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Las Vegas Considering Changes To Rules For Adult Emporiums Downtown

Aug 01, 2017

The Las Vegas City Council will take up an ordinance in August as part of an effort to clean up downtown.

The measure will allow adult emporiums to expand, allowing businesses selling adult books and magazines, videos and sexual novelties more flexibility to expand or modify.

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Planning Commission Approves New Downtown Grand Tower

Jul 14, 2017

The Downtown Grand hotel and casino received approval this week from the Las Vegas Planning Commission to build an eight-story hotel tower on Fourth Street.

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Making it home: Urban Renewal in central and Downtown Las Vegas

Feb 23, 2016

The historic center and University District offer smart city amenities to adventurous urbanites 

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Fremont Street

Experience required?

Nov 20, 2015

In 1995, the Fremont Street Experience canopy lit up. Did it help save Downtown or set it back? Twenty years later, the debate goes on.

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Mountain meeting places, city smarts

Jun 30, 2015

Although I'd already covered the Spring Mountains Gateway visitor center for our July edition, I didn't get a real-life appreciation of it until last weekend when my cycling group scheduled our first "It's too damn hot to ride, but we have to stay in shape" hike. ...

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Downtown Soccer Stadium Likely To Get Votes For Funding

Dec 17, 2014
Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Coffin is voting yes on the newest terms for a downtown soccer stadium during a meeting set for Wednesday. That means if...
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Vegas Glory Days Relived With Classic Music Remakes

Oct 17, 2014
Michael Shapiro once parked cars at the Lady Luck to earn enough money to buy his first real guitar. The Lady Luck is now the Downtown Grand, and...
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Tony Hsieh-Funded Startup Rumgr Purchased By EBay

Oct 10, 2014
One of the first tech startups funded by Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project has been sold to eBay. Rumgr is an app that allows individuals to sell used...
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Should We Keep Downtown Las Vegas Weird?

Oct 07, 2014

Pirates, nuns, topless women and men in diapers – these are the regulars on Fremont Street. They amuse and amaze the crowd of tourists and locals, but...

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Small Earthquake Shakes Nevada, Felt In Las Vegas

Oct 06, 2014
The U.S. Geological Survey says a small earthquake shook southwest Nevada, about 15 miles from Las Vegas. There were no immediate reports of damage or...
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Container Park Reaches Capacity With Addition Of Three New Businesses

Sep 05, 2014
Thinking of opening a business at Container Park? Well, you’re too late. Beginning this month, the downtown shopping and dining center is officially at...
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Culinary Union Ready To Strike

May 20, 2014

The Culinary and Bartender unions are threatening to launch a strike at downtown casinos. Currently the unions remain in negotiations with nine downtown...

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Metro Launches The Giving Project

Feb 26, 2014

Gnarled traffic at the corner of North Main Street and Foremaster Lane is a result of motorists dropping off food and clothes for the homeless

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The Life Cube Project Lights Up Downtown

Feb 25, 2014

The Life Cube is an evolving temple of wishes. So what is the Life Cube is supposed to accomplish? And why is the artist going to burn it down to the ground?

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Capitalizing on CES: Local Companies In The World's Largest Tech Bazaar

Jan 07, 2014

As the tech scene in Vegas grows, techies are looking for ways to merge the local startup and technology industry with the Consumer Electronics Show.

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Inspire Theater Opens Downtown

Dec 27, 2013

The Inspire Theater opens tonight with a performance by The Three Wise Guys -- Geoff Carter, Dayvid Figler and Gregory Crosby

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Does The Arts District Need An Art Museum?

Dec 11, 2013

Arts enthusiasts want to bring a modern art and design museum to downtown Las Vegas, and they've already secured a piece of land in the Arts District

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Downtown Curfew Proposal Draws Critics

Sep 05, 2013

Some members of the Las Vegas City Council want to impose a stricter curfew on young people in the central part of the city. People under age 18 wouldn't be allowed in the area after 9 p.m. on weekends.

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Pay To Paint: Should The City Fund Public Art?

May 07, 2013
Marlene Reid, artist and small business owner
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Green Light: Construction Begins On F-Street Tunnel

May 06, 2013
In 2008, the Nevada Department of Transportation and City of Las Vegas closed F Street at the I-15, blocking access to Symphony Park for residents of the Historic Westside. The neighborhood fought back against the closure, and the legislature passed a bill requiring the city to reopen the street.
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Neon Reverb Turns Ten

Mar 26, 2013
The four-day music festival Neon Reverb returns this weekend for its tenth installment. The founders have passed the torch to Jason Aragon, who is bringing the festival back to its roots as a showcase of local music.
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Children's Museum Opens Downtown

Mar 20, 2013
The Discovery Children's Museum has a new name and new digs next door to the Smith Center. The museum opened to the public last week -- it includes a three-story climbing structure, as well as several new exhibits designed for kids.
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Downtown Parking At A Premium This Weekend

Sep 11, 2012
This weekend, downtown will host a number of events that are expected to make parking a tricky situation. Between performances at The Smith Center, First Friday and The Pride Parade, the city estimates about 40,000 people to flock downtown for the festivities.
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City Fees May Force Longtime Gallery Owner to Leave Las Vegas

May 07, 2012
Arts Factory owner Wes Myles says city fees and what he calls an overbearing bureaucracy for events downtown are out of control and it might drive him out of Las Vegas. Myles purchased the Arts Factory in 1996 and says he's exploring opportunities in other cities.
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The Changing Las Vegas Visitor

Apr 09, 2012

Visitors to Las Vegas have changed their habits a little bit over the past few years. Tourists are spending less on gambling and more on things like entertainment and restaurants. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's Visitor Profile Study gamblers budgeted $447.63 for gaming in 2011, down from $466.20 the previous year. Meantime tourists spent $274.69 on restaurants and beverages in 2011 compared to $256.82 in 2010, a seven percent increase. We discuss how the Las Vegas visitor is changing and what casinos are doing to adjust.

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