Vegas Q&A: What Don't People Know About Vegas?

UPDATED: 9:18 a.m. EST March 1, 2004

Question: What are some things that most people don't know about Vegas?

Jack in Sacramento, Calif.

Answer: Top 6 Things That Most People Probably Don't Know About Vegas:

6. It gets cold in the winter months and rains. Average daytime temperatures are only in the 50s and nighttimes can get down into the 30s.

5. In addition to having more hotel rooms than any other U.S. city (more than 134,000 at last count), Las Vegas hotels operate at more than 90 percent capacity, compared to a national average around 60 percent.

4. Las Vegas is the fastest growing city (in terms of population) in the United States and has been for more than a decade. The area population in 1970 was around 273,000. Today it is more than 1.5 million, and more than 6,000 people move there every month.

3. Las Vegas means the Meadows in Spanish. (Okay, so anyone who speaks Spanish probably knew that one.)

2. Slot machines were originally employed in most casinos as a diversion for the wives of the male gamblers playing cards and other table games. They were relegated to the fringes of the casino. Today, they take up the bulk of a casino floor space and account for most of the profit the casino makes off of you.

1. The Strip isn't in Las Vegas. It's actually outside of city limits (which end at Sahara Boulevard) and is managed by Clark County.

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