Las Vegas: The Strip
The Strip is famous for casinos/hotels, entertainment,
restaurants, and fantasy.
How did The Strip get its name?
How have casino-hotels changed over the
last twenty years?
The Strip consists of three parts:
1) northern: from north of Sahara
Ave.
to Desert Inn Rd.
2) middle: south of Desert Inn Rd to
Flamingo Rd.
3) southern: from about Flamingo Rd to
south of Tropicana Ave.
Find and then
click on each of these areas* and tour the casinos and
sights.*(the pointer will turn into a hand and the web
address will change)*
For an electronic topographic map of this area, go to
TopoZone.com.
Take a
2009 tour of The Strip.
|
Places
| Casino-hotel Names
(as of 1997)
| urban USA
| New York New York; Bourbon Street (New Orleans)
| desert
| Sahara; Sands; Mirage; Desert; Grand Slam Canyon
| tropics/pirates
| Tropicana; Flamingo; Treasure Island; Barbary Coast
| West Asia
| Luxor (Egypt); Aladdin
| Western Europe
| Monte Carlo (Monaco); Riviera
| Latin America
| Rio
| East Asia
| Imperial Palace |
Themes
| Casino-hotel Names
(as of 1997)
| European Middle Ages
| Excalibur
| Roman Empire
| Caesar's Palace
| Spanish Colonialism
| Hacienda; La Cortez
| U.S. Frontier
| Frontier; Golden Nugget; Westward Ho
| Out-of-this-world
| Stratosphere; Stardust
| carnival
| Circus Circus
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