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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.

     

January 26, 2009 - USA Today: Las Vegas airport has biggest passenger decline since 1981 PDF Print E-mail
usatoday.jpgUSA TODAY (1/26/2009)-- LAS VEGAS (AP) — About 44 million passengers flew in and out of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas in 2008, a 7.7% decline from 2007.

The numbers released by the Clark County Department of Aviation include a 14.1% decline in December to about 3.2 million, and reflect the recession that has undercut Las Vegas tourism.

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