1-VAULT

1-VAULT
As soon as you are granted access to Vegas, you can build the Vault, provided you have at least 2 of each Vault Build Parts. At that point you can deposit and withdraw money from your vault, and since it is not a "chartered bank", there is NO BANKING FEES !!! Whohoo !!!

The Vault Capacity increases with the Star Rating. I haven't kept track of the lower stars rating (can someone can help fill the blanks?), but here is what I have gathered so far:

0.5 Star => $V100,000
1 Star => $V200,000
1.5 Stars => $V400,000
2 Stars => V$800,000
2.5 Stars => V$1,500,000 [or V$1,600,000 - TO VERIFY]
3 Stars => V$2,500,000 [TO VERIFY]
3.5 Stars => V$5,000,000
4 Stars => V$10,000,000
4.5 Stars => V$20,000,000
5 Stars => V$50,000,000

Besides letting you deposit and withdraw money in Vegas, the vault enables you to convert currencies of other cities to Vegas $ !

You can only do so once every 24 hours, and the maximum mount of V$ you can convert is dictated by your Vault's Star Rating. Note that you need the Cash IN HAND in order to convert it, it will not take it from your bank.

Typically, NY$ will let you get the most V$. In NY we can pick the amount we want to exchange from a scroll down menu, for the other cities the menu is there but there is only 1 value available. Here is an example of the exchange rates at the star rating I am at (forgot to take note of the lower star ratings !):

2 Stars Conversion Rates: (Thanks Dennis!)
New York Cash:
$500,000 => V$1,000,
Cuba Cash
C$50,000 => V$2,000
Bangkok Cash
B$10,000 => V$2,000

3 Stars Conversion Rates:
New York Cash:
$500,000 => V$1,000
$1,000,000 => V$2,000
$2,000,000 => V$4,000
Bangkok Cash:
B$10,000 => V$2,000
Cuba Cash:
C$50,000 => V$2,000
Moscow Cash:
R$50,000,000 => V$4,000

3.5 Stars Conversion Rates: (only NY and BK changed)
New York Cash:
$500,000 => V$1,000
$1,000,000 => V$2,000
$2,000,000 => V$4,000
$4,000,000 => V$8,000
Bangkok Cash:
B$2,500 => V$2,000
B$10,000 => V$5,000
Cuba Cash:
C$50,000 => V$2,000
Moscow Cash:
R$50,000,000 => V$4,000

4 Stars Conversion Rates: (only NY and Cuba changed)
(To verify, might have messed up on this star rating)
New York Cash:
$500,000 => V$1,000
$1,000,000 => V$2,000
$2,000,000 => V$4,000
$4,000,000 => V$8,000
$8,000,000 => V$16,000
Bangkok Cash:
B$2,500 => V$2,000
B$10,000 => V$5,000
Cuba Cash:
C$50,000 => V$2,000
C$250,000 => V$10,000
Moscow Cash:
R$50,000,000 => V$4,000
R$200,000,000 => V$20,000

4.5 Stars Conversion Rates: (only NY and Moscow changed)
New York Cash:
$500,000 => V$1,000
$1,000,000 => V$2,000
$2,000,000 => V$4,000
$4,000,000 => V$8,000
$8,000,000 => V$16,000
$12,000,000 => V$20,000
Bangkok Cash:
B$2,500 => V$2,000
B$10,000 => V$5,000
Cuba Cash:
C$50,000 => V$2,000
C$250,000 => V$10,000
Moscow Cash:
R$50,000,000 => V$4,000
R$200,000,000 => V$20,000

5 Stars Conversion Rates:
ALL CITIES now let you change V$40,000...
New York Cash:
$500,000 => V$1,000
$1,000,000 => V$2,000
$2,000,000 => V$4,000
$4,000,000 => V$8,000
$8,000,000 => V$16,000
$12,000,000 => V$20,000
$24,000,000 => V$40,000
Bangkok Cash:
B$2,500 => V$2,000
B$10,000 => V$5,000
B$200,000 => V$40,000
Cuba Cash:
C$50,000 => V$2,000
C$250,000 => V$10,000
C$1,000,000 => V$40,000
Moscow Cash:
R$50,000,000 => V$4,000
R$200,000,000 => V$20,000
R$400,000,000 => V$40,000