{"id":13870,"date":"2018-03-13T09:35:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=13870"},"modified":"2023-01-06T08:14:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T14:14:54","slug":"the-city-under-the-strip-the-homeless-tunnel-people-of-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/the-city-under-the-strip-the-homeless-tunnel-people-of-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless in Las Vegas: Could You Live Underground?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Las Vegas is known for providing a luxurious home away from home for gamblers and party-goers who come to the city in droves, but there is a side to Vegas that often goes unseen by those visitors.<\/p>\n
Homelessness is a problem across the nation, but in Las Vegas it takes a particular slant thanks to the use of storm drain tunnels originally built in the 90s by the Hydro Conduit Corporation. With hundreds of homeless people literally living in tunnels underneath the strip, it’s quite a jarring situation in the opulent city of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n