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A new 5 billion dollar casino is planned for Las Vegas!
The thing that makes it different is the theme: The Moon! Yes, ol' Luna herself is going to be the theme of this new multibillion dollar gambling establishment. I've copied the article here, but you really should go to the website. The artist conception sketches and mockup shots MUST be seen to be believed...
Article from Space.com follows
A Moon-themed hotel and casino is like a roll of the dice to Michael Henderson. And if his vision comes to be, it's a sure bet there'll be no need to go the lunar distance for entertainment.
What's billed as the biggest and most expensive hotel ever built on Earth is attempting to make a controlled landing in the gambling capital of the United States.
But Las Vegas, we may have a problem.
It's going to take some serious cash before the resort project called "Moon" makes a touchdown in reality.
Lunar attraction
The mega-Moon effort was unveiled in mid-October in Las Vegas.
Henderson, the promoter of the concept, is an Irish born, well-heeled Canadian entrepreneur, who racked up big bucks in shaping a laser eye surgery business.
"We are not trying to find any money for the project. We are going to be selling the project to a global developer who will already have the funds," Henderson told SPACE.com. Once an estimated $5 billion is in hand, Moon would take five years to complete, he said.
Just for comparisons, Moon eclipses the ultra-pricey and premier Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas, which was purported to cost $1.8 billion to finish.
Even a yet-to-come hotel-casino masterpiece, the Le Reve, is likely to come in at a skimpy $2.5 billion.
Crater pool
Henderson has fabricated a huge model of the Moon project, in addition to putting in $1 million of his own money to kick-start the effort. He'll need every dollar of the estimated $5 billion to purchase the land and advance the resort idea.
Henderson also plans to appoint a scientific panel to be part of his Moon team.
There's no skimping on details of what the luxurious 10,000-room, five-star, five-diamond, 250-acre Moon resort would look like. The complex includes the Moon Casino, replete with multiple levels of gaming floors that culminate in the all-night party that is the Metropolis Discotheque.
Then at the center of the Resort complex there's the Crater Wave Pool, with its surrounding private pools and spas. The 500-foot pool laps gently to the rhythm of a true ocean tide. Guests can frolic in the Sea of Serenity Aquatic Center then pour themselves directly into the Crater Pool via waterslides. The Lunar Lander Lounge at the center of the Pool is accessible via glass underwater walkways beneath the Pool's surface.
Moon visitors can unwind at the Tranquility Spa and Wellness Center, where body treatments from skin treatments to aromatherapy are available.
At the Moon Buggy Activity Landscape, you can slip into the driver's seat of one of the Apollo landing's famous lunar cruisers. By stopping by Rock Climbing Mountain, first time climbers or seasoned veterans can scale to new heights of physical achievement and gripping thrills.
The Moon River Jazz Bar sports a two-story waterfall that cascades dramatically over a lengthy bar and turns into a river.
And for good measure, toss in loads of shopping spots, a giant convention center, a winter-sports area, indoor golf course and tennis courts, as well as a biosphere that encases a vineyard and organic gardens.
Enterprise goal
Given a sprawling Moon resort on Earth, could such an undertaking help raise public vision and interest in true lunar habitation?
Over the years, there have been various plans to erect some kind of simulated lunar base on Earth, said NASA's Wendell Mendell, Manager, Office for Human Exploration Science at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
"None of these projects exist today," Mendell told SPACE.com. Past concepts shared certain attributes.
First, the people proposing them wanted to advocate or promote the idea of establishing a base on the Moon. Each project had marketing aspects and educational aspects to varying degrees, he said.
Those who were engaged in past proposals, Mendell said, assumed implicitly that the eventual real lunar base would be publicly funded, at least initially. Therefore, they targeted "education" of the public as one goal of the enterprise.
"Most, if not all, of the projects also had a component of technology development. They hoped that the government or big contractors with government money would fund activities at the facility for the purpose of resolving technology issues associated with establishing a lunar base. This research or technology development would be done in a way that the public could view it unless it involved proprietary devices. A Japanese concept had glass laboratories like greenhouses so the tourists could see 'scientists' at work in their natural habitat," Mendell said.
Visiting rights
Secondly, NASA's Mendell said that at the core of past efforts was a simulation giving tourists an experience of lunar base living first-hand. In some cases, the fidelity of the simulation was high enough that it would be part of the technology development.
Finally, every project was intended to be financially viable. Profit was sometimes, but not always a goal, he said.
In financial terms, the scale of the new Las Vegas proposal is literally two orders of magnitude larger than any other lunar base enterprise, Mendell said. In terms of new casinos or resorts, the scope is on the high side, but not off scale, he added.
For creator of Moon, Henderson feels confident the project can be realized. He's so bullish on the idea that reservations already are being taken.
Rooms will be booked for years, Henderson believes, once Moon's doors -- or airlocks -- are open for tourist traffic.
But why, among a number of possible themes, would the Moon attract a person's interest, enough so to make a guest want to feel like being world's away?
Because they've been everywhere else, Henderson is quick to point out.
First of all, Henderson said, it has not been done before. Secondly, everyone on planet Earth knows the Moon.
"It's a thing of tremendous beauty and is the only place we can all see but cannot visit!"
