The Las Vegas Adventurer

I’m not sure that I know of any other state whose cities seem to rely so heavily on taglines and makes such a big deal out of them!
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has launched a new ad campaign for Laughlin, the city 90 minutes south of Las Vegas that straddles the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona.
The campaign is built around the new tagline “Laughlin. It’s Like You Own the Place,” and is targeted at out of state visitors and tourists. The TV ad campaign focuses on cheap room rates, restaurants, gambling and the location of Laughlin on …read more

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I can’t tell you how many times in my life I’ve been up and down Interstate 15, or as it’s more commonly called, the I-15! The I-15 is a transcontinental north-south interstate highway that runs through Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Having grown up in northern Utah with grandparents in southern California, the I-15 was the fastest and most direct route for Thanksgivings, Christmases and Easters spent with extended family. The drive wasn’t terribly spectacular, usually starting obscenely early in the morning and ending late at night with a whole lot of flat desert landscaping in between, but …read more

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Driving over the Hoover Dam is a lesson in patience. The two-lane bridge connecting Nevada, Arizona and Utah is often clogged with traffic and has even become an economic burden on the states because the major commercial corridor simply doesn’t move quickly enough.
Over the last several years there have been lingering concerns of possible catastrophes involving vehicle accidents or terrorist threats that could hinder the dam and its facilities and threaten the water supply of several southwestern states.

Enter the Hoover Dam Bypass, a “twin rib” concrete arch bridge about 1,600 feet south of the current bridge and an improvement …read more

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It’s probably safe to say that anyone who’s ever had In-N-Out Burger suddenly just got very hungry! Truth be told, Alicia can keep her Chik-Fil-A (which Vegas is, admittedly, sorely lacking) because I have In-N-Out!
In-N-Out Burger is, without exception, something everyone in my family can agree on when we need a quick lunch or dinner. It’s also the first place visiting friends and family want to go – in fact, one brother-in-law loves it so much we were waiting at the front door for them to open at 10:30am during his last visit!
In-N-Out began in 1948 by Harry and …read more

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I touched on this briefly last October when I wrote about Nevada Day: There is an actual official pronunciation of “Nevada” and if you get it wrong, heaven help you!
I’ve apparently always pronounced it correctly, as have most people I’ve known. I do admit it is a little grating to hear it mispronounced but I’ve always figured it was a regional thing.
Yesterday, anchorman Brian Williams really hit someone’s nerve by saying it incorrectly:
The anchor mispronounced the state’s name as “Nuh-VAH-duh,” prompting a flurry of phone calls and e-mails from angry Nevadans who demanded he utter it as they do, with …read more

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