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Our esteemed leader, Janie Gale, and me at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health on the eve of its news about teaming with UNLV in securing an $11.1 million Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence grant. Follow me on Twitter at @josefvann and on vegasmagazine.com. josef vann As the publisher of Vegas magazine and a longtime resident of Las Vegas, I'm often asked by clients and friends unfamiliar with the city about what it's like to live and work here. The truth is, it's truly a fabulous place. We're two cities in one, really. There's the small town of Las Vegas, inhabited by close to 2 million people, where it's not entirely uncom- mon to run into someone you know every day of the week. Our town is philanthropic and connected; it's a place where we really take care of one another. Then there's the larger- than-life Las Vegas—primarily the Strip corridor—a world-class destination "inhabited" by 21 times more people per year than live here. The fun facts and tidbits are always the most interesting to people and tell the story so cogently, so here goes: We play host to 3,750 conventions annually. Twelve of the world's 20 largest hotels are in Las Vegas. The MGM Grand has 18,000 doors. On any given night, the vault of one of the larger casinos is holding somewhere between $30 million and $60 million. Nevada is one of only seven US states that don't have an income tax. McCarran is the ninth-busiest airport in the US. It would take someone 288 years to spend a night in every hotel room in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Strip is the brightest place on Earth and can be seen from space. Sixty thousand pounds of shrimp are consumed here daily, more than in the rest of the country combined. With almost 4,000 hotel rooms, the Bellagio has more rooms than the number of residents of Bellagio, Italy. We love our town and we love our magazine. We trust you do, too! 32 vegasmagazine.com letter from the Publisher