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=== Atomic City ===
{{See also|Atomic tourism}}
During the 1950s, [[Las Vegas]] earned the nickname "Atomic City" for becoming a hotspot where tourists would gather to watch above-ground nuclear weapons tests taking place at [[Nevada Test Site]]. Following the detonation of Able, one of the first atomic bombs dropped at the Nevada Test Site, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce began advertising the tests as an entertainment spectacle to tourists.

The detonations proved popular, and casinos throughout the city capitalised on the tests by advertising hotel rooms or rooftops which offered views of the testing site or by planning "Dawn Bomb Parties" where people would come together to celebrate the detonations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atomic Tourism in Nevada |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/atomic-tourism-nevada/ |website=pbs.org |access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> Most parties started at midnight, and musicians would perform at the venues until 4:00&nbsp;a.m. when the party would briefly stop so guests could silently watch the detonation. Some casinos capitalised on the tests further by creating so called "[[Atomic (cocktail)|atomic cocktails]]", a mixture of vodka, cognac, sherry and champagne.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bosker |first1=Gideon |title=Atomic Cocktails |date=1998 |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco |page=8}}</ref> Meanwhile, groups of tourists would drive out into the desert with family or friends to watch the detonations.

Despite the health risks associated with [[nuclear fallout]], tourists and viewers were told to simply "shower". Later on, however, anyone who had worked at the testing site or lived in areas exposed to nuclear fallout fell ill and had higher chances of developing cancer or suffering pre-mature deaths.<ref name="BI">{{cite news |last1=Loria |first1=Kevin |title=Nuclear explosions from the past are still causing cancer and health problems today |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/nuclear-explosion-fallout-cancer-health-effects-2017-8 |access-date=24 October 2018 |work=Business Insider |date=17 August 2017}}</ref>