Aug. 28, 2023
115: More Las Vegas History with Mark Hall-Patton
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How would you feel about pulling up a lawn chair to watch a nearby explosion of an atomic bomb?
Believe it or not, this used to be common.
When the US government chose a nuclear testing site about 60 miles outside of Las Vegas, the city did what it did with just about everything else – it turned it into a marketing campaign. It used the proximity of these massive, radioactive disasters to get more people to come to Vegas.
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Believe it or not, this used to be common.
When the US government chose a nuclear testing site about 60 miles outside of Las Vegas, the city did what it did with just about everything else – it turned it into a marketing campaign. It used the proximity of these massive, radioactive disasters to get more people to come to Vegas.
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Support our podcast by becoming a patron.
Visit us online at : Hometown History
Join us on Facebook or Instagram.
