One day the famous proverb could change: “what happens in Las Vegas stays in orgy in Las Vegas”. A $ 5 billion pharaonic project could allow players around the world to have none other than the Moon at their disposal. Or at least a simulation of it in scale, without microgravity and with all the lust that this city is capable of.
The project is called Moon Resorts Las Vegas, or more simply "Moon", but as mentioned it will offer more earthly pleasures. How else could we call 4000 hotel rooms, a casino, a plethora of concert and event spaces, a 22 square kilometer (!!!) spa and lunar-themed restaurants?
A satellite to scale
It 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 from Las Vegas promises to be a low-cost option for space tourism. The co-founder of Moon World Resorts, Michael Henderson, underlined in a statement sent to the New York Post that, with the 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 meters) accessible by a "space shuttle", a sort of roller coaster that will take visitors to the 'top of the moon' for a 90-minute excursion that will even include a reproduced lunar colony.
A moon in Las Vegas
Ambitious plans to build this mammoth structure have not yet gotten the green light (it takes a while, and Elon Musk knows a thing or two about his newly approved underground tunnels). And to be honest, even after approval such a construction could take no less than 5 years of work. I'm willing to bet, though, that even then it will be easier to go to Las Vegas than to get on a rocket and go into orbit. What do you say?
