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TAR 24 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
theschnauzers:
What about the Palms Resort (the Real World suite) or the only other possibility that has stuck in my mind is the Chippendales Revue Theatre at the Rio?
Both are in the same area just off I-15 across the interstate from some of the other casino resorts in Vegas.
RachelLeVega:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on January 08, 2014, 10:24:29 PM ---I love your enthusiasm...but we have no evidence for...or against...a golf course location. But keep the spec a-coming!!
Do remember it was quite cold that night...
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Sure thing, will keep on searching.
selkie:
--- Quote from: Bookworm on January 08, 2014, 07:25:07 PM ---The only problem I see with the Hoover Dam is WHERE would the Finish Line Mat be? Could they have it on the top of the Dam, even if it's night? I think we'll see another indoors Finish Line Mat.
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They could. There's a small sculpture garden area on the Nevada side of the Dam. Problem is that there's a public road on top of the dam, and a few scenic overlook areas, and is in general a public enough place that something would have probably leaked out if the finish line was outdoors there.
They could probably get permits to finish indoor there in the turbine room balcony that Bureau of Reclamation uses for public tours (there's a car commercial that filmed from there not too long ago). It's a speed elevator to get there, and could actually make for a pretty dramatic finish as the elevator opens, the first team sprints onto the balcony and....
theschnauzers:
--- Quote from: selkie on January 19, 2014, 11:51:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bookworm on January 08, 2014, 07:25:07 PM ---The only problem I see with the Hoover Dam is WHERE would the Finish Line Mat be? Could they have it on the top of the Dam, even if it's night? I think we'll see another indoors Finish Line Mat.
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They could. There's a small sculpture garden area on the Nevada side of the Dam. Problem is that there's a public road on top of the dam, and a few scenic overlook areas, and is in general a public enough place that something would have probably leaked out if the finish line was outdoors there.
They could probably get permits to finish indoor there in the turbine room balcony that Bureau of Reclamation uses for public tours (there's a car commercial that filmed from there not too long ago). It's a speed elevator to get there, and could actually make for a pretty dramatic finish as the elevator opens, the first team sprints onto the balcony and....
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The Hoover Dam was used in a two-part episode of Doctor Who during Matt Smith's second season, which also featured the desert in Utah, and exterior scenes in Washington DC. And they managed that outdoor scene in the daytime without any leaks during filming. The other thing is that there is a new bridge for highway traffic over the Colorado River just south of the Dam.
Plaidmoon:
I wasn't aware of the new bridge over the Colorado river below the dam, but that would make it much less likely that filming on the dam would be noticed. I drove over the dam several times in the past and while it was interesting, it was an enormous bottleneck getting into Las Vegas from the south. Hairpin curves on both sides of the dam, slow trucks trying to get around the curves, 1 lane each direction over the top of the dam with a roughly 30 mph (50 kph) speed limit. I have no doubt that the only traffic over the dam these days would be tourists and I doubt many would be there after dark on a cold near freezing evening. The vast bulk of the traffic would be over the new bridge which would probably save 10-15 minutes getting into Las Vegas.
Looking at the new bridge on Google Earth is interesting. It casts an enormous shadow into the canyon below. It looks like the new bridge is still one lane in each direction, but I expect the speed limit is much higher.
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