sexta-feira, 23 de outubro de 2015

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas






Las Vegas is the most populous and most densely populated of the US state of Nevada. Located in the southern state, in Clark County, which the city hosts. It was founded in 1905 but officially became a city in 1911.

According to the national census of 2010, the city itself has 583,756 inhabitants, and its metropolitan area has about 1.9 million inhabitants. It is the 30th most populous city in the United States and is considered the city with the highest growth rate throughout North America.

Las Vegas is famous for its casinos. In Las Vegas Boulevard, better known as the Strip, are the most impressive casinos in the world like the Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Excalibur, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, Monte Carlo, New York, New York, Paris, Stratosphere, The Venetian , Treasure Island, among many others.



The first reports on the visit of the valley by someone of European descent was Raphael Rivera in 1829 . Las Vegas was named by Spaniards in the Antonio Armijo Group , who used the water from the area during the journey begun in Texas and directed to the north and west along the Old Trail Espanola (Old Spanish Trail). In 1800, the areas of Las Vegas Valley contained artesian wells that supported extensive green areas or meadows (vegas in Spanish), hence the name Las Vegas.

John C. Fremont traveled into the Las Vegas Valley on May 3, 1844, while she was still part of Mexico.  He was a leader of a group of scientists, scouts and observers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. On May 10, 1855, following annexation by the United States, Brigham Young had assigned 30 missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led by William Bringhurst to the area to convert the indigenous population of the Paiute to Mormonism . The fortress was built near the current center of the city, serving as a stopover for travelers along the "Mormon Corridor" between Salt Lake City and briefly thriving colony of saints at San Bernardino, California. However, Mormons abandoned Las Vegas in 1857. Las Vegas was established as a railroad town on May 15, 1905, when 110 acres (44.5 hectares) owned by Ferrovia San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Senator William A . Clark of Montana, were auctioned off in what is now downtown Las Vegas. Las Vegas was part of Lincoln County until 1909 when it became part of the newly established Clark County. The Catholic Church of St. Joan of Arc, next to the streets 4th and Bridger in downtown was founded in 1910. Las Vegas became an incorporated city on March 16,



The game was legalized in the city on 19 March 1931. On 26 December 1946, Bugsy Siegel opened the Flamingo Hotel in infamous Paradise, on what would become the Las Vegas Strip. The era of mega-resorts casinos in Clark County began on November 22, 1989, with the opening of The Mirage.

Las Vegas started as a stopover on the tracks of the pioneers in March to the West and became a popular railroad town in the early 1900s with the development of the railroads, Las Vegas went through a period of decline, but the completion of the Hoover Dam in its vicinity in 1935 resulted in population growth and tourism. The dam, located 50 km southeast of the city, formed Lake Mead. Today, tours are offered to lesser known parts of the dam. The game was legalized in 1931 led to the emergence of casino-hotels in which the city has international fame. The initial success of casinos in the city is clearly related to organized crime. Most of the first large casinos were managed or financed by figures Mafia as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Meyer Lansky or other mob at the time. In the late 1960s, with the arrival of billionaire Howard Hughes, who purchased many casinos, hotels and television stations in the city, legitimate corporations began to purchase casino-hotels, and the mob was wiped out by the federal government over a number of years following. The constant flow of dollars of tourists from the hotels and casinos was also enhanced by a new source of federal capital. This capital came with the creation of the Base Nellis area. The flow of military personnel and direct job creation in the casinos helped start a real estate boom that continues today.

In 2006, Macau, Special Administrative Region of China, surpassed Las Vegas as the main polo matches. Las Vegas but still remains one of the world's leading destinations for entertainment.



Las Vegas has a semi-arid climate, registering less than 100 millimeters of rainfall per year. The Las Vegas Summer is hot, with temperatures that can exceed 40 ° C, with temperatures below 25 ° C are rare, although the city has registered relatively low temperatures in winter, as 1 ° C in 1898. This causes problems , especially among children and the elderly.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Las Vegas was 48 ° C in July 1931. Recently, were recorded maximum of 46 ° C in 1994 and 44 ° C in winter 2006. The city is mild with an average temperature of 10 ° C.Mas, you can register unstable temperatures, such as 36 ° C during the winter of 1910. the rainy season of Las Vegas begins in January and runs until March, with minimal rainfall being recorded in other months. The lowest temperature ever recorded in the city was -13 ° C in January 1963. In 2008, after 30 years there has been snowfall in December.




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