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Yes, there are free things to do in Las Vegas

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The original Aladdin's Lamp from the Aladdin Hotel & Casino is part of a collection of signs from defunct hotels that have been installed as public art throughout downtown Las Vegas.

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The Bellagio fountain sprays in sync with music during one of its afternoon shows in Las Vegas. The majestic dancing fountains emerge from the vast man-made lake in front of the hotel.

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The Hoover Dam and Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge from the heliport in Boulder City, Nev., is about 45 minutes from the Strip and provides a bird's-eye view of the 726-foot-tall dam.

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An electric company worker changes ballasts and lamps on the "Welcome to Las Vegas," sign in Las Vegas.

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Pete Vallee in his "Big Elvis" show in Las Vegas, Nev. Visitors can catch Vallee's free performances every weekday afternoon except Wednesday at a piano bar at Harrah's casino.

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If you've got the money, Las Vegas has a million ways for you to spend it — the limo, the penthouse suite, the finest champagne money can buy — and that's before you even hit the casino floor. But even in this town of glamour and excess, there's enough for the guys and girls who didn't get so lucky at the tables last night. Here's a sampling of the best Las Vegas has to offer without spending a dime.

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    • The original Aladdin’s Lamp from the Aladdin Hotel & Casino is part of a collection of signs from defunct hotels that have been installed as public art throughout downtown Las Vegas.
    • The Bellagio fountain sprays in sync with music during one of its afternoon shows in Las Vegas. The majestic dancing fountains emerge from the vast man-made lake in front of the hotel.
    • The Hoover Dam and Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge from the heliport in Boulder City, Nev., is about 45 minutes from the Strip and provides a bird’s-eye view of the 726-foot-tall dam.
    • An electric company worker changes ballasts and lamps on the “Welcome to Las Vegas,” sign in Las Vegas.
    • Pete Vallee in his “Big Elvis” show in Las Vegas, Nev. Visitors can catch Vallee’s free performances every weekday afternoon except Wednesday at a piano bar at Harrah’s casino.
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