A sex shop in Las Vegas, Nevada

Major Highways in Las Vegas

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● towards the south, Interstate 15 is a major gateway from Las Vegas to California, including Los Angeles and
San Diego. To the north, it connects Las Vegas to Salt Lake City (UT), Pocatello (ID), Great Falls (MT), finally
reaching its terminus at the United States-Canada border, near Sweetgrass, Montana.
● US 93 is a north-south highway running from Wickenburg, Arizona to the Canadian border, near Eureka, Montana.
It is the main route to Phoenix, Arizona and also connects Las Vegas to Twin Falls, Idaho and Missoula, Montana.
● US 95 is a major freeway in the Las Vegas area, also known as Las
Vegas Expressway . It runs from the Mexican border, near San Luis, Arizona
up to the Canadian border, in Boundary County, Idaho, crossing 5 states. It is a major route from Las Vegas to
Reno and Carson City, Nevada.
● State Route 160 connects southwestern Las Vegas to Pahrump, ending at the US 95 highway, near Crystal
● Bruce Woodbury Beltway runs west from Henderson, north along the west side of the valley and heads east
to connect with I-15 north of the city.

Education in Las Vegas

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Primary and secondary public education is provided by the Clark County School District (CCSD), which is the fifth
most populous school district in the nation (projected enrollment for the 2007–2008 school year is 314,000
students in grades K–12).
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is located in Paradise, about three miles (5 km) south of the city
limits and roughly two miles east of the Strip. The University of Nevada Medical School has a campus near
downtown Las Vegas. Several national colleges, including the University of Phoenix, have campuses in the Las
Vegas area. Nevada State College and Touro University Nevada are both located in nearby Henderson. The College
of Southern Nevada has campuses in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson. Henderson also is home to
DeVry University and the Keller Graduate School of Management, as well as the University of Southern Nevada.
Other private entities in the Las Vegas Valley include Apollo College, National University, ITT Technical Institute
and Nova Southeastern University.

Tourism in Las Vegas

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The major attractions in Las Vegas are the casinos. The most famous hotels are located on Las Vegas
Boulevard, better known as the Las Vegas Strip. Many of these hotels carry thousands of rooms. There are, of
course, large casino areas in these hotels as well. There are many hotel casinos in the city's downtown area as
well, which was the original focal point of the city's gaming industry in its early days. Several large hotels and
casinos are also located somewhat off the Strip but adjacent to it, as well as in the county around the city.
Some of the most notable casinos located downtown are on the Fremont Street Experience and include:

● Golden Nugget
● Four Queens
● Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel
● Fremont Casino
● Plaza Hotel & Casino
● Las Vegas Club
● Fitzgeralds Las Vegas
● Golden Gate Hotel and Casino
● California Hotel and Casino

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Las Vegas' climate is an arid desert climate (Koppen climate classification BWh ) typical of
the Mojave Desert, in which it is located, marked with very hot summers, mild winters,
abundant sunshine year-round, and very little rainfall. Temperatures in the 90s °F (mid-30s °C)
are common in the months of May, June, and September and temperatures normally exceed
100 °F (38 °C) most days in the months of July and August, but with very low humidity, frequently under 10%.
The hottest temperature ever recorded is 117 °F (47 °C) set twice, on July 19, 2005, at McCarran
International Airport (the warmest ever recorded there) and July 24, 1942, at present-day Nellis Air Force
Base. Winters are mild and usually are cool and windy, with the majority of Las Vegas' annual 4.49 in (114 mm)
of rainfall coming from January to March.[6] Winter daytime highs are normally around 60 °F (16 °C) and
winter nighttime lows are usually around 40 °F (4 °C). The coldest temperature ever recorded is 8 °F (−13 °C) set
on January 25, 1937, at present-day Nellis Air Force Base. Showers occur less frequently in the Spring or
Autumn. July through September, the Mexican Monsoon often brings enough moisture from the Gulf of
California across Mexico and into the southwest to cause afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Although winter
snow is usually visible from December to May on the mountains surrounding Las Vegas, it rarely snows in the
city itself. Although temperature and precipitation records for Las Vegas dates back to the early part of the
20th Century, official temperature and precipitation records for Las Vegas date back as early as 1937.

