Shrimp consumption in Las Vegas is
more than 60,000 pounds a day -- higher than the rest of the United States
combined; it would take 288 years for one person to spend one night in every
hotel room in Las Vegas;
about 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each
day; to drive from Los Angeles, California to Reno, Nevada
the direction traveled is northwest; Samuel Clemens took the penname
"Mark Twain" while a reporter working for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada in 1862; the
longest running show in Las Vegas is
the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino -- it opened in 1959.
Did you know?
In March 1931, Governor Fred Balzar signed into law the bill
legalizing gambling in the state of Nevada; the Silver State has more mountain
ranges than any other state, with its highest point being the 13,145 feet
Boundary Peak near its west-central border; Nevada is the largest
gold-producing state in the nation, second in the world only to South Africa;
Frank Sinatra once owned the Cal-Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe's Crystal Bay. It is
possible to stand in both Nevada and California inside the Cal-Neva's lobby
lounge, and in its swimming pool.
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Each weekday morning before 10:00 a.m. you can find all the world tourism news that can or will impact the Nevada tourism economy right here in the News Section. Stories are maintained within 'News' for one week, thereafter they are placed into the 'news archives' section for easy reference. We invite you to look every morning and see what you may have been missing.
March 4, 2009 - Las Vegas Review-Journal: Station Casinos refuses Boyd offer
ARNOLD M. KNIGHTLY, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL (3/04/2009)-- Company to proceed with restructuring plan Station Casinos' board of directors
on Tuesday officially rejected Boyd Gaming Corp.'s unsolicited $950
million offer for a majority of Station's assets.