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Tags: <fallout-new-vegas>
Title: What parts of Fallout: New Vegas are based on the real world?
Question: I found out that the Helios One power plant actually exists (probably without Archimedes).   I also knew Nellis AFB, Hoover Dam and McCarran Airport were real, and some quick Googling showed that Boulder City also exists.  What other real-life buildings exist in the game world? Are the casinos based on real ones?

Answers:
sents: text: Here are places that exist in both the game and the real world: Black Mountain Bonnie Springs Boulder City Callville Bay Cottonwood Cove Goodsprings Guardian Peak Hoover Dam Ivanpah Dry Lake Lake Las Vegas Lake Mead Nellis AFB Nipton
text: The Old Mormon Fort Primm Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Searchlight Searchlight Airport Sloan Spring Mt. Ranch State Park
text: The game also contains numerous locations that are parodies of real-world locations.
text: I'll start with casinos, since you asked about those specifically: The Bison Steve casino is based on Buffalo Bill's Resort and Casino .
text: Notable similarities include the large outdoor sign featuring a bison/buffalo and the presence of a roller coaster.
text: The Vikki & Vance casino corresponds to Whiskey Pete's Hotel and Casino.
text: Vikki and Vance's "death car" and artifacts are on display in the Vikki & Vance's main hall, whereas Whiskey Pete's has an exhibit containing the car and clothing Bonnie and Clyde died in .
text: The Atomic Wrangler 's exterior sign is topped by a neon cowboy who looks somewhat like the iconic Vegas Vic .
text: The Wrangler moves one of his arms, much like Vic did before 1991.
text: The Silver Rush 's sign looks a lot like the sign the Golden Nugget used in the middle of the 20th century .
text: The Lucky 38 casino bears a resemblance to the Stratosphere tower .
text: The Gomorrah is based upon the former Dunes Hotel & Casino, now replaced by the Bellagio.
text: They share faux-Persian décor and theming, and have similar architecture.
text: The Dunes was also the first hotel on the Strip to offer topless performances.
text: The remaining in-game casinos ( The Tops and The Ultra-Luxe ) do not seem to be based on real casinos.
text: And now for other locations: Bitter Springs camp and Bitter Springs Recreational Area are located roughly along the path of the real-world Bitter Springs trail .
text: Camp Forlorn Hope is located at Forlorn Hope Spring .
text: Camp Guardian is located at Guardian Peak .
text: Camp McCarran is set up in the remains of McCarran International Airport .
text: Freeside is meant to be the remains of Fremont Street .
text: Helios One is a reimagining of The Solar Project .
text: The Ivanpah Race Track is based on an abandoned race track south of Primm.
text: There's not much information about it online, apart from a few mentions in relation to the nearby Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, but it's visible on Google Maps .
text: Jacobstown comprises the remains of Mount Charleston Lodge .
text: The Jean Sky Diving shack is presumably located in the town of Jean .
text: The NCR Correctional Facility seems to be the now-closed Southern Nevada Correctional Center .
text: Novac 's T-Rex, Dinky the Dinosaur, is a play on the Cabazon Dinosaurs , Dinny the Dinosaur and Mr. Rex.
text: The Southern Nevada Wind Farm may be a reference to the Searchlight Wind Farm, a wind power plant that was planned at the time of the game's release and has since received government approval .
text: The Welcome to Fabulous New Vegas sign is a modified version of the remains of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign .
text: In the game, a monorail system connects Camp McCarran with the Strip.
text: Las Vegas does have a small monorail system, but the portion of the monorail connecting the Strip to McCarran is only in the planning phase.
text: This list is incomplete.
text: Anyone can edit it to add or correct stuff.
text: To look for entries to add, go through the list of F:NV locations at the Fallout wiki .
text: There should be a note if it's a real world location.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/4770/Naurgul
score: 42
sents: text: There are so many other ones, but here are a couple... Lake Meade Southern Nevada Windfarm Hidden Valley Black Mountain Old Mormon Fort Bonnie Springs Just to name a few more.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/9712/Kelly
score: 5
sents: text: The reppcon rocket museum is based on the Pepcon rocket fuel factory.
text: however it blew up in 1988
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/49612/Dr. Doctor
score: 4
sents: text: Here is a blog that talks about various locations and their real-world examples.
text: Many of the articles discuss whether or not the site is in the correct location and what buildings they were based on.
text: The comparisons of the casinos on the strip are particularly interesting. http://www.falloutnewvegastour.com/
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 3
sents: text: Helios One is actually based off of a solor energy power plant called Solar One Also, Nipton is not in Nevada, it is in Calafornia
text: (I know all this because i live in Las Vegas)
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/51024/Evan
score: 1
sents: text: Sloan exists but it's less a town and more a collection of big mines and a small truck stop but
text: its right outside of Vegas right where Sloan is in the game.
text: I also looked and saw that the Ultra-Luxe is probably a mix between the architecture of the Bellagio and the sign of the Luxor.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/242619/user242619
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
There are many places that are in the real world. Some of the real-world places are the following: Black Mountain; Bonnie Springs, Red Rock Canyon and the Bison Steve Casino.
There are loads of locations that are based on real life locations.