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25 unusual facts about Las Vegas


1954 AAA Championship Car season

The 1954 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 14.

2012 NSCRO Men's Division III Rugby Tournament

Region 4 claims to have 31 rugby programs, however, at least four appear to be large state universities with well developed rugby programs (e.g., University of Nevada, Las Vegas which has 28,000 undergraduates - approximately 26,000 more students than Salve Regina or Franciscan).

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.

Boyd Gaming

Boyd Gaming embarked on its first expansion in 1979, when it opened Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall on Boulder Highway at Nellis Boulevard.

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.

Country-Folk

The liner notes state that they were familiar to other musicians in the Las Vegas area.

Darby O'Gill

Darby O'Gill operates in Portland, Oregon, while Darby O'Gill and the Little People center their performances in Las Vegas.

Everett Sloane

He starred as the ruthless businessman in both the film and television versions of Rod Serling's Patterns, and in the first season of The Twilight Zone guest starred in "The Fever" as the victim of a Las Vegas slot machine.

Famous People Players

Liberace attended a showing of Aruba Liberace, and was so impressed he invited Famous People Players to perform with him in Las Vegas.

Hana Yori Dango Final

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

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.

Johnny Lockwood

Lockwood spent a year with television series Sunnyside Up, went to the US to perform in Las Vegas, returned to Australia for a two-year run with classic comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show, and then played the lead role in Canterbury Tales.

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.

Maurice Hines

Their father joined them and "Hines, Hines & Dad" performed on a regular basis in New York, Las Vegas, and throughout Europe and on many television shows, including The Pearl Bailey Show, The Hollywood Palace, and The Tonight Show.

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.

Mmm, Mmm, Mmm,

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

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.

Palmdale Transportation Center

It may also be a future station of the planned Desert Xpress high-speed rail line to Las Vegas upon completion of the California High-Speed Rail line.

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.

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.

Streets and highways of San Diego

It heads northeast through the city's inland suburbs before continuing through the Inland Empire to Las Vegas.

Swallow My Pride

During a Pearl Jam concert in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 30, 1993, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam (both previously in Green River) reunited with Turner and Arm of Mudhoney to cover the song.

The Alice Cooper Show

It was recorded live in Las Vegas at the Aladdin Hotel on August 19 and 20, 1977, during Cooper's "King Of The Silver Screen" United States tour.

The Glen

Heading west on a winding road from Las Vegas at twilight, I found myself in a rose-colored canyon unlike any glen I had ever seen.


Adwoa Yamoah

Biniaz was expected to represent Canada at Miss Universe 2012 in Las Vegas but a few days before the expected arrival she hurt her foot and because of that Adwoa Yamoah, the first runner-up, got the opportunity to represent Canada while Biniaz still holds the title of Miss Universe Canada 2012.

Albuquerque Dukes

San Diego took over the Beavers/Dukes, and Los Angeles took Las Vegas, renaming the team the Las Vegas 51s for the famed alleged UFO spaceport, Area 51, near 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.

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.

Bat Country

The song's main influence comes from Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and the title itself also comes from a line from the book in which Raoul Duke, the alter-ego pseudonym of Thompson himself, is on his way to Las Vegas while being affected by various drugs, and thus hallucinates, seeing huge bats and manta rays in the sky.

Bernie Cummins

In the late 1950s it became increasingly difficult for the band to find gigs, but the band continued to play clubs in Las Vegas, playing at such places as The Flamingo, El Rancho and Last Frontier, before it dissolved it 1959.

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.

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.

Eenasul Fateh

Fateh’s ventures in entertainment include being commissioned by private clients in Las Vegas and Monte Carlo as well as in London (Hurlingham Club, Sanderson Hotel, Peacock House etc.), opening onstage for Paul Weller, Beth Orton and Mark E. Smith, entertained at Alexander McQueen’s official London Fashion Week after-party.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Interop

It takes place at four different locations at various times of the year: Mumbai (India), New York (NY, USA), Tokyo(Japan), and Las Vegas (NV, USA).

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.

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.

Ken's Foods

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

Kimball International

Kimball Hospitality has furnished over 14,000 rooms in Las Vegas's major hotels and casinos.

KLSV

KLSV-LP, a low-power television station (channel 50) licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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.

Leigh Marning

Leigh Marning trained at the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne, Australia from 2001–2003 and was later accepted into the Cirque du Soleil show Cirque du SKÀ in Las Vegas.

Lyle Berman

In 1990 he was a co-founder of Grand Casinos Inc., a company that sought to create gambling establishments outside of Las Vegas and Atlantic City.

M. Margaret McKeown

She ruled that it was an impermissible governmental endorsement of religion: the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution bars the government from favoring any one religion, as it specifically applied to a white metal Latin cross in the Mojave National Preserve in southern California between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

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.

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.

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.

Nipton, California

When a new office opened nearby, immediately outside Primm, Nevada, Nipton lost its number one ranking, as Primm was easier and faster for Las Vegas residents and others to get to.

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.

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.

Quién

Its accompanying music video, directed by Simon Brand, was filmed in Las Vegas, and features Arjona singing while walking around the city's nighttime lights.

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.

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.

S.A. Griffin

Notable television guest star credits include Perry Mason, Matlock, Alien Nation, Designing Women, Melrose Place, Las Vegas, Dexter, Days of our Lives and appears as Dr. Osiris in the ride film In Search of the Obelisk directed by Douglas Trumbull at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1992.

Seth Flynn Barkan

He grew up and still currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, which has an evidently strong influence on the content and mood of his poetry.

Sex and Lies in Sin City

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

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.

To Serve and Protect

In addition there are some episodes featuring trips to Las Vegas, Hong Kong, and Memphis, Tennessee.

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).

XBIZ

The event is held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.

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.