UNLV football wants to build a mini Jerry World

[BillBrasky]

Doesn't the whole Lake Mead thing really go back to California being a bunch of water hoarding dicks? I believe I heard something similar to that on the radio.

 

[vadimivich]

Doesn't the whole Lake Mead thing really go back to California being a bunch of water hoarding dicks? I believe I heard something similar to that on the radio.

vadtoy's father has lived and worked in Vegas for 40 years (vadtoy was born there and lived there off and on for years growing up) ... and that's definitely the viewpoint held in Nevada, and most of the rest of the Colorado River basin states. Southern California agriculture accounts for about 85-90% of the water usage from the system, and much of it is for low value, heavily subsidized crops such as cattle feed (basically, California and the Federal Government are paying farmers to grow worthless crops and drain one of the most important water systems in the nation).

 

[vadimivich]

If I was a Nevada tax payer I would be absolutely furious if this thing gets funded.

Harry will make it happen. Along with the bullet train to LA.

The stadium has nothing to do with Harry Reid, and it won't be publicly funded.

Developers still have not put a price on the center – widely reported to be in the neighborhood of $800 million – but Snyder confirmed UNLV would be seeking more private funding beyond what Majestic provides. The Las Vegas Area Convention and Visitors Authority, casinos and hotels – "the industry" as Snyder called it – also will be asked to contribute an undetermined amount toward the stadium.

"This is a three-way partnership between UNLV, our private partner (Majestic) and the industry," Snyder said, "It's natural that they play a role."

 

[OldGoldandGrobe]

Harry will make it happen. Along with the bullet train to LA.

 

[TBR]

The stadium has nothing to do with Harry Reid, and it won't be publicly funded.

I would think that would depend on the source if UNLV's share. Unless it's all from the booster club (and I have a hard time believing that will be the case) then yes it will be partially publicly funded.

 

[w84it]

vadtoy's father has lived and worked in Vegas for 40 years (vadtoy was born there and lived there off and on for years growing up) ... and that's definitely the viewpoint held in Nevada, and most of the rest of the Colorado River basin states. Southern California agriculture accounts for about 85-90% of the water usage from the system, and much of it is for low value, heavily subsidized crops such as cattle feed (basically, California and the Federal Government are paying farmers to grow worthless crops and drain one of the most important water systems in the nation).

This was certainly the impression that I got when studying at Arizona.

 

[tsywake]

A few years back on a trip to Vegas and the Grand Canyon I talked to our tour guide about water usage in Vegas. I specifically asked about Lake Mead, because the 20ft sections of bleached rock were hard to miss.

According to the guide, Vegas sits on a massive underground aquifer that will supply the city with enough water for a few centuries and they really aren't concerned with Lake Mead other than a recreational area and the tourism associated with the Hoover Dam. It surprised me and was not the reply I was expecting at all.

 

[w84it]

A few years back on a trip to Vegas and the Grand Canyon I talked to our tour guide about water usage in Vegas. I specifically asked about Lake Mead, because the 20ft sections of bleached rock were hard to miss.

According to the guide, Vegas sits on a massive underground aquifer that will supply the city with enough water for a few centuries and they really aren't concerned with Lake Mead other than a recreational area and the tourism associated with the Hoover Dam. It surprised me and was not the reply I was expecting at all.

Most desert valleys have an aquifer of one kind or another, but the problem is getting at it a not using it up at a rate faster than it replenishes itself - quite a big problem when you consider both how much rainfall the area gets naturally along with the rate of growth that Las Vegas is currently undergoing. As it currently stands, Las Vegas gets 90% of their current water supply from the Colorado River and Lake Mead.