Las Vegas: verschil tussen versies

Finally, in 1941, the luxurious El Rancho Vegas resort opened on what would later become the Las Vegas Strip. Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel later opened the Flamingo Hotel in 1946, starting the building boom and one-upsmanship that would continue largely unabated for the next 50 years and creating a precedent of Organized Crime involvement in Nevada's gamblnggambling industry that arguably persists.

'''McCarran International Airport (IATA: LAS)''' [5] is served by many domestic and international air carriers. Discount air carriers serving LAS include US Airways/America West, JetBlue, and Southwest. As at most US airports, you can rent luggage carts for $3. MGM Grand properties (MGM Grand, and New York New York) and Harrah's Entertainment properties (Rio, Harrah's, Bally's, Paris, Caesars Palace, and Flamingo) offer check-in desks and luggage transfers at LAS. Getting from LAS to your hotel is accomplished by airport shuttle (Bell Trans, $3.50-$10); rent-a-car; taxi ($10-20); or limousine ($35). The taxi line is well organized, the city taxi dispatcher will direct you to a numbered space along the curb. You need not tip the taxi dispatcher. As in any city, you can be taken advantage of if the cab driver thinks you are naive or new to the city. Do not allow the cab driver to take you through the I-15 tunnel (an extra $10) or tell you the story about the "big accident" enroute to your hotel, if either of these happens take down the driver's hack license number and call the Nevada Taxi Commission.

Unfortunately, due to service cuts back in 1997, Amtrak does not have a route through Las Vegas anymore. There is a daily bus route from [[Needles]], California to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, with a stop in [[Laughlin]], Nevada, is operated in concert with Amtrak's Southwest Chief [6]. Amtrak California's San Joaquins [7] route operates 2 buses daily to Las Vegas from [[Bakersfield]], [[California]] as part of its service.

Southern Californians crowd Interstate 15 every weekend going back and forth to Vegas. Expect this drive to be crowded and frustrating, unless you can come and go at off-peak hours. However, many find the 280-mile drive along the I-15 restful and scenic. Attractions along the I-15 include the towns of [[Barstow]], California; [[Baker]], California; the Mojave Desert; and small hotel-casinos at [[Primm]], Nevada (at the California border) and [[Jean]], Nevada. Those who traverse the I-15 should remember that they are crossing a desert, and should carry (and drink) ample amounts of water, especially on hot summer days where temperatures can reach 120 degrees F (48 degrees Celsius).

From east of Las Vegas, travellers typically drive on I-40 through [[Arizona]], and then head north toward Vegas on US-93 in [[Kingman]], AZ, before finally picking up I-15. This route will take you along Lake Mead and directly through the Hoover Dam area. Traffic at the Dam tends to be extremely congested and slow-going; usually the slowest part of an otherwise sparsely populated desert area.

Greyhound [3] operates buses from [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]; Kingman, Arizona; and [[Los Angeles]], California to Las Vegas.