SGCI 2018 VEGAS
 
Local Attractions & Suggestions from the Locals

GETTING AROUND

 

TAXI

TAXIS ARE PLENTIFUL BOTH AT THE AIRPORT AND HOTELS

LOCALS TIP:  WHEN GETTING IN A CAB AT THE AIRPORT TO ANY STRIP LOCATION INCLUDING BALLY’S (HOST HOTEL), TELL THE DRIVER “NO TUNNEL” THIS IS CALLED LONG HAULING AND WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE YOUR FARE AND IS VERY DISHONEST, VERY ILLEGAL AND VERY COMMON.

 

UBER AND LYFT

BOTH ARE EASILY AVAILABLE AND TEND TO BE MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN TAXIS

 

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: BUS

THERE ARE NUMEROUS ROUTES SERVING THE ENTIRE CITY INCLUDING THE DEUCE WHICH IS A HIGH FREQUENCY, DOUBLE DECK BUS ROUTE SERVING THE STRIP AND OFFERING A SPECTACULAR VIEW OF THE LIGHTS AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION.

REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM

 

REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM: LAS VEGAS MONORAIL

RAIL TRANSIT SERVES THE EAST SIDE OF THE STRIP BTWEEN THE SLS HOTEL AND THE MGM GRAND INCLUDING A STOP AT BALLY’S/PARIS LAS VEGAS.

LAS VEGAS MONORAIL


 

LAS VEGAS BEYOND THE STRIP

 

OFF STRIP LOCALS WORLD

 

ARTS DISTRICT

LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS THIS UP AND COMING AREA CONTAINS MANY GALLERIES, CO-OPS AND OTHER ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENTS

THE-ARTS-DISTRICT WEBSITE

ARTS DISTRICT FACEBOOK

 

ARTS FACTORY

HEART OF THE ARTS DISTRICT LOCATED IN A 50 YEAR OLD WAREHOUSE CONTAINING NUMEROUS ARTIST SPACES, GALLERIES AND A BISTRO/BAR

THE LAS VEGAS ARTS FACTORY

 

 FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE

3 BLOCK LONG CURB TO CURB OVERHEAD SCREEN SHOWING MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC SHOWS HOURLY 9:00P-MIDNIGHT AS WELL AS A ZIP LINE A VIBRANT STREET SCENE

FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE

 

FREMONT EAST

JUST EAST OF THE FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE IS FREMONT EAST

HOME TO NUMEROUS BARS, RESTAURANTS, AND THE CLASSIC OLD VEGAS HOTEL, THE EL CORTEZ. THERE ARE SEVERAL ART SPACES AND BOOKSTORES  AS WELL AS A WIDE RANGE OF MURALS AND OTHER PUBLIC ART.

FREMONT EAST

DOWNTOWN CONTAINER PARK

 

NEON MUSEUM

HOUSING OVER 200 PIECES OF NEON FROM VEGAS’S GLORY DAYS AS WELL AS A VISITOR CENTER HOUSED IN A SPACE AGE HOTEL OFFICE BUILDING

NEON MUSEUM

 

HOWARD W CANNON AVIATION MUSEUM  AT MCCARRAN AIRPORT

CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF EXHIBITS ON THE HISTORY OF COMERICAL AVIATION AS IT ENABLED THE GROWTH OF LAS VEGAS AND THE WEST.  WORTH DROPPING IN IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME AS YOU PASS THRU MCCARRAN AIRPORT

AVIATION MUSEUM AT MCCARRAN AIRPORT

 

 

THE NATURAL WORLD

 

WETLANDS PARK

CLOSEST ESCAPE TO A PEACEFUL NATURAL AREA AWAY FROM THE NOISE AND FRANTICNESS OF THE TOURIST DISTRICT. GREAT FOR STROLLING AND SHORT HIKING IN A UNDEVELOPED AREA ALONG A RIVER BANK - 8 MILES EAST

CLARK COUNTY WETLANDS PARK

 

SPRINGS PRESERVE

COLLECTION OF BOTANICAL GARDENS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER HISTORICAL DISPLAYS

LAS VEGAS SPRINGS PRESERVE

 

MT CHARLESTON

VISIBLE FROM THE STRIP, MT CHARLESTON IS A GREAT PLACE TO ESCAPE THE HEAT.  SOARING THOUSANDS OF FEET TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CITY. IT’S GREAT FOR HIKING, SKIING, PICNICKING AND A GREAT SCENIC DRIVE -  30 MILES NORTHWEST

SOUTHERN NEVADA CONSERVANCY MT CHARLESTON

US FOREST SERVICE SPRING MOUNTAINS

 

RED ROCK NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

SCENIC DRIVE THRU SPECTACULAR DESERT LANDSCAPE ALONG WITH HIKING, BIKING, AND A GREAT VISITORS CENTER - 20 MILES WEST

SOUTHERN NEVADA CONSERVANCY RED ROCK CANYON

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT RED ROCK CANYON

 

LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

THE UNITED STATES MOST DIVERSE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA RANGING FROM BRILLIANT BLUE WATER TO SCENIC DESERT LANDSCAPE AS WELL AS THE MAN-MADE MARVEL OF THE HOOVER DAM ITSELF - 20 MILES EAST OF THE STRIP

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAKE MEAD

NATIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION LAKE MEAD