Las Vegas NV is known for its neon lights, gambling and topless show girls. But Las Vegas is also known for its many historical and architectural buildings. Las Vegas NV homes are both unique and original while some with the influx of stucco and Spanish tile are identical. Surrounded by mountains and emphasized by the skyline of the Strip, there are many great housing communities as well as large custom homes. With the housing boom in the 1980’s and 1990’s Las Vegas was one of the top cities to live. Housing developers were challenged how to draw buyers to their communities and the more upscale the community the more amenities they offered. Many are adorn with multiple golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools and great views of Las Vegas lights.
Anthem Country Club Community Las Vegas NV
There are five great neighborhoods in Las Vegas NV and within these neighborhoods are many communities from the very rich to the middle class home owner. Henderson Las Vegas NV is known for the upscale Flagship Neighborhood; Anthem. You can’t miss the elaborate waterfall as you approach the Del Webb community, located south on Eastern Avenue, at Anthem Parkway. Nestled in the foothills of the Black Mountains, Anthem is made up of a variety of communities, including Anthem Country Club and Sun City Anthem. Some communities are restricted to 55 years old and older or the very wealthy.
Green Valley Estates is family oriented with close proximity to shopping, restaurants, parks and banks Las Vegas NV. Mostly middle to upper middle class these homes vary from condos to custom built.
The southwest side of Las Vegas has the older California neighborhood. That’s if you consider the 1980’s old. Their Flagship Neighborhood: Spanish Trail is located southwest of Tropicana Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard, it’s a prestigious area, where the gorgeous homes are character-filled and giant trees shade the streets. This guard-gated area surrounds the Spanish Trail Golf and Country Club, and has residences range from town homes to multimillion-dollar mansions.
Central Las Vegas Flagship Neighborhood is the Scotch 80s. Scotch 80s is home to old money, prominent politicians (Mayor Oscar Goodman), lawyers and casino executives.
Some of the most beautiful and architecturally interesting homes in town are located in the Scotch 80s, which is bordered by Charleston to the north, Oakey to the south, Interstate 15 to the east and Rancho to the west. Situated on large lots with no sidewalks the homes were primarily built in the 50s and 60s, and you’ll find influences ranging from ranch, mid-century modern, English Tudor and Asian sensibilities.
Summerlin Las Vegas NV
Summerlin Las Vegas NV is a seemingly fluid area defined by attractive homes, parks, green space and more than 22,500 acres. This master-planned community, developed by the Howard Hughes Corporation, contains more than a dozen individual neighborhoods.
Summerlin’s Flagship Neighborhood is the Red Rock Country Club. Just minutes from Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and rests in the shadows of the Spring Mountains. Homes range from modest to gigantic and surround the par-72 Arnold Palmer-designed Arroyo Golf Club. This neighborhood has a well-off mix of retirees and upper middle class families in their 30’s and 40’s.
Neighborhoods in the Sky are located both on the strip and downtown. Young professionals are drawn to the Soho Lofts due to their Naomi Arin Contemporary Art gallery and Globe Salon on the first floor and a weight room and pool deck on the roof. Many units at Soho Lofts were purchased by investors and are being rented to young professionals and men and women in the service industry searching for an urban scene in Las Vegas.
1970's MGM which is Bally's today
From housing to hotels in Las Vegas, the casino hotels are known for their elaborate architectural design inside and out. In 1973 the MGM Grand Las Vegas NV was the strips first super resort and was unmatched until Steve Wynn opened the Mirage Las Vegas NV in 1989. In 1986 the MGM Grand’s building was sold to Bally’s and the current, GREEN, 5,005 room MGM Grand would open December 1993 at the north-east corner of Tropicana & the Strip becoming the largest hotel in the United States and currently the second largest in the world.
Two years after the MGM Grand was built the owners of Circus Circus Las Vegas NV had plans of their own by purchasing the Hacienda for only $80 million only to close it Dec 1, 1996. On New Year’s Eve day the Hacienda was imploded to make way for Mandalay Bay Las Vegas NV a 3,309 room resort. In the lobby stands a 12,200 gallon, 14-foot salt water aquarium. The interior aquarium is 8 feet high and includes 2,600 gallons of water. Behind the registration desk, water runs continuously through a mock dense jungle. Also included are two wedding chapels and a museum featuring a $40 million dollar collection of rare gold and silver coins, bank notes and Old West memorabilia. Outside Mandalay Bay a lush, 11-acre tropical water environment comprised of a sand-and-surf beach, lazy river ride, three pools and jogging track provides a remarkable recreation and relaxation experience. An outdoor island stage in the sand and surf beach provides additional facilities for events and concerts. Mandalay Bay’s surf beach pool was rated the number one pool in the world.
Bellagio Las Vegas NV Lobby
Not to be out done, On October 15, 1998, just before 11:00pm, Steve Wynn opened the 36 story, 3,026 room, $1.6 billion Bellagio. The Bellagio Las Vegas NV property contains an eight acre lake, called Lake Como, filled with thousands of fountains which run the length of Bellagio’s grounds. Facing Las Vegas Boulevard, crowds gather in front of the hotel to listen to amplified music and watch the “dancing” fountains that are activated regularly throughout the day and evening. The in-door garden sits on 12,500 square feet. The resort replicates a Tuscan village which lines the water’s edge. Stretching across the ceiling of the lobby is the 70′ x 30′ Dale Chihuly floral sculpture of hand-blown multicolored glass.
Each hotel has its own theme you can experience. It’s almost like being at Epcot and taking in the counties. In Las Vegas you can go to Egypt and see a sphinx at the Luxor Las Vegas NV, ride a gondola in Venice at the Venetian Las Vegas NV or walk the streets of New York City at the New York New York Las Vegas NV. You can even time travel back to medieval times at the Excalibur Las Vegas NV or fight pirates at Treasure Island Las Vegas NV. With each theme is the elaborate décor to make that theme as real as possible.
The architecture alone makes a trip to Las Vegas worthwhile. Take your time and explore every nook and cranny, explore the city and all it has to offer from homes to hotels….you’ll never know what you may see and experience in Las Vegas NV.