7 Facts About Vegas

1. Las Vegas is served by 22 television and 46 radio stations.

2. Las Vegas had earned the moniker Gambling Capital of the World, as the city currently has the largest strip of land-based casinos in the world.

3. Las Vegas has one of the highest marriage rates of US cities, with many licenses issued to people from outside the area.

4. Las Vegas has a subtropical hot desert climate, typical of the Mojave Desert in which it lies.

5. Las Vegas is situated within Clark County in a basin on the floor of the Mojave Desert and is surrounded by mountain ranges on all sides.

6. Las Vegas was founded as a city in 1905, when 110 acres of land adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks were auctioned in what would become the downtown area.

7. Las Vegas was settled in 1905 and officially incorporated in 1911.