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2. History of Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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   The settlement of Las Vegas, Nevada was founded in 1905 after the opening of a railroad that linked Los Angeles and Salt Lake City.The stopover attracted some farmers (mostly from Utah) to the area, and fresh water was piped in to the settlement.

3. How Las Vegas went from mobbed-up town to the center of the ...

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   An aerial view of the newly completed Flamingo hotel complex, Las Vegas, circa 1950. The hotel is now surrounded by developments. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Keystone via ...

4. Patrick Dumont - Wikipedia

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   Patrick Dumont (born 1974 or 1975) is an American businessman. After his marriage to Sivan Ochshorn, daughter of Miriam Adelson, in 2009, Dumont entered the Las Vegas Sands Corp, rising to Chief Financial Officer in 2016 and President and Chief Operating Officer in 2021.

5. Wynn Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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   At a cost of $2.7 billion, Wynn Las Vegas was the most expensive resort ever built, beating Wynn's $1.6 billion Bellagio, which opened on the Strip in 1998. Wynn Las Vegas opened on April 28, 2005, with 2,716 rooms and a 111,000 sq ft (10,300 m 2) casino. At the time, its 45-story hotel tower was the tallest building in Nevada.

6. Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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   At the time Las Vegas was seen as a long-shot candidate to win the Raiders. The meeting was set up by Napoleon McCallum, a former Raiders player turned Las Vegas Sands employee. McCallum approached Davis about moving the team to Las Vegas before a Broncos-Raiders game on November 9, 2014, in Oakland.

7. The Venetian Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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   The Venetian was built on land previously occupied by the Sands Hotel and Casino, which opened in 1952. [2] Las Vegas Sands, a company founded by businessman Sheldon Adelson, purchased the Sands resort in 1989.

8. Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project - Wikipedia

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   The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is a solar thermal power project with an installed capacity of 110 megawatt (MW) [4] and 1.1 gigawatt-hours of energy storage [1] located near Tonopah, about 190 miles (310 km) northwest of Las Vegas.

9. Dunes (hotel and casino) - Wikipedia

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   [36] [37] Sands closed the casino portion in January 1956, due to falling profits. It was the third Las Vegas casino to close in recent months, following the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Royal Nevada. Live entertainment also ceased, although the hotel remained open. [38] [39] Rice blamed disagreements within Sands for the casino's failure. [28]