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21 unusual facts about Las Vegas


Badd

The music video is set inside various casinos and hotels in Las Vegas.

Charles Cyrus Kearns

He was the managing editor of the Las Vegas Daily Record in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in 1900 and 1901 and of the Daily Record in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1901 and 1902.

Galoubet A

Galoubet ranked third on the WBFSH standings for 2000/2001, largely on the basis of his son Baloubet du Rouet who won three World Cup Final's in a row (Helsinki 1998, Gothenburg 1999, Las Vegas 2000) as well as team bronze at 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

Gloria Pall

She worked as a showgirl in both Reno and Las Vegas as well as in Hollywood where for a time she was chosen to be "Miss Earl Carroll" from the huge cast of beauties.

Halloween Jack

After a little torture, Boone transformed from the Loki persona, which he now saw as useless, into the devilish Halloween Jack and went about creating a plan to get back at the Synge siblings and take over Las Vegas in the meantime.

Hana Yori Dango Final

After some investigation, Tsukasa's secretary Nishida (David Itō) informs him that the thief may be in Las Vegas.

Hattie Beverly

In 1904 she traveled to a sanitarium in Las Vegas, New Mexico where she succumbed to the disease at 30 years of age.

Hee Young Woo

Woo then moved to Hawaii in the U.S.A. and began coaching as well performing at various events in Las Vegas.

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act

This total exceeds the combined gaming revenues of Las Vegas and Atlantic City.

Jarella

Many years afterwards, during a Fantastic Four storyline featuring a delirious Hulk rampaging through Las Vegas, the latter howled Jarella's name, as one of the 3 greatest tragedies that he considered to have befallen him, along with the poisoning of his wife Betty Ross, and the death of his friend Jim Wilson due to AIDS.

Joseph Cyril Bamford

Bamford also conceived the "dancing diggers," whose 1999 display in Las Vegas stopped the gamblers.

Liz Damon's Orient Express

During the late 1970s, the band moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where they performed until their breakup in the mid-1980s.

Minerva Reefs

The architect was Las Vegas real estate millionaire and political activist Michael Oliver, who went on to other similar attempts in the following decade.

Muse, Burma

Gambling, drugs and prostitution flourished in Ruili, but Muse's own efforts to share in the Las Vegas style business atmosphere met with much less success.

Parque del Retiro

At this time the park was locally known as Las Vegas, "for its popular open-air kiosks with 12 game tables".

Pierre Gagnaire

In December 2009, Gagnaire made his United States debut with Twist, a new flagship restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas, which has since received great critical praise and a Forbes Five-Star Award.

Pink in the Middle

Pink in the Middle is the second and final album of the Las Vegas soul music band Home Cookin', featuring thirteen tracks.

Rob Guest

In 1981 he moved to the United States with his first wife, Lynette Perry, where he spent most of the 1980s performing and hosting shows in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe.

Someday We'll Be Together

"Someday We'll Be Together" was the final number at Diana Ross & the Supremes' farewell concert on January 14, 1970 at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.

Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts

Established in 1969 as a club of enthusiasts, it has grown into a major desert motorsports racing event organizer in the Southwest United States and is based out of Las Vegas Nevada.

Terri Rogers

Her cabaret career eventually extended internationally including appearances at Las Vegas and The Magic Castle in Hollywood, and on United States TV.


2003–04 Edmonton Oilers season

The first NHL game to be played outdoors was in 1991 when the Los Angeles Kings played the New York Rangers in an exhibition game outside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

2012 212 Olympia Showdown

The 2012 212 Olympia Showdown contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition for competitors weighing 212 lbs or less, and one of the featured events at Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2012 held September 27–30, 2012 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Antonio Morales de la Peña

As vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies, he took part in the 2004 Convention of the World Association of Mexicans Abroad, held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Antonio Morelli

Often the festivities would carry over after hours to Morrelli's home in Las Vegas, nicknamed "The Morelli House, which was eventually relocated and sanctioned an historical landmark by the State of Nevada.

