World class, 2,600 acre Lake Las Vegas resort features luxury Hotels and Gaming Casino's, a full service Marina, three challenging signature golf courses, health spas, gourmet restaurants and fine shopping.
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Lake Las Vegas is a 320-acre (130 ha) reservoir in Henderson, Nevada, with a 3,592-acre (1,454 ha) developed area around it. The area is sometimes referred to as the Lake Las Vegas Resort. It is being developed by 5 companies including Lake at Las Vegas Joint Venture LLC.
The area includes three resorts including the Aston MonteLago Village Resort, the Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort, and the Hilton Lake Las Vegas.
The earthen impoundment that forms the reservoir is 192 ft (59 m) tall, 4,800 ft (1,500 m) in length, and 716 ft (218 m) wide at its base. It contains roughly the same amount of dirt as Hoover Dam does concrete, and impounds 10,000 acre-feet (12,000,000 m3) of water. Since the reservoir was built in the channel of the Las Vegas Wash – the valley's only storm runoff outlet – a bypass was built for the wash beneath the reservoir and dam allowing it to remain connected to Lake Mead via two 84-inch (2.1 m) diameter pipes. After falling into substantial disrepair, the pipes – which are owned by the city of Henderson, but maintained by the resort – were repaired in 2009 at a cost of $3 million. Above the entrance to the bypass is a flood control structure, which permit excess flood waters of the Las Vegas Wash to be diverted into Lake Las Vegas (read more).
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