Las Vegas metropolitan area has 2 million habitants and was established in 1905. It has one of the highest suicide rates but not because of the residents. It is the visitors... Why? Because Las Vegas is the second gambling capitol of the world, just after Macau.
The first Casino opened here in 1931 and offered 63 rooms. The era of
the megaresorts, which is the trend still today started with the opening
of The Mirage 1989. With its 3000 rooms it was the biggest hotel of the
world at its opening. Today there are around 20 hotels along the strip,
each having 3-6000 rooms. The biggest one at the moment is the MGM
Grand with almost 7000 rooms. We visited quite some of the big resorts.
The casinos have very nice bars, restaurants and different types of entertainment. The density of Michelin star quality restaurants is the highest on the world. Cirque de Soleil is running 5 different shows at the same time and the city is home to numerous sport events and huge conventions. The hotel occupancy rate is the highest nationwide and was well over 90% in 2005. Even during the crisis in 2008 was not lower than 80%, although gaming revenues fall back by 50 percent and still not recovered by far.
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