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    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.

     

Home arrow Other News arrow January 16, 2009 - Las Vegas Review-Journal: 'Folies' to end a 49-year LV run
January 16, 2009 - Las Vegas Review-Journal: 'Folies' to end a 49-year LV run PDF Print E-mail
rj_redlogo.gifMIKE WEATHERFORD, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL (1/16/2009)-- "Folies Bergere," the longest-running show on the Strip and one that helped make feathered showgirls the image of Las Vegas, will close March 28 after 49 years.

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