Clark County Shooting Complex: Difference between revisions

The '''Clark County Shooting Complex''', located on the northern outskirts of the [[Las Vegas]]–[[North Las Vegas, Nevada|North Las Vegas]] line in [[Nevada]], is the largest [[shooting sports|shooting]] facility in the United States at {{convert|2900|acre|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite news|first=Scott|last=Wyland|authorlink=|title=GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: Shooting park plan riles neighbors|url=http://www.lvrj.com/news/15581242.html|work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]|publisher=|date=February 13, 2008|accessdate=August 6, 2008}}</ref> The {{convert|2900|acre|abbr=on}} park is being built in stages by [[Clark County, Nevada|Clark County]], [[Nevada]].<ref name=lvrj20080802/> At full build out is anticipated that only {{convert|900|acre|abbr=on}} will be developed with the rest of the site serving as a buffer for the surrounding community. The park is located at the northern end of [[Decatur Boulevard]] at a [[Roundabout|traffic circle]] in unincorporated [[Clark County, Nevada|Clark County]], just north of the City of Las Vegas boundary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/parks/locations/pages/Shooting_Park.aspx|title=Clark County Shooting Park|accessdate=August 6, 2008|work=|publisher=[[Clark County, Nevada]]}}</ref>

Planning for the park started in 1984.<ref name=lvrj20080802>{{cite news|first=Scott|last=Wyland|authorlink=|title=SHOOTING PARK: Study to gauge gunfire noise|url=http://www.lvrj.com/news/26204229.html|work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]|publisher=|date=August 2, 2008|accessdate=August 6, 2008}}</ref> The construction started in January 2008.<ref name=ssv1>{{cite news|first=BROCK|last=RADKE|authorlink=|title=Gun club aims to survive after shooting park opens|url=http://www.viewnews.com/2008/VIEW-Jun-24-Tue-2008/SummerlinSouth/22274640.html|work=[[Summerlin South View]]|publisher=[[View Neighborhood Newspapers]]|date=June 24, 2008|accessdate=August 6, 2008}}</ref> The first phase on {{convert|148|acre|abbr=on}} is being built at a projected cost of $64 million.<ref name=lvrj20080802/><ref name=ssv1/><ref name=klas20090825>{{cite news|first=|last=|authorlink=|title=New Shooting Park Stirs Emotions|url=http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10989547|work=[[KLAS-TV]]|publisher=|date=August 25, 2009|accessdate=August 26, 2009}}</ref> The park was dedicated on August 25, 2009, and had a soft opening on December 12, 2009, with limited hours and days of operation. The park fully opened in 2010.

*[[Rifle range]]<ref name=nyt20071203>{{cite news|author1=Jesse McKinley|author2=Griffin Palmer|title=Nevada Learns to Cash In on Sales of Federal Land|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/us/03lands.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=|date=December 3, 2007|accessdate=February 21, 2009}}</ref>

*[[Pistol range]]<ref name="ata20080529">{{cite web|url=http://www.archerytrade.org/newsletter/may08/|title=Clark County, Nevada Shooting Park Update|accessdate=February 21, 2009|work=|publisher=[[Archery Trade Association]]|date=May 29, 2008}}{{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

*[http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Depts/parks/Pages/clark-county-shooting-park.aspx Clark County Shooting Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218131623/http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/depts/parks/Pages/clark-county-shooting-park.aspx |date=2010-12-18 }}