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BrisVegas, 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,^[1] has never been identified with certainty, although it has been connected with a Sydney Morning Herald headline, an Elvis Presley tribute CD^[2] and the city's growing live music scene.^[3] It is believed to have been first used in print in a 1996 edition of the Courier Mail,^[2] also approximately the time of the opening of the Treasury Casino in Brisbane and the popularisation of poker machines in Brisbane bars and clubs, a play on the popular gaming ground of Las Vegas. The name has also been attributed to the city's nightlife^[4], relatively compact size of the central business district and previous lack of sophistication when compared with more populated Australian cities^[5][6] and also to Las Vegas.^[7]

The name has been used enough that websites such as Wotif allow it to be selected as a search term.^[8]

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• Edenglassie

The original meaning of the nickname may be ironic as Brisbane, unlike Las Vegas, only possesses one major metropolitan casino.

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