There was Electric Daisy Carnival promoter Pasquale Rotella, hoisting a commemorative key high above Las Vegas Boulevard last Tuesday—but which key? We have two, thanks to our Valley’s unique government system in which the City of Las Vegas and larger unincorporated Clark County are two separate jurisdictions, with two separate ways of feting public figures. Rotella nabbed the Key to the Las Vegas Strip, an honor begun in 2013 by the Clark County Commission and given to the likes of The Killers, Britney Spears, Oscar de la Hoya and Giada De Laurentiis, among others. The mayor’s office, however, has been handing out the Key to the City for decades, to heavy hitters such as Elvis, Michael Jackson, Bryce Harper and numerous Strip performers. Chalk the circumstance up to city/county one-upmanship—and Las Vegas’ love for a photo op.
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