Search results for 'nevada' (29)

North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--Air Liquide officially opened its largest liquid hydrogen production and logistics infrastructure facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada; The facility, and the associated logistics infrastructure, marks a $250 million investment created jobs for 700 contractors and sets the world record for being the World’s Largest Liquid Hydrogen Production Plant, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--The Esports Awards, in collaboration with Xfinity, break the world record for the Largest Digital Video Game Display, with a screen made up of 3,552 LED panels, covering a colossal 100,000 square feet, with WWE superstars Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair, Bugha and Goldenboy playing on the enormous screen, which sets the new world record for the World's Largest Digital Videogame Display, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

McDermitt Caldera, Oregon-Nevada border, United States--A giant deposit of lithium may have just been discovered inside an ancient US super-volcano that was formed about 16 million years ago, according to a recent study funded by Lithium Americas, that suggests that there could be 20 million to 40 million metric tons of lithium in a bed of clay that is found throughout the inactive volcano; the new deposit sets the world record for being the World’s Largest Lithium Deposit, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Nevada, Iowa, United States--DuPont had a 30 million gallon cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada, Iowa; the plant, which used corn stover (the stalks, leaves and husks of the corn plant) to produce ethanol, aimed to produce approximately 30 million gallons of fuel per year; after employing 1,000 construction workers, obtaining corn stover from approximately 500 nearby farmers, hiring 85 employees to work at the plant, and using another 150 people to collect, transport, and store feed stock, the plant (NOW sold to a German biofuels company's U.S. subsidiary) has set the world record for being the World's largest cellulosic ethanol plant, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://shorturl.at/abmS5

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--Hyperloop One, previously known as Virgin Hyperloop, has already completed over 400 tests with their hyperloop system on a test site outside Las Vegas, a 500-meter-long “DevLoop” test track , which sets the world record for being the World’s first full-scale hyperloop system, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--Planet 13 Las Vegas, a recreational dispensary in Las Vegas, owned by Planet 13 Holdings Inc. (CSE:PLTH)(OTCQB:PLNHF), has a 115,000 square feet of retail space, entertainment, and dining areas located near Desert Inn and Sammy Davis Jr. Drive; the 24-hour dispensary, which accounts for 15,000 square feet of the space sets the world record for being the World's Largest Dispensary, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--The Tao Group decided to try to capitalize on the market by hosting what's being billed as "the world's largest bachelorette party," when hundreds of women have booked special packages to nightclub group's venues; about 280 participants set the world record for the World's Largest Bachelorette Party, according to the World Record Academy.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--Sapphire Gentlemen's Club in Winchester, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, a part of the Las Vegas Valley, is a 71,000 sq ft (6,600 m2) enterprise, which includes 10 VIP sky boxes and three lounges, and sets the world record for being the World's Largest Gentlemen's Club (World's Largest Strip Club), according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--The MSG Sphere at The Venetian, a sphere-shaped music and entertainment arena being built in Las Vegas, Nevada, near the Las Vegas Strip and east of the Venetian resort, will be, upon its completion (later this year), 366 feet (112 m) high and 516 feet (157 m) wide at its broadest point; it will include seating for 17,500 people, and all seats will have high speed internet access; the venue can accommodate 20,000 people in standing capacity, setting the world record for the World’s Largest Sphere (World's Largest Spherical Structure), according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, United States--Michael Heizer’s City, a vast land art sculpture in the desert of central Nevada, which has been in development for more than 50 years, is composed of mounds and depressions made of compacted dirt, rock, and concrete, and built in five phases, each containing its own substructures within; measuring more than a mile and a half long and a half mile wide and nearly the same exact size as the National Mall, it sets the world record for being the World's Largest Contemporary Artwork, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Elko, Nevada, United States--The preserved White King being displayed at the (former) Historic Commercial Hotel in Elko, Nevada, has a height of 10 feet, 4 inches (3.2m) and a weight of 2,200 pounds (998 kg)," thus setting the world record for being the World’s Largest Stuffed Polar Bear, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--Vegas Vic, a neon sign portraying a cowboy stands watch over Fremont Street and the Pioneer Gift Shop below, and stands 40 feet tall; he is a beloved part of downtown Las Vegas and Fremont Street Experience and sets the world record for being the World's Largest Mechanical Neon Sign, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--Standing sentinel outside of Las Vegas, Nevada’s Downtown Container Park shopping center is a massive, metallic mantis; built by aerospace engineer Kirk Jellum and partner Kristen Ulmer to be 150 times the size of a real Mantis (55 feet tall, 40 feet long and about 30 feet wide), it burns about 50 gallons of propane each night, and flames can reach six stories high, thus setting the world record for being the World’s Largest Fire-Breathing Praying Mantis, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3EhU3sl

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--The Viva Vision screen above the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas recently got a $32 million high-definition upgrade and covers 123,750 sq. ft.; it is 1,375 feet long, 90 feet wide, and suspended 90 feet above the Fremont Street Experience, thus setting the new world record for being the World's Largest Single Video Screen, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3KdvTCS

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--The keno board at The D Las Vegas, Nevada, shows live keno games as they unfold in the casino’s second floor keno lounge, adding an additional level of fun to this popular game; it sets the world record for being the World’s Largest Keno Board, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/40ZyWVc

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--Along Fremont Street, under the Fremont Street Experience is SlotZilla; standing 128 feet tall or 11 stories, it has two different zip line experiences that depart from it, allowing people to zip on down through the Fremont Street Experience at either 77 feet off the ground or 114 feet off the ground, setting the world record for being the World's Largest Slot Machine, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3xlK9C6

Hawthorne, Nevada, United States--Hawthorne Army Depot (HWAD), a U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command ammunition storage depot located near the town of Hawthorne in western Nevada in the United States, is divided into three ammunition storage and production areas, plus an industrial area housing command headquarters, facilities, engineering shops, etc.; it covers 147,000 acres (59,000 ha) or 226 sq. mi. and has 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2) storage space in 2,427 bunkers, setting the world record for being the World's Largest Ammunition Depot (World's largest ammunition storage facility), according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3E9ylXm

Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, United States-- The M65 atomic cannon, also known as Atomic Annie, was an artillery piece built by the United States and capable of firing a nuclear device; it was created by the American military over a period of eight years and tested at the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat); it resulted in the successful detonation of a 15 kt (63 TJ) shell (W9 warhead) at a range of 7 miles (11 km) and world record for the World's First Nuclear Gun, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3E9OrQH

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--The minus5 ICEBAR Las Vegas features an indoor bar that’s made entirely of ice; the 1,800-square-foot experience that draws people into frigid drinking quarters for a one-of-a-kind selfie sets the world record for being the World's Largest Permanent Ice Bar, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/3HTESGN

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--Outside of Hennessey’s Tavern in Las Vegas, Nevada, you can find an 85-foot-tall pint glass representing a full pint of “Not Your Dad’s Root Beer,” which sets the world record for being the World's Largest Pint Glass, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY: https://bit.ly/40KkhgJ