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Sep 25, 2021 · Because America’s most decadent city was built in a desert prone to occasional downpours and flash floods, Las Vegas has an elaborate maze of tunnels — hundreds of miles in total — to capture and redirect that water. There are entrances to these tunnels all over town, including next to some of the biggest, most popular casino resorts.
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Aug 25, 2022 · What drives the homeless into living in the tunnels of Las Vegas? What pulls them out? Robert Banghart has some of the answers. Not all, just some. In the past seven months, his crew of volunteers has pulled 220 people from the violence and desolation of cavelike living, up from 80 for all of the past year.
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Apr 23, 2024 · As of April 2024, hundreds of people live in tunnels beneath Las Vegas. On April 20, 2024, a 2-year-old video resurfaced on the internet of a person emerging from a manhole in the middle of an ...
Dec 4, 2023 · Paul's is a reminder that you can still find hope after living in the underground tunnel. Paul is now the executive director of Shine A Light, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people ...
A dark parallel world exists beneath the luxury hotels and casinos of Las Vegas: An estimated 1,500 homeless people live in an extensive labyrinth of tunnels. A visit to the dark side of Las...
Jun 15, 2014 · HL. by Harmon Leon. June 15, 2014, 9:30pm. Snap. Photos by the author. In the 1990s, Las Vegas began building storm-drainage tunnels to protect the tourist destination from raging flash floods ...
Aug 30, 2022 · "There's 600 miles of tunnels in Las Vegas and 1,500 people living in them," said Banghart, the outreach director at Shine A Light Foundation, a nonprofit focused on the Las Vegas homeless.