A new 5 billion dollar casino is planned for Las Vegas!
The thing that makes it different is the theme: The Moon! Yes, ol' Luna herself is going to be the theme of this new multibillion dollar gambling establishment. I've copied the article here, but you really should go to the website. The artist conception sketches and mockup shots MUST be seen to be believed...Article from Space.com follows
A Moon-themed hotel and casino is like a roll of the dice to Michael Henderson. And if his vision comes to be, it's a sure bet there'll be no need to go the lunar distance for entertainment.
What's billed as the biggest and most expensive hotel ever built on Earth is attempting to make a controlled landing in the gambling capital of the United States.
But Las Vegas, we may have a problem.
It's going to take some serious cash before the resort project called "Moon" makes a touchdown in reality.
Lunar attraction
The mega-Moon effort was unveiled in mid-October in Las Vegas.
Henderson, the promoter of the concept, is an Irish born, well-heeled Canadian entrepreneur, who racked up big bucks in shaping a laser eye surgery business.
"We are not trying to find any money for the project. We are going to be selling the project to a global developer who will already have the funds," Henderson told SPACE.com. Once an estimated $5 billion is in hand, Moon would take five years to complete, he said.
Just for comparisons, Moon eclipses the ultra-pricey and premier Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas, which was purported to cost $1.8 billion to finish.
Even a yet-to-come hotel-casino masterpiece, the Le Reve, is likely to come in at a skimpy $2.5 billion.
Crater pool
Henderson has fabricated a huge model of the Moon project, in addition to putting in $1 million of his own money to kick-start the effort. He'll need every dollar of the estimated $5 billion to purchase the land and advance the resort idea.
Henderson also plans to appoint a scientific panel to be part of his Moon team.
There's no skimping on details of what the luxurious 10,000-room, five-star, five-diamond, 250-acre Moon resort would look like. The complex includes the Moon Casino, replete with multiple levels of gaming floors that culminate in the all-night party that is the Metropolis Discotheque.
Then at the center of the Resort complex there's the Crater Wave Pool, with its surrounding private pools and spas. The 500-foot pool laps gently to the rhythm of a true ocean tide. Guests can frolic in the Sea of Serenity Aquatic Center then pour themselves directly into the Crater Pool via waterslides. The Lunar Lander Lounge at the center of the Pool is accessible via glass underwater walkways beneath the Pool's surface.
Moon visitors can unwind at the Tranquility Spa and Wellness Center, where body treatments from skin treatments to aromatherapy are available.
At the Moon Buggy Activity Landscape, you can slip into the driver's seat of one of the Apollo landing's famous lunar cruisers. By stopping by Rock Climbing Mountain, first time climbers or seasoned veterans can scale to new heights of physical achievement and gripping thrills.
The Moon River Jazz Bar sports a two-story waterfall that cascades dramatically over a lengthy bar and turns into a river.
And for good measure, toss in loads of shopping spots, a giant convention center, a winter-sports area, indoor golf course and tennis courts, as well as a biosphere that encases a vineyard and organic gardens.
Enterprise goal
Given a sprawling Moon resort on Earth, could such an undertaking help raise public vision and interest in true lunar habitation?
Over the years, there have been various plans to erect some kind of simulated lunar base on Earth, said NASA's Wendell Mendell, Manager, Office for Human Exploration Science at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
"None of these projects exist today," Mendell told SPACE.com. Past concepts shared certain attributes.
First, the people proposing them wanted to advocate or promote the idea of establishing a base on the Moon. Each project had marketing aspects and educational aspects to varying degrees, he said.
Those who were engaged in past proposals, Mendell said, assumed implicitly that the eventual real lunar base would be publicly funded, at least initially. Therefore, they targeted "education" of the public as one goal of the enterprise.
"Most, if not all, of the projects also had a component of technology development. They hoped that the government or big contractors with government money would fund activities at the facility for the purpose of resolving technology issues associated with establishing a lunar base. This research or technology development would be done in a way that the public could view it unless it involved proprietary devices. A Japanese concept had glass laboratories like greenhouses so the tourists could see 'scientists' at work in their natural habitat," Mendell said.
Visiting rights
Secondly, NASA's Mendell said that at the core of past efforts was a simulation giving tourists an experience of lunar base living first-hand. In some cases, the fidelity of the simulation was high enough that it would be part of the technology development.
Finally, every project was intended to be financially viable. Profit was sometimes, but not always a goal, he said.
In financial terms, the scale of the new Las Vegas proposal is literally two orders of magnitude larger than any other lunar base enterprise, Mendell said. In terms of new casinos or resorts, the scope is on the high side, but not off scale, he added.
For creator of Moon, Henderson feels confident the project can be realized. He's so bullish on the idea that reservations already are being taken.
Rooms will be booked for years, Henderson believes, once Moon's doors -- or airlocks -- are open for tourist traffic.
But why, among a number of possible themes, would the Moon attract a person's interest, enough so to make a guest want to feel like being world's away?
Because they've been everywhere else, Henderson is quick to point out.
First of all, Henderson said, it has not been done before. Secondly, everyone on planet Earth knows the Moon.
"It's a thing of tremendous beauty and is the only place we can all see but cannot visit!"
