Holy land? or land holy?

This is an interesting concept I read about recently.
What makes a place holy. Why is a location on a map called a holy land. What makes 'land' holy?
A lot of explanations were given which mainly said that the land was holy because of some supernatural event that may have taken place there.. OK.. . So if a supernatural event (miracle) takes place in my backyard, it is going to be considered holy.. Thank goodness i cleared that up.
However, what if i decide i want to act like a true pain in everyone's butt and dig out a massive hole taking the exact 'holy spot' taking the center for a circle with a diameter of about a mile long and a mile deep.. Now there's no land! Is it still holy? Well? Is it?? You will probably argue about how I cannot dig a mile deep, fine.. What if i just scrape of the top layer of about a hundred meters and dump the soil elsewhere.. Still holy?
If you've said no, you probably said so because you did not want to look stupid. I mean come on! one minute holy land, next minute none? You'd probably argue that since there's no land, it cannot be holy.. Bear with me for a minute.
If you've said yes, You're even stupider. I mean really! you pray to a god who has created something as intelligent as us (citation needed). Created this entire universe (also citation needed). If there exists something at that level of intelligence, you think he'll really give a crap about a physical location? I mean he's created things like galaxies for heavens sake. You think he's gonna say "Hey you, visit my church in XXX or else" or "visit my holy land called Me**a or damnation is yours!!"
Because of our human inability to perceive anything beyond the physical realm, we give importance to nonconsequential things like a spot of land. whereas we choose to ignore the greater messages religions impart.. Which is, blow yourself up, go to heaven. You have 72 virgins waiting for you.

Peace.