Scenarios about 'las vegas'
Las Vegas is a major city in Nevada known for its transformation from a desert settlement to the world's premier gambling and entertainment destination during the 20th century. The city's development was shaped by Nevada's legalization of gambling in 1931, organized crime influence in the mid-century, and eventual corporate transformation into a global tourism hub. In alternate history scenarios, Las Vegas often serves as a focal point for exploring different paths of American cultural development, organized crime evolution, or Western expansion outcomes.
What If Las Vegas Diversified Beyond Gaming Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Las Vegas embraced non-gaming entertainment and business diversification decades before the 1990s, potentially reshaping America's entertainment capital and urban development patterns.
What If Las Vegas Never Became an Entertainment Destination?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Las Vegas remained a small desert town rather than transforming into the global entertainment capital we know today.
What If Las Vegas Never Legalized Gambling?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Nevada never legalized gambling in 1931, preventing Las Vegas from becoming the world-famous entertainment capital and drastically altering the development of the American Southwest.