Las Vegas is miles away from the agricultural core, and could not be more different from it. The main economic activity in Vegas is tourism, but the brightly lit city does have plans to expand their horizons and create a vertical farm. A vertical farm is a building that is placed in the middle of an urban area, and houses an indoor farm. This is a relatively new idea, but it is supposed to be more cost efficient, and environmentally friendly if done correctly. With Vegas being famous for its skyscrapers the vertical farm will feel right at home with 30 storeys housing 100 different crops. The project is estimated to cost $200 million, but despite this large figure there is much anticipation for the "living skyscraper" to go up. It is said that it will produce enough food for 72000 people a year which is the equivalent of $25 million in agricultural products. There are no locations or dates set for the living skyscraper to take over the urban skyline, but when it does perhaps Vegas will gain a few eco-friendly tourists that they may have lost due to the immense amount of electricity they use.
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