The Las Vegas Strip is a three mile long part of Las Vegas Boulevard South along which are located the largest hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. It runs from the Stratosphere at its north to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino to its south. Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport is just to the south and east of the Strip.
The strip reportedly was named by a Los Angeles cop, Guy McAfee, after the Sunset Strip in his hometown. The first hotel to be built on what is today's strip was the El Rancho Vegas, which opened on April 3, 1941. (It was destroyed by fire in 1960.)
In addition to the large hotel/casinos, the Strip includes a host of smaller casinos, motels, and other attractions, such as M&M World and Fashion Show Mall. The Strip is walkable, and is thronged with passersby even in the hottest parts of the summer. The foot traffic is such that intersections with major cross streets, such as Tropicana Blvd, have large footbridges passing over on all four sides of the junction.
Automobile traffic on the Strip is very heavy most hours of each day, and exacerbated by the remaining ground-level crosswalks.
Hotel/casinos on the Strip (from north to south) include:
| Name | Rooms | Opened |
| Stratosphere 2000 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 1,500 | April 1996 |
| Sahara | ||
| Circus Circus 2880 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 3,770 | |
| Stardust 3000 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 2,340 | July 1958 |
| Treasure Island 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 2,900 | October 27, 1993 |
| Venetian 3355 Las Vegas Blvd, South | 4,049 | |
| Mirage 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 3,049 | November 22, 1989 |
| Flamingo Las Vegas 3555 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 3,642 | |
| Caesars Palace 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 2,456 | |
| Bellagio 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 3,000 | 1998 |
| Bally's Las Vegas 3645 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 2,814 | |
| Paris 3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 1,900 | |
| Aladdin 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 2,567 | Opened in 1963 as the Tally-Ho; imploded and then completely rebuilt, opening in August 2000. |
| Monte Carlo Resort and Casino 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 3,014 | June 1996 |
| New York, New York 3790 Las Vegas Blvd South | ||
| Excalibur 3850 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 4,032 | June 19, 1990 |
| Luxor Hotel 3900 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 4,407 | October 15, 1993 |
| Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South | 3,700 | 1999 |