99 Days, 99 Vegas Facts.

Funny you should mention that.

Anchoring the east end of Downtown Las Vegas, the El Cortez (located at 600 Fremont St.) opened in 1941. The rambling Spanish style of the original building still can be seen in today's resort. The casino has a much-storied history, including being owned by Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, who sold it to fund the construction of the Flamingo Hotel. Today the casino is owned by Jackie Gaughan.

source: Vegas.com

87. Jackie Gaughan reportedly lives in the El Cortez penthouse and can be seen on the casino floor almost daily.

source: Wikipedia


86. The property is one of the few casinos to have never changed its exterior facade in Las Vegas, retaining the same signage and ranch themed architecture for over sixty years.

source: Wikipedia

Did a twofer (although they are pretty poor facts, admittedly) as I am working this weekend so havnt got much time.

Another twofer as I am playing catchup after the weekend.

85:On Jan. 6, 2004, Harrah's magician/comedian Mac King broke the world record for the longest game of Telephone with 614 participants. Telephone is a game where the first person in line whispers a phrase to the second person who whispers it to the third person and so on. The phrase usually has completely changed by the end of the line. King started the game by whispering, "Mac King is a comedy magic genius" and also predicted the final whisper, which was placed into a locked briefcase before the game. When the game ended, the prediction was revealed: "Macaroni cantaloupe knows the future." King was off by only one word.

source:Vegas.com

84:The 45-foot-tall lion that stands outside the MGM Grand weighs a hefty 90,000 pounds. It was cast in 1,600 individual pieces of half-inch-thick bronze plate, welded together and supported by an internal steel structure. But don't worry, it doesn't bite. It holds the world record for largest bronze statue of an animal in the US.

It holds the world record for largest bronze statue of an animal in the US.

?? The WORLD record for the largets animal in the US ?? that means it cannot be a world record, unless it's like the "World Series of Baseball" where the worlds other nations don't get to take part - lol.

Dont blame me for the retard way the Guinness book of world records classifies things. Probably something to do with all the Guinness.

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?? The WORLD record for the largets animal in the US ?? that means it cannot be a world record, unless it's like the "World Series of Baseball" where the worlds other nations don't get to take part - lol.

Good God, do they actually pretend to play baseball in other countries?

Its almost the national sport in Japan. A lot of South American countries also have a lot of players.

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Its almost the national sport in Japan. A lot of South American countries also have a lot of players.

If it wasn't for Latin America I don't think they could staff the Major Leagues!

I've heard in Japan it is nakedly coprorate owned. Say you might have "Toyota Mororheads vs. Sony Chipheads." Teams don't represent cities near as much as in the USA.

I also always find it interesting how so many cultures take baseball so serious as a sport. In Latin America I swear the kids are born wearng a glove.

Apologies for the tardyness with this. I will try and catch up this weekend.

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I doubt it. The "Hoax that is the 1.41%" thread is still going strong.

Thanks for the mention. My feelings would never be hurt if this thread surpasses "the hoax...1.41%" My only advice would be to not post anything that would be controversial for fear that it might incurr the wrath of some unnamed participants.

This info is really interesting and fun.

tuttigym

Me....Controversial??? Dont think I could be if I tried.

Personally I have no problem with the hoax thread, as it poses some interesting food for thought, but the maths semms to outweigh some ideas. But that is another topic for another thread.

Back to the Business at hand.

83: Nevada means "snowcapped" in Spanish, it was admitted to the union in 1864, its nickname is the "Battle Born State," it is the seventh largest state in terms of square miles and ranks 38th in population.

82: Las Vegas means "the meadows" in Spanish, founded in 1905, incorporated March 16, 1911, the city covers 84.272 square miles (219.1 square kilometers).

81: Clark County was created Feb. 5, 1908, its name honors William A. Clark, U.S. senator from Montana who built the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, the county covers 7,881 square miles (20,490.6 square kilometers) which is comparable to the area of Massachusetts.

Source: www.lvol.com

80: Boulder City is one of only two towns in Nevada where gambling is illegal, the other city being Panaca. Originally, this town was created to house the workers on Hoover Dam.

79: Nevada has more mountain ranges than any other state. The highest point is at the 13,145 foot top of Boundary Peak.

78: The Riviera was the first high-rise hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, it was nine stories tall

77: The first airplane to land in Las Vegas occurred in 1920 and it was piloted by Jack Beckley and landed at Rockwell Field which was located on what is now the Sahara Casino property.

76: In Nevada it is mandatory that video slot machines must pay a minimum of 75% back to the player, this amount is determined over the life of a slot machine.

source: www.insidervlv.com

Sorry most of these are a bit dry, will try and find some more interesting stuff for you.