Las Vegas can sometimes feel like one big gift shop. While we all love a T-shirt, there are many other creative ways to take Las Vegas home with you. Great places to buy souvenirs, from classic to quirky, line the Strip. Many luxury retail centers, like The Forum Shops at Caesars, Crystals, The Shops at Wynn, Grand Canal Shops at The Venetian, Fashion Show and Bellagio, sell limited-edition city-themed items. And if you’re really thinking outside of the refrigerator magnet box, you can check out the Arts District and Downtown Container Park for a locally made keepsake.
These are our nine recommendations for unique and surprising keepsakes to fill up that extra space in the suitcase.
Put a Pin on It
Las Vegas native Holly Vaughn created Battle Born Pins to give people tiny wearable pieces of art that show the city’s distinct vintage neon signage, architecture and typography. Many of the motifs depicted in her enamel pins no longer exist, such as bygone relics Glass Pool Inn, Tropicana and Stardust. Vaughn also features present-day pop-culture nods, like a song lyric from hometown band the Killers (“I don’t shine if you don’t shine”) and Nevada’s unofficial “state flower,” the orange traffic cone.
Find your gift online at LasVegasPins.com or at Antique Alley Mall in the Arts District and the Las Vegas airport.
Buy Local
While the Las Vegas Grand Prix comes around every November, great racing merchandise lives on no matter the season. Recent collections include collaborations with the Peanuts brand and a Malbon Golf race-inspired capsule that releases new items yearly. The Vegas Golden Knights and Las Vegas Raiders also partnered with the Las Vegas Grand Prix for clothing items designed by local, female-owned company The Wild Collective. With any of these head-turning souvenirs, you get a piece of sports memorabilia and support a home-grown business.
Better Than Your Camera Roll
Think of this as a photo album of your Las Vegas experience, except shot by a dozen professional photographers. Las Vegas Magic is a 288-page coffee table book released in 2024 by boutique publisher Assouline that shows off the city’s ever-evolving landscape of indulgences through rich historic and new photography. Casinos, desert landscapes, architecture and design, nightlife, events and more are shown from amazing angles.
Vegas is only the fourth U.S. city featured in Assouline’s travel series, but this isn’t the brand’s only book out there about Las Vegas. The 220-page hardcover tome Fontainebleau takes the reader from the brand’s foundation in Miami Beach to its 2023 opening in Las Vegas.
Only in Vegas
Some of the best Las Vegas souvenirs come from the city’s coolest attractions. In the case of the curiously named Dopeameme Institute for Pleasure Research (DIPR) at the Area 15 experiential entertainment complex, the swag inspired the attraction. Superplastic is the creator of the world’s first animated character universe launched on social media, with its “stars” appearing in entertainment, music, gaming, high-end vinyl collectible toys, high fashion and live experiences. The 30-minute live DIPR experience makes you a test subject in a sensory-tickling environment drawn from Superplastic’s animated universe, designed to trigger a pleasurable rush.
At DIPR, the onsite Superplastic store resembles a back alley covered in graffiti from local artists and offers toys, apparel and Las Vegas-specific Superplastic merch. Pick up items like embossed hats, water bottles or a light-hearted Dopeameme Hangover Kit that comes with everything needed to rebound from a night of Vegas-style indulgence.
Modern-Day Moonshine
Not only does The Mob Museum feature an enthralling collection of gangster-era artifacts, but in its basement, you’ll encounter The Underground speakeasy and distillery producing modern-day moonshine in homage to Prohibition-era bootleggers, rumrunners and government agents. The hooch, which comes in a non-descript jar, is a great takeaway that comes in criminally cool flavors like Ginger Jake and Goodfella’s Vanilla. Made of 100% corn and bottled at 50% ABV, the signature moonshine is as close to the original liquor as you can safely get.
Own a Piece of Casino History
Fitz Follies & Fashion Finds, created by award-winning Las Vegas photographer Chase Stevens, sells vintage apparel and curated Vegas-centric looks. Named for his cat Fitzgerald, the company has an Instagram page filled with treasures, such as a mint-condition Mint 400 jacket, the sumptuous gold metallic Caesars Palace coat and a red satin Dunes jacket. The downside is that these are all one-of-a-kind items, so when they’re sold, they’re gone for good. Check back frequently to see Fitz’s most recent garment finds.
Atomic Age Artifacts
For those interested in Las Vegas’ atomic age and its proximity to the Nevada site where the government conducted many nuclear tests, The Atomic Museum carries quirky souvenirs, such as ties with the periodic table of elements and glassware depicting nuclear tests and Area 51 that was hand-painted by Betty Calman, who worked at the former Nevada Test Site from 1990 to 2018.
For those with room in their luggage, pick up a copy of The Atomic Kid: An Aesthetic Formed in the Nuclear Landscape by renowned artist and native Las Vegan James Stanford. The book explores the nuclear landscape of Las Vegas and its impact on the development of his visual aesthetic. It was released in tandem with his works that appear in the Atomic Museum’s “Atomic Odyssey” exhibit.
For the Love of Wynn
Las Vegas resorts sell everything you might have forgotten back home. But what if you want to replicate the resort experience under your own roof? Well, properties such as Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Wynn Las Vegas have you covered. If you don’t think you can live without the robe, pillow, Asian Rain shampoo or Dream bed after your stay, the Wynn at Home store can ship it all to your address. Living the Las Vegas lifestyle 365 days of the year, after all, might be the greatest souvenir of all.
Headliner Gear
Las Vegas hosts residencies from a long list of A-list entertainers, and they don’t pass up an opportunity to shower their fans with only-available-here gear. Find a show boutique alongside every theater filled with everything you could ever want with your favorite entertainer’s likenesses, including socks, pajamas and even breath mints.
Taking the experience to the next level, several artists who don’t have residencies, such as Jason Aldean and Blake Shelton, now have their restaurants (Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Bar) and live entertainment venues (Shelton’s Ole Red) offering denim jackets, stuffed puppies and other souvenirs to patrons.
