"It might sell itself for high-level nuclear waste storage..."

100 miles north of Vegas, they already do store nuclear waste, it's called Yucca Mountain. It's delivered from all over the country, from the states that think nuclear reactors are great, but don't want the waste in their own backyard (sneer).
http://www.yuccamountain.org/

There used to be a joke in LV about how they could merge the components of Yucca Mountain and Las Vegas, with everything glowing without the use of neon lights. And maybe the people, too.

Sue