Bris Vegas

Bris Vegas, is a name given to the Australian city of Brisbane in Queensland. The source of the nickname, which some believe to have come from the relatively more cosmopolitan cities of Melbourne and Sydney,Cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/cricket/ashes06/ucbrisbane.xml|title=Venues: Brisbane|accessdate=2008-04-04|year=2006-12-04|author=Mark Chipperfield|work=The Telegraph] has never been identified with certainty, although it has been connected with a Sydney Morning Herald headline, an Elvis Presley tribute CD and the city's growing live music scene.Cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/billboard-backs-brisvegas/2007/01/25/1169594410115.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|title=Billboard Backs Brisvegas|accessdate=2008-04-04|year=2007-01-25|work=The Age] It is believed to have been first used in print in a 1996 edition of the Courier Mail,cite book | title=Meanjin to Brisvegas: Brisbane Comes of Age| last=Tilston| first=John| pages=147-148| id=ISBN 1-4116-5216-9. ] also approximately the time of the opening of the Treasury Casino in Brisbane and the popularisation of poker machines in Brisbane bars and clubs. The name has also been attributed to the city's nightlifeCite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/venues_guide/2982769.stm|title=City Guide: Brisbane|accessdate=2008-04-04|publisher=BBC Sport|year=2003-09-25] , relatively compact size of the central business district and previous lack of sophistication when compared with more populated Australian citiesCite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-98858942.html|title=QLD: From Brisvegas to Brismanhattan|accessdate=2008-04-04|publisher=AAP General News|year=2004-09-09] Cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Brisbane-residents-embrace-city-living/2005/11/02/1130823270850.html|title=Brisbane Residents Embrace City Living|accessdate=2008-04-04|year=2005-11-02|work=The Age] and also to Las Vegas.Cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21727715-27197,00.html|title=What's in a Name?|accessdate=2008-04-04|year=2007-05-15|author=Amanda Horswill|work=The Courier Mail]

The name has been used enough that websites such as Wotif allow it to be selected as a search term.Cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22279280-8362,00.html|title=Wotif You Can't Spell It?|accessdate=2008-04-04|year=2007-08-21|author=Melissa Maugeri|work=The Courier Mail]

ee also

*Edenglassie

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