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Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada, refers to a artificial lake and the developed area around the lake.〔〔 The area is sometimes referred to as the ''Lake Las Vegas Resort''. Lake Las Vegas is being developed by 5 companies including Lake at Las Vegas Joint Venture LLC.〔 The area includes three resorts including the Aston MonteLago Village Resort, the Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort, and the Hilton Lake Las Vegas. The dam that creates the lake is "an earthen structure 18 stories high, in length and wide at its base. It contains roughly the same amount of dirt as Hoover Dam does concrete,"〔 and was completed in 1991.〔 The Las Vegas Wash passes under the lake and dam in pipes that require maintenance every 10 years. == History == Actor J. Carlton Adair conceived Lake Las Vegas around 1967 for ''Lake Adair''. At the time he purchased the land and water rights. In 1987, Ronald Boeddeker acquired from the US Government when Adair went bankrupt. The property was acquired by Transcontinental Properties in 1990. In 1995, Henry Gluck, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caesars World, became the co-Chairman of Transcontinental Properties.〔Julie Tamaki, (Viva Luxe Vegas ), ''The Los Angeles Times'', August 01, 1999〕 With Sid Bass and Lee Bass, two billionaires from Fort Worth, Texas, he developed the new community.〔 The project cost US$5 billion.〔 The lake was built on top of the Las Vegas Wash, which continues to flow under the lake in two diameter pipes. Water diversion to fill the lake began in 1990. The lake was filled with of water.〔 Lake at Las Vegas Joint Venture, LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 17, 2008. Debts were estimated at between $500 million and $1 billion. Lake Las Vegas emerged from bankruptcy in July 2010 with a plan that took nearly two years to complete. All existing debt was wiped away and the development has $30 million in hand to complete several of the unfinished infrastructure projects. The Lake Las Vegas bankruptcy creditors, not Lake Las Vegas development themselves, have filed a lawsuit against the former insiders. (Bass Brothers, TransContinental, etc.) The creditors' theory is that the $500 million equity loan the former insiders took against the property caused the demise of Lake Las Vegas. The creditors are hoping to recoup money from the former insiders. In a related action, resort property owners are suing lender Credit Suisse as part of a multi-billion dollar lawsuit led by bankrupt Yellowstone Club founder Timothy Blixseth and his son Beau Blixseth who claim the Lake Las Vegas Joint Venture bankruptcy was caused by a "loan to own" scheme between the bank and resort developers. The golf course was purchased by Nevada South Shore LLC, a Hawaii based corporation for $4.5 million on February 17, 2011.〔 The Ritz Carlton, Lake Las Vegas, closed after 8 years of operation on May 2, 2010. International boutique hotelier, Dolce Hotels, re-opened the former Ritz Carlton on February 11, 2011, as the Ravella at Lake Las Vegas. On April 30, 2013, Kam Sang Co. announced that the Ravella would be renamed the Hilton Lake Las Vegas, to gain popularity of the hotel. The Hilton opened June 6, 2013. Lake Las Vegas is the subject of a lawsuit between investment fund Claymore Holdings and Credit Suisse, which was the agent for a syndicate of entities that loaned $540 million to develop the property. Claymore and others accused Credit Suisse of fraudulently inflating the value of the development in order to generate higher fees for itself. The core of the allegations centered on a new appraisal methodology conceived of by Credit Suisse executive David Miller, who in internal emails is referred to as Credit Suisse’s Dr. Frankenstein. The Swiss bank has repeatedly denied the allegations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Las Vegas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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