Las Vegas Strip, Entertainment district in Paradise and Winchester, Nevada, United States

The Las Vegas Strip is a street and entertainment district along Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, stretching 4.2 miles south of downtown and hosting 30 large resort complexes that combine hotels, gaming floors, and performance spaces. Buildings modeled after global landmarks such as New York towers or Roman palaces line both sides of the boulevard, while pedestrian bridges connect properties across multiple levels.

The first full-service casino-resort on the road, El Rancho Vegas, opened with 63 bungalow rooms on April 3, 1941; the Hotel Last Frontier followed in 1942. Bugsy Siegel used mob money to finish the Flamingo, whose casino opened in December 1946 and hotel in March 1947. Kirk Kerkorian's 1969 International Hotel, with 1,512 rooms, began the mega-resort era.

The Strip's name comes from Guy McAfee, a Los Angeles police officer turned businessman who borrowed it from Hollywood's Sunset Strip. Open containers of alcohol are allowed on the street, unlike most places in the US, though bottled and canned drinks are barred on holidays such as Independence Day. The Little Church of the West, at the southern end, has married numerous celebrities.

A monorail connects several stations on the eastern side and runs until midnight each day, while free shuttle buses move between neighboring properties. All major hotels offer wheelchair access and most pedestrian bridges include ramps or elevators, though summer months from June through August bring temperatures above 38 degrees Celsius.

The fountain system outside one resort uses over 1200 nozzles set to music and pumps more than 83,000 liters during a single show. A nearby conservatory changes its full botanical layout five times each year, installing around 10,000 plants for each seasonal display.