Timeline of Las Vegas: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Ansel Adams - National Archives 79-AAB-01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ansel Adams]] photograph of the Hoover Dam, was an American [[landscape photographer]] and [[environmentalist]] known for his [[Monochrome photography|black-and-white images]] of the [[American West]].]]

| footer = Exterior and interior of the dome -– Mirage casino

** Zen Center founded.<ref name=pluralism>{{cite web |url= http://www.pluralism.org/directory/index/country:US/state:NV/city:las%20vegas/tag:-1 |title=Las Vegas, Nevada |work=Directory of Religious Centers |author=Pluralism Project |publisher=Harvard University |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |access-date=March 12, 2014 }}</ref>

** City website online (approximate date).<ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19980110054422/http://www.ci.las-vegas.nv.us/ |url= http://www.ci.las-vegas.nv.us/ |archive-date= 1998-01-January 10, 1998 |title= Welcome to Las Vegas |url-status=dead |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref><!--Was there an earlier city website?-->{{Chronology citation needed|date=January 2016}}

** [[1999 Las Vegas flood|A flood strikes on July 8]], killing two people, damaging 353 homes, and causing $20 &nbsp;million in public property damage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Koch |first1=Ed |last2=Radke |first2=Jace |title=Damage assessed, area braces for more rain |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/jul/09/damage-assessed-area-braces-for-more-rain/ |access-date=January 6, 2023 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=July 9, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Clinton to make call on flood aid |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/jul/19/clinton-to-make-call-on-flood-aid/ |access-date=January 6, 2023 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=July 19, 1999}}</ref>

[[File:KUNV 91.5FMTheSource logo.png|thumb|right|250px|Logo as The Source -– KUNV 91.5[[FM broadcasting|FM]] TheSource]]

[[File:Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay (10637310146).jpg|thumb|right|A view from the Mandalay Bay hotel looking north in [[2003]]]]

[[File:Miragehotel.jpg|thumb|right|The Mirage in [[2005]]]]

[[File:Torre Eiffel (Las Vegas).jpg|alt=Paris Las Vegas in 2006|right|thumb|Paris Las Vegas in [[2006]]]]

[[File:Venetian Las Vegas, NV.jpg|thumb|right|The Venetian in [[2007]]]]

[[File:Mandalay Bay Hotel Las Vegas (July 15 2008).jpg|thumb|right|Mandalay Bay Hotel Las Vegas, photo taken on theJuly 15th of July15, [[2008]]]]

[[File:Planet hollywood resort-night.JPG|thumb|right|Planet Hollywood Las Vegas at night in [[2009]]]]

[[File:Paris las vegas bellagio fountain.JPG|thumb|right|The Paris Casino in Las Vegas & the Bellagio Fountain in [[2010]]]]

[[File:Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), The Strip -- 2012 -- 6215.jpg|thumb|right|The Las Vegas in [[2012]]. Golden Nugget, Inc., led by developer Steve Wynn, purchased the future land of the Mirage in 1986.]]

** 8 June 8: [[2014 Las Vegas shootings]] occur.

** [[Celebrity]] [[Chumlee]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/pawn-plaza-making-progress-photos/attachment/construction-progresses-on-pawn-plaza-a-container-park-inspired-restaurant-and-retail-shopping-complex-planned-by-rick-harrison-of-pawn-stars-located-next-to-the-gold-and-silver-pawn-shop-in-d/ | title=Construction progresses on Pawn Plaza, a Container Park-inspired restaurant and retail shopping complex planned by Rick Harrison of "Pawn Stars," located next to the Gold and Silver Pawn shop in d... }}</ref> grand opening, a [[candy]] [[Retail store|store]] from an icon at ''[[Pawn Stars]]'' Pawn Plaza.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/chumlee-finally-opens-candy-on-the-blvd-at-pawn-plaza/ | title=Chumlee finally opens Candy on the BLVD at Pawn Plaza | date=21 June 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/chumlees-candy-store-cuts-hours-harrison-celebrates-wedding/ | title=Chumlee's candy store cuts hours; Harrison celebrates wedding | date=30 June 30, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/new-candy-shop-hits-pawn-stars-fave-chumlees-sweet-spot/ | title=New candy shop hits 'Pawn Stars' fave Chumlee's sweet spot | date=May 2017 }}</ref>

** June 20: A heat wave grounded more than 40 airline flights of small aircraft, with [[American Airlines]] reducing sales on certain flights to prevent the vehicles from being over the maximum weight permitted for safe takeoff and [[Las Vegas]] tying its record high at 117 [[degrees Fahrenheit]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/us/weather-west-heat-wave/index.html|title=How hot is it in the West? Let us count the ways|first=Madison |last=Park|website=CNN|date=20 June 20, 2017 }}</ref>

** October 1: [[2017 Las Vegas shooting|A mass shooting]] left 60 dead and 867 injured when a 64-year-old man, [[Stephen Paddock]], fired from the 32nd floor of the [[Mandalay Bay]] casino and hotel into the [[Route 91 Harvest]] [[country music]] festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooter/index.html|title=Weapons cache found at Las Vegas shooter's home|author1=Holly Yan |author2=Philip Victor |author3=Darran Simon|website=CNN|date=2 October 2, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/las-vegas-mass-shooting-country-music-stars-pray/story?id=50225041|title=Country music artists pray for victims of Las Vegas shooting near concert|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="59th Victim">{{cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/california-woman-declared-59th-victim-of-2017-massacre-in-las-vegas-2102779/|title=California woman declared 59th victim of 2017 massacre in Las Vegas|publisher=The Las Vegas Review-Journal|last=Lacanlale|first=Rio|date=August 24, 2020|access-date=August 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name="60th Victim">{{cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/las-vegas-woman-becomes-60th-victim-of-october-2017-mass-shooting-2123456/|title=Las Vegas woman becomes 60th victim of October 2017 mass shooting|publisher=The Las Vegas Review-Journal|last=Lacanlale|first=Rio|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> Paddock subsequently committed suicide.