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Las Vegas Home Sales
Las Vegas Real Estate Agents Jeff & Kelly Stafford
North Las Vegas, NV Area Guide
North Las Vegas, adjacent to metropolitan Las Vegas, is the third largest city in the state of Nevada. While “Sin City” is famous throughout the world for its gambling, fine dining and shopping, North Las Vegas is the virtue to the city made famous for vice. Like metropolitan Las Vegas, North Las Vegas is a fast-growing area for both retirees and new families alike. North Las Vegas offers all the conveniences and luxuries of city life while upholding a slower pace and greater quality of life than one might experience as a dedicated city-dweller. Located in an arid basin of the Mojave Desert’s floor, North Las Vegas enjoys abundant sunshine year-round and is typified by its sub-tropical arid climate. North Las Vegas is a cultural “melting pot”, with its retail and restaurant industries fueled by the tourism, conventions and attractions of the city nearby. The economy of North Las Vegas, however, is not as centrally dependent on the hospitality industry; North Las Vegas is the home to Nellis Air Force Base and is the central hub for Vision Airlines. As such, the economy of North Las Vegas benefits from, but is not dependent on, tourist traffic through metropolitan Las Vegas. In North Las Vegas, piloting and military personnel are as important as hospitality and construction. In addition to the numerous casinos, rotating calendar of entertainment showcases and conventions held within the city limits of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas has ample offerings of its own. With a history as colorful as the neon signs of the Las Vegas strip and as multi-textured as the desert landscape surrounding it, North Las Vegas offers residents a dual experience to enjoy at their leisure. Here, residents enjoy art as well as entertainment, culture in addition to glamour, and peaceful solitude in nature to buffet the fast pace of the glittering strip casinos. North Las Vegas: the fusion of glamour and simplicity, where everything is within reach—on your terms.
History
North Las Vegas, incorporated in 1946, shares a common history with metropolitan Las Vegas. The region first hosted European travelers during the early19th century as they followed the Old Spanish Trail north from Texas. During this time, Nevada’s landscape was proliferated by artesian wells, which supported many green areas and meadows (vegas, in Spanish; hence the name Las Vegas). Following annexation in 1855, the area was briefly home to Mormon settlers and a frequent stopover point for travelers of the “Mormon Corridor”, a well-travelled route between Salt Lake City and San Bernardino, CA. Las Vegas was abandoned by the Mormon settlers during the Utah War of 1857; subsequently, it was incorporated as a city in 1911, after which it became a popular railroad town in the early days of America’s rail system. As the railways of the United States expanded, Las Vegas became less of an important destination until the completion of the nearby Hoover Dam and the formation of Lake Mead, both of which drew tourist traffic into the area. The legalization of gambling in 1931, however, is where Las Vegas enjoyed a “rebirth” into its second, now-famous incarnation. A historical fact that is as eccentric as the city itself is that simultaneous to its urbanization and development as a destination for gambling and entertainment, the area was also enjoying significant growth and development from an influx of the scientific and military communites. The Manhattan Project and its scientists and staff brought nearly as much major development to Las Vegas as the casinos and shows eventually would. In 1941, North Las Vegas became the home of the Las Vegas Airfield, which would eventually become Nellis Air Force Base after brief stints of nomenclature which included theLas Vegas Gunnery School, Las Vegas Army Air Field and Las Vegas Air Force Base. Historically, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas have always been cities where the high-brow and low-brow commingle easily and effortlessly, and tumbleweeds end up putting down roots. The diversity of the city, its attractions and its residents blend together, building a these glittering cities in the midst of a desert.
