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{{leftlegend|#DC143C|[[Winchester, Nevada|Town of Winchester]]}}
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{{leftlegend|#FFF974|Las Vegas–Henderson–North Las Vegas [[Metropolitan Statistical Area|MSA]] (Remainder)}}
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[[File:Palazzo Casino, Las Vegas (3479650636).jpg|thumb|Exterior of the [[The Palazzo|Palazzo]] hotel. A major part of the city economy is based on tourism including gambling and ultra-luxury hotels.]]
While Las Vegas has historically attracted high-stake gamblers from around the world, it is now facing tougher competition from the UK, Hong Kong and Macau (China), Eastern Europe and developing areas in the Middle East.<ref>''[http://www.ibisworld.com/industry/retail.aspx?indid=1662&chid=1
Las Vegas has recently enjoyed a boom in population and tourism. The urban area has grown outward so quickly that it borders [[Bureau of Land Management]] holdings along its edges. This has led to an increase in land values such that medium- and high-density development is occurring closer to the core. The [[Chinatown, Las Vegas|Chinatown of Las Vegas]] was constructed in the early 1990s on Spring Mountain Road. Chinatown initially consisted of only one large shopping center complex, but the area was expanded with shopping centers that contain various Asian businesses. Over the past few years, retirees have been moving to the metro area, driving businesses that support them from housing to health care.
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While the cost of housing spiked up over 40% in 2004, the lack of [[Corporate tax|business]] and [[income tax]]es still makes Nevada an attractive place for many companies to relocate to or expand existing operations. Being a true twenty-four-hour city, [[call center]]s have always seemed to find Las Vegas a good place to hire workers who are accustomed to working at all hours.
The [[construction industry]] accounts for a share of the economy in Las Vegas. Hotel casinos planned for the Strip can take years to build and employ thousands of workers. Developers discovered that there was demand for [[high-end]] [[Condominium (living space)|condominium]]s.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shubinski|first=Jennifer|title=Onward and upward|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/aug/27/onward-and-upward/|access-date=March 17, 2017|work=Las Vegas Sun|date=August 27, 2004}}</ref> By 2005, [[List of condominiums in Las Vegas|more than 100 condominium buildings]] were in various stages of development,<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Hubble|title=Expert sees upside for high-rise condos|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-21-Fri-2005/business/25705091.html|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=January 21, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123052216/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-21-Fri-2005/business/25705091.html|archive-date=January 23, 2005}}</ref> however, in 2008, the construction industry went into a downturn due to the [[
In 2000, more than 21,000 new homes and 26,000 resale homes were purchased. In early 2005, there were 20 residential development projects of more than {{convert|300|acre|abbr=on}} each underway. During that same period, Las Vegas was regarded as the fastest-growing community in the [[United States]].
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[[File:Vegas by night (360655015).jpg|thumb|[[Las Vegas Boulevard]] looking south from the [[Stratosphere Las Vegas|Stratosphere]]]]
Two major freeways—[[Interstate 15 in Nevada|Interstate 15]] and [[Interstate 11]] (including [[U.S. Route 93 in Nevada|US 93]] and [[U.S. Route 95 in Nevada|US 95]])—cross in downtown Las Vegas. I-15 connects Las Vegas to Los Angeles and [[San Diego]], and heads northeast to [[Salt Lake City]] and beyond. I-11 goes northwest to the [[Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony|Las Vegas Paiute Indian Reservation]] and southeast to [[Henderson, Nevada|Henderson]], bypassing downtown [[Boulder City, Nevada|Boulder City]] just to the south, and then to the [[Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge]] over the [[Colorado River]], from there [[U.S. Route 93 in Arizona|U.S. Route 93]] continues towards [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. I-11 will eventually
With the notable exceptions of [[Las Vegas Boulevard]], [[Nevada State Route 582|Boulder Highway]] and [[Nevada State Route 599|Tonopah Highway]] (better known as the northern part of Rancho Drive), the majority of surface streets outside downtown Las Vegas are laid out along [[Public Land Survey System]] [[section line]]s. Many are maintained, in part, by the [[Nevada Department of Transportation]] (NDOT) as [[state highway]]s.
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===Colleges and universities===
The [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]] (UNLV) is in [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]], about three miles (5 km) south of the Las Vegas city limits and roughly two miles east of the Strip. Several national colleges, including the [[University of Phoenix]] and [[Le Cordon Bleu]], have campuses in the Las Vegas area. [[Nevada State College]], [[National University (California)|National University]] and [[Touro University Nevada]] are nearby [[Henderson, Nevada|Henderson]]. The [[College of Southern Nevada]] has campuses in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson. Henderson also is home to [[DeVry University]], as well as the [[Roseman University of Health Sciences]].
==Venues in Las Vegas==
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