One day the famous proverb may change: “what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas”. A pharaonic project worth 5 billion dollars could allow players all over the world to have none other than the Moon at their disposal. Or at least a scale simulation of it, without microgravity and with all the lust of which this city is capable.
The project is called Moon Resorts Las Vegas, or more simply “Moon”, Moon, but as mentioned it will offer more earthly pleasures. What else could we call 4000 hotel rooms, a casino, a plethora of concert and event spaces, a 22-square-kilometer spa (!!!) and moon-themed restaurants?
A satellite to scale
This is a real Moon. Sure, a 1/75.000 scale Moon, yet enough to measure 225 meters (735 feet) high and 200 meters (650 feet) wide. The entire complex would span 1,6 million square meters (5,5 million square feet). And it would be, to make you understand what Las Vegas is, the SECOND largest building, after the Strat Observation Tower.
Interestingly, Luna in Las Vegas promises to be a low-cost option for space tourism. The co-founder of Moon World Resorts, Michael Henderson, pointed out in a statement sent to the New York Post that, with upcoming tourist flights at exorbitant prices, those who want to “taste” the moon can do so for $500. There will even be a reproduction of the lunar surface (4000 square metres) reachable with a "space shuttle", a sort of roller coaster that will take visitors to the 'top of the moon' for a 90-minute excursion which will even include a reproduced lunar colony.
A moon in Las Vegas
The ambitious plans to build this mammoth structure haven't gotten the green light yet (it's taking a while, and Elon Musk knows a thing or two about it with his only recently approved underground tunnels). And to be honest, even after approval such a construction could require no less than 5 years of work. I'm willing to bet, however, that even then it will still be easier to go to Las Vegas than to sit on a rocket and end up in orbit. What do you say?
