Why Las Vegas is known as Hawaii’s 'Ninth Island'

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Why Las Vegas is known as Hawaii’s 'Ninth Island'
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“As more people relocate from Hawaii to Las Vegas, it’s becoming more common to run into someone you know with Hawaii roots.'

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Ewalu Club holds a dance practice ahead of its spring 2020 luau.In many ways, it felt like home. On the outskirts of the Las Vegas Strip, I listened as two people strummed ukulele while a woman sang a rendition of “Bamboo” byThis wasn’t a typical Las Vegas show, but a band performing at, a casual Las Vegas restaurant chain popularly known for serving Hawaii plate lunches.

“The term ‘Ninth Island’ came around originally from Auntie Lynette MacCauley,” Doreen Hall, president of the“Before the civic club started, people started migrating from Hawaii Nei probably in the late '40s, early '50s … and they started forming little groups or little clubs,” Hall explained “… Auntie MacCauley was one of those that came in the '50s. ...

The founder of Boyd Gaming, Sam Boyd, opened the Cal in 1975. Having lived in Hawaii in the past, Boyd created low-price air and hotel packages to Las Vegas and marketed it to Hawaii travel agencies — and it took off.Boyd Gaming

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