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The temple has 192 rooms, which includes four ordinance rooms, a celestial room, six sealing rooms, a baptismal font, and other facilities to meet the needs of the temple. The temple serves church members in the southern part of Nevada and surrounding areas in California and Arizona.
These renovations restructured rooms, added facilities, and made other enhancements that significantly improved the buildings. The last temple built in this style was the Las Vegas Nevada Temple, which was completed in 1989. This style was then largely replaced by the classic modern, single-spire design.
It is the largest temple in the church, featuring a large underground area. The walls of the Temple are nine feet thick at the base and six feet thick at the top. It was also the first temple to feature the angel Moroni statue, which was created by sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin, and was added to most temples since. Early Temples
Just north of Pittsburgh, the non-member public had a rare opportunity in August to tour a temple, the 196th to be completed. Crystal chandeliers, woodwork and framed paintings of idealized biblical scenes adorned the interior. The Las Vegas temple site is a large undeveloped lot surrounded by single-family homes, schools and parks.
The only temple with a room designated as the Holy of Holies is the Salt Lake Temple. Boyd K. Packer said that “hidden away in the central part of the temple is the Holy of Holies, where the President of the Church may retire when burdened down with heavy decisions to seek an interview with Him whose Church it is.
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