Howard Hughes bought 30,000 barren acres west of Las Vegas in 1952 for a reported $3 an acre; the land sat largely unused for decades before becoming the 22,500-acre Summerlin community
Hughes bought 30,000 acres west of Las Vegas in 1952; it later became Summerlin (Image Credit: Summerlin) A barren stretch of land on the western edge of Las Vegas once seemed to have little immediate purpose. In 1952, Howard Hughes acquired 30,000 acres there for a reported $3 an acre, intending to use the property…