 Parks and Recreation
Parks and recreation are as plentiful in North Las Vegas as the casinos and shows that greater metropolitan Las Vegas is known for. North Las Vegas is home to literally dozens of parks, with a range as wide and diverse as the entertainment choices are in its downtown area. North Las Vegas offers its residents the simple joys of nature and outdoor recreation in its well maintained system of parks, many of which have incorporated the use of xeriscaping, adding lush greenery to the otherwise arid desert of their location. North Las Vegas residents can choose their pleasure: dog parks, lighted tennis courts, basketball courts and soccer fields, golf courses, public family recreational parks, art and community event facilities, skateboard parks and swimming pools— North Las Vegas truly has it all. In nearby Las Vegas, North Las Vegas residents and vistors can experience the Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park, (Las Vegas Zoo), in which over 150 species of plant and animal are housed. Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park and Floyd Lamb State Park are also located within a handy distance. North Las Vegas visitors and residents can also choose to explore the unique geological wonders of the Mojave Desert at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, where they can enjoy hiking the trails, mountain biking, rock climbing, road biking, horseback riding, or observing nature in the visitors center or picnic areas available. The Hoover Dam Bypass is also a must-see local attraction. To learn more about these, and many other North Las Vegas and Las Vegas parks, please visit:
City of North Las Vegas Parks and Recreation
Hoover Dam Bypass
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
The Las Vegas Springs Preserve
City Of Las Vegas
Nevada Commission on Tourism
Attractions and Activities
Las Vegas is famous for the staggering amount of choices it presents its visitors with regard to attractions, events, and leisure. There are so many diverse activities that one could spend a lifetime there and still not see everything. Casinos, music events, shows and conventions are what the city has become world-famous—and infamous!—for. Residents of and visitors to North Las Vegas are offered the best of both worlds—the opportunity to explore the luxuries of the city, while maintaining a suburban distance from the problems city dwellers face. North Las Vegas has a number of its own attractions, including an impressive amount of golfing ranges, both public and private, for residents and visitors who prefer the glamour of outdoor sporting to bright lights. The planetarium and observatory, located on the Southern Nevada community college campus, features performances and daily public observation sessions for visitors who choose a different kind of “stargazing” on their visit to the Las Vegas area. North Las Vegas is a city of symmetry and balance, offering a quieter, yet equally wide range of attractions outside of the famous Las Vegas strip. All of the attractions, amenities, luxuries and conveniences of Las Vegas are less than fifteen minutes away if you choose; or, if a slower pace and an oasis from city living is what you prefer, North Las Vegas is light years away from the stress of the city. Fine dining and shopping abound in both cities; for every taste and price, there is an experience waiting to be uncovered. For those who enjoy the night life but whose tastes are more epicurean in the daylight hours, consider some of the other attractions that metropolitan Las Vegas has to choose from: The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, which hosts touring attractions as well as dance, symphonic and orchestral performances, or perhaps a visit to the Neon Museum, where the brightly lit neon signs of Las Vegas go when they retire. On the first Friday of each month, the Arts District of downtown Las Vegas hosts a “First Friday” celebration, inviting visitors to visit the galleries and experience the fine art Las Vegas is home to. For the cowboys and cowboy-lovers of Las Vegas, the city hosts its annual Helldorado Days, complete with a rodeo, carnival and parade. So from the glitz of Broadway shows to the Western draw of lariats during Helldorado Days, Las Vegas invites you to explore the facets that make up the glitter of this diamond in the desert.
North Las Vegas Planetarium and Observatory
Premium Shopping Outlets of Las Vegas
Fremont Street Experience
Nevada Commission on Tourism
Official Las Vegas Tourism
Events
Neighboring the city that is host to a myriad of guests ranging from music, to dance to performance and genre-specific conventions, the events calendar in North Las Vegas is like that of greater metropolitan Las Vegas: ever-changing, constantly rotating to offer our visitors and residents the most exciting variety of events possible. For a complete, up-to-date calendar of what’s happening in North Las Vegas and metropolitan Las Vegas, please visit any of the previously listed websites, or visit:
City of North Las Vegas Community Events Calendar
City of North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Events Calendar
Official Las Vegas Tourism
City Of Las Vegas
Nevada Commission on Tourism
Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce
Las Vegas Tourism Bureau
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