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Long lines at Bonnie Springs near Las Vegas before closure

Updated March 17, 2019 - 7:36 pm

Time is running out.

Bonnie Springs Ranch is officially closing its gates today.

On Saturday, visitors reported on social media that wait times to get tickets to the replica Old West town are between 30 to 40 minutes.

One Bonnie Springs employee said they would have no problem turning people away in the name of safety, if emergency vehicles were unable to access the ranch.

In the early hours of Feb. 20, the Clark County Commission signed off on a tentative design details submitted by developer Joel Laub, who seeks to build luxury homes on 64 acres of Bonnie Springs’ land, after purchasing the ranch from the children of its founder, Bonnie Levinson.

Bonnie Springs opened as a tourist attraction in 1958 as a reproduction of an 1880s mining town and has featured a train, petting zoo, horseback riding, wax museum and mock gunfights.

Check out images of the Bonnie Springs Ranch through the years.

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