vegas at only 9 stories high
• Nevada has more mountains than any other state
• The Strip is actually not located in the city of Las Vegas but under the jurisdiction of Clark County
• There is one operating slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight residents
• The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is the 4th largest Chamber in the United States, founded in 1911
• Nevada is the largest gold producing state in the country and second in the world
• United Airlines was the first jetliner to provide service at McCarran Airport in 1960
• The only round courthouse in the United States is in Perishing County, Nevada
• Seventeen of the top 20 hotels in the world are located in Las Vegas
• The average annual temperature in Las Vegas is 66’F
• On average, 230 marriage licenses are issued daily in Las Vegas
• 1899, the first slot machine was invented by Charles Fey and called the Liberty Bell
• Carson City, Nevada is one of the smallest state capitals in the country
• The famous “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign was created in 1959
• Nevada is the 7th largest state with 110,400 square miles, and more than 85% of the land is federally owned
• In 1931, the Pair-O-Dice Club was the first casino to open on highway 91 and marks the beginning of “The Strip”
• 1959 marks the beginning of the longest running show in Las Vegas history, Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel
• The NYNY Hotel and Casino has been the only strip destination without a marquee of its own
• The city of Las Vegas celebrated its 100th birthday on May 15, 2005. The event celebrated the May 15, 1905 land auction when 110 acres of land in downtown Las Vegas were auctioned off.
• The first hotel and casino to open in Las Vegas was the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino in 1906.
• The Hoover Dam was completed in 1935. It took a total of 21,000 men five years to complete the structure.
• The Moulin Rouge, the city’s first racially integrated hotel, opened in 1955.
• In 1957, topless showgirls debuted on the Las Vegas Strip in Minsky’s Follies at the Dunes.
• In 2004, more than 37 million people visited Las Vegas. Compare this to 1970 when a mere 6.7 million people visited the city.
• Las Vegas is home to Clark County School District, the fifth largest school district, which currently handles more than 280,000 students.
• The Stratosphere Hotel and Tower, at more than 1,100 feet, is the tallest building west of the Mississippi and the fifth tallest building in the United States.
• Fremont Street was closed to traffic in 1994. The Fremont Street Experience opened in December 1995
• When Paul Anka first played Vegas he was too young to be allowed in the casino
• Bugsy Siegel named his casino the Flamingo after the long legs of his showgirl girlfriend
• In Nevada it is mandatory that video slot machines pay a minimum of 75 percent on average
• Vegas Vic, the enormous neon cowboy that towers over Fremont Street, is the world's largest mechanical neon sign
• Howard Hughes stayed at the Desert Inn for so long that he was asked to leave, so he bought the hotel
• Camels were used as pack animals in Nevada as late as 1870
• Over 39.2 million people visit Las Vegas each year
• Seventeen of the 20 biggest hotels in the U.S. are in Las Vegas
• Las Vegas has more than 500 churches and over 40 different faiths
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