Sin City is located in the state of Nevada, a well-known region of America, famous for its great opportunities for the use of freedoms. Here in 1931 gambling was allowed. By this time, Smith's 1827 expedition had found an oasis in the Las Vegas Valley. There is an opportunity for arranging life in the midst of subtropical heat, dry rocky deserts. The official year of birth of Las Vegas was 1905. Now the city amazes with incredible architectural buildings, wealth, luxury. Casinos, gambling houses, interesting museums, hotels where all the wishes of vacationers come true, original attractions attract thousands of tourists here. The city is the largest center in the world for gambling and entertainment. It is advisable to think over the question of what to see in Las Vegas in 1 day in advance.
Neon museum
In the history of the city, neon advertisements of various establishments occupied an important place. With their help, players were attracted. A city of fun, games, entertainment cannot be imagined without bright advertisements. The colorful signs were often changed, creating new and unexpected options. The main producer of neon signs was Young Electric Sign. An interesting Neon Museum is located in the open air (on the territory of the former warehouse of the company). The first exhibit in the museum was a sparkling “Hacienda” sign called “The Rider and the Horse”.
Now the museum houses about 150 signs. The main part has not been restored, but is in real form, representing "living value". The shining gallery of the museum does not require payment upon visit. Many famous signs are presented in it: "Nevada Motel", "Сhief Court Hotel", "The Flame Restaurant", "Andy Anderson", "Aladdin's Lamp". The museum was opened in 1966. Located on Fremont Street, a well-organized neon sign graveyard.
Natural History Museum
Las Vegas is not only the capital of gambling, it is a city where many cultural institutions of different thematic directions have been built. For example, the Museum of Natural History (it opened in 1991), which displays the entire natural course of the planet's development. Mysterious dinosaurs walked on it in different places. In the center of Las Vegas, there are models of Triceratops, Raptors, Brontosaurs, which became extinct millions of years ago. The models of wild animals are made exact copies of the originals and create the atmosphere of a living zoo.
By pressing the special button of the model, you can hear the real roar of the animal. The expositions are filled with thematic galleries: about the ancient civilization of people ("International Gallery of Wildlife", "Prehistoric Life of the Human Family", "Treasures of Egypt", "Gallery of Marine Life"). Swimming pools have been built in the museum to keep living beings. Stingrays and sharks live in them. The insect section is popular. There is a scientific youth center in the Museum, conferences and lectures are held. Institutional address: 900 N Las Vegas Blvd.
Mob Museum
The city is the capital of gambling thanks to the huge financial investments of criminal structures. The main ones were the Italian criminal gangs "Cosa Nostra". Her activities are highlighted in the expositions of the Mob Museum. The institution opened in February 2012. Among the exhibits are edged weapons and firearms used by criminals. Clothes, shoes, numerous documents, photographs. During the tour, you are invited to shoot from machine guns, sit in the electric chair or the dock, look at the terrible Thompson machine gun (it was shot on Valentine's Day).
A special exposition highlights the activities of Albert Anastasi (nicknamed "The Mad Hatter"). During the excursion, the methods of doing business by criminal groups are revealed. The popular museum is located in the courthouse (former post office). The Museum has a shooting gallery. It is proposed to shoot police officers, gangster machine guns from a revolver. In a special photo studio it is proposed to take a "mugshot" picture with an inscription, a plate. Address: 300 Stewart Avenue.
Fremont Street
Fremont Street appeared with the birth of the city. It is named after the explorer Charles Fremont (aka Pathfinder), who discovered the Vegas Valley in 1844. It's easy to recognize the pedestrian street by its mascot: a neon cowboy statue. This is the largest neon installation in the world. And also the famous Fremont Street Experience dome, created in 1905 by LG. Unique equipment for video shows with a screen in the form of an arched dome, with a huge number of displays, controlled by 10 computers, broadcasts various programs at night.
At night, the street becomes the largest video show in the world. The first casinos that have appeared in the city are still operating (for example, Golden Gate, Four Queens, Binion's Horseshoe, Golden Nugget). In 1990, the entertainment center moved to Las Vegas Street. The casinos of the old city attract with a special atmosphere of excitement, low values of the starting rates, cheap drinks, bright cafes, bars, sparkling realm of neon advertisements.
Lead Discovery Children's Museum
In the center of the city there is a two-story building, where interesting conditions have been created for people of any age: children can take part in interesting (almost adult) entertainment, and adults can feel like a carefree child. The expositions of the museum contain elements of art, science, culture that help the practical development of children. Very young visitors are offered special programs with educational games. You can have fun for a long time, inflate a giant bubble (stand in it), photograph your own shadow, imagine yourself as a specialist in a real television studio.
