Lake Las Vegas

Infobox lake
lake_name = Lake Las Vegas
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location = Henderson, Nevada
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type = artificial lake
inflow = Lake Meadcite news |first=Scott |last= Dickensheets |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Is Lake Las Vegas Half Full or Half Empty? |url= |work= Las Vegas Life |publisher= |date=2000-11 |accessdate=2008-01-13 ]
outflow = Las Vegas Wash
catchment = 0
basin_countries = United States
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shore = convert|10|mi|abbr=on|lk=on
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cities = Lake Las Vegas
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Lake Las Vegas is located in Henderson, Nevada. Lake Las Vegas refers to both a man made convert|320|acre|km2|1|sing=on lake and to the convert|3592|acre|km2|1|sing=on area built around the lake. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Lake Las Vegas Resort". Lake Las Vegas is being developed by 5 companies including 'Lake at Las Vegas Joint Venture LLC'.

The area includes several hotels and casinos including the MonteLago Village Resort, the Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort (formerly the Hyatt Regency), The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas, and Casino Monte Lago.

The dam that creates the lake is "an earthen structure 18 stories high, 4,800 feet in length and 716 feet wide at its base. It contains roughly the same amount of dirt as Hoover Dam does concrete". the dam was completed in 1991. The Las Vegas Wash passes under the lake and dam in pipes that require maintenance every 10 years.cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= EDITORIAL: Lake Las Vegas -- dry? |url=http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/26204144.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |publisher= |date= 2008-08-02|accessdate=2008-08-02 ]

History

Actor J. Caroton Adair conceived Lake Las Vegas around 1967 for "Lake Adair". At the time he purchased the land and water rights. The property was acquired by Transcontinental Properties in 1990 from Ronald Boeddeker who had acquired convert|2000|acre|km2|1|sing=on in 1987 from the US Government when Adair went bankrupt.cite news|title=Lake Las Vegas properties change hands|last=Knightly |first=Arnold M.|date=2008-01-09|accessdate = 2008-01-13|pages=1D, 4D|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal] cite news|title=Lakeside resort trumps Las Vegas | url= http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/09/america/relake.php |last= Vaucher|first=Andréa R.|date=2008-01-10|accessdate = 2008-01-13|work=International Herald Tribune]

The lake was built on top of the Las Vegas Wash which continues to flow under the lake in two "96-inch diameter pipes". [cite web |url=http://www.lvwash.org/wash/wash_images/wtour10.html |title= Wash Tour|accessdate=2008-01-13 |format= |work=Las Vegas Wash Project Coordination Team ] Water diversion begin in 1990.cite web |url=http://www.lakelasvegas.com/aboutus_timeline.asp |title= LAKE LAS VEGAS RESORT TIMELINE|accessdate=2008-01-13 |format= |work= ] The lake was filled with 3 billion gallons of water.

Lake at Las Vegas Joint Venture, LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 17, 2008. Debts were estimated at between $500 million and $1 billion.cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Lake Las Vegas Filed For Chapter 11 |url=http://www.ktnv.com/global/story.asp?s=8695859 |work= |publisher=KTNV |date=2008-07-17 |accessdate=2008-07-17 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.lakelasvegas.com/ Lake Las Vegas]