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By AARP   Published March 15, 2022

There’s a reason Las Vegas often welcomes 42 million visitors a year — a third of them over 50. It’s a city built for escape, whether for a girlfriend getaway (high- and low-end shopping), a

late-in-life honeymoon (luxury suites abound) or a fun family-celebration vacation (milestone birthdays are big). Vegas also welcomes disabled visitors, offering what the tourist board says

 is the highest number of accessible hotel rooms of any U.S. city.

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With world-class shows and a celebrity-chef restaurant boom, Vegas is less about gambling these days. Still, gamers can play 24/7 at more than two dozen casino resorts on Las Vegas

Boulevard, aka the Strip, and a dozen downtown. Nowhere but the Strip can you find replicas of the Eiffel Tower, an Egyptian pyramid and Venice’s Grand Canal — all within walking distance of

one another. Vegas visitors also can see A-list entertainers, feast on all-you-can-eat buffets or gourmet cuisine, and carry yard-long cocktails into the street. Yes, that’s legal.

Though the days of the $1.99 buffet and free parking at every casino are over, this iconic desert oasis still offers coupon clippers as well as luxury lovers a grownup,

what-happens-here-stays-here good time. So ante up: Here’s how to do Vegas like a vet.

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