The pools there consume more power and chemicals each week than a family of four would in a year. It's a statistic. I made it up to illustrate the point. But it is out of control. The traffic is now appalling.
Cheap meals take a couple of hours to wait in line for.
Less if you bribe an attendant. Take lots of small dollar bills. You will need them. The single thing worth looking at near Las Vegas is the Hoover Dam . This was called the Boulder Dam after the name of a local town.