Most of the proposals are based on the principle of joint action. It develops the relationship between children and adults. You can play, study the laws of physics here together with your parents, older friends, relatives. At the same time, any participant feels the joy of discovery, the opportunity to share experiences. The cognitive museum helps to look at science and art from an interesting, unexpected side in a fascinating way.
Art Museum
It is the first curator of contemporary art to appear in southern Nevada. The creation of the museum by the activists of the Las Vegas Art League group began in 1949. The desire to introduce fine art into the life of the city came true at a ranch in the Lorenzi Park. Since 1974, the art gallery has received the status of a museum. Over the course of its existence, it has been closed and revived more than once. The subject of the expositions was acquaintance with international culture in contemporary art.
It hosted exhibitions of works by Marc Chagall, Dayil Chukhuli (unique colored glass items), Auguste Rodin. Separate exhibitions are dedicated to artists who work in Las Vegas (and who lived here before). The museum often hosts seminars, exhibitions, complex events on programs that meet the standards of the American Association. They help develop creativity, love contemporary art.
Container Fleet
The ingenious proposals of modern architects are composed of unexpected building concepts. M-Rad has developed and implemented a sports complex project from used shipping containers. Three towers allow for extreme sports. There are hotels, shopping areas with boutiques of fashion brands. In one of the buildings there is a farm for the production of organic products. To ensure life in the original facilities, alternative forms of energy are used due to the sun and wind.
The park has a recreation area on the shore of a small lake, with cross-country trails, surfing spots, skate zones. Brightly colored shipping containers in fancy combinations were reborn in 2013. The container park project showed people unlimited flights of architectural fantasies, the hidden possibilities of human thought. This makes the city's life diverse, joyful and comfortable.
Adventuredome amusement park
Las Vegas hotels are separate cities filled with pleasant surprises. On the top floor of the Circus Circus Hotel, the amusement park is such a surprise, under a huge pink dome of durable glass. It protects visitors from the sun, rain, creating a festive atmosphere with pleasant pink lighting. 25 attractions for children and adults were built under the dome. They are considered the best in the world. Here roller coasters rumble, extreme roller coasters and a climbing wall are ringing. The adrenaline attraction in the form of a double "dead loop" Canyon Blaster works.
Popular entertainment is the “Inverter” entertainment, the “Rim Runner” water attraction with jumps over a waterfall 18 m high. An interesting feature of the park is the use of figures of numerous species of dinosaurs. Almost living sculptures adorn the park and make you think about the life of the planet, looking at the majestic animal figures. Lovers of a relaxing holiday will find entertainment on the well-groomed golf course, in the halls of the modern IMAX cinema. Anyone can buy a ticket and visit the park without having to stay at the hotel.
Madame Tussauds museum
Madame Tussaud's wax figures have attracted the attention of tourists in different cities for over 200 years. By the way, the first wax figures were Voltaire, Franklin, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. There are 20 museums in different cities of the world. In Las Vegas, it was opened in 1999. More than 100 wax figures have taken place in the halls of The Venetian. The main part is devoted to the artists of America of the past and present. Among them are copies of Brad Pitt, Jolie, Lady Gaga, etc.
A feature of the museum is the ability to touch, hug, take pictures with your favorite characters. The sculptures are similar to their owners and create the impression of live communication with your favorite athlete, actor, politician. As if there was a conversation with Obama, Clinton, Bush (recently, the figure of Putin has appeared). Many of them are interactive and may, for example, turn red when touched. During the excursions, you are invited to listen to little-known facts from the life of your favorite celebrities.
Titanic Artifact Exhibition
The hotel-casino Luxor offers not only to play, but to get an adrenaline rush from a walk on a full-size replica of the legendary Titanic ship. At the exit, a boarding ticket is issued in the name of the real passenger of the liner. You can find out his fate at the end of the excursion. The expositions of the museum are made up of artifacts found in 1985 (over 300 items) and made according to historical documents. Cabins of different classes, real stairs leading to the floors of the ship, personal belongings of passengers, tableware, silver, jewelry, real champagne from 1900 create an authentic atmosphere before the crash.
Particularly impressive is the sight of the very "black iceberg" that caused the tragedy. An amazing point is the preservation of the natural cold coming from the monster. During the excursion it seems to feel its destructive power. A great emotional load is the letters of people who asked for help. Visiting each room helps to plunge into the true world of tragedy. Often, excursions end with a touching cry of visitors.
