Dogtown

Dogtown (also known as Dtown) is a Combat Zone and subdistrict of Pacifica in southern Night City. Before the creation of Dogtown, this area was known as Serenisands.

Overview
Dogtown is a walled-off area located east of the Pacifica sub-districts of Coastview and West Wind Estate. It is divided into different areas including Longshore Stacks, Golden Pacific, Luxor Heights, Terra Cognita and more, all controlled by the Barghest. Its main entrance is located north of the EBM Petrochem Stadium, in Coastview. The fastest way to enter and exit Dogtown is the western gate, also leading to Coastview.

Serenisands
In the 2050s, investors funded the Pacifica district of Night City to become a wealthy touristic destination, with Militech being its major investor. This area of eastern Pacifica was to be called Serenisands. Major construction companies involved included HFS, Zhirafa, CORP-BUD, Aurochs, among others.

In the following years, Pacifica's old buildings were demolished to give space to new ones. At some point in the 2060s, a large explosion under a construction site in Serenisands halted the process in the surrounding area. Investigations were issued, but it was never determined the cause, prompting to double the local security detail. The truth was that in the 2020s Militech had built an extensive network of laboratories and bunkers hidden beneath Pacifica's infrastructure, only to be abandoned prior to the Fourth Corporate War. Due to this, Night City Council decided to wall-off Serenisands, giving the excuse of a gas leak, and Militech constructed a large wall around the district. Construction was resumed, and for a time the new measures were enough to bring investors back. Many of the new projects were planned to be showcased at the Founding Our Future Innovation EXPO — including models of the Eventide Resort & Spa, the Heavy Hearts Club, and a never-built Militech headquarters building based in Night City.

Creation of Dogtown
The Unification War (2069 - 2070) halted Pacifica's success in its tracks. As fears mounted that the New United States would invade Night City from Southern California and Pacifica would then become a battlefield, corporations and other investors raced to withdraw their fundings from the district's ongoing projects.

It was during the war when NUSA Colonel Kurt Hansen asserted control of a portion of Pacifica. Hansen ignored his orders to leave the area after the war, showing his disdain for the Arvin Accord, and carved his own private paradise, eventually becoming some sort of military tyrant. With Night City's economy already on a downturn, the effect on Pacifica was disastrous and much of the district was left incomplete and lawless. Construction work was put on permanent hold, leaving most buildings as unfinished hulks of concrete and steel. Not long after, gangs and the homeless moved in. Former Serenisands — controlled by Hansen's people — became a Combat Zone, and at some point was cut-off from the rest of Pacifica.

Interim
Although it was originally simply known as the Combat Zone, people started to refer to it as Dogtown due to Hansen and his Barghest militia.

Instead of scraping the cargo aerozep that crashed into the EBM Petrochem Stadium, Dogtown repurposed its nuclear engine to feed the district's energy demand without depending on exterior suppliers.

After establishing Dogtown's Black Market, gun trade and other unsavory dealings turned the former area of Pacifica into a very profitable business. As such, the powers-that-be decided to leave it alone, allowing Hansen to continue as its ruler. With no corporations or outside laws, Dogtown's upper echelon thrived in it, while the rest of the district's citizens teetered on the brink of poverty. For years, many people arrived there in hopes of escaping their past and find a better life within its walls. What they didn't realize is that they were simply changing one overlord for another.

2077
By 2077, Dogtown was still under the iron fist of Colonel Hansen and his militia. Around this time, NUSA President Myers's Space Force One was struck down above Night City, eventually crash-landing somewhere within Dogtown.

Locations

 * Cynosure Facility
 * Dogtown Gates
 * Dogtown Tunnel
 * EBM Petrochem Stadium
 * Golden Pacific
 * Longshore Stacks
 * Luxor Heights
 * Space Force One Crash Site

Trivia

 * Dogtown takes a lot of elements from Las Vegas.
 * The "Montaña de Oro Avenue (M-d-O)" is likely a reference to the Montaña de Oro State Park which is located southwest of Morro Bay, a town upon which Night City was built in the Cyberpunk lore.