Driving Around Jean, Nevada in 4k Video

Filmed on Monday, February 26 2024, I drive around Jean, NV to see what's going on.

Jean is one of the few towns with no land zoned as residential. The town is primarily zoned commercial, industrial, manufacturing, government and institutional.

Jean was originally named Goodsprings Junction. On June 28, 1905, postmaster George Arthur Fayle renamed the town Jean in honor of his wife.

Pop's Oasis Casino was the first casino to open in Jean in 1972. Two other casinos, The Nevada Landing Hotel Casino and the Gold Strike Hotel Casino, were later opened. Pop's Oasis closed in 1988 and was demolished. Chips and tokens from Pop's Oasis were poured into the foundation of the Nevada Landing Hotel and Casino. The Nevada Landing subsequently closed in 2007 and the property was leveled in May 2008.

The Gold Strike remained open and was renamed Terrible's Hotel and Casino in 2018.

Terrible's closed in 2020 during the pandemic and was sold to Tolles Development in 2022. The site along with several other large adjacent parcels are now being developed into a 3 million square-foot mega warehouse complex.

Jean is a very popular adventure tourism location offering Sin City Skydiving, Parasailing, Vegas Off Road Tours and the annual Mint 400 race.

Jean has been featured in popular Hollywood movies and music videos:

Lionheart, 1990
Casino, 1995
Vegas Vacation, 1997
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998
Pearl Harbor, 2001
The Hangover, 2009
The Master, 2012
Absolute Dominion, 2022

Jean is featured in the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas.

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