Las Vegas: Did you know … ?

• More than 35 million people visit Las Vegas every year and 87% of these visitors end up gambling during their stay in Las Vegas
• There are about 1701 licensed gambling places in Las Vegas
• No city in the world has more casinos than Las Vegas (somewhere around 180)
• The average gambling budget per trip is USD$559
• Las Vegas is one of the fastest growing cities in the US and has a 100% population growth since 1990
• There are more than 325 limousines
• There are more than 35 wedding chapels
• El Rancho, on the Las Vegas Strip, was the first major resort to be built back in 1941 and the first casino was licensed 1931
• Apparently Elvis Presley performed in 837 sold out shows (consecutively!) at the Las Vegas Hilton Casino
• Whilst I couldn’t find out how exactly how many slot machines there are in total in Las Vegas (somewhere close to 200,000), I did read that there is one operating slot machine in Las Vegas for every 8 residents!
• 19 of the world’s largest 25 hotels (according to room count) are found on the Las Vegas Strip