B.R. Guest

Other BR Guest locations around the U.S include Fiamma Trattoria at the MGM Grand Las Vegas; Strip House at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas; Dos Caminos at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel; Bill’s Bar & Burger, Dos Caminos, and Sammy D’s at Harrah's Atlantic City; and Atlantic Grill at Caesars Atlantic City.

Bill L. Norton

He also has directed many television series, among them Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, John Doe, Hack, Las Vegas, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Lincoln Heights and Roswell.

Christina Brown

She began working for MSNBC in June 2007 as anchor of overnight newsbreaks and the early morning programs Early Today and First Look, after five years with KTNV-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada and two years with KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas, She left MSNBC/NBC News in 2010, She is now anchor of Arise News.

Çiğ köfte

In an episode of Taxicab Confessions set in Las Vegas, a young male Armenian tourist confirms to the cabdriver that his buddy (also a young male Armenian) is right that he would marry a woman who could prepare good chee kufta.

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

It stars Erica Linz and Igor Zaripov as the main characters and incorporates acts from the seven Cirque du Soleil shows that were running in Las Vegas in 2011: O, Mystère, Kà, Love, Zumanity, Viva Elvis and Criss Angel Believe.

Clarence Tex Walker

In Las Vegas, Walker appeared with the Drifters who worked in the same venues with Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and many major rock, blues and jazz artists including: The Rolling Stones; The Beatles; B.B. King; Aretha Franklin; Louis Armstrong; Count Basie; Herbie Hancock; Miles Davis; Ray Charles and Nat King Cole.

Giles Martin

In 2006 Martin collaborated with his father to remix, rearrange, and recombine the music of The Beatles into a soundscape for Love, a theatrical production of Cirque du Soleil, which opened at The Mirage in Las Vegas.

Gina Mainwal

She had played in many bands in her hometown of Las Vegas, and was known as "Gina The Jet" on the radio station KUNV where she worked with Ken Jordan.

Guy Savoy

Guy Savoy is a world-renowned French chef, and is the Head Chef and owner of the eponymous Guy Savoy restaurant in Paris and sister restaurant in Las Vegas.

Irwin Molasky

Molasky built Las Vegas' first enclosed mall, the Boulevard Mall; first major hospital, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center; first high-rise condominium, Regency Towers; the area's first master-planned community, Paradise Palms; and the first high-rise office building in Las Vegas, the 17-story Bank of America Plaza; and the state's first hospice, The Nathan Adelson Hospice.

Je lui dirai

On October 1, 2003 Céline Dion taped the 1 fille & 4 types TV special at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where she performed this song among others.

Jeremy Luke

For the first decade of his career, Luke mostly had small guest roles in television series such as Judging Amy, NYPD Blue, ER, Las Vegas, and Desperate Housewives.

Jerry's Nugget playing cards

Founded in 1964 by Jerry Lodge and Jerry Stamis, Jerry's Nugget Casino stands today as a significant piece of Las Vegas history.

Jillian's

Many of the locations no longer exist: the location at Neonopolis in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada (which closed in 2008 after also being used as a concert venue) and the location at Peabody Place in Memphis, Tennessee, which shut down in 2009, and the Jillians of Youngstown, Ohio at the Southern Park Mall was closed down on January 30, 2011 but for reasons unknown.

Jim Fryatt

After retiring as a player, Fryatt served briefly as the assistant manager of the original Las Vegas Quicksilvers before settling permanently in Las Vegas where he worked at casinos before becoming a mechanic for a golf course.

John Stagliano

From October 2004 through February 2008, Stagliano produced and directed a Las Vegas show called Fashionistas based on his porn film of the same name.

Kathryn Kuhlman

Many accounts of healings were published in her books, which were "ghost-written" by author Jamie Buckingham of Florida, including her autobiography, which was dictated at a hotel in Las Vegas.

Ken's Foods

Besides its headquarters in Marlborough, the company employs over 600 people in facilities located in McDonough, Georgia and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Laura Bryna

To promote the album, Bryna broadcast the music video for the single "Make a Wish" on flat-screen monitors in the Luxor and Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for one month.

