Vegas shopping splits three ways: the marble luxury halls bolted onto the Strip's casinos, the vintage and maker shops of the 18b Arts District, and the sprawling desert swap meets locals actually use. This route covers all three, plus the souvenir shops worth the drive.
Nevada's largest open-air swap meet: roughly 1,150 vendor stalls over 44 acres in North Las Vegas selling Mexican leather boots, huaraches, quinceañera dresses, tools and produce, with live banda on the main stage. Friday to Sunday, 6:30am-3pm.
Thirty-nine repurposed shipping containers stacked around a courtyard at Fremont and 7th, holding Nevada-made goods: Pop Up Sundries soaps, Kappa Toys, local hot sauce and jerky. A 12m fire-breathing praying mantis marks the entrance.
A 1940s motor lodge reborn as an artisan courtyard on East Fremont: former guest rooms now house Vegas makers selling ceramics, zines, candles, jewellery and prints, plus a coffee bar in the old office. Open Wednesday to Sunday.
The 18b Arts District anchor at Charleston and Casino Center: two floors of working studios and galleries where painters, jewellers and print-makers sell straight from the bench. Busiest on First Friday, when 200 street vendors fill the surrounding blocks.
Main Street's mid-century specialist, packed with Danish teak credenzas, atomic starburst clocks, Eames-era lamps and Rat Pack barware pulled from old Las Vegas estate sales. Open daily around 11am-5pm; staff arrange freight shipping.
A multi-dealer warehouse at the south end of the Main Street antiques mile, where dozens of booths sell casino chips, showgirl headdresses, neon signage fragments, vinyl and Nevada mining ephemera under one roof.
Around 160 stores under a painted sky ceiling that cycles from dawn to dusk every hour, linked by the only spiral escalator in the United States. Flagships run from Versace and Fendi to Apple; open daily to 11pm or midnight.
Daniel Libeskind's angular glass-and-steel hall at CityCenter, holding the highest concentration of luxury flagships in Nevada — Louis Vuitton, Prada, Tiffany — around Nancy Rubins' suspended canoe sculpture and three timber water treehouses.
Billed as the world's largest gift shop, 3,700 square metres at Sahara and Las Vegas Boulevard stacked with dice clocks, Elvis wigs, showgirl magnets, playing-card decks and shot glasses. Open daily, typically 8am to midnight.
A working feather dye house on South Main Street since 1955, supplying showgirl costumes for the Tropicana and Jubilee. Ostrich plumes, marabou and coque feathers hand-dyed in any shade, sold loose or made into fans and boas.
Downtown's casino supply house since 1980: regulation felt layouts, professional roulette wheels, dice from Nevada tables, dealer shoes and hundreds of poker chip sets, plus a large shelf of gambling strategy books.
An open-air village of about 150 shops 3km south of Mandalay Bay, built as a Mediterranean streetscape with palm-lined lanes. Anchors include Nordstrom Rack, Apple and H&M, and prices run well below Strip-mall levels.