Vegas' oldest freestanding bar w/ its original neon sign. Named for the "Atomic Cocktails" the first patrons sipped on the roof while watching mushroom clouds explode from the nearby Nevada Test Site.
If you lost your per diem at the blackjack table, then hock something here to generate funds. The home to History's reality hit Pawn Stars is both a tourist destination & a fully operational business.
Michael Jackson topped Forbes' list of top-earning dead celebrities this year w/ $140MM. One revenue stream comes from this show with holograms that put the legend on stage with a cast of 63 dancers.
If you find yourself with an extra day or two on your hands, consider a trip to Mound House, Nevada, near Lake Tahoe. There you'll find the licensed legal brothel featured on the HBO series Cathouse.
Beyond the flashing lights & clanging slots lies the trippy other-world of artist James Turrell. Contracted by Louis Vuitton, it's the largest of the artist's ganzfeld installations (up on 4).
Unleash your inner Ultimate Fighter. This gym offers boxing, kick boxing and daily Ultimate Training classes, as well as kids classes, modeled on the workout of mixed martial arts fighters.
Super-exclusive with just 8 seats, this members-only 260 sq. ft. bar features "artisanal" ice service. Drinks can be served layered, frozen with liquid nitrogen or smoked with your choice of wood.
The culinary high point is celebrity chef José André' menu that includes a whole suckling pig, Japanese Kobe "Eye of the Rib" steak & morcilla sausage w/ uni in a space designed by Philippe Starck.
The latest on batteries and recharging: AMPL's SmartBag, which won a 2015 CES Innovation Award, has USB ports in virtually every crevasse and has an app that can monitor device's charge levels.
A co-op for fashionistas, Stitch Factory offers education on design and manufacturing to aid industry entrepreneurs. It also creates pop-up shops for its members.
This app is a mashup of Uber and Tesla, helping consumers who pay a monthly membership share electric vehicles, bikes, buses and drivers.
This 3-D printer manufacturer isn't part of the downtown scene, but it couldn't have picked a hotter metro area- and it recently secured $10 million in funding.
The mobile app, which splits time between its Vegas birthplace and Silicon Valley, has mapped out nearly every single entertainment venue on the planet.
The environmentally friendly company lets small businesses say goodbye to endless paperwork, streamlining their purchases and payments to their production vendors.
Every community needs an advocate, and this tech news publisher has established national cred to the tune of 55,000 Twitter followers.
An early Vegas player, Amy Jo Martin's agency has led social strategy for sports brands such as Ultimate Fighting Championship, Shaquille O'Neal and Bubba Watson.
Tony Hsieh has contributed $350 million to Las Vegas' 2-year-old Downtown Project, considered the hub of the tech scene he founded here.
