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[[Image:Casino 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gaming everywhere]]
[[Image:Casino 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gaming everywhere]]
In pre-[[Christian]] times, the area was occupied by the [[Paiute]] Indians. It was founded by [[Mormons]] in the early 20th century, and remained a small settlement until [[Bugsy Siegel]] built the first casinos there in 1946 and it became a hotbed for Mafia operations. Now it is one of the fastest-growing cities in the [[USA]] and most of the gambling is controlled by entertainment conglomerates. Half the revenue of the city is procured directly from money people lose gambling.
In pre-[[Christian]] times, the area was occupied by the [[Paiute]] Indians. It was founded by [[Mormons]] in the early 20th century.
==Sin City==
It remained a small settlement until [[Bugsy Siegel]] built the first casinos there in 1946 and it became a hotbed for Mafia operations. Now it is one of the fastest-growing cities in the [[USA]] and most of the gambling is controlled by entertainment conglomerates. Half the revenue of the city is procured directly from money people lose gambling.
The [[Chamber of Commerce]] is a local private organization that supports civic activism and economic growth in the community. Its members are local businesses and not-for profit organizations (such as hospitals and universities). It represents "[[Main Street]]" (that is, locally owned businesses, but also includes branches of national chains.
Sin is a big draw for men. The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce energetically promoted tourism in the 1930s, following the completion of Hoover Dam. They featured an image of Las Vegas as a 'last frontier.' Advertising brochures, newspaper publicity, and motion pictures celebrated Las Vegas for its hospitality, legal gambling, easy divorce laws, and local naughty attractions. It worked, as shown by the increasing number of tourists and visitors in the late 1930s. Completion of the El Rancho Vegas resort casino in 1941 foreshadowed the postwar boom in resort hotels.<ref> Larry Gragg, "Selling 'Sin City': Successfully Promoting Las Vegas During the Great Depression, 1935-1941," ''Nevada Historical Society Quarterly'' 2006 49(2): 83-106, </ref>
[[Image:Las Vegas Night 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Faux Paris]]
[[Image:Las Vegas Night 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Faux Paris]]
Las Vegas is known as a quick place to [[marry]] and caters to a variety of individual tastes in that area. For instance, a couple can get married in Vegas by an [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] impersonator and "quicky" [[divorce]]s are commonplace.
Las Vegas is known as a quick place to marry and caters to a variety of individual tastes in the area of personal )mis)behavior. For instance, a couple can get married in Vegas by an [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] impersonator and "quicky" divorces are commonplace.
The mayor of Las Vegas is Oscar Goodman.
The mayor of Las Vegas is Oscar Goodman.
* [[Reno]]
* [[Reno]]
* [[Atlantic City]]
* [[Atlantic City]]
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[[Category:Nevada Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Nevada Cities and Towns]]