Shimmering from the desert haze of Nevada like a latter day El Dorado, Las Vegas is the most dynamic, spectacular city on earth. At the start of the twentieth century, it didn't even exist, now it's home to two million people, and boasts nineteen of the world's twenty five largest hotels, whose flamboyant, no expense spared casinos lure in thirty seven million tourists each year.Las Vegas has been stockpiling superlatives since the 1950s, but never rests on its laurels for a moment. Many first time visitors expect the city to