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Operation G-Sting, also called Strippergate, and referencing the G-String costume often worn by strippers and showgirls, was an FBI investigation into bribes and unreported campaign contributions taken by Clark County Commissioners in Clark County, Nevada (home of Las Vegas) and city council members in San Diego, California.
It has since become one of the leading sources of user-generated reviews and ratings for businesses. Yelp grew in usage and raised several rounds of funding in the following years. By 2010, it had $30 million in revenue, and the website had published about 4.5 million crowd-sourced reviews. From 2009 to 2012, Yelp expanded throughout Europe and ...
Mayors of Las Vegas Term Mayor 1911 – 1913: Peter Buol: 1913 – 1919: William L. Hawkins 1919 – 1921: William E. Ferron 1921: Horace T. Jones 1921: Charles Ireland 1921 – 1922: William C. German 1922 – 1923: W. H. Dentner 1923 – 1925: William C. German 1925 – 1931: J. Fred Hesse 1931 – 1935: Ernie W. Cragin 1935 – 1938: Leonard ...
Despite arguments that remote work weakens workers’ connections and growth opportunities, Yelp says it has found the opposite to be true. About 90% of the company’s more than 4,700 employees ...
The Sands Hotel and Casino was a historic American hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States, that operated from 1952 to 1996. Designed by architect Wayne McAllister, with a prominent 56-foot (17 m) high sign, the Sands was the seventh resort to open on the Strip.
This is an incomplete list of notable natives and residents of the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which includes Las Vegas, Nevada. Natives are individuals born in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Non-natives are people who play or played a notable role in the history of Las Vegas or the Las Vegas metropolitan area while residing in the city.
Marion Hicks and J.C. Grayson built El Cortez, downtown Las Vegas' first major resort, for $245,000. [4] El Cortez opened on November 7, 1941. [5] [6] The location at 6th Street and Fremont was originally considered too far from downtown, but it quickly became so profitable that Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Gus Greenbaum and Moe Sedway bought the property in 1945 from J. Kell Houssels for $600,000.
The Michelin Guide was published for Las Vegas in 2008 and 2009 [4] and covers restaurants located on the Las Vegas Strip, areas to the east and west of the Strip as well as Downtown Las Vegas. In 2010, the publication of the Michelin Guide was suspended for Las Vegas citing the economic climate. [5]