With a population of around 670,000, Las Vegas is the largest city in the US state of Nevada. The city was founded in 1905 and is internationally known as a gambling metropolis. According to Statista, there were more than 330 casinos in Nevada in 2017. By comparison, Florida and Mississippi each have only 35, and New Mexico only 28.
Year after year, several million people from Germany and abroad travel to Las Vegas. Most recently, there were around 42 million people in 2019. Currently, the city offers more than 150,000 hotel and motel rooms. For years, the city's primary revenue stream has been gambling. About 87% of tourists participate in gambling, sometimes playing for several hours a day. The casinos located in Las Vegas alone turn over about $4.5 billion per year. In total, there are an estimated 140,000 Slot machines as well as 4,000 gaming tables in the city. A slightly older survey conducted by Expedia in 2012 concluded that tourists stay here for an average of three days and spend an average of $1,600 in that short time.
Among the most famous hotel-casinos in Las Vegas are The Mirage (1989), MGM Grand (1994), Monte Carlo (1996), Bellagio (1998), as well as the Wynn Las Vegas (2005). By the way, the minimum age for gambling in the city is 21. In Las Vegas, many couples traditionally say "I do" to each other. In 2004, almost 130,000 couples were married in the gambling metropolis.
The climate in Las Vegas is a desert climate. This means that there are very dry and hot summers and very short but cold winters. In the summer months from June to August, temperatures here can rise to over 40 degrees.