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Area 51 is located in the southern portion of Nevada, 83 miles (134 km) north-northwest of Las Vegas. The surrounding area is a popular tourist destination, including the small town of Rachel on the "Extraterrestrial Highway".
[10] [5] Town Square was built along the west side of Las Vegas Boulevard; a $5 million [14] flyover ramp was built for northbound motorists, providing them easy access to Town Square without disrupting southbound traffic. [15] [16] Valued at $750 million, [13] [17] Town Square was opened on November 14, 2007, amid the Great Recession.
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Rachel is over 100 miles (160 km) north of Las Vegas in the Great Basin Desert, along Nevada Highway 375 (the "Extraterrestrial Highway") in Nevada. The tiny town receives a substantial number of visitors and tourists, catered to by a small tourist shop, a 12-room motel, and an alien-themed restaurant and bar, the Little A'Le'Inn.
A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing the site. The site was established as a 680-square-mile (1,800 km 2) area by President Harry S. Truman on December 18, 1950, within the Nellis Air Force Gunnery and Bombing Range.
The Little A'Le'Inn (pronounced "alien") is the focal point of the town, providing a small motel, an alien-themed restaurant/bar, and extraterrestrial souvenirs. [4] [6] The civilian-run Area 51 Research Center, based out of a yellow house trailer [7] and documenting paranormal activity in the area, closed in 2001.
Once upon a time, the Stardust Casino claimed the title of world’s largest hotel, its 1,000 rooms dwarfing all its competitors on the Las Vegas Strip.
In the Warner Bros. movie Looney Tunes Back in Action, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck visit a secret military base in the Nevada Desert, used mainly as a storage for extraterrestrial lifeforms and technology and government secrets, called Area 52. In the movie, this base is the "real" Area 51, and the name "Area 51" is only a cover for Area 52.