ii %L%~ itJll i ~ illt. Ll{~， Ill，l.I IIt_%t_l .~ll~t.]l.~1 l，fl~ /t，~t2~ 1"~ lilt. t ll.}<br >that l~etei even blinks. This is the place where the casinos pio-<br >l!c t rcct an artif Ic ial eilvironn lel/t expressly designed to trick rite<br >milld hm> lhhlldn~ that it ~ always 11pro and tl~c ni<ght is per<br >lwrually }ounQ，. (~asinos have no windows or clocks， oxygcn is<br >pumped ill， and whatever the time votl Call alw:tvs hear the<br >~ottlb~j~ aolll~tl el- cltii>; clatterii~g into metal trav~ ，%gas is :i<br >pl;Icc ~，) wr;Ippcd tip hi 24-hour culture timt evcu WaI-Mart<br >ltc~c r cl~>c>. It s it tit; whele voci Citll pick up your dry clcamng<br >;it 4~1i/~ or sil(，p fl)r a lic;w pair of lur-covcrcd handcuf f s at mid<br >l~i~l~t， hi titct， ~，) inai/v restamants arid businesses run rourld-<br >ttlc <h>ck thai， all rhc xva~ l I<lin the scll~uibs in swank (}rccP，<br >Valley t<> the c<>wpokc tlaven ahmi: the Boulder Highway， bars<br >become pa~kcd right atfor the graveyard drift ends at 7am.<br >What cga~; h.s achieved is unique: action one associates with<br >the I/iaht hal>pcu~ hcrc 24 i~()urs a day.<br > Not <;lily dues Vc?.;ts nc er stop to rest， but it l-lover sccnls<br >t，* ~t~l~ ~l () x%rill~r， either. Vhen the ciw first st:<red llexing its<br >m，~cles a，~ ~ galnbling amt entcrtainnlcl~t mecca， the action<br > centered aroulld l)owntown in the citx s north end along l~/s<br > :c;，~as B<~uicv:ud. 1~ Vega~ ，arew into tilll neon bloom， the<br > maior ca~mo hotels bc!0m to ~zravitate toward The Strip， as the<br > portiol~ of I，a~ Vegas l~<mlcvaM south el Sahara Boulcwtrd is<br > known. The Stop divides the creatively named Westside (west<br > <~iThc Strip) from the I;astside (cast offl hc Strip)， while to the<br > l>rth of l)owutt~wla lic~--~ou guessed it----North Las Vegas.<br > The <u ca south of McCarran Airport tlscd to be known :is<br > I lcndcrsou， but it has recently renamed itselt Green Valley，<br > li adh ~ in its low rein iinae~e ti)r :/ new posture as the city s chi-<br > c l~i l~cdl-oolll col//l//tlilitv.<br > +<br > Vhcthcr Yell re talkinv ab<mt condos in Green Valley or<br > <asim~s on The Stiip， thc~c daxs everything in this incrcdiblx<br > prosl~crous city seems to be under construction and expanding.<br > I ]vcn casino hotels that are already amen<a the world s larg est，<br > like the l，uxor， Cacsars Palace， aim the M(;M (;rand， arc<br > undergoing scltLt]nanced alterations and inlprovcmcnts costing<br > hundreds of millions of dol]ars---each. The big casino opera-<br > thins， once headed by gall totin~ ~ang~sters and bookmakers， arc<br > run today by business school grads and bookkeepers. ] [uge cor-<br > porations have taken over wi~erc lhe mob lci} of}] So it you ，<o<br > CXl~cciiug a glimpse of the nighttimc underworld :i la Cadno，<br > prepare to bc disappointed. This is the a<c of corporate con<br > ejomcration， not of shadowy bootlcgg{ing， and Vc gas isn t about<br > to litll bchind the times.<br >