Lauren Anderson

She starred in the variety production "Headlights and Tailpipes" in Las Vegas at the Stardust Resort & Casino.

Legends In Concert

Legends In Concert is a live tribute artist production with shows primarily located in Las Vegas, Nevada, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Branson, Missouri, Mashantucket, Connecticut, Waikiki, Hawaii and Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds

Marvel vs. Capcom 3's first and only international representation (due to the release of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3) as a main tournament fighting game at the renowned e-sports event, the Evo Championship Series, was in July 2011, held in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Michael Ruhlman

In Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations he appeared in four episodes, one devoted to Las Vegas, one devoted to Ruhlman's native Cleveland, one devoted to New York's Hudson Valley, a 2010 holiday special, and one (Heartland) that highlights lesser-known, but excellent restaurants across the country.

Miss New York United States 2011

Pappas is a resident of Whitestone, Queens, and became eligible to compete in the 2011 national Miss United States competition held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Misty Dawn

They remained close for five years, then they married in 1987 at Las Vegas' Little Chapel of the Flowers.

Mmm, Mmm, Mmm,

Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, is the 1997 debut of the Las Vegas soul music band Home Cookin', featuring fourteen tracks.

Multi-State Lottery Association

MUSL has retired several games, including Ca$hola (video lottery), Daily Millions, Rolldown, and the Powerball scratchcard game; the latter was tied to a weekly television game show produced for two years in Hollywood, California called Powerball: The Game Show; then for two years from the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, called Powerball Instant Millionaire.

National Hall of Records

The National Hall of Records is an obituary service that was introduced at the National Funeral Directors Association annual convention in Las Vegas in October 2007.

Nokia N76

It was introduced at the Las Vegas CES 2007 in January 2007 and was launched on 5 May 2007 with a sales price of 390 EUR.

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad, billed asThe Fight Of The Millennium, was a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 18, 1999, to unify the WBC and IBF's world Welterweight championships.

Postmodern philosophy

Postmodern philosophy also drew from the world of the arts and architecture, particularly Marcel Duchamp, John Cage and artists who practiced collage, and the architecture of Las Vegas and the Pompidou Centre.

Roger H. Chen

Since 1988, 99 Ranch Market chains have opened across the United States with stores located in areas such as San Gabriel, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Nevada, Seattle, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona.

Sex and Lies in Sin City

The film details the events surrounding the death of Las Vegas casino owner Ted Binion.

Tape trading

One notable example of how initial contact through tape trading lent to this trend is in the case of Righteous Pigs guitarist Mitch Harris who hailed from Las Vegas and Birmingham's Mick Harris, drummer with Napalm Death (not related) who would later collaborate writing and recording music, Mitch Harris would eventually relocate to the UK for this purpose.

Tasmanian Devil: Munching Madness

Players take control of Taz to eat all the food in each of the nine levels - Tasmania, Australia, China, Greece, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Amazon River, Las Vegas and Transylvania.

The Harem World Tour: Live from Las Vegas

The Harem World Tour: Live From Las Vegas (2004) is a live album and video recording of Sarah Brightman's concert held in Las Vegas, part of her global Harem World Tour.

Toleman

Warwick also qualified only once; at the season-closing Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas.

Tout près du bonheur

The music video was supposed to be shot in the Mojave Desert but because of Dion's health conditions it was directed May 8, 2006 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas by Ivan Grbovic.

WUTB

In exchange, Fox received an option to buy any combination of six Sinclair-owned CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates (two of which were standalone stations affiliated with the latter service) in three of four markets: Raleigh (WLFL and WRDC), Las Vegas (KVCW and KVMY), Cincinnati (WSTR-TV) and Norfolk (WTVZ).

Young Electric Sign Company

These include the NBC Experience globe in New York City, the historic El Capitan Theatre and Wax Museum marquees in Hollywood, the Reno Arch and numerous icons in Las Vegas, such as Vegas Vic, the Fremont Street Experience, the Astrolabe in The Venetian the Wynn Las Vegas resort sign and recently the Aria Resort & Casino Las Vegas and Harmon Retail Corner.