Editing Las Vegas (section)

==Culture==
{{Main|Las Vegas Valley#Culture and the arts}}
{{see also|List of Las Vegas landmarks}}

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[[File:The Smith Center for the Performing Arts & DISCOVERY Children's Museum.jpg|thumb|The [[Smith Center for the Performing Arts]] & Discovery Museum]] [[File:LasVegasSymphonyPark1.jpg|thumb|[[Symphony Park]] in [[Downtown Las Vegas]]]]
The city is home to several museums, including the [[Neon Museum]] (the location for many of the historical signs from Las Vegas's mid-20th century heyday), The [[Mob Museum]], the [[Las Vegas Natural History Museum]], the Discovery Children's Museum, the Nevada State Museum and the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park.

The city is home to an extensive [[Downtown Arts District]], which hosts numerous galleries and events including the annual Las Vegas Film Festival. "First Friday" is a monthly celebration that includes arts, music, special presentations and food in a section of the city's downtown region called 18b, The Las Vegas Arts District.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.18b.org |title=18b Las Vegas Art District |website=18b.org |access-date=September 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926124536/http://www.18b.org/ |archive-date=September 26, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The festival extends into the Fremont East Entertainment District.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstfridaylasvegas.com |title=First Friday Main Menu |website=First Friday Las Vegas Network |access-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715152336/http://www.firstfridaylasvegas.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Thursday evening before First Friday is known in the arts district as "Preview Thursday," which highlights new gallery exhibitions throughout the district.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/arts-culture/preview-thursday-less-hectic-than-first-friday-art-event/ |title=Preview Thursday less hectic than First Friday art event |date=May 22, 2013 |website=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |access-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724224815/https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/arts-culture/preview-thursday-less-hectic-than-first-friday-art-event/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Las Vegas Academy|Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts]] is a [[Grammy]] award-winning [[magnet school]] located in [[downtown Las Vegas]]. The [[Smith Center for the Performing Arts]] is downtown in [[Symphony Park]] and hosts various Broadway shows and other artistic performances.

Las Vegas has earned the moniker "Gambling Capital of the World," as it has the world's most land-based casinos.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vegasmobilecasino.co.uk/las-vegas-gambling-capital-of-the-world |title=Las Vegas Gambling Capital |date=August 31, 2016 |publisher=vegasmobilecasino.co.uk |access-date=September 5, 2017 }}</ref> The city is also host to more [[AAA Five Diamond Award|AAA Five Diamond]] hotels than any other city in the world.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/dispatches/2014/01/17/aaa-five-diamond-hotels-restaurants/4496183 |title=AAA chooses Five Diamond hotels, restaurants for 2014 |first=Nancy |last=Trejos |date=January 17, 2014 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=January 10, 2015 |archive-date=April 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426052234/http://www.usatoday.com/story/dispatches/2014/01/17/aaa-five-diamond-hotels-restaurants/4496183/ |url-status=live }}</ref>