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Article: The new Las Vegas.
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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Five-star dining, the Grand Canal, gardens to shame Versailles--all this and Elvis too
* THE LAS VEGAS STRIP IS THE CITY AS BUFFET TABLE: A 5-MILE-long sampler of original Picassos, velvet Elvises, foie gras, shrimp cocktails, the Eiffel Tower, and eyeful showgirls, all preening in anticipation of the 33 million visitors who come here annually.
Vegas aims to please all 33 million.
Vegas is about romance, bawdiness, naughtiness, and good clean fun, about dreams dashed and fantasies fulfilled. It is Venetian, Parisian, Dionysian, and Promethean, ever-changing, ever-ready
This new Las Vegas is spectacular, yes. But it offers more ...