Casinos actually in Las Vegas

I have read here (months ago) how most casinos in "Las Vegas" are not actually Las Vegas, but actually in places like Henderson.

I've tried searching the forums, but can not locate it. Would anybody know of a link to find out which casinos are actually in Las Vegas, and the location of casinos not in Las Vegas. That or if somebody wouldn't mind taking the time to make a list, it would be greatly appreciated.

I'm sure Paco can give you a better answer. But as I understand it, of the well-known casinos, only the Stratosphere and the Downtown casinos are within the city limits of Las Vegas. Many of the rest, including the Strip, are elsewhere

Quote: minnesotajoe

I have read here (months ago) how most casinos in "Las Vegas" are not actually Las Vegas, but actually in places like Henderson.

Ever see that sign on LV BLVD as you're driving towards
Downtown, that says 'Las Vegas'? Anything before that sign
is not Vegas, which is pretty much the whole Strip.

The strip casinos are in Paradise, NV or Winchester, NV. These are unincorporated areas of Clark County.

Correct. The "Las Vegas Strip" is not located in the geographical boundaries of the city of Las Vegas. One poster differentiated between the terms "Las Vegas" and "Vegas". Some visitors might be crestfallen to learn that after a dozen trips to The Strip that they have never actually once set foot inside Las Vegas.

Some of Boulder Strip is in Henderson and even the M Resort is referred to as being in Henderson even though I think a boundary runs right thru the property.

I don't know if it makes much difference. If you buy a house in Clark County are the taxes different in these different jurisdictions? I really don't know.

Quote: FleaStiff

I don't know if it makes much difference. If you buy a house in Clark County are the taxes different in these different jurisdictions? I really don't know.

Map of Cities

Tax rates are different. Most of the legal districts were set up to avoid having to pay taxes to the City of Las Vegas. Like Los Angeles the City of Las Vegas acquires new territory wherever it can causing a strange sprawl. Henderson is very ungainly shape as well.

Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson and Boulder are cities, but Winchester, Paradise, Enterprise, are part of the county and are not incorporated as cities.
Gaming Enterprise Districts

The gaming inside the city was traditionally on Fremont Street and the strip (beginning at the Sahara Resort) was outside of the city limits. The two districts built each other up for a slightly different experience even until the Mirage opened up in 1989. When MGM Grand and Excalibur opened, the power shift towards the strip became permanent, and Fremont began losing market share. The Fremont Street experience only slowed the loss.

Sahara, Red Rock, Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho are on the same street as the city limits, but outside of the city. Boulder Station is a few hundred yards outside the city limits.

Inside the City limits
Golden Nugget is by far the largest casino downtown and dates back to WWII (although it didn't have rooms until the 1970's when Steve Wynn became general manager). Palace Station was built in the 1970's to be on the edge of the strip. Arizona Charlie's and Santa Fe Station grew up in the 1980's and are locals casinos. In the mid 1990's, Stratosphere was built to gleam some money for the city from the strip. In the very late 1990's the Suncoast and Rampart were ambitious plans to build higher quality casino resorts for the city. Those plans did not prove to be as profitable as hoped.

The four casinos inside city limits (out of 35 in urban area) to make over $72 million per year are Golden Nugget, Suncoast, Santa Fe, and Palace Station. Casinos that formerly made over $72 million were Stratosphere, Arizona Charlie''s Decatur, Rampart, and California.

Las Vegas, being older, has more than it's fair share of mini casinos with 199 slot machines, and limited licenses with 15 slots apiece.

The gambling that is done inside the city is not tabulated in a statistical area by the NGC, but it would be much less than $1 billion. Almost certainly less than 15% of the take in the County. But roughly 1/3 of the people in the county live inside the city limits.

Thank you all... huge love to pac... that really answered my question.

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