Although North Las Vegas is not one of the major tourist sites in Nevada, it is still attracts a considerable amount of Nevada tourism, and is therefore a city well worth visiting. Most of the Nevada tourism that does come to North Las Vegas is predominantly focused on the Nellis Air Force Base. The Weapons Museum inside of the base is one of the lesser known tourist sites in Nevada. However, if you have always been interested in military history, the weapons museum is worth a visit.
The Planetarium in North Las Vegas also attracts a bit of Nevada tourism. It features a series of weekly films about astronomy, as well as an astronomy store. The Planetarium is located in the Community College of Southern Nevada. Although it is not a major tourist site in Nevada, astronomy fans will definitely find it interesting.
For night life, while the streets of North Las Vegas do not glitter as they do in Vegas, rest assured that it is quite possible to find a North Las Vegas casino. The Cannery Casino and Hotel is a $100 million property that opened in January of 2003. This North Las Vegas casino was designed to replicate a post 1940s cannery factory. It is located in close proximity to the Nellis Air Force Base, as well as the Vegas Motor Speedway. The 50,000 square foot casino features over 20 table games, which include craps, black jack, roulette and other games. This North Las Vegas casino also has 1,250 slot machines, as well as a sports-betting lounge that covers all major sporting events. These include sporting events such as hockey, football, baseball, auto racing, boxing, and arena football.
Jerry's Nugget is a North Las Vegas casino that was founded in 1964. Because of its historical significance, it has also attracted some Nevada tourism. It was originally the site of the Town House Bar, until the building was purchased and rebuilt as an 80 foot Casino which featured a restaurant, bar, keno lounge, and a craps table as well as 100 slot machines. In 1968, the owners purchased the Bonanza Club. This acquisition added an additional 10,000 square feet to this North Las Vegas casino. With additional enhancements and expansions that have occurred throughout, Jerry's Nugget now features over 95,000 square feet of gaming and entertainment space.
In addition to the large mega casinos you can find smaller gambling venues such as the Bighorn Casino. This 3,300 square foot "no-frills" North Las Vegas casino is a North Las Vegas locals' favorite. Unlike the mega-casinos of Vegas, the Bighorn Casino features only 198 slot machines and four table games. The Opera House Casino claims to have the most current and up-to-date slot machines, as well as a number of video poker machines. They have 166 gaming machines and five table games.
The casinos and other attractions in North Las Vegas are spread throughout the city. They can be located on any of the various North Las Vegas maps.
Nevada is the brightest, driest, and most theatrical of the western states — the Strip's neon, the basin-and-range silence beyond it, and a hundred miles of open desert that swallow it all.
Nevada: Must-See Experiences
- See the Las Vegas Strip after dark
- Drive Red Rock Canyon at sunrise
- Float Lake Mead or Lake Tahoe
- Hike Valley of Fire's red sandstone
- Catch a Cirque show or residency
- Visit Hoover Dam
- Drive the Extraterrestrial Highway near Area 51
- Spend a night in old downtown Reno
- See Great Basin National Park's bristlecones
- Eat at a Strip steakhouse and a downtown diner