Jean, Nevada

Jean is a small commercial town in Clark County, Nevada, United States, located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of the Las Vegas hotel-casino corridor along Interstate 15, and 12 mi (19 km) north of the Nevada-California border.

There is no land zoned residential in Jean. The town is primarily zoned commercial, industrial, manufacturing, government and institutional. A 3 million square foot mega-warehouse complex is currently in development at the Jean exit at Interstate 15 (I-15).

Jean will also be the entry point for the new Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport (SNSA), currently in development.

Jean is accessible via Interstate 15 (I-15) as well as from Las Vegas Boulevard South, and from the towns of Goodsprings and Sandy Valley via Nevada State Route 161.

Traffic
According to the Nevada Department of Transportation, over 16 million vehicles travel through Jean along Interstate 15 annually between Las Vegas and California.

Businesses
Jean is home to the world's largest Chevron gas station, in Terrible's Road House, with 96 pumps, a 50 thousand square-foot convenience store, a White Castle restaurant, and an electric vehicle charging station. Jean is also home to One9 commercial truck gas station, Starbucks, Berry's Plastic Factory, the Jean Sport Aviation Center and the Jean Airport. The town also houses a Nevada State Police- Highway Patrol substation, the Jean Post Office, the Goodsprings Township Courthouse, a Clark County Fire Station and the Jean Conservation Camp.

History


Jean was originally named Goodsprings Junction. On June 28, 1905, postmaster George Arthur Fayle renamed the town Jean in honor of his wife. He also built the famous Pioneer Saloon in Goodsprings, Nevada.

Pop's Oasis Casino was the first casino to open in Jean in 1972. Two other casinos, The Nevada Landing Hotel Casino and the Gold Strike Hotel Casino, were later opened. Pop's Oasis closed in 1988 and was demolished. Chips and tokens from Pop's Oasis were poured into the foundation of the Nevada Landing Hotel and Casino. The Nevada Landing subsequently closed in 2007 and the property was leveled in May 2008.

The Gold Strike remained open and was renamed Terrible's Hotel and Casino in 2018.

Terrible's closed in 2020 during the pandemic and was sold to Tolles Development in 2022. The site along with several other large adjacent parcels are now being developed into a 3 million square-foot mega warehouse complex.

The Las Vegas welcome center in Jean was moved to Primm in early 2000 and the building in Jean was converted in 2004 to the current Nevada State Police substation.

Geography
Jean is located on a mountain pass, Jean Pass (south), west of the Jean Dry Lake basin. Sheep Mountain borders Jean to the east, southeast of Jean Dry Lake. Northwest of the pass lies the southeast foothills of the Bird Spring Range.

Adventure tourism
Jean is a very popular adventure tourism location offering Sin City Skydiving, Parasailing, Vegas Off Road Tours and the annual Mint 400 race.

In popular culture
In 2016 Ugo Rondinone built Seven Magic Mountains, a popular tourist attraction near Las Vegas.

Jean has been featured in popular Hollywood movies and music videos:

Lionheart featuring Jean-Claude VanDamme, 1990 film

Casino, 1995 film

Vegas Vacation, 1997 film

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998 film

Pearl Harbor, 2001 film

The Hangover, 2009 film

The Master, 2012 film

Absolute Dominion, Netflix film 2022

Kelsey Ballerini music video Peter Pan (2015)

Jean is featured in the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas.