Timeline of Las Vegas
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
20th century
1900s–1950s
- 1900
- The population of Las Vegas, five years before it is founded as a city, is 22.[1]
- 1905
- Las Vegas is founded as a city on May 15 when 110 acres (45 ha) of land adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks are auctioned off by the railroad company. The areas that were auctioned off were situated between Stewart Avenue on the north, Garces Avenue to the south, Main Street to the west, and 5th Street (Las Vegas Boulevard) to the east and would later become the downtown area.[1]
- 1905
- San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad begins operating, linking Southern California with Salt Lake City and making Las Vegas an ideal refueling point and rest stop due to the availability of water.[2][1]
- 1906
- Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad built.[2]
- 1909
- Las Vegas becomes seat of Clark County.[2]
- Clark County Review newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1910
- Victory Hotel in business.[4]
- 1911
- June 1: Citizens of Las Vegas vote 168 to 57 in favor of incorporation.[5][1]
- June 1: Peter Buol is elected first mayor of Las Vegas, Stewart, VonTobel, McGovern and Gaughlin become city commissioner and assure a "conservative city government".[6]
- 1920
- Population: 2,304.[1]
- 1929
- Las Vegas Evening Review and Journal newspaper in publication.[3]
- 1930
- Population: 5,165.[1]
- 1931
- Gambling legalized.[5]
- Hoover Dam construction begins near Las Vegas.[5]
- 1933
- Post Office built.[4]
- 1934
- Helldorado festival begins.
- 1940
- Population: 8,422.[1]
- Las Vegas Union Pacific Station built.[2]
- 1941
- Las Vegas Army Airfield activated.
- 1943
- Las Vegas YMCA active.[7]
- 1944
- Huntridge Theatre built.[4]
- 1946
- Flamingo Hotel[4] and Golden Nugget casino in business.
- 1950
- Population: 24,624.[1]
- U.S. military Nellis Air Force Base dedicated.
- Las Vegas Morning Sun newspaper begins publication.[3]
- Desert Inn casino in business.
- 1951
- Binion's Horseshoe casino in business.
- 1952
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation founded.[8]
- Sands Hotel and Casino in business.
- 1953
- 1955
- Riviera Hotel and Casino in business.
- Las Vegas' second television station, KLRJ-TV (now KSNV), signs on from Henderson; it will move to Las Vegas by the end of the year.
- 1956
- The City of Las Vegas annexes one square mile of land, the first such addition of land since incorporation 45 years earlier.[1]
- Las Vegas Air Force Station in use.
- Fremont Hotel in business.
- KSHO-TV (now KTNV-TV) signs on.
- 1957
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas and United Way of Southern Nevada[9] established.
- Tropicana in business on the Strip.
- 1958
- Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada established.[10]
- 1959
- The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is built, designed by Betty Willis at the request of a local salesman who sold it to Clark County.
- Oran K. Gragson becomes mayor.
- Las Vegas Convention Center opens in Winchester.
1960s–1990s
- 1960
- The population of Las Vegas has grown to 64,405, which represents more than 22 percent of Nevada's total population, even though with just 25 square miles it occupies less than 0.02 percent of the state's land.[1]
- 1964
- Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114, flying from Phoenix, Arizona to McCarran International Airport, crashes on a hill just southwest of Las Vegas during a landing approach in poor weather conditions. All 26 passengers and 3 crew members were killed when the plane exploded on impact.
- 1966
- Aladdin casino in business.
- 1967
- Las Vegas Marathon begins.
- Barrick Museum of Natural History established.[11]
- Nevada's first independent station, KVVU-TV, signs on in nearby Henderson.[12]
- 1968
- Circus Circus in business on the Strip.
- KLVX, Nevada's first ETV station, signs on.
- 1970
- Population: 125,787.[5]
- 1973
- Las Vegas City Hall built.
- 1979
- Liberace Museum opens near city.
- Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School opens.
- 1980
- November 21: In nearby Paradise, the MGM Grand fire occurs.
- Population: 164,674; metro 463,087.[4]
- 1981
- Cinedome movie theatre in business.[13]
- KUNV college radio begins broadcasting.
- February 10: In nearby Winchester, a fire occurs at Las Vegas Hilton hotel.
- 1982
- Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas established.[11]
- 1983
- 1984
- Spanish Trail Country Club opens.[9]
- Meadows School established.[9]
- 1985
- Paradise 6 cinema in business.[13]
- 1989
- 1990
- 1992
- Cannon Aviation Museum established near city.[11]
- 1993
- 1994
- Zen Center founded.[8]
- 1996
- September: Murder of Tupac Shakur.
- Neon Museum founded.
- Las Vegas CityLife newspaper begins publication.
- Stratosphere and Monte Carlo casinos in business on the Strip.
- 1997
- City website online (approximate date).[16][chronology citation needed]
- New York-New York Hotel & Casino in business on the Strip.
- 1998
- Bellagio (hotel and casino) in business on the Strip.
