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#PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: LIGHT RAIL FOR 3 MILLION POPULATION. @JCBLISS

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John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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#PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: LIGHT RAIL FOR 3 MILLION POPULATION.  @JCBLISS
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0:00.0

The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be

0:06.8

wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain

0:13.0

that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching

0:18.7

their peak in the afternoon.

0:23.0

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0:25.6

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0:28.7

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0:32.6

Jeff Bliss is Pacific Watch and Vegas report.

0:36.3

He's on the road to Vegas from Southern California.

0:40.8

And Jeff, since last we talked, there have been developments everywhere,

0:43.4

but I want to, sentimental journey reminding me,

0:46.3

because I've never driven from L.A. Las Vegas.

0:49.5

Somewhere along the road is Eddie's World.

0:57.4

Somewhere along the road is Prim Nevada and the Buffalo Bill Cas bill casino somewhere along the road you cross into las vegas and somewhere along the road is the future super train that's going from l a to las vegas

1:05.1

do i remember all that correctly good evening yeah good evening john i think i think you pretty much gave us the whole, you know, map of the earth there. Everything that's going to be happening not only on this trip, but the future for for Las Vegas, which is really, you know, a city on the move in every way, whether you're talking about sports entertainment or business, you know, the Hollywood 2.0 complex coming in,

1:30.1

their higher education they're providing there, the housing, the population is going to grow by at least another million people.

1:36.8

So Vegas is, you know, it's more than just Sin City or the home of one-armed bandits, you know, the slot machines. This is a full-fledged

1:46.5

city becoming a metropolis. I want to stay with the route you're following. Is this where the

1:52.5

high-speed train is, sort of that you can gamble on, on where you are now, Jeff, at Prim?

2:00.3

It's a great deal that is.

2:02.0

You know, it'll make some other turns.

2:03.5

Some of it will be along the freeway that leads from L.A. to here to Vegas, which is about a

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