"Las Vegas - Sin City" a Las Vegas Travel Page by Bernd_L

Las Vegas is located in the middle of a desert in southern Nevada. But why had anyone wanted to build a city there? Simply because the law of Nevada is much more relaxed when it comes to gambling, alcohol and sex than a lot of other states in the US. This is why at the beginning of the 20th century some gangsters saw their chance to earn a lot of money there.

First they built only casinos which attracted a lot of people form outside Nevada. Most of the casinos are located in big hotels, so the tired gambler can fall into bed and play again after some hours of sleep without loosing a lot of time.

But when the competition between them got stronger they had to find other means to get the visitors into their hotels. So they created theme hotels which are an attraction of their own and they perform world-class shows to entertain people who want to do more than only throwing money into slot-machines.

Most of the big theme hotels are lined up along the Las Vegas Boulevard, the main street of the city which is also known as “the strip”. Walk along this street and have a look into some of the casino-hotels at night when the city is a work of art build from blinking neon lights in all colors. In the hotel Venetian for example you find a copy of Canale Grande in Venice and the sky above is artificial.

Or watch the eruption of a volcano inside the huge pool in front of the hotel The Mirage. This spectacle is performed several times per hour every night.