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originally, a public hall for music and dancing; by the second half of the 19th century, a collection of gaming or gambling rooms.Las Vegas
city, seat (1909) of Clark county, southeastern Nevada, U.S. The only major city in the American West to have been founded in the 20th century, Las Vegas grew from a tiny, desert-bound railroad ...
tap dance
The introduction of television and the rise of Las Vegas, Nevada, as a popular tourist attraction saved tap dance from a slow death. Variety shows, which included tap dancers along with their other ...
Clark
county, southern tip of Nevada, U.S., wedged between California and Arizona. The county seat is Las Vegas, the internationally famous gaming and entertainment city. The broad desert valleys ...
Las Vegas
Las Vegas has had a relatively small number of what might be considered traditional civic cultural institutions-e.g., orchestras, theatre companies, and public art museums-for a city of its size. ...
Stern, Martin, Jr.
American architect (b. April 9, 1917, New York, N.Y.-d. July 28, 2001, Los Angeles, Calif.), designed a number of landmark casino hotels in Las Vegas, Nev., as well as three brightly coloured Ships ...
Las Vegas
The old downtown at the centre of the city became overshadowed in the 1950s by the Strip, the portion of Las Vegas Boulevard (and adjoining side streets) running some 4 miles (6 km) to the southwest, ...
Las Vegas
Although Las Vegas claims to have a diversified economy, the service sector unquestionably is dominant. In reality, the city is essentially a one-company town-that "company" being gambling and ...
Nevada
Tourism and its related activities bring millions of visitors; contribute more income than mining, agriculture, and manufacturing combined; and employ about one-third of the work force. Although ...
gaming, Indian
in the United States, gambling enterprises that are owned by federally recognized Native American tribal governments and that operate on reservation or other tribal lands. Indian gaming includes a ...
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