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    John L. Smith On Nevada's Proposed Innovation Zones

    Feb 23, 2021

    When Gov.

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    Hsieh's Death Leaves Las Vegas Supporters Reeling

    Nov 30, 2020

    It’s not often the death of one person evokes the kind of sadness and sense of loss as that of Tony Hsieh.

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    Downtown Project Rebranded To DTP Companies

    Oct 11, 2018

    The Downtown Project has been renamed. 

    The project started by Zappo’s CEO Tony Hseih will now be called DTP Companies.

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    Changes Coming To Downtown Las Vegas

    Jun 18, 2018

    ​If you’ve been here for more than a decade, you know downtown Las Vegas has changed … a lot. 

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    City Of Las Vegas, Developers Seek To Woo More Residents Downtown

    Jun 14, 2017

    From swanky high-rise penthouses to 170-square-foot micro-units, downtown Las Vegas has a lot of residential living options — and city officials want to get that word out.

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    Tony Hsieh's Downtown Project: A Utopia For Some?

    Feb 21, 2017

    Tony Hsieh’s downtown project took Las Vegas by storm five years ago.

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    High noon in Hsiehtown

    Feb 01, 2017

    A new book examines the highs and lows of The Downtown Project.

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    Into the rabbit hole with new Downtown Project book

    Jan 06, 2017

    Revisiting Tony Hsieh's wonderland with a new book about the Downtown Project

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    Hsieh Would Do Things Differently If Downtown Project Started Now

    Aug 10, 2016

    Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who has funded efforts to revitalize Downtown Las Vegas, has said he would do things differently if he were starting the project now.

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    Author: Results Mixed For Downtown Project

    Jun 07, 2016

    It has been nearly five years since Zappos boss Tony Hsieh unveiled ambitious plans for a private urban renewal effort designed to revitalize downtown Las Vegas.

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    Could Fremont9 Rescue Tony Hsieh's Downtown Vision?

    May 17, 2016

    Downtown Project began with a splash.

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    The Ups And Downs Of Trying To Rebuild Downtown Las Vegas

    Jan 13, 2016

    There’s perhaps no better place to gauge the health of Las Vegas than in one of its oldest sections, its urban core.

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    Drone Racing Comes To Las Vegas

    Nov 06, 2015

    A retro hotel-casino in Las Vegas will soon host participants in the emerging sport of drone racing.

    Vegas Inc reports that the Downtown Project says it will hold a drone competition at the vacant Western Hotel on Nov. 15.

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    Does Downtown LV's Savior Need A Savior?

    Jul 23, 2015

    The Bunkhouse Saloon, a watering hole and music venue that opened nearly 60 years ago, closed this week.

    Another Downtown Project business, clothing store Coterie has closed.

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    Downtown Las Vegas: A Dream Deferred?

    Jul 08, 2015

    It’s been some four years since Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh announced the Downtown Project. This was a $350 million gambit to upgrade the urban core of Las Vegas.

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    What's New With Tony Hsieh's Downtown Project?

    Mar 05, 2015

    How successful have Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh and the Downtown Project been in their effort to revitalize Las Vegas' historic downtown?

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    Remaking Vegas In A Tech Billionaire's Image: Will It Last?

    Jan 20, 2015
    Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh pumped $350 million into downtrodden downtown Las Vegas to make it a home for startups and a place young people want to live again. Three years in, is it working?
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    Layoffs At Tony Hsieh's Downtown Project

    Jan 26, 2015
    Updated Sept. 30, 2:43 p.m. Downtown Project, the $350 million plan by Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh to create more “community” and make downtown Las Vegas...
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    Tony Hsieh: I Was Never Downtown Project's Leader

    Jan 26, 2015
    Downtown Project laid off 30 people in an effort to "restructure and refocus" its support staff, but