<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKuanzia katikati ya miaka ya 1940 hadi katikati ya miaka ya 1960, Las Vegas ilisitawisha hisia ya kuongezeka kwamba ilikuwa Mji Mkuu wa Burudani wa Ulimwengu.  <response>: From the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s, Las Vegas nurtured a growing sense that it was the Entertainment Capital of the World. 