In extremely Las Vegas fashion, a huge water fountain opened up on the UNLV sideline

During UNLV’s game against Fresno late Saturday (or, well after midnight on the East Coast), a mystical fountain appeared on one of the sidelines at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Look at this beauty.

Look at the apex of that thing.

Here’s video from The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Elaine M. Wilson, who says workers for broadcaster CBS went to adjust some wiring and let the hydration loose.

It’s weird that people view Las Vegas as a city of gambling and other adult debauchery, because that’s not what Las Vegas is at all. (I went there when I was a small child, many years ago.) No, that’s not right.

At heart, Vegas is a city of fountains.

Here is the Bellagio:

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images

I choose to believe this was a deliberate tribute to the Rebels’ home town.

We’ll take submissions if there are any others, but this is the first instance I can recall of an impromptu fountain opening up at a Mountain West football game.