By Kent Ninomiya
There are an unlimited number of fun things to do on the
Las Vegas Strip. It is a spectacle of entertainment designed to overload your senses and instill you with awe. The 2.5-mile Las Vegas Strip is jam packed with dozens of casinos, hundreds of entertainment venues and thousands of people at any given time. Take a walk down the Las Vegas Strip and you can find fun things to do just about everywhere you look.
Take Pictures
Every block of the Las Vegas Strip treats you with a new spectacle for the eyes. You can see pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, Venice, ancient Rome and the New York skyline. Sure they are all scale replicas, but they are still impressive and make a nice photo. Click away and have great souvenirs when you return home.
Free Shows
Several casino-hotels on the Las Vegas Strip offer free entertainment that you can watch from the sidewalk. Bellagio has a fountain coordinated to music with shows every 15 minutes in the evening and every half hour at other times. Treasure Island has a pirate show with ships, explosions and dancers four times a night. The Mirage has a volcano that erupts every hour from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m.
Gamble
There are opportunities to gamble for adults with any kind of budget on the Las Vegas Strip. High rollers can head to one of the fancy casinos like Wynn, Caesar's Palace or Bellagio and play with $1,000 chips. Those on a budget can walk into one of the smaller casinos on the Las Vegas strip like Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon, Imperial Palace or Sahara and play $1 tables or penny slots.
Eat
The Las Vegas Strip has everything from fast food to fine dining. You can find just about everything you could possibly want there. If you want cheap, head to the food courts at the Monte Carlo, Venetian or New York, New York. If you want a legendary Las Vegas buffet, try Mandalay Bay, Bellagio or Mirage.
Drink
The Las Vegas Strip is lined with world class bars and clubs. Some of the most popular are Pure at Caesar's Palace, Tabu at the MGM Grand, Risque at Paris and "rumjungle" at Mandalay Bay.
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About the Author:
Kent Ninomiya is a veteran journalist with over 23 years experience as a television news anchor, reporter and managing editor. He traveled to more than 100 countries on all seven continents, including Antarctica. Ninomiya holds a Bachelor of Arts in social sciences with emphasis in history, political science and mass communications from the University of California at Berkeley.
