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What happens here: with casinos, four-star restaurants, Broadway shows and just about anything else anyone could want, America's ever-changing desert getaway lets visitors decide.(CLEAN '07 PREVIEW)(Cover story)

American Drycleaner, April, 2007

What Happens Here ... Stays Here, goes the tagline. But Las Vegas itself rarely stands still. The desert playground changes every week, and it is no longer the Vegas of Bugsy Siegel, the Rat Pack, or even of Clean '03.

Each new casino/hotel is bigger and more opulent than the last. The most recent intro is the Wynn Las Vegas, which equals or bests entrepreneur Steve Wynn's previous luxury benchmarks, Mirage and Bellagio, on the site of the legendary Desert Inn.

The Desert Inn itself was long known as a swanky retreat and the last home of Howard Hughes. It's just another bit of "classic" Vegas that has fallen recently--another, the Stardust, fell in a controlled implosion last month to make room for another megaresort. But this city is constantly...

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