Las Venturas (HD Universe)

Las Venturas, commonly known simply as Venturas, is one of the fictional cities in the Grand Theft Auto series mentioned in the HD Universe games.

Description
Like its 3D Universe counterpart, Las Venturas is based on the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. The city has been mentioned in Grand Theft Auto IV, The Ballad of Gay Tony, Chinatown Wars and Grand Theft Auto V but has yet to appear in the HD Universe.

Points of Interest

 * Caligula's Palace
 * The Venturas Dome Casino in Old Venturas Strip
 * The Visage
 * "Welcome to Fabulous Las Venturas" sign

References in GTA IV

 * As the name suggests, Venturas Poker Challenge takes place in Las Venturas (in the Venturas Dome), and shows footage of Prickle Pine, Old Venturas Strip, V-Rock Hotel, The High Roller, and Verdant Meadows. These locations have not been redesigned for the HD universe, but are shown by way of footage from GTA: San Andreas, the only substantial images from the 3D universe to make their way into the HD version.
 * In the mission First Date, after arriving at Firefly Island, Michelle might comment on how she thinks they are turning the amusement park into a Las Venturas-themed park.
 * Many characters were born or live in Las Venturas, such as Heathcliff Waterstreet, Derrick Thornton, Terry Kim and Chris Cummings.
 * Celebrity Wayne Tearson was found dead in a Las Venturas brothel in 2008.
 * Despite following an alternate continuity, the 3D Universe rendition of the city (also currently the only rendition) appears in a cameo on the TV in GTA IV.
 * During the mission "Meltdown", where the player has to chase Luca and his crew, in the initial cutscene before Luca drives off he says "next stop, Las Venturas, baby!"
 * Las Venturas is advertised on many billboards by FlyUS.
 * There is a spin off of the television show The Science Of Crime known as Science of Crime: Las Venturas.
 * On Blogsnobs.org, Pychakilla.blogsnobs.org is the blog of a "psycho hose beast" college girl from Las Venturas.
 * On Liesdamnlies.net, the users Apollo11 and SkullandBones are both from Las Venturas.
 * Vinewood Bar & Grill is mentioned on LibertyCityNightlife.com to have a restaurant is Las Venturas.

References in GTA: Chinatown Wars

 * One of the dealers, Vicini might text Huang, informing him that he has just returned from Las Venturas with a suitcase full of weed which he needs to offload due to NOOSE.

References in The Ballad of Gay Tony

 * In The Ballad of Gay Tony, Las Venturas is engraved on the wall of the ground floor of the Rotterdam Tower, along with Vice City, Los Santos, San Fierro and Liberty City.
 * One measurement of distance traveled in the game is "miles traveled from Liberty City to Las Venturas".
 * During the mission Boulevard Baby, Vic Manzano was supposed to be in Las Venturas when he walks in on Luis having oral sex with his girlfriend.
 * Also, according to the Liberty Tree, Manzano is wanted by the LVPD for illegal activities in Las Venturas.
 * DJ Whoeva is a DJ appearing at Bahama Mamas "Live from Las Venturas".

References in GTA V and GTA Online

 * The description of the Vestra on ElitasTravel.com mentions Las Venturas as it says that it's a good place to ferry your hookers to.
 * Las Venturas lottery scratch cards are located in all convenience stores, easily seen when zoomed in on the ticket racks with your camera or a Sniper Rifle.
 * A tour poster for OG Loc in Franklin Clinton's safehouse shows venues in Los Santos, Liberty City, Vice City and Las Venturas.
 * A pedestrian may say, "Excuse me, they would love you in Las Venturas."
 * Radio Los Santos mentions the Las Venturas hockey team winning a game over the Los Santos Kings, which leads to violence between both teams.
 * In the GTA Online mission Casino - Loose Cheng, during one of Tao Cheng's Mandarin Chinese lines that's subtitled as "(Incoherent rambling)", he mentions it's been a long time since he's been to Las Venturas.