Las Vegas Facts And Figures

Here are just a few facts about this incredible city and the state of Nevada, its residents and of course casinos:

• 87% of visitors to Las Vegas will have a gamble at some point in their stay
  
  
• If all the neon lighting in Las Vegas were laid end to end it would stretch over 15,000 miles
  
  
• Today the state of Nevada is the nations number one producer of gold
  
  
• Since 1990 the population of Nevada has grown by an amazing 83.3%

• The average number of conventions held in Las Vegas annually is 3750
  
  
• The Closest estimate suggests there are nearly 200,000 slot machines in Las Vegas
  
  
• In 1980 a Las Vegas hospital suspended staff for placing bets on when patients would die
  
  
• Paved roads in miles in Nevada, 5429, unpaved roads and gravel tracks, 33.010
  
  
• In Nevada it costs $35 for a marriage licence and $450 to get divorced

• Elvis Presley once performed 837 consecutive sold out nights at the Las Vegas Hilton
  
  
• The biggest grossing concert of all time took place at the MGM grand on new years eve 1999 when Barbra Streisand performed to over 12,000 people and grossed $14,694,000
  
  
• The hard hat was invented purely for those working on the Hoover Dam
  
  
• The worlds largest ever jackpot occurred in Las Vegas in 1998 and was over $27 million.
  
  
• In 1938 saddled horses were banned from casinos in the state
  
  
• Since 1990 seventeen casinos have been imploded to make way for larger ones