Talk:The Entertainment Capital of the World

Opening comment
I find that in my searching of historical records that this name was first coined in Los Angeles, not Las Vegas. New York City was the second city to use it. Las Vegas has in effect stolen this nickname in it's efforts to become the most visited city in the west and has done an awesome job in promoting it.

Statistically, of all the cities that make claim to the title, minus Hollywood of course since it is one and the same as Los Angeles, Los Angeles has by far the most entertainment available. Second to LA is New York City, then Las Vegas at third, then Orlando, then Branson.

This is based on the total amount of: Theme Parks (Disney, Six Flags, Coney Island), Shopping/Malls (South Coast Plaza, Fashion Show Mall, Fifth Avenue), Sightseeing Tourist Attractions (Hollywood Walk of Fame, Times Square), Sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL, MLS), hobbies available (skiing, hiking, surfing), shows & concerts (Broadway, Pantages, or Hollywood Bowl), and world recognition (Alpha, Beta class city).

So based on factual evidence, Los Angeles, the first city with the nickname, should rightfully be given precedence to the title, regardless of Las Vegas' promotional abilities.

Outside of gambling, Vegas shows, and the occasional Boxing matches, (all three of which are available in LA) Las Vegas has really little to offer entertainmentwise. There are 2 giant arcades, Gameworks (which is also found in Los Angeles... twice), and Circus Circus. There is one water park of decent size, comparable to Hurricane Harbor in LA, but nowhere near LA's Raging Waters. There are also a few select roller coasters in various places around town. Yet, LA's Knotts Berry Farm has more coasters than all of Vegas, and it only ranks #3 in LA for coasters behind #2 Disneyland Resort and #1 Six Flags Magic Mountain.

If you search Google and Yahoo!, you have almost as many results for Branson, MO as Las Vegas. Using the logic that this page was written with, Branson should be mentioned second to Las Vegas in terms of application. Yet, that would be considered silly to the editors. The same goes with giving Las Vegas the automatic bid based on a Google search. Encyclopedias need to be written based on facts, not POV of editors, or the POV of a city's advertisement campaign. Both Los Angeles and New York have considerably more entertainment available than Vegas by leaps and bounds. While Vegas should be mentioned in the article, it should not be the focus of the article over LA or NYC.

(HINT: Google and Yahoo! give click precedence to whomever PAYS MORE for advertising with them, not necessarily who IS what they claim.) --71.108.65.62 06:57, 2 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I totally agree, I suppose the MGM Grand first used the title in the 90's when they went from a Wizard of Oz theme to a Hollywood/Los Angeles Theme.--Redspork02 21:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I have restored the dab page since the contents of this page was basically a repeat of what is already included in Greater Los Angeles Area. We only need the material in one place.  I also agree that this page should not be a redirect to any place since this term is used to describe many places and it would be difficult to establish any of these as the primary use. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:09, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

The one source cited in this article
Doesn't really support any of the information in the article. It uses the phrase to refer to Los Angeles, but doesn't say anything about why it is used and also doesn't say anything about Las Vegas.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 01:04, 4 August 2012 (UTC)