# You think you're in Las Vegas - but you're not! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561 "2021-07-28T23:27:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/21 "2021-07-29T23:21:13Z")
I don’t mean to sound superior, but I thought all this was common knowledge. Now I’m wondering what kind of childhood led me to know all this stuff. Oh dear. ---
**Author:** ![tavaritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tavaritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavaritz)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/22 "2021-07-30T07:25:42Z")
It’s just like staying in London. It’s impossible because there’s no accomondations in London. Not even a single car park. Have you ever been in Stockholm? Maybe if you visited the King’s castle but that might be it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/23 "2021-07-30T08:12:52Z")
> [@tavaritz](#): > > It’s just like staying in London. It’s impossible because there’s no accomondations in London. Not even a single car park. Google Maps shows several hotels within the City of London. [There’s even a Travelodge.](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Travelodge+London+Central+Bank/@51.5130207,-0.0896557,16.5z/data=!3m1!5s0x48760354633f63ed:0x24dc268d2be9ceba!4m16!1m7!3m6!1s0x487603554edf855f:0xa1185c8d19184c0!2sCity+of+London,+London,+UK!3b1!8m2!3d51.5123443!4d-0.0909852!3m7!1s0x4876035465035217:0x6682c186eb8e48f5!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d51.5118942!4d-0.0890075) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/24 "2021-07-30T09:31:26Z")
The one time I visited Los Vegas, I was just passing through and stayed for the night. I stayed at a cheap-ass Motel 6 in a nondescript part of town that really was in the city of Los Vegas. I had a few hours to kill so I made my way to the Strip (I have NO recollection of where I parked) and kicked around there. I was just in time to see that Volcano show at the Mirage. I missed seeing them throwing a sacrificial virgin into the volcano. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/25 "2021-07-30T12:06:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I got in trouble at McLarin when I allowed my son (8 years old) to help me play a slot machine. I tried to teach my pre teen daughters about the futility of gambling at McLarin. While they watched, I put a quarter into a slot machine, and they saw me get $75 back for that 25 cents. Oh well . . . I’ve had a nice time within Vegas city limits, roaming around downtown by the Golden Nugget, & seeing my cousin get married at a classic Vegas chapel. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/26 "2021-07-30T18:24:43Z")
My daughter is getting married next year and we’re having the reception at a bar on Fremont (ceremony is at Red Rocks). This has nothing to do with the OP, but I just thought I’d share : ) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/27 "2021-07-30T19:17:46Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/28 "2021-07-30T20:36:48Z")
Thanks! It’s an early reception, so we’re going to turn the whole party loose onto Fremont around 5pm on a Friday. I’m thinking some post-wedding zip lining is in order. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/29 "2021-07-30T21:19:36Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I got in trouble at McLarin when I allowed my son (8 years old) to help me play a slot machine. My folks had 6 underage kids in tow through the Circus Circus casino (sometime in the 1970s) - they got a stern talking to from security when mom stopped to put a nickel in a slot machine. IIRC she was somewhat offended - of course she wasn’t going to allow any of the kids to gamble - but we moved along. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/30 "2021-07-30T23:42:54Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > I got in trouble at McLarin when I allowed my son (8 years old) to help me play a slot machine. > > My folks had 6 underage kids in tow through the Circus Circus casino (sometime in the 1970s) - they got a stern talking to from security when mom stopped to put a nickel in a slot machine. IIRC she was somewhat offended - of course she wasn’t going to allow any of the kids to gamble - but we moved along. Back in the seventies, when Atlantic City had recently legalized gambling, my family took a bus trip down to the city. My brother, my cousin, and myself naturally did not want to spend the day hanging out with our parents so we were allowed to go off on our own. At this time I was fourteen. My brother was twelve and our cousin was sixteen. None of us looked any older than our ages and we didn’t have fake ID’s or anything. Despite this, we were allowed to not only enter casinos all day long but to gamble as well. We didn’t play any tables but that was by choice; we played slot machines. We were never asked for ID’s. The only place that seemed to have any issues with our ages was the Playboy Club; they allowed my cousin and I to enter (and play the slots) but they didn’t let my brother in. In retrospect, I’m amazed that the casinos had such a casual attitude to underage gambling. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/31 "2021-07-31T02:07:44Z")
Maybe so, but the City of London is not the same as London. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/32 "2021-07-31T03:43:07Z")
I’m using “City Of London” to refer to the historical City core on the northern banks of the Thames. The part that’s actually called London rather than Westminister or Southwark or the like. Which London are you referring to? ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/33 "2021-07-31T15:43:35Z")
I assumed (wrongly?) we were both talking about this: > **[City of London](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district\[note 1\] that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the modern area named London has since grown far beyond the City of London boundary. The City is now only a small part of ... ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/34 "2021-07-31T15:52:05Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > Planning a trip to Las Vegas? Most likely, you won’t see Las Vegas at all. You will land at the airport in [Paradise NV](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Paradise,+NV,+USA/@36.1019998,-115.1971746,19892m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c8c57a76423ced:0x98534c935aac7b95!8m2!3d36.0971945!4d-115.1466648), and you might be staying at Circus Circus in [Winchester NV](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Winchester,+NV,+USA/@36.1371788,-115.1640841,11885m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c8c48b8b171a13:0xcef7e53940dd10f7!8m2!3d36.1370261!4d-115.1185825). These two places are actually “unincorporated towns” and don’t appear in postal addresses (“Las Vegas” and the zip code is sufficient city info for these places) > > If you’re at the Strat(osphere) Tower or “downtown”, you’re in [Las Vegas.](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Las+Vegas,+NV,+USA/@36.1219027,-115.2335849,23147m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80beb782a4f57dd1:0x3accd5e6d5b379a3!8m2!3d36.1699412!4d-115.1398296) Looking at the map, it appears Sam’s Town (Flamingo and Boulder Hwy) is just outside Paradise limits. So…what “city” is Sam’s Town considered to be in ? Just county land ? ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/35 "2021-07-31T16:59:43Z")
Sam’s Town appears to be in [the unincorporated town of Sunrise Manor](https://goo.gl/maps/4JAaDL6gJNYEpZvg7). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/36 "2021-07-31T17:14:24Z")
Aye; that’s Sunrise Manor. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/37 "2021-07-31T18:30:18Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > I assumed (wrongly?) we were both talking about this: That is what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/38 "2021-07-31T23:51:06Z")
I’m in Las Vegas now, for the night, and lemme just say that y’all need to figure out the concept of “runoff” and “storm drains.” That downpour that just came through had me driving through enough water that I thought I was making an amphibious landing into my hotel. Tripler I didn’t pack swim trunks. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/39 "2021-08-01T02:48:00Z")
Vegas doesn’t even have sidewalks. If it is Vegas. At least between the Strip and the Palms should you be foolish enough to walk instead of taking the shuttle. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561/40 "2021-08-01T10:13:20Z")
During the 1980s and 1990s, if you paid for your trip with a Citibank credit card, your bill would have come from [The Lakes, Nevada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lakes,_Las_Vegas), which is officially not part of Las Vegas, but is entirely surrounded by Las Vegas. And it would have had ZIP code 88901 or 88905. (88xxx zip codes normally indicate towns in southern New Mexico.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561.md?page=3)