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It reads: "There was a push to annex the Strip by the City of Las Vegas, but The Syndicate used the Clark County Commissioners to pull a legal maneuver by organizing the Las Vegas Strip properties into an unincorporated township..." What syndicate? Or more specifically, what is THE Syndicate of which this article speaks? I think a citation needed is in order for this one. 98.221.133.96 ( talk) 12:11, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to see an article about the PEPCON blast of 1988, if anyone has the time. It was one of the major events of Vegas' local history in the '80s, even though in the long run all it did was shatter a few thousand windows. I actually added a mention of it to the Henderson, Nevada article already, but I wasn't sure how best to fit it into this one. -- 4.246.3.1 00:37, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I removed a completely unsourced description of Gragson as a criminally connected Jewish activist. Has Stormfront been all over this page?
The article says:
Say what? Check dates & fix, somebody? Trekphiler 06:07, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
I deleted "Bugsy was probably skimming off the top". Unless somebody can substantiate it (& nothing I've heard does...)... Trekphiler 06:09, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
If I could cite a source (...), I'd mention mafioso Tony Cornero (né Antonio Stralla) founded The Green Meadows, the first truly hi-class casino in Vegas, after his gambling ship, Lily, was raided. (The Green Meadows later burned down.) Cornero started construction on The Stardust before a fatal heart attack 31 July 1955. Trekphiler 06:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
If I could cite a source (...), I'd also mention crooked LAPD Vice cop Guy McAfee & his partner founded The Golden Nugget, & accidentally led the Mafia to Vegas... Trekphiler 07:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
How can there be no mention of Howard Hughes in this article? He went on a 100 million dollar shopping spree to clean out the mob.
I find the description of the Mormon influence and history to be heavy handed and inflammatory. - Hardly represents a "neutral" point of view. Author has obvious axe to grind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grundle2224 ( talk • contribs) 23:28, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
While lengthy, Las Vegas's article is so short that the entire page layout is messy. Simplyianm ( talk) 02:21, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
I edited a line from '1947–1963: postwar boom and organized crime' which said that Bugsy Seigel was being financed in-part by the 'Mormon church'. Bugsy may have been financed by bankers who were Mormons, but the church was not financing him. A significant difference. Lonepeakgeek ( talk) 14:55, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved to History of Las Vegas. — Darkwind ( talk) 03:06, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
History of the Las Vegas Valley →
History of Las Vegas – I did this move a bit ago and got reverted with the argument that the content of this article predates the city. True, but also true of
History of London,
History of Seattle,
History of Singapore, etc, since you need to go before the city to have a complete history. Finally, the main article is
Las Vegas, not
Las Vegas Valley, so the word "valley" doesn't belong. relisted--
Mike Cline (
talk) 14:03, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
Ego White Tray (
talk)
13:14, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
I would just like to point out that History of New York City discusses the Erie Canal, a location hundreds of miles from the city, not because anyone thinks it's in the city but because it's relevant and important to the city's history. So, when deciding what to include in an article called History of Las Vegas, we don't ask if something happened in the city limits (or what would someday be the city limits), but whether it is directly relevant to the history of the city. When viewing it that way, Hoover Dam and the Nevada Test Site clearly should be included in the history of the city article, even though those places are many miles from the city. Nearly everything that happened anywhere in Las Vegas Valley is relevant to the city's history, so on the relevance question, there really is no difference between the history of Las Vegas the city and Las Vegas the valley. Ego White Tray ( talk) 04:33, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
The article currently makes an unsourced claim that Octavius D. Gass "used his position as a legislator to have the territory around his ranch included in Nevada instead of Arizona". Having recently done some work on the Gass article, I can say with great certainty that Gass was not a supporter of his ranch becoming part of Nevada. In fact he twice joined with Arizona politicians to sent protests to the U.S. Congress about the territorial change. As the article's claim contradicts all sources I have seen dealing with the issue, I have tagged the line with {{ dubious}}. -- Allen3 talk 14:11, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
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...local police and Clark County Sheriff deputies were notorious for their heavy-handed tactics toward mobsters who "grew too big for their pants".
RE: 3rd paragraph, 1st sentence; "In 1855, William Bringhurst led a group of 29 Mormon missionaries from Utah to the Las Vegas Valley. The missionaries built a 150-square-foot (14 m2) adobe fort..." Am I missing something? Since when can a space of "150-square-foot (14 m2)", basically the size of a smal family room, be considered a "fort" for any amount of people let alone 29 missionaries?
How is this article missing so much information? Why is nearly everything unreferenced? There's no mention of Las Vegas being called the Mississippi of the West, for which it was famous, in reference to its historical appellation as a segregated city. No mention of the 5th Dimension or Lola Falana Stevenmitchell ( talk) 22:38, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
para 1: The settlement of Las Vegas, Nevada was founded in 1905......."
para 2: "The name Las Vegas was given to the city in 1829 ..."
