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Technical &
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2007
Tour 1:
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE -
CANCELED!
All Day
Time: 9am until
3pm
Cost: $20 includes transportation; lunch is at
your own expense
Important: This
tour requires a minimum attendance of twenty
participants or it will be cancelled. This tour
is a combination of walking and riding.
Nellis is called the "Home of
the Fighter Pilot," and for good reason. Nellis
is a member of the United States Air Force's Air
Combat Command and home of the U.S. Air Force
Warfare Center, and home of the Thunderbirds.
With five wings and more than 150 aircraft, the
Warfare Center is responsible for advanced
combat training, tactics development and
operational testing. The Center also conducts
worldwide combat operations with the Predator
unmanned aerial vehicle. Located approximately
eight miles northeast of downtown Las Vegas,
Nevada, and covering more than 14,000 acres,
Nellis Air Force Base provides advanced combat
training for composite strike forces, which
includes every type of aircraft in the Air Force
inventory. An integral part of Air Combat
Command, Nellis employs a work force of
approximately 12,000 military and civilian
personnel, making it one of the largest single
employers in southern Nevada.
http://www.nellis.af.mil
Tour 2:
BELLAGIO HOTEL – DANCING FOUNTAINS -
SOLD OUT!
Morning
Time: 8:30am until noon
Cost: $10
Important: This
tour has maximum of twenty participants. This
is a walking tour.
Experience
behind-the-scenes of the most
ambitious, commanding water features ever
conceived! Bellagio's world-famous fountains
features opera, classical and whimsical music
while executing the playful choreographed
movements. You'll be swept away by this
breathtaking union of water, music and light.
Take time to visit the Bellagio Conservatory and
Botanical Gardens where exotic plants and
flowers are changed for seasonal displays.
http://www.bellagio.com/pages/frameset_flash.asp
Tour 3:
CITY CENTER PROJECT
Morning
Time: 8:30am until noon
Cost: $15 includes monorail round trip ticket
Important: This
tour has a maximum of twenty participants. This
is predominantly a walking tour.
A presentation
and first phase view of Las Vegas’ true
21st-century city, and by 2010, the Las Vegas
Strip’s futuristic new look, typified by the new
Project City Center. The 66-acre development is
being created by MGM Mirage as a mixed-use urban
center appealing to local residents as well as
tourists. Project City Center, which will be
located on the site of the Boardwalk
Hotel-Casino, is still in the developmental
process. The initial design phase is scheduled
to take about 18 months. The first phase of the
project will include 1,650 luxury
condominium-hotel units along with a 4,000-room
hotel-casino; three 400-room boutique hotels;
and 550,000 square feet of retail, dining and
entertainment space. Construction of the first
phase will take approximately 42 months, with an
opening anticipated in 2010.
http://www.citycentermgm.com/
Tour 4:
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Morning
Time: 8:30am until noon
Cost: $15
This tour
is an open house with project presentations at
the Desert Research Institute, which is a
non-profit research unit of the University
System of Nevada, with campuses in Reno and Las
Vegas. The institute supports ~500 research
faculty and staff, conducting over $32 million
in environmental research each year. At any give
time, DRI is engaged in about 300 scientific
research projects from our main research
campuses in Las Vegas (Southern Nevada Science
Park) and Reno (Dandini Research Park), with
subsidiary campuses in Boulder City, Nevada and
Steamboat Springs, Colorado. DRI's environmental
research programs are directed from three core
divisions (Atmospheric Sciences, Earth and
Ecosystem Sciences, and Hydrologic Sciences) and
four interdisciplinary centers (Center for
Advanced Visualization, Computation and
Modeling, the Center for Arid Lands
Environmental Management, the Center for
Watersheds and Environmental Sustainability and
the Frank H. Rogers Center for Environmental
Remediation and Monitoring). Grounded in
fundamental research, they provide innovative
solutions to pressing environmental problems and
balance the need to develop resources while
protecting and sustaining the environment. For
the people of Nevada, their commitment is the
application of scientific understanding to the
effective management of all the State's natural
resources while meeting needs for economic
diversification and science-based educational
opportunities.
