America’s best doomsday bunkers? Interest from wealthy buyers soars in luxury $1,000-a-year underground hideaways that used to be a munitions store during WWII

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Interest from wealthy buyers has soared for luxury underground bunkers in South Dakota since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The Vivos xPoint bunkers, which are built on a former US Army base near the Black Hills area, come fully equipped with swimming pools, tennis courts, exercise spaces, pre-stocked gourmet food and TV and internet access. The steel and concrete bunkers lay on a complex of 575 underground hideaways originally built by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1942 as a military fortress that stored explosives and munitions during World War Two. Scroll through to see what they look like inside...

Interest from wealthy buyers has soared for luxury underground bunkers in South Dakota since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The Vivos xPoint bunkers, which are built on a former US Army base near the Black Hills area, come fully equipped with swimming pools, tennis courts, exercise spaces, pre-stocked gourmet food and TV and internet access. The steel and concrete bunkers lay on a complex of 575 underground hideaways originally built by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1942 as a military fortress that stored explosives and munitions during World War Two. Scroll through to see what they look like inside...

The unassuming facade of one of the world's most exclusive underground bunkers is pictured near the Black Hills of South Dakota. The 575-bunker complex can house 5,000 people through any catastrophic event, the doomsday project's builder claims.

The unassuming facade of one of the world's most exclusive underground bunkers is pictured near the Black Hills of South Dakota. The 575-bunker complex can house 5,000 people through any catastrophic event, the doomsday project's builder claims.

Pictured: The dining and seating area of the Vivos xPoint bunker, which comes pre-stocked with gourmet food, TV and internet access. The bunker site, which was named the Black Hills Ordnance Depot by the US Army, also held Italian prisoners of war during the Second World War.

Pictured: The dining and seating area of the Vivos xPoint bunker, which comes pre-stocked with gourmet food, TV and internet access. The bunker site, which was named the Black Hills Ordnance Depot by the US Army, also held Italian prisoners of war during the Second World War.

Pictured: Each of the 80ft x 26.5ft bunkers are said to be able to accommodate up to 24 people with enough food, water, fuel, and hygienic supplies for a year.

Pictured: Each of the 80ft x 26.5ft bunkers are said to be able to accommodate up to 24 people with enough food, water, fuel, and hygienic supplies for a year.

The 575-bunker complex is built on a former US Army base in South Dakota and each is built from concrete and steel.

The 575-bunker complex is built on a former US Army base in South Dakota and each is built from concrete and steel.

An artist image shows the inside of a Vivos xPoint bunker in South Dakota. The doomsday bunkers, which requires a $25,000 deposit and $1,000 a year, are also equipped with a swimming pool, tennis courts, exercise spaces and a snooker table.

An artist image shows the inside of a Vivos xPoint bunker in South Dakota. The doomsday bunkers, which requires a $25,000 deposit and $1,000 a year, are also equipped with a swimming pool, tennis courts, exercise spaces and a snooker table.

Pictured: The well-equipped kitchen of the Vivos xPoint bunkers. Interest in the bunkers has soared during the coronavirus pandemic.

Pictured: The well-equipped kitchen of the Vivos xPoint bunkers. Interest in the bunkers has soared during the coronavirus pandemic.

Pictured: An image of the bedroom in the bunkers. The creators said that interest has increased 400 per cent since the outbreak of coronavirus and that the 'onslaught' of global threats is pushing people to secure a space.

Pictured: An image of the bedroom in the bunkers. The creators said that interest has increased 400 per cent since the outbreak of coronavirus and that the 'onslaught' of global threats is pushing people to secure a space.

Pictured: An external view of the 575-bunker complex. The company also sells bunkers in Germany and Indiana and is planning developments in Marbella, Spain and Asia.

Pictured: An external view of the 575-bunker complex. The company also sells bunkers in Germany and Indiana and is planning developments in Marbella, Spain and Asia.

Pictured: A man stands near the entrance to one of the Vivos xPoint bunkers.

Pictured: A man stands near the entrance to one of the Vivos xPoint bunkers. 

Pictured: An aerial view of the Vivos xPoint bunker near the Black Hills of South Dakota, where a 99-year lease on a bunker costs $1,000 a year plus a $25,000 upfront deposit.

Pictured: An aerial view of the Vivos xPoint bunker near the Black Hills of South Dakota, where a 99-year lease on a bunker costs $1,000 a year plus a $25,000 upfront deposit.

Pictured: A man closes the door on a former US Army munitions bunker, which were transformed into 575 concrete doomsday bunkers in 2018.

Pictured: A man closes the door on a former US Army munitions bunker, which were transformed into 575 concrete doomsday bunkers in 2018.

There has reportedly been a surge of interest in the construction and hire of underground doomsday bunkers designed to withstand 'virtually any catastrophe'.

There has reportedly been a surge of interest in the construction and hire of underground doomsday bunkers designed to withstand 'virtually any catastrophe'.