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City Guide - Las Vegas - Shopping | ||
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Shopping Though Las Vegas is best known for its casinos, the city has gained increasing popularity for shopping, to the point where it is now a major tourist draw in itself. Visitors can look forward to a wide variety of boutique shopping, featuring major European and American designers, as well as cheap factory outlet shopping. There is also the stereotypical memorabilia on hand, such as Elvis outfits, lighters, t-shirts etc, that, if appropriate anywhere, are certainly so in Las Vegas. A non-refundable state sales tax of 7.25% is charged in Nevada. Stores are open seven days a week normally 1000 - 2200. Shops are located anywhere tourists might happen to pass with money in their pockets - in other words anywhere downtown and on the Strip. As with almost everything, the casino-hotels spare no expense in their efforts to attract customers. The Venetian's Grand Canal Shoppes are situated among cobbled walkways that wind through designer boutiques culminating in a replica of St Mark's Square. The Aladdin offers Desert Passage, a shopping complex based on the North African trade routes that stretched from Spain to the Arabian Sea, featuring cosmetics, men's and women's fashion, outdoor gear and gifts, among much more. Via Bellagio offers upmarket European shops including Moschino, Chanel, Armani, Prada and Hermés. Factory outlet malls are also very popular in Las Vegas due to the considerable savings they offer on brand-name goods. The Belz Factory Outlet World, 7400 Las Vegas Boulevard South, offers over 140 outlets with brand-names such as Danskin, Pfaltzgraff and Bugle Boy. Vegas Pointe Plaza, 9155 Las Vegas Boulevard South, offers 60 stores, such as Van Heusen, Kidz Inn and Fantasies in Silk. |