- Las Vegas Weekly newspaper begins publication.
- Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra founded.
- 1999
- Mandalay Bay, Venetian, and Paris casinos in business on the Strip.
- Oscar Goodman becomes mayor.
- 2000
- Population: 478,434.[17]
- Aladdin Casino rebuilt on the Strip.
21st century
- 2001
- Omar Haikal Islamic Academy opens.[8]
- Palms Casino in business near the Strip.
- 2004
- Las Vegas Urban League established.[9]
- 2005
- World Market Center built.
- Wynn casino in business on the Strip.
- 2006
- Miss Exotic World Pageant and Burlesque Hall of Fame relocated to Las Vegas.
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- CityCenter opens. The City Center includes: Aria Resort and Casino, Vdara, Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas, and The Shops at Crystals.
- 2010
- Syn Shop hackerspace opens.[18]
- Population: 583,756; metro 1,951,269.[19]
- Cosmopolitan casino in business on the Strip.
- 2011
- Sahara Hotel closes for business.
- Carolyn Goodman becomes mayor.
- Population: 589,317; metro 1,969,975.[20]
- 2012
- The Mob Museum opens.
- Smith Center for the Performing Arts opens.
- Las Vegas City Hall rebuilt.
- 2013
- SLS Las Vegas Hotel and Casino opens replacing The Sahara Hotel and Casino.
- Zappos.com headquartered in city.
- Steven Horsford becomes U.S. representative for Nevada's 4th congressional district.[21]
- 2014
- 8 June: 2014 Las Vegas shootings occur.
- Downtown Summerlin opens. Downtown Project continues expanding the Fremont East district.
- 2015
- May 2: Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match takes place.
- Riviera Hotel and Casino closes for business.
- 2016
- T-Mobile Arena opens.
- Plans announced to spend $450 Million on a remodel of Monte Carlo Resort and Casino and rename to Park MGM. In addition to add the NoMad Las Vegas Hotel within the resort on upper floors.[22]
- Riviera Hotel and Casino imploded.
- 2017
- June 20: A heat wave grounded more than 40 airline flights of small aircraft, with American Airlines reducing sales on certain flights to prevent the vehicles from being over the maximum weight permitted for safe takeoff and Las Vegas tying its record high at 117 degrees Fahrenheit.[23]
- October 1: A mass shooting left 58 dead and 546 injured when a 64-year-old man, Stephen Paddock, fired from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino and hotel into the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.[24][25] Paddock subsequently committed suicide.
- October 9: The Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League, Nevada's first major professional sports team, plays its first home game at T-Mobile Arena, defeating the Arizona Coyotes 5-2.
- 2018
- Park MGM opened in April.
- NoMad Hotel scheduled to open in Fall.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Las Vegas". City of Las Vegas. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Federal Writers' Project 1957.
- ^ a b c d "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Kurian 1994.
- ^ a b c d Nergal 1980.
- ^ Squires 1913.
- ^ "Y History". Retrieved July 2, 2018.
- ^ a b c Pluralism Project. "Las Vegas, Nevada". Directory of Religious Centers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Las Vegas, Nevada". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ "Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada". Retrieved July 2, 2018.
- ^ a b c d American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Nevada: Las Vegas". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. ISBN 0759100020.
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- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Las Vegas, NV". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ "Nevada". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1985–1986.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ "Welcome to Las Vegas". Archived from the original on January 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archivedate=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Las Vegas (city), Nevada". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
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- ^ "Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010)". US Census Bureau. 2012.
- ^ "30 Cities: An Introductory Snapshot". American Cities Project. Washington, DC: Pew Charitable Trusts. 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/monte-carlo-will-transform-to-park-mgm-in-450m-makeover/
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/us/weather-west-heat-wave/
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooter/index.html
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/US/las-vegas-mass-shooting-country-music-stars-pray/story?id=50225041
Bibliography
- C.P. Squires (1913), "Clark County", in Sam P. Davis (ed.), History of Nevada, Reno, Nevada: Elms Publishing Co., OCLC 7990365
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Federal Writers' Project (1957), "Las Vegas", Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State, American Guide Series, Portland, Or.: Binfords & Mort – via HathiTrust
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- Learning from Las Vegas. Revised 1977. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. 1972. ISBN 0-262-72006-X.
{{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help)CS1 maint: others (link) - Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Las Vegas, NV", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 187+, OL 4120668M
- Deke Castleman (1989), "Las Vegas", Nevada Handbook, California: Moon Publications (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Las Vegas", World Encyclopedia of Cities, vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, p. 479+ (fulltext via Open Library)
- "Las Vegas", Re/code, 2014, archived from the original on 2015-05-15
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Las Vegas.
- "Las Vegas History". Las Vegas-Clark County Library District.
- University Libraries. "Nevada History". Subject Guides. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (includes Vegas)
- "(Las Vegas)". Online Nevada Encyclopedia. Nevada Humanities.
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Las Vegas, various dates
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