Table of contents:
- 1. Glow from a nuclear explosion
- 2. Swimmers by the pool
- 3. "Golden Nugget"
- 4. "Frontier Club"
- 5. City center
- 6. Fremont Street
- 7. Gas station at the hotel "Last Frontier"
- 8. Sin city
- 9. Las Vegas Strip
- 10. Las Vegas in 1962
- 11. TWA Airline Poster
- 12. At the "Sands" casino
- 13. Hunter Thompson
- 14. Panorama of the city
- 15. First settlements
Video: Retro photography of Las Vegas: What was the "city of sin" at the beginning of the XX century
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Las Vegas is the very embodiment of vanity and gigantomania in its purest form. In this city, everything is "very-most": the largest, highest, dearest, deepest. It is here that the largest bottle of Coca-Cola, the largest gold bar and the largest singing fountains. This is a city that flaunts gold dust and flaunts it. And it has always been this way …
1. Glow from a nuclear explosion
In the 50s, one of the attractions of Las Vegas was the opportunity to see the "nuclear mushrooms" that arose from nuclear weapons tests by the military at a test site 100 kilometers from the city. "Nuclear mushrooms" could be observed from the windows of the hotels.
2. Swimmers by the pool
In the PalmsHardwood Suite hotel room, you can play basketball, as there is a real basketball court, a changing room and a scoreboard. The hotel also has rooms with full-size bowling alleys.
3. "Golden Nugget"
In 1992, a certain Archie Karas came to one of the gambling establishments in Las Vegas. He had $ 50 in his pocket, and his winnings were $ 40,000,000. But he turned out to be such a gambling person that he could not stop, and pulled absolutely everything until morning.
4. "Frontier Club"
From 1919 to 1931, all gambling in Las Vegas was banned. But in the middle of the 20th century, casinos began to be actively built in Las Legase. And, as a rule, they were built with the money of the mafia.
5. City center
About 60 thousand people move to Las Vegas every year. And these are just official figures. There are a myriad of illegal aliens who flock to this glittering desert oasis.
6. Fremont Street
An apartment in Las Vegas can be rented for $ 650 a month, and one acre of land in Sin City costs $ 30 million. But you can get married in this city around the clock in just a couple of hours and for $ 60. You can also get a divorce at any time for $ 450.
7. Gas station at the hotel "Last Frontier"
An interesting fact is that initially Las Vegas was recognized as a Mormon territory. Alcohol and even more gambling were prohibited in the city.
8. Sin city
9. Las Vegas Strip
10. Las Vegas in 1962
11. TWA Airline Poster
12. At the "Sands" casino
13. Hunter Thompson
14. Panorama of the city
More than half of the twenty largest hotels in the world are in Las Vegas. And of the twenty largest American hotels in the "city of sin" - 17. In total, this city has 150,000 magnificent hotel rooms. And if someone decided to spend one night in each room, it would take over 400 years.
15. First settlements
Did you know that there is Las Vegas in Scottish, where you can, get married in five minutes.
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