Underground "resort" promises shelter from the apocalypse

Paved roadways lead the way to the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

The unusual facility is the vision of Robert Vicino, who purchased a former U.S. Army storage facility to create the world's largest private underground survival shelter.

An entrance to the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

The facility will be housed in in a network of limestone caves that were dug into the ground, 50 miles from Kansas City, Mo., more than 100 years ago.

Investor Coby Cullins stands next to a map of the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

Cullins paid $510,000 for the property in early April and has sold the majority to Vivos.

Paved roadways lead the way to the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

The finished shelter will have enough space for more than 1,000 RVs and up to 5,000 people.

Investor Coby Cullins stands next to a scale model of the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

The resort will charge members $1,000 per lineal foot of RV space, plus a $1,500 fee for food per person.

A fence helps guard the entrance to the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

Actual sales won't begin until a "critical mass" of reservations are received and processed, which hasn't happened yet at the Kansas shelter.

Coby Cullins looks at a map of the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

Paved roadways lead the way to the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

A reporter walks through a door to the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

Coby Cullins stands next to an entrance to the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

Coby Cullins drives a golf cart in the Vivos Shelter and Resort in Atchison, Kan., June 18, 2013.

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