Economic history of Las Vegas

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Las Vegas started as a stopover on the pioneer trails to the west and became a popular railroad town in the
early 1900s. It was a staging point for all the mines in the surrounding area, especially those around the town
of Bullfrog, that shipped their goods out to the rest of the country. With the growth of the railroads, Las
Vegas became less important, but the completion of the nearby Hoover Dam resulted in substantial growth in
tourism, which, along with the legalization of gambling, led to the advent of the casino-hotels for which Las Vegas
is famous.
The city owes almost all its current status and reputation to the American mafia. All of the original large casinos
were managed or at least funded under mob figures Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky.[4]
The constant stream of tourist dollars from the hotels and casinos was augmented by a new source of federal
money. This money came from the establishment of what is now Nellis Air Force Base. The influx of military
personnel and casino job-hunters helped start a land building boom which still goes on today.

History of Las Vegas

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Las Vegas (English: "The Meadows") was named by Spaniards in the
Antonio Armijo party, who used the water in the area while heading north
and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas. In the 1800s, areas of the
Las Vegas Valley contained artesian wells that supported extensive green areas
or meadows (vegas in Spanish), hence the name Las Vegas.

John C. Frémont traveled into the Las Vegas Valley on May 3, 1844, while it
was still part of Mexico. He was a leader of a group of scientists, scouts
and observers for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. On May 10, 1855, following annexation by the United States, Brigham Young assigned 30 missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led
by William Bringhurst to the area to convert the Paiute Indian population to Mormonism. A fort was built near
the current downtown area, serving as a stopover for travelers along the "Mormon Corridor" between Salt Lake
and the briefly thriving colony of "saints" at San Bernardino, California. Las Vegas was established as a railroad
town on May 15, 1905, when 110 acres (44.5 ha) owned by Montana Senator William A. Clark's San Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, was auctioned off in what is now downtown Las Vegas. Las Vegas was part
of Lincoln County until 1909 when it became part of the newly established Clark County. Las Vegas became
an incorporated city on March 16, 1911.

City of Las Vegas

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Las Vegas is the most populous city in the state of Nevada, the
seat of Clark County, and an internationally renowned major
resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment. Although
established in 1905, Las Vegas officially became a city in 1911.
With the growth that followed, at the close of the century Las
Vegas became the most populous American city founded in the
20th century (a distinction held by Chicago in the 19th century).
As the 28th most populous city in the United States, Las Vegas is
one of the most populous cities in the American West.

A sex shop in Las Vegas, Nevada

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A sex shop, erotic shop is a shop that sells products such as sex toys, pornography, erotic lingerie, erotic books, and safer sex products such as condoms and dental dams. The euphemisms "Adult Video Store" and "Adult Book Store" are commonly used to refer to sex shops that sell or rent pornographic videos, books, and magazines. However, a lot of adult films are not rated when released to video or DVD.

In most jurisdictions, sex shops are regulated by law, with access not permitted to minors, in most countries/states, the age depending on local law. In case of doubt, on entering a sex shop, one may have to present a valid ID. Some states/countries regulate sex shops and the merchandise they sell, e.g. many Muslim countries as well as a few US states. In some jurisdictions that permit it, they may also show pornographic movies in private booths, or have private striptease or peep shows.

Near borders of countries with different laws regarding sex shops, shops on the more liberal side tend to be popular with customers from the other side, especially if importing the purchased materials by customers to their own country, and possessing them, is legal or tolerated.citation needed In 1962 Beate Uhse AG opened the world's first sex shop in Flensburg, Germany.