In para 2, I've changed city to area, which is entirely more accurate. 2600:1700:EA01:1090:2DF9:38C9:E6DD:A69F ( talk) 04:40, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
The city has a hockey team that won the Stanley Cup in 2023. 24.120.55.2 ( talk) 18:08, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
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It reads: "There was a push to annex the Strip by the City of Las Vegas, but The Syndicate used the Clark County Commissioners to pull a legal maneuver by organizing the Las Vegas Strip properties into an unincorporated township..." What syndicate? Or more specifically, what is THE Syndicate of which this article speaks? I think a citation needed is in order for this one. 98.221.133.96 ( talk) 12:11, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to see an article about the PEPCON blast of 1988, if anyone has the time. It was one of the major events of Vegas' local history in the '80s, even though in the long run all it did was shatter a few thousand windows. I actually added a mention of it to the Henderson, Nevada article already, but I wasn't sure how best to fit it into this one. -- 4.246.3.1 00:37, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I removed a completely unsourced description of Gragson as a criminally connected Jewish activist. Has Stormfront been all over this page?
The article says:
Say what? Check dates & fix, somebody? Trekphiler 06:07, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
I deleted "Bugsy was probably skimming off the top". Unless somebody can substantiate it (& nothing I've heard does...)... Trekphiler 06:09, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
If I could cite a source (...), I'd mention mafioso Tony Cornero (né Antonio Stralla) founded The Green Meadows, the first truly hi-class casino in Vegas, after his gambling ship, Lily, was raided. (The Green Meadows later burned down.) Cornero started construction on The Stardust before a fatal heart attack 31 July 1955. Trekphiler 06:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
If I could cite a source (...), I'd also mention crooked LAPD Vice cop Guy McAfee & his partner founded The Golden Nugget, & accidentally led the Mafia to Vegas... Trekphiler 07:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
How can there be no mention of Howard Hughes in this article? He went on a 100 million dollar shopping spree to clean out the mob.
I find the description of the Mormon influence and history to be heavy handed and inflammatory. - Hardly represents a "neutral" point of view. Author has obvious axe to grind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grundle2224 ( talk • contribs) 23:28, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
While lengthy, Las Vegas's article is so short that the entire page layout is messy. Simplyianm ( talk) 02:21, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
I edited a line from '1947–1963: postwar boom and organized crime' which said that Bugsy Seigel was being financed in-part by the 'Mormon church'. Bugsy may have been financed by bankers who were Mormons, but the church was not financing him. A significant difference. Lonepeakgeek ( talk) 14:55, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved to History of Las Vegas. — Darkwind ( talk) 03:06, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
History of the Las Vegas Valley →
History of Las Vegas – I did this move a bit ago and got reverted with the argument that the content of this article predates the city. True, but also true of
History of London,
History of Seattle,
History of Singapore, etc, since you need to go before the city to have a complete history. Finally, the main article is
Las Vegas, not
Las Vegas Valley, so the word "valley" doesn't belong. relisted--
Mike Cline (
talk) 14:03, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
Ego White Tray (
talk)
13:14, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
I would just like to point out that History of New York City discusses the Erie Canal, a location hundreds of miles from the city, not because anyone thinks it's in the city but because it's relevant and important to the city's history. So, when deciding what to include in an article called History of Las Vegas, we don't ask if something happened in the city limits (or what would someday be the city limits), but whether it is directly relevant to the history of the city. When viewing it that way, Hoover Dam and the Nevada Test Site clearly should be included in the history of the city article, even though those places are many miles from the city. Nearly everything that happened anywhere in Las Vegas Valley is relevant to the city's history, so on the relevance question, there really is no difference between the history of Las Vegas the city and Las Vegas the valley. Ego White Tray ( talk) 04:33, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
The article currently makes an unsourced claim that Octavius D. Gass "used his position as a legislator to have the territory around his ranch included in Nevada instead of Arizona". Having recently done some work on the Gass article, I can say with great certainty that Gass was not a supporter of his ranch becoming part of Nevada. In fact he twice joined with Arizona politicians to sent protests to the U.S. Congress about the territorial change. As the article's claim contradicts all sources I have seen dealing with the issue, I have tagged the line with {{ dubious}}. -- Allen3 talk 14:11, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 11:17, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
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...local police and Clark County Sheriff deputies were notorious for their heavy-handed tactics toward mobsters who "grew too big for their pants".
RE: 3rd paragraph, 1st sentence; "In 1855, William Bringhurst led a group of 29 Mormon missionaries from Utah to the Las Vegas Valley. The missionaries built a 150-square-foot (14 m2) adobe fort..." Am I missing something? Since when can a space of "150-square-foot (14 m2)", basically the size of a smal family room, be considered a "fort" for any amount of people let alone 29 missionaries?
How is this article missing so much information? Why is nearly everything unreferenced? There's no mention of Las Vegas being called the Mississippi of the West, for which it was famous, in reference to its historical appellation as a segregated city. No mention of the 5th Dimension or Lola Falana Stevenmitchell ( talk) 22:38, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
para 1: The settlement of Las Vegas, Nevada was founded in 1905......."
para 2: "The name Las Vegas was given to the city in 1829 ..."
In para 2, I've changed city to area, which is entirely more accurate. 2600:1700:EA01:1090:2DF9:38C9:E6DD:A69F ( talk) 04:40, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
The city has a hockey team that won the Stanley Cup in 2023. 24.120.55.2 ( talk) 18:08, 13 December 2023 (UTC)