A recent documentary series about Las Vegas from CNN aimed to set the facts straight, once and for all, about Sin City. So you would think they wouldn’t get one of their facts about Las Vegas dead wrong before the series even premiered. Yet the promotional artwork for “Las Vegas: The Story of Sin City” prominently features a Saguaro cactus. This is an ad for a recent documentary series from CNN, a news organization with hundreds of fact-checkers. (Image: max.com) Saguaros can grow in Las Vegas, but only if they’re grown for several years in their native habitat (or an approximation of it) before being replanted — and then only if they’re watered as regularly as palm trees and other nonnative flora. That’s how Arizona Charlie’s grows the ones outside its casinos on Decatur Boulevard and Boulder Highway. Among the dozens of NFL-licensed souvenirs you could buy advertising the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas were these colorful Saguaro earrings.… Read More
Category: Environment, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Myths, " fact-checkers, "Vegas: The Story of Sin City, Cactus, CNN, desert, Mojave, Saguaro, Sonoran, Strip
Source: Casino.org