http://www.dri.edu/
Tour 5:
ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM
Afternoon
Time: 1:00pm until 5:00pm
Cost: $15
The Atomic Testing Museum portrays world history
through varied representations of the story of
the Nevada Test Site and its programs. The
museum features many not seen before,
first-person narratives, large iconic artifacts,
environmental re-creations, theatrical devices,
and interactive elements for personal
exploration. It also presents multiple
viewpoints expressed in multi-media
presentations and stunning graphics. Founded in
1998 to preserve the legacy of the Nevada Test
Site, the museum's parent organization, Nevada
Test Site Historical Foundation was founded with
a mission to document and interpret the unique
history associated with 50+ years of nuclear
weapons research and testing conducted at the
Test Site.
http://www.atomictestingmuseum.org/
TOUR 6: ETHEL M CHOCOLATE FACTORY, M&M
WORLD, AND WORLD OF COCA COLA -
CLOSED
Afternoon
Time: 1:00pm until 5:00pm
Cost: $15
Ethel M Chocolates is a delicious treat found
only in the Las Vegas desert. Visitors take a
self-guided tour, complete with step-by-step
placards and video demonstrations. Large glass
windows provide a behind-the scenes glimpse at
the candy-making process, from the preparation
of candy fillings to each piece of candy being
wrapped individually in foil. The Ethel M
Chocolate factory tour ends in the Chocolate
Shoppe. The Ethel M Chocolate Factory is the
result of a century-long family tradition of
using unique recipes and the finest ingredients
to make chocolate. Two years after his
"retirement" from the candy making industry,
Forrest Mars launched a gourmet line of
chocolates and named it after his mother, Ethel.
After the factory tour, visitors can stroll
through the lush, 3-acre Botanical Cactus
Gardens. With more than 350 different species,
the cactus garden is one of the largest of its
kind in the United States. Some of the many
cacti and succulents displayed at the garden are
Ocotillo, Beavertail cactus, Compass Barrel
cactus and Teddy Bear Cholla. Walkways weave
their way through the garden, and visitors are
able to sit on benches throughout the property
and take in the scenery. Various trees, from the
Twisted Acacia to the Desert Willow, provide
shade. Another attraction not to be missed at
Ethel M is the "Living Machine." Using live
bacteria, algae, protozoa, snails and fish, the
revolutionary waste water treatment system
recycles 100 percent of the factory's
wastewater. Located just beyond the gazebo in
the Botanical Cactus Gardens, the "Living
Machine" recycles 32,000 gallons of water a day
using no chemicals. The water is used for site
landscaping.
M&M World is a 28,000 square–foot, four–story
monument to chocolate featuring one–of–a–kind
gifts and souvenirs designed solely for M&M'S
WORLD®. Also showing daily, free 3–D movie, "I
LOST MY "M" in VEGAS, starring RED and YELLOW!
http://www.mymms.com/merchandise/las_vegas.asp
 World
of Coca Cola - Coca-Cola opened their third
World of Coca-Cola museum in Las Vegas back in
1997, the location of the building is on Las
Vegas Blvd. Part of the design of the building
is the Coca-Cola well-known hobble skirt bottle
shape, which is the largest bottle shape
building in the world. The building has 4
floors, the first 2 floors are the place where
you can buy some Coca-Cola souvenirs and some
other Coca-Cola commemorative stuff.
TOUR 7: STAR TREK: THE EXPERIENCE -
SECRETS UNVEILED
SOLD OUT!
Time: 1pm until 4 pm (tour
starts at 2:15pm)
Cost: $40
Note: Tickets for the Klingon Encounter and
Borg Invasion 4_D may be purchased on site, if
available, or ahead of time at
www.startrekexp.com
Important:
This tour requires a minimum of ten participants
and has a maximum of twenty participants. If
demand for this tour is high, a 4:15 tour may be
added
One-hour
guided backstage tour of Star Trek: The
Experience. Hear about the technology and
engineering of this $70 million attraction.
Access is provided to restricted areas and
secrets about how the extraordinary effects are
created. Following the tour, guests can attend
the Experience itself.
http://startrekexp.com/index.php?p=what&sloc=overview
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