Battlefield Vegas, Military museum and shooting range in Las Vegas, US
Battlefield Vegas is a five-acre shooting range and military museum in Winchester, Nevada, east of the Las Vegas Strip. Its single-story building, with eaves decorated with images of guns, holds an 11-lane indoor shooting range and a gift shop. The fenced yard, called the "Petting Zoo", displays decommissioned tanks and helicopters, including a Bell UH-1 Iroquois from the Vietnam War.
Battlefield Vegas opened on October 1, 2012, after three years of planning, on a five-acre site east of the Las Vegas Strip near Circus Circus. Founders David Famiglietti, Ron Cheney and Karla Cheney built the $2.5 million complex; Cheney had spent 14 years as a chiropractor and served in the US Army. In 2013 it placed first in TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice rankings for Las Vegas, and Famiglietti died of cancer in 2019 at 39.
Employees wear military fatigues, and many of the roughly 68 staff recorded in 2016 were veterans. Shooting packages carry the names of war films such as Platoon and Saving Private Ryan and of Call of Duty's Black Ops and Modern Warfare games. The yard of decommissioned vehicles is nicknamed the "Petting Zoo".
The staff offers free hotel pickups in military Humvees and provides protective gear for all visitors. Professional instruction and safety training are included with every shooting activity.
Visitors can fire authentic military firearms under professional supervision, including standard pistols and specialized automatic weapons. This hands-on experience with operational equipment offers something different from typical museum visits.
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