• Nevada's total population: 1,201,833
• 12 publicly owned corporations own 21 major casinos, producing 50 percent of total Nevada gaming revenue
• Excalibur opens on Las Vegas Strip
• Flamingo Hilton Laughlin opens in Laughlin

• Harrah's Entertainment converts the Holiday Casino on the Las Vegas Strip to Harrah's Casino, marking the company's first appearance on the Las Vegas Strip

• Nevada's gaming revenue exceeds $6 billion per year
• Gaming approved in other states and on Indian reservations
• Luxor Las Vegas opens on Las Vegas Strip
• Treasure Island Hotel opens on Las Vegas Strip
• MGM Grand Hotel and Theme Park opens on Las Vegas Strip; 171,500-square-foot casino and 5,005 rooms makes it the largest hotel and the largest hotel-casino in the world

• Boulder Station opens on Boulder Highway in Las Vegas

• World's first Hard Rock Hotel and Casino opens on Paradise Road
• Silver Legacy opens on Virginia Street in Reno
• Texas Station Hotel & Casino opens on Rancho Blvd., Las Vegas

• Nevada's gaming revenue totals $7.45 billion
• Monte Carlo Hotel & Casino opens on Las Vegas Strip
• Stratosphere Hotel and Casino and Stratosphere Tower opens on Las Vegas Blvd. (formerly known as Vegas World), tallest free-standing observation tower in U.S. and tallest structure west of the Mississippi River

• Sunset Station Hotel & Casino opens in Henderson

• Bellagio opens on Las Vegas Strip (former Dunes location)

• Paris Las Vegas opens on Las Vegas Strip
• The Venetian opens on Las Vegas Strip
• Mandalay Bay opens on Las Vegas Strip, formerly Hacienda location

Sources: Nevada Historical Society; Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority; Michael Green (Community College of Southern Nevada); David Schwartz (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Gaming Research); “Roll The Bones: The History of Gambling” by David Schwartz; Gotham Books, 2006; and Nevada Magazine, March 2006.