LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas didn’t just earn the nickname “Sin City” — it turned it into one of the most successful brands in the world.
Long before the Strip had LED screens, celebrity residencies, and tourists carrying yard-long frozen drinks at 11 a.m., the city already had a reputation for letting people behave a little differently than they would back home.
And by “a little differently,” we mean getting married at midnight, gambling until sunrise, and making financial decisions that feel questionable the next morning.
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The nickname dates back decades, but things really accelerated in 1931 when Nevada legalized gambling during the Great Depression, according to the Nevada Resort Association…