That’s the location of the Pioneer Saloon, which inspired the most emotionally resonant settings of the post-apocalyptic video game released in 2010. Though its technology is already 14 years out of date, “Fallout: New Vegas” continues to be actively celebrated on social media groups, subreddits, and fan sites across the internet.
Atomic Museum in Las Vegas announced a one-day-only excursion that starts and ends in Goodsprings. Its ‘Fallout: New Vegas’ Mojave Wasteland Bus Tour, $80 per person, takes place on November 16.
What the museum didn’t mention in its press release is that Vegas Specialty Tours, proprietor of the Vegas Mob Tour, already runs its own Goodsprings Fallout Bus Tour, four days a week, for $159.95 per person.
In addition, Meetups regularly convene at the Pioneer Saloon, which also holds its own official annual fan celebration.
Goodsprings, Nev. is to “Fallout: New Vegas” fans what Liverpool, England is to Beatles fans.
Goodsprings is a mountain town of about 250 residents named for Joseph Good, who once owned a cattle ranch in the area.
In addition to the Pioneer, which opened in 1913, the town also boasts its own 100-year-old general store, schoolhouse, church, jail, and cemetery.
Founded in 1856 by Mormon settlers who established what is believed to be the oldest underground mine in Nevada, Goodsprings eventually yielded $25 million in lead and zinc ore.
Pretty much the only remarkable thing about Goodsprings is its ability to serve as such a bright beacon of tourism right next to one of the (literally) brightest beacons of tourism in the world.
The Pioneer isn’t even the oldest bar in Nevada. That would be the Genoa Bar and Saloon in Genoa, Nev., established in 1853.파워볼실시간
Before “Fallout” came calling, the Pioneer was used as a filming location for TV’s “The Twilight Zone” and “The Misfits,” for the 1998 Johnny Depp movie “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” and for 2005’s “Miss Congeniality 2” starring Sandra Bullock.
It had a much bigger moment on the world stage long ago, but it wasn’t a happy one. That national tragedy is memorialized today by a room inside the bar featuring black-and-white photos, memorabilia, and a hunk of mangled plane wreckage on the wall.