October 8, 2007

20 Things you didn't know about Las Vegas

Thing you didn't know about las Vegas

  1.  There are no clocks in Las Vegas Casinos
  2.  There is one slot machine for every eight inhabitants
  3.  Only 5 % of the people that go to Las Vegas say they go there to gamble. 87% of visitors end up gambling during their stay.
  4.  Average number of Vegas weddings per day 315
  5. 15,000 pillows cases are washed daly at the MGM Grand
  6. 15,000 miles of neon on the strip and downtown
  7.  Shrimp consumption in Las Vegas is more than 60,000 pounds a day — higher than the rest of the country combined!
  8. It would take 288 years for one person to spend one night in every hotel room in Las Vegas.
  9. It is still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.
  10. It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
  11. Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other place on earth.
  12. In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal.
  13. The longest running show in   Las Vegas is the Follies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. It opened in 1959.
  14. Nevada is the largest gold-producing state in the nation. It is second in the world behind South Africa.
  15. The Las Vegas Strip is mostly located in Clark not Las Vegas.
  16. The ever-lasting show, "Jubilee!" at Bally's, is one of a kind. The total weight of jewelry worn by girls in the show is 10,000 pounds; the amount of recycled water used in the "iceberg scene" is 5,000 gallons; the number of costume changes in the production is 739, and the number of songs is 53.
  17. Caesar's Palace's  opening in 1966 was marked by guest eating 2 tons of filet mignon and drinking 50,000 glasses of champagne
  18. $23 million is the average price of 1 acre on the Las Vegas Strip
  19. The most Big Gulps in the world are purchased in Las Vegas
  20. Cost of Nevada marriage license, in dollars 35, average cost of filing for divorce in Nevada, in dollars 450

 

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