The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority posts information about Vegas annually on their website.  Some important 2014 details about this amazing city of ours: 

  • Approximately 366,400 Southern Nevada jobs were supported by Tourism in 2014.
  • According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Clark County has a population of 2,102,238 which is an increase of 1.9% from the previous year estimating approximately 3,332 new residents are moving to Clark County each month.  To put this into perspective, in 1970, Vegas had a population of 273,288

2014 also brought us some amazing new venues:

  • Opening of Linq and High Roller
  • Opening of Slotzilla at Fremont Street Experience
  • Opening of Voo Doo Zip Ride at the Rio
  • Opening of The Cromwell
  • Hard Rock and the Monorail celebrated their 10 year anniversaries
  • Opening of Cowabunga Bay Water Park
  • Las Vegas Hotel sold and was renamed Westgate Las Vegas
  • Opening of SLS Hotel and Casino
  • Opening of Delano Las Vegas
  • Opening of Downtown Summerlin Shops

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