Las Vegas Strip
The Strip
Las Vegas Boulevard South
Length: 3.8 mi (6.1 km)
South end: Russell Road
North end: Sahara Avenue
Nevada highways
The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately 3.8-mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard South in Clark County, Nevada. The Strip lies in the unincorporated areas of Paradise and Winchester. Most of “the Strip” has been designated an All-American Road. Many of the largest hotel, casino and resort properties in the world are located on the world famous Las Vegas Strip. Nineteen of the world’s 25 largest hotels by room count are on the Strip, with a total of over 67,000 rooms. One of the 19, the Las Vegas Hilton, is an “off-Strip” property but is located less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the Strip.
Several decades ago, Las Vegas Boulevard South was called Arrowhead Highway, or Los Angeles Highway. The Strip was reportedly named by Los Angeles police officer Guy McAfee, after his hometown’s Sunset Strip.
One of the most visible aspects of Las Vegas’ cityscape is its use of dramatic architecture. The modernization of hotels, casinos, restaurants, and residential high-rises on the Strip has established the city as one of the most popular destinations for tourists….
Signs of an economic recovery are looking a little better according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. The group is projecting an increase in visitor numbers. That is great news for a tourist-based town like us.
“If you build it, they will come…” Well, we built it, and you did come. Then all this financial craziness hit and your numbers dropped waaaaaay down…but now it seems they are on their way back. And we are ready to rock you. Deals on Vegas hotels are all over the place with every hotel offering some kind of discount room. Even the 4 and 5 star hotels. Shows are also offering specials like 2-for-1 or big discounts.
The word on the Las Vegas Street is; start the engines, we are ready to take off again. CityCenter opened in December of 2009 and got the momentum going, and then the recent Tourism Act signed in March kept it rolling.
The Party appears to be picking up some steam.
And when you are ready to party here is a great place to start;
Existing-home sales in Las Vegas increased 4.5 percent in February and median prices fell 12.8 percent from the same month a year ago, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported.
February’s 2,390 single-family home sales are “fairly solid” for what is traditionally a slow time of the year, Realtors association president Rick Shelton said Tuesday.
Nearly half of those sales were cash-only transactions, suggesting a return of heavy investor activity in Las Vegas. The median price was $135,694, up 0.6 percent from $134,925 the previous month….
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