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Line 22: ==Boundaries== [[Image:Las Vegas 63.jpg\|thumb\|left\|The Strip in 2009]] ~~gay~~ Historically, the casinos that were not in [[Downtown Las Vegas]] along [[Fremont Street]] were restricted to outside of the [[Las Vegas, Nevada\|city]] limits on Las Vegas Boulevard. In 1959 the [[Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign]] was constructed exactly {{convert\|4.5\|mi\|km}} outside of the city limits. The sign is today about {{convert\|0.4\|mi\|km}} south of the southernmost entrance to Mandalay Bay (the southernmost casino). In the strictest sense, "the ~~Stripers~~Strip" refers only to the stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard that is roughly between [[Sahara Avenue]] and [[Russell Road (Las Vegas)\|Russell Road]], a distance of {{convert\|4.2\|mi\|km}}.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Vegas not alone in wanting in on .vegas \|author=[[Joe Schoenmann]] \|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]] \|date=2010-02-03 \|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/feb/03/vegas-not-alone-wanting-vegas/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release \|title=County Turns 100 July 1, Dubbed ‘Centennial Day’ \|url=http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/public_communications/news_releases/pages/countyturns100july1.aspx \|publisher= [[Clark County, Nevada]] \|date= 2009-06-23 \|accessdate=2010-02-05}}</ref> However, the term ~~in ,n jn j v kihv iuhvb ojvoboib ougbouiiogbPOOI o voovs~~is often used to refer not only to the road but also to the various casinos and resorts that line the road, and even to properties which are not on the road but in proximity. Certain government agencies, such as the [[Nevada Gaming Commission]], classify properties as "Las Vegas Strip" for reporting purposes, although these definitions can include properties which are {{convert\|1\|mi\|km}} or more away from Las Vegas Boulevard (such as the [[Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas)\|Hard Rock Hotel & Casino]]). Phrases such as ''Strip Area'', ''Resort Corridor'' or ''Resort District'' are sometimes used to indicate a larger geographical area. The Nevada Gaming Commission considers the Strip's northern terminus as the [[Sahara Casino]]. At one time, the southern end of the Strip was [[Tropicana Avenue]], but continuing construction has extended this boundary to Russell Road. [[Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino\|Mandalay Bay]] is located just north of Russell Road and is the southernmost resort considered to be on the Strip by the Nevada Gaming Commission. Line 42: Several decades ago, Las Vegas Boulevard South was called [[Arrowhead Highway]], or Los Angeles Highway. The Strip was reportedly named by [[Los Angeles Police Department\|Los Angeles police]] officer Guy McAfee, after his hometown's [[Sunset Strip]].<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lasvegas/peopleevents/p_mcafee.html \|title=Las Vegas: An Unconventional History \|accessdate=2007-06-07 \|work= [[American Experience]]}}</ref> In 1968, [[Kirk Kerkorian]] purchased the [[Flamingo Las Vegas\|Flamingo]] and hired Sahara Hotels Vice President Alex Shoofey as President. Alex Shoofey brought along 33 of Sahara's top executives. The Flamingo was used to train future employees of the International Hotel, which was under construction. Opening in 1969, the [[Las Vegas Hilton\|~~Interh/hcjhcjchjch jhc jh cnational~~International Hotel]], with 1,512 rooms, began the era of mega-resorts. The International is known as the [[Las Vegas Hilton]] today. The first [[MGM Grand Hotel and Casino]], also a Kerkorian property, opened in 1973 with 2,084 rooms. At the time, this was one of the largest hotels in the world by number of rooms. The [[Rossiya Hotel]] built in 1967 in Moscow, for instance, had 3200 rooms; however, most of the rooms in the Rossiya Hotel were single rooms of 118 sq. ft (roughly 1/4 size of a standard room at the MGM Grand Resort. On November 21, 1980, the MGM Grand suffered the worst [[MGM Grand Fire\|resort fire]] in the history of Las Vegas, killing 87 people as a result of electrical problems. It reopened eight months later. In 1986, Kerkorian sold the MGM Grand to Bally Manufacturing, and it was renamed [[Bally's Las Vegas\|Bally's]].

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