Jean is a small community in Clark County, Nevada, located approximately 12 miles north of the Nevada-California state line along Interstate 15. Las Vegas is located about 30 miles to the north. The area is mostly commercial with the Nevada Landing Hotel and Casino (now closed but still standing as of April 2007), Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall, the Jean Sport Aviation Center (used for sport activities like skydiving), Jean Conservation Camp (a minimum-security, all female Nevada Department of Corrections Facility established in 1987) and a Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) substation. The slogan of Jean's casinos is "Old Vegas value isn't gone... It just moved to exit 12."
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Demographics
As of 2006, Jean contains a total of 2 permanent residents. The community's racial makeup is 100.0% White.
History
Pop's Oasis Casino was the first casino in Jean. The Oasis closed in 1988. The welcome center was moved to Primm in early 2000. The welcome center was converted to an NHP substation in 2004. The median between the Nevada Landing Hotel and Casino and the Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall was the scene of the worst single-vehicle accident in southern Nevada history (at that time), when a van with 13 people flipped over and eight people were killed. The accident occurred in March of 2000. The Nevada Landing Casino closed in March of 2007 [1]
Trivia
The section of I-15 between Las Vegas and California is also patrolled by California Highway Patrol officers who are driving between their homes in the Las Vegas area and their patrol areas in California.
References
- ^ Las Vegas Tribune April 4, 2007
External links
- Chip from Pop's Oasis
- Jean, Nevada is at coordinates Coordinates:
