Las Vegas Strip, Entertainment district on Las Vegas Boulevard, US
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.
A former police officer named Guy McAfee gave the boulevard its current name in 1939, borrowing the term from a district in Los Angeles. Developers started opening resorts beyond city limits during the early 1940s, and by the mid-1950s a series of new hotels began replacing older motor courts with large properties managed by businessmen and entertainers.
Visitors fill showrooms and concert halls each night for performances by touring musicians, resident headliners, and acrobatic companies from around the world. Wedding chapels open around the clock, casinos run games at every hour, and crowds wander between properties well past midnight, setting the social rhythm for the entire metropolitan area.
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.
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