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Vegas Playground For Big Kids
The most popular non-casino attraction in Las Vegas is “Dig This”, America’s first heavy equipment playground. Owner Ed Munn set up a 5-acre site with plenty of space for a 10-ton bulldozer and a 15-ton excavator. “No operating experience necessary. Anyone can play!” he says.
  A 90-minute session with either machine costs $249. It includes a short safety class and an introduction to the machine by an instructor. Operators are in constant communication with instructors via headsets. A 3 1/2-hour Mega Dig includes both machines and is priced at $449.
  Activities include digging, trenching, making dirt piles to drive over, and throwing 1,000-lb. tires around.
  Operators must be 14 years old or older and more than 48 in. tall. Only one person is allowed per machine (www.digthisvegas.com).
  A similar idea has caught on in Vancouver, Wash., to raise money for charity. On the annual “Dozer Day”, kids of all ages get turned loose with dozers, dump trucks and other heavy equipment. The event takes place in a 300-acre quarry and draws about 20,000 people each year. It’s organized by the Nutter Foundation (www.nutterfoundation.org).
  Maybe a similar idea would work with farm equipment?


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2013 - Volume #37, Issue #4