Oceanarium "Shark Reef"
The huge marine "stadium" is not in the ocean, but away from the main sources of water in the middle of the hot desert of Nevada. It was created at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. The closed aquarium, containing 5 million liters of water in composition similar to the Red Sea, has become home to various (15 units) species of sharks, rays, and rare fish. There is even a hammerhead shark here. In America, this is the first aquarium where she feels great. Its area is 9 thousand m2.
It is suggested to see (and not be afraid at the same time) the animals while walking through the shark tunnel made of durable glass. Visitors can watch the feeding of the toothed predators. Learn about the life of the rare golden crocodiles, reticulated pythons and dragons brought from Komodo Island. Piranhas frolic in the aquarium, jellyfish, turtles, mollusks, snails swim. Experienced divers (with supporting documents) can dive alongside rare marine life, amazing marine invertebrates.
Dancing fountains "Bellagio"
It is impossible to forget the magic dance of the silver streams of water emerging from the artificial lake. 1175 jets create a unique creation of technical thought. They hit from special installations, rotating nozzles capable of moving under the control of computer programs. They fly up, intertwine, wriggle, disintegrate into millions of silver splashes, performing a planned dance. At the same time, songs of famous performers, musical works of more than 20 processed works are played.
Before the start of the show, mystical clouds of smoke appear and a water (and musical) explosion enhances the effect of the dancing fountains. At this time, 450 bright lamps create the necessary illumination, sparkling brighter than neon signs. The fountain belongs to one of the most expensive hotels in the city of Bellagio. The famous flower chapel is also located here, where famous couples of the world got married (including the first weddings organized via Skype). A delightful show of water jets dancing at a height of 152 m, takes place every day from 15 to 24 hours. Even in bad weather, people are standing on the shore of an artificial lake, spellbound by the extraordinary beauty of the spectacle.
Hotel "Paris"
On the Strip, there is a legendary hotel complex with its own casino, created according to the architectural style of the hotel "De Ville" (France). The interiors are designed in European style. The square in front of the hotel was decorated in a peculiar way. Here are installed copies (their size is half the size) of French monuments: the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, the Opera House in Paris. The famous Eiffel Tower has become a real masterpiece of architecture.
Not only the external appearance of the building has been preserved, but also the internal structure. The building is 140 m high and equipped with expensive restaurants, boutiques of fashion brands, shops with souvenirs. Admiring the American landscape, the visitor is in the romantic atmosphere of Paris. Climbing the observation deck, you can see the entire street from a height of 140 m. The hotel address is Boulevard South, Las Vegas.
Hotel "Venice"
Two majestic towers, 40 floors high, a beautiful connection in the form of a covered garden with the "Palazzo" form the largest hotel on the planet. Once in it, you find yourself in little Venice with its Grand Canal, the Magnificent Rain Palace, the Cathedral of St. Mark. Among the copies of architectural structures, you can, as in real Venice, ride a gondola, see bright carnivals, take part in luxurious entertainment. Staying at this hotel is considered a true celebration of the grace, beauty of the elegance of Venice and the special spirit of Las Vegas.
The building, made in the spirit of the Renaissance, is filled with the unforgettable aura of Venice. The hotels have 19 restaurants, the largest casino with hand-painted murals and marble floors. Shops of the Bolshoi Canal, a unique SPA center, its own Hermitage. All elements of the hotel are located under the ceiling, stylized as a blue sky with running snow-white clouds. One of the premises houses the Madame Tussauds Museum. 80 boutiques offer clothes of models of famous couturiers of the world. For celebrations, 12 luxurious halls are used.The Blue Man Group trio performs in its own theater, and shows every day, including the Phantom of the Opera.
Conservation Springs
Not far from Las Vegas, around an artificial sea that feeds the city with water, a unique wildlife reserve was opened in 2007. Here you will get acquainted with the amazing contrast of the desert of the green oasis that gave life to the city. But his discovery was the first step. Everything else is done by the labor of mankind. Now in the reserve you can take a walk in a gorgeous botanical garden, walk through galleries, museums, open-air concert venues. Follow special routes through the wild desert, impenetrable swamps. During the excursion, learn how a person survives in such conditions and how to make a real paradise out of them (for example, the city of Las Vegas).
On the territory of the reserve are presented options for modern technologies for the construction of cities among the sands of the desert, the use of water, solar energy, wind. The reserve is equipped with service stations for the technology of the future: electric vehicles, cars with hydrogen engines. The reserve is fenced off with a long soundproof wall separating it from the busy highway. At the entrance to it there are three huge stands introducing the history of the Valley.
