The $1.5B Tunnel Built to Save Las Vegas — It’s Not Enough
“Beneath Lake Mead, there is a tunnel most Americans have never heard of. Las Vegas spent $1.5 billion and seven years drilling it through solid rock — just to stay alive. Is it enough?”
“Beneath Lake Mead, there is a tunnel most Americans have never heard of. Las Vegas spent $1.5 billion and seven years drilling it through solid rock — just to stay alive. Is it enough?”
“Las Vegas shouldn’t exist. This video explains why Las Vegas exists, how geography shapes cities, and how the Hoover Dam, gambling laws, and highways made it possible. Las Vegas sits in one of the driest deserts in North America — no river, almost no rain, and extreme heat. And yet, it became one of the…