Las Vegas is not exactly renowned for its healthy lifestyle, but if you start to feel the need for exercise, opportunities do exist. For visitors, the highest profile activity these days is
golf
. The city currently boasts around forty golf courses, and is adding more at a ferocious rate. Most casinos do at least have a
swimming pool
, with the larger ones on the Strip offering full-service
spas
and tennis facilities as well. "Locals" casinos, on the other hand, usually out in more residential neighborhoods, specialize in offering popular year-round indoor pursuits such as
bowling
and
ice-skating
.
As for
spectator sports
, despite the best efforts of Mayor Goodman - who's on record as saying that "until you have major league sports, you'll always be thought of as a minor-league town" - Las Vegas lacks high-profile professional teams. Although tourists flock from all over the nation to watch events like the Super Bowl on large-screen TVs - and of course, bet on them - the only sport to regularly draw sizable crowds for live action is championship
boxing
.
Spas
Most of the major Strip casinos offer their own luxurious spa facilities, open as a rule to guests and non-guests alike, but occasionally restricted to guests only on weekends. Typical rates start at around $25 per day, with a vast range of more expensive...
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Indoor sports and activities
BOWLING
Castaways
2800 Fremont St tel 385-9153. Daily 24hr.
At 106 lanes, the Castaways boasts the largest bowling alley in the US, and plays host to the Showboat Invitational Bowling Tournament, the oldest pro event in the...
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Outdoor sports and activities
BUNGEE JUMPING
A.J. Hackett Bungy
Circus Circus
, 810 Circus Circus Drive tel 385-4321. Hours vary.
Should you feel the urge to plummet approximately 200 feet toward but not into a swimming pool, attached to a...
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Spectator sports
BASEBALL
The
Las Vegas 51s
, a class AAA team affiliated to the San Diego Padres, have in recent years repeatedly triumphed in the Pacific Coast League. They recently changed their name from the Las Vegas Stars, in honor of...
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