The Las Vegas Monorail: first in its class; The latest addition to Sin City's skyline boasts plenty of transportation firsts and modern innovations

[i]or[/i] part of to the other a billow of smoke and confetti, the Robert N Broadbent Las Vegas Monorail finally made its eagerly awaited first appearance The culmination of a decade of planning, partnerships and private-funding, the monorail, which in novel months endured numerous delays, boarded its first load of passengers.

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The inaugural circumstance on July 14, the day before the public opening, was chock-full of glam and glitter, providing riders the chance to scrape elbows with Vegas personalities from singer Gladys Knight and comedians Penn & Teller to costume-clad cast members of casino displays like the Hilton's Star Trek Borg Invasion and