Las Vegas Trivia
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Vegas Vic, shown at right, was unveiled in 1947, to be replaced by the new version in 1951, at a cost of $25,000. The sign can be seen on Fremont St (downtown).
The Luxor's atrium could hold nine Boeing 747s stacked on top of each other.
The recipe for the Atomic Cocktail (popular in Las Vegas when atomic testing began north of the city in 1951) is as follows:
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1 jigger vodka
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1 jigger brandy
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1 jigger champagne
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Touch of sherry
Shake, do not stir. (One jigger is about one ounce.)
Lottery is prohibited in Nevada. Article IV, Sec. 24 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada (1864) reads as follows: "No lottery shall be authorized by this state, no shall the sale of lottery tickets be allowed."
The statue of Caesar in front of Caesars Palace is 20-ft tall.
Elvis Presley made his first, unsuccessful appearance in Las Vegas in 1956, despite several hit records. He returned in 1969 to have sold-out shows at the International (now Hilton).
The inclinators (the elevators in the Luxor pyramid) move at a 39-degree angle.
The Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas is half-scale of the original one.
The four hotels at the Las Vegas Blvd and Tropicana (MGM Grand, Tropicana, Excalibur, and New York-New York) have more hotel rooms than all San Francisco.
The Statue of Liberty in front of New York-New York is 150 ft tall. The 12 replica towers of the New York skyline measure up to one-third of the original buildings.
About 86 percent of the land in Nevada is owned by the federal government.
Bill's Gambling Hall (formerly Barbary Coast) has the world's largest stained glass mural, "The Garden of Earth by Delight"—30 ft long, 5 ft high.
Emerald Island, in Henderson, is the only non-smoking casino in the Las Vegas valley.
A 3-ton section of the Berlin Wall, covered with original graffiti, can
be seen in a men's restroom at Main Street Station 
. It was bought from
the German government for $17,500.
Legend has it that kissing the Blarney stone, at the Blarney Castle in Ireland, is rewarded with the gift of gab, i.e., makes you persuasive. Fitzgerald's displays a real stone from this castle and if you rub it "will surely make your day luckier."
"Bugsy" Siegel's memorial is located in a small park in the Flamingo hotel. Go left from the Wildlife Habitat toward the swimming pool and left again in the park..
The hard hat was invented for the workers at Hoover Dam, in 1933.
From the Mt Charleston peak you can see into four states on a clear day: Nevada, California, Utah, and Arizona.
The world-famous "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada" sign was designed by Betty Willis in 1959. In 1993, the plans to beautify the Strip included removing the sign from its place south of Mandalay Bay (0.8 miles). Those who opposed the idea won, and the sign is still in its original place. (A replica was recently placed on Boulder Highway, just north of Harmon St.)
The seven most popular attractions in the US are:
1. Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada
2. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
3. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
4. The Astrodome, Houston
5. The Statue of Liberty, New York
6. Walt Disney World, Florida
7. The Gateway Arch, St. Louis
The famous Las Vegas Strip is not in Las Vegas, but in the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester. Several such townships are part of Clark County, along with the city of Las Vegas. The south end of the City of Las Vegas ends at Sahara Ave.
The guitar in front of Hard Rock is 90 ft long (or high) .
According to a Clark County ordinance, between 6 pm on December 31 and 6 am on January 1, it is unlawful to be in the possession of any glass or aluminum container containing alcoholic beverages while on Las Vegas Boulevard south of Sahara Ave and north of Sunset Ave, including sidwalks.
