hotels/replicas in LV Flashcards
What is The Strip ?
The Strip (nickname) is the avenue where all of the gigantic and gargantua hotels and casinos are located
The Mirage
huge, bright, dark in casinos ; only artificial lights ; room price is cheap (60$) ; have swimming pool, waterfall restaurants are very crowded (money-oriented hotel)
Red Rock Resort
caisnos ; pool concert ; +3,1M of swarovski n preciosa crystals ; 7000 seats outdoor amphitheatre
Aria at city center
theatre ; fountains ; public art ; 16 restaurants ; 4,004 rooms ; artist maya lin’s silver room sculpture
Bellagio
splashy fountain ; water show (in the front of the hotel) ; conservatory n botanical gardens ; glass sculpture ; gallery of art ; 40 tables poker room
Caesars Palace
4,100 seats colosseum ; popular show (celine dion , elton john..) ; absinthe show in big white tent in the hotels roman pizza near entrance
Cosmopolitan
2,995 rooms ; terraces w view of The Strip ; guest shoot and read vegas centric ,books ; concert and party centre
Mandarin Oriental
; non gaming hotel ; live jazz playing ; mandarin bar overlook The Strip
Mandalay Bay
**3,300 rooms **; hosts boxing and mixed martial art events ; restaurants and nightclubs ; watery park filled with sharks and other exotic aquatic creatures
Why are there replicas in LV ?
Its a representation of how americans see themselves (= centre and mirror of the world) you can visit the whole world in on place in LV
Why do americans visit LV for the replicas ?
Americans visit the replicas because it is similar to the others cities (= same culture and languages) + foreign monuments, LV is an international city w/ a lot of tourists
Why LV is familiar and different for americans ?
Bcause its a completly diff urban space but typically American
