Las Vegas, a city of illusion, is having an identity debate
LAS VEGAS - Blake Sartini never had any doubts when he bought the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino a little more than a year ago. It was on the Las Vegas Strip.
He said it is on Las Vegas Boulevard. True. He said it is a distinct part of the skyline. Also true. At 1,149 feet high, it's the tallest free-standing observation tower in the United States, rising like a giant exclamation point on the boulevard north of Circus Circus and the SLS Hotel and Casino.
"We are a Strip property," Sartini said flatly.
But once again, some in Las Vegas are having an identity debate: Where does the Strip actually end on the north?
In a city that exists in the middle
