# Other industry in Las Vegas **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856 "2006-02-10T14:06:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/1 "2006-02-10T14:06:32Z")
Just wondering, other than entertainment/tourism and the usual services needed in any city of that size, are there any significant industries located in Las Vegas? ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/2 "2006-02-10T14:51:08Z")
> [@ticker](#): > > Just wondering, other than entertainment/tourism and the usual services needed in any city of that size, are there any significant industries located in Las Vegas? There’s a big Ocean Spray bottling facility there. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/3 "2006-02-10T21:28:41Z")
Heh. Ocean Spray. Bottled in the desert. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/4 "2006-02-10T22:26:43Z")
The wedding industry there is massive and highly competitive. Unless you want to call that “entertainment”… ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/5 "2006-02-10T22:32:57Z")
Pimpin’ and Hoin’ [sub]Bitch betta have my money![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/6 "2006-02-10T22:36:13Z")
University of Nevada, Las Vegas employs 2400 faculty and staff. That’s a pretty big business. ---
**Author:** ![daffyduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@daffyduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffyduck)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/7 "2006-02-10T23:19:38Z")
Lots of construction related industry as well and I sell industrial automation equipment to a GoodHumor/Dryers ice cream plant out that way. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/8 "2006-02-10T23:24:52Z")
Not necessarily off entertainment/tourism but the convention biz in vegas is huge. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/9 "2006-02-11T00:01:19Z")
Nellis AFB is here, therefor there is a lot of civilian support types. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/10 "2006-02-11T00:02:31Z")
There’s a lot of “back-office” finance there - credit card services, loan processing, call centers, that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/11 "2006-02-11T00:43:30Z")
Elvis impersonation, per capita, is much higher in Vegas compared to the rest of the country. It may no longer be a growth industry, however. ---
**Author:** ![Otanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Otanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otanx)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-industry-in-las-vegas/343856/12 "2006-02-11T02:30:29Z")
Hoover Dam is outside LV. Most of the employees live in Boulder City I think. Little outside of Vegas. Lot of goverment contracting work in Vegas for Nellis AFB, the test site, and “The Mountain” north of Vegas. Got UNLV, the international airport, several call centers. Got a[timet](http://www.timet.com/index_new.htm) plant in Henderson. Also the normal businesses you usually find in a city that size. Resturaunts, shopping malls, fast food, supermarkets, etc. -Otanx