Rapid Transit System
A proposed underground transportation network connecting the airport, Las Vegas Boulevard, resort sites, and entertainment venues.
CONCEPT ARCHIVE
Flying Saucer Resort.
An unbuilt vision for hotels, sports, entertainment, and underground transportation on a Las Vegas scale.
The idea
Johnny traces the project’s origin to the early 1990s, when a collection of science-fiction films and posters inspired him to imagine a themed Las Vegas destination. By the late 1990s, the idea had become Flying Saucer Resorts: a proposal for multiple hotels, sports venues, an exposition center, and an underground transit network.
Johnny’s archive describes feasibility work, renderings, models, professional advisers, and discussions with prospective partners and licensors. It also states that a Harrah’s investor presentation occurred in September 2001 and that the project lost momentum after the September 11 attacks. Those details reflect Johnny’s account and materials; the resort was never built.
After the original venture’s bankruptcy, Johnny developed a later version under the Flying Saucer Entertainment name. This page preserves the history and conceptual architecture without presenting the plans as current or approved projects.
THE NINE PROPOSED PHASES
Flying Saucer Exposition Center
A proposed arena and exposition complex for sports, concerts, conventions, retail, restaurants, and technology displays.
Flying Saucer Entertainment
A central flying-saucer spectacle positioned between two themed hotel-casino concepts.
U.S.S. Enterprise Resorts
A proposed science-fiction hotel concept built around a large spacecraft display and theatrical exterior show.
R.M.S. Titanic Resorts
A proposed nautical resort with a ship replica, water features, exhibits, and a staged outdoor production.
America Capitol Resorts
A proposed civic-themed resort district with hotel towers, retail, dining, financial venues, and public attractions.
Flying Saucer Stadium
A proposed professional football stadium and horse-racing complex on a large multi-venue site.
Flying Saucer Field
A proposed Major League Baseball complex with extensive parking and futuristic entertainment elements.
Flying Saucer Hip Hop Resorts
A proposed music-centered hotel and performance district with outdoor stages, studios, clubs, dining, and retail.
Other elements in the plan
The materials also describe Underground Vegas, themed restaurants and clubs, a bank and corporate offices, world’s-fair-inspired attractions, pet parks, outdoor spectacles, internal transportation, and a Las Vegas performer walk of fame.