Vegas Strip Hit By Rare Snowstorm; Cranfills Gap Residents Stranded
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Vegas Strip Hit By Rare Snowstorm; Cranfills Gap Residents Stranded
Las Vegas was digging out Thursday after a rare snowstorm that cancelled flights, stranding more than 100 residents of small Central Texas town who were there as guests of the city’s tourism authority.
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(December 18, 2008)—The 100 residents of the small Bosque County town of Cranfills Gap who flew Saturday to Las Vegas as guests of the Las Vegas Convention and Tourism Authority ended up spending more time in Sin City than expected.

A rare snowstorm stranded the group Wednesday after the flight on which the residents were return to Texas was cancelled until Thursday.

"We thought we would be able to get back to the Gap and enjoy the sunshine," Cranfills Gap Laura Rose told the Casino City Times.

"(We) didn't think that we'd end up in the desert in the snow."

The Las Vegas tourism authority paid for the residents’ trip as part of marketing campaign to promote the city.

Visitors posed Wednesday for photos in snow piles around the famous "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign.

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Posted by: Katie on Apr 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM

This is a really late comment because I was just goofing around searching different stuff on here. I was on this trip and that's my mom quoted in the artice. Just for the record, we didn't pose in snow piles. It didn't start snowing until we headed to the airport, about 2-3 hours after the picture. I know that doesn't matter but just had to throw that out there. Lol...
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Posted by: Sandra Location: Temple on Dec 18, 2008 at 05:11 PM

If they were hoping to get back to Texas and see sunshine, boy will they be disappointed! I haven't seen the sun since last Saturday.
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Posted by: Ms.Thang Location: Waco on Dec 18, 2008 at 04:57 PM

Willie, we miss you.
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