Las Vegas facts

Las Vegas is the fastest growing city in the United States!
The World famous Las Vegas Strip is not part of the city of Las Vegas but is an un-incorporated area of land under the jurisdiction of Clark County.
After stumbling upon wild grasses and water along the Spanish Trail to Los Angeles a young European man named the area Las Vegas, Spanish for "The Meadows".
When Las Vegas was incorporated as a city on March 16, 1911 the city was only 18 square miles and had about 800 residents.
Today Las Vegas is 84 square miles in area and is home to over 500,000 people, while Clark County's population is approaching two million.
Many Casino's have restaurants that offer specials that aren't listed anywhere on the menu. You have to know about them and ask about them by name to receive them.
A good example of this is the "steak dinner" at Ellis Island. You get a complete meal for only $4.95 but only if you remember to ask for it by name.
A lot of people are wary about how casino comp cards work. Casino's offer them to determine who they're going to give their best comps to. The more you lose the more you get. They do this to try to keep the big spenders loyal to the casino they're at and generally not for any other purposes(e.g. selling mailing lists). If you play a slot machine or other electronic gaming device you insert the card in the designated slot and it tabulates points based on how much you lose at the machine. To earn points at table games you give your card to the dealer when you sit down. A floor supervisor or pit clerk will come by, get the card and then swipe it at a computer terminal. The player is listed in the computer until they leave the table. Occasionally the amount the player is betting at a given time will be updated to allow the computer to more accurately award points.
The city is home to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. It's classified in the Doctoral/Research University-Intensive category by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. UNLV is home to 27,000 students and is rapidly growing. It currently offers about 200 degree programs.