I have been saying for a while that the only solution is desalination....We need a desalination plant on the coast of California to support California's needs as well as using the existing pipeline used to pump out of the Colorado river to California to supply Arizona...This would eliminate 90% of the demand for water out of the River...Vegas and the great basin states could have as much as they needed even if the demand rose and the supply fell...Right now Vegas only gets 10% of what California or Arizona gets...That same pipeline could even be extended and we could get some of the desalinated water too if it became critical...We would probably need 20 billion dollars to do this but we could issue a bond and issue a tourist head tax...Vegas alone could support the bond with just a $5 per person per visit tax. How little would it cost if California and Arizona taxed tourist also?? $2 or $3 per tourist??? The amount certainly would not deter tourists....If Vegas was smart they would make it $10 per tourist tax and we could fund a 40 billion dollar bond. This would be enough to fund a high speed mag-lev train to Vegas from So Cal, and still provide $8 billion dollars to fund infrastructure...(new roads, etc)....All we need to do is think big and really plan for the future...I have contacted Harry Reid but he dismissed it saying that "we wanted to do this in the 60's but California didn't want to."...This is not the 1960's we all need water and transportation alternatives...

The mayor really needs to get on the ball with this one...The mayor needs that private group fund the basketball stadium, and then concentrate on building a real baseball park..."IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME..." Build a mix use facility with a retractable dome....Then lure a MLB team to the stadium, and if not then the 51s would have the best and when they are not using it they could use it for conventions....

This sounds like insurance fraud to me!!!

We gain 4000 people every month in the valley...They need to live somewhere...By the time this is ready there will be a major demand...

united777 with all due respect you do not know what you are talking about...As a Las Vegas resident I pay some of the highest prices in the country just to fly to Chicago (my original home)...and quite frankly fares to Las Vegas are more expensive than most routes in this country...This whole United/USAIRWAYS merger is a menopolistic purchase...A way to cut out competition...We are not looking for freebies and most people that come to Vegas are honest hard working people looking to blow off steam...I am sure you are not even privy to price information but even if you were how does it matter...This is jobs and commerce...Without those flights Las Vegas will suffer, and in my opinion Vegas itself needs to try to stop the process with cash or something to keep the system running....