Construction of the Lone Mountain Nevada Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is officially underway, seeing as the church held a groundbreaking ceremony to dedicate the site Thursday, Sept. 25.
“Guide the hands that will shape stone, wood, glass and steel, that the beauty and craftsmanship of this temple may reflect the divine truths that will be taught within its walls,” said Elder Michael A. Dunn, first counselor in the church’s United States Southwest Area presidency, as he offered the site’s dedicatory prayer.
In his prayer, Elder Dunn — who also presided over the Sept. 25 groundbreaking ceremony — asked God to bless the workers who would soon begin the temple’s construction. He then asked for a “parallel blessing of spiritual preparation” to be upon those who will one day enter the constructed temple, according to a Thursday report on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
“Help us, as a covenant people,” he said, “to continue to stand on holy ground, to reach toward heaven even as heaven reaches down to us through this magnificent house of the Lord.”
First announced by President Nelson in October 2022 general conference, the Lone Mountain Nevada Temple was originally planned to be a three-story building of approximately 87,000 square feet, with a 216-foot steeple to fit the temple’s size and architecture.
Yet, to receive the Las Vegas City Council’s approval and adhere to FAA regulations, the church did make some alterations. Thus the Lone Mountain Nevada Temple will be a three-story structure of approximately 70,194 square feet, with a 196-foot steeple.
It will stand on a nearly 20-acre site located southwest of Hickman Avenue, between North Grand Canyon Drive and Tee Pee Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada. And upon its dedication, the Lone Mountain Nevada Temple will become the church’s fourth operating temple in Nevada and the second in the city of Las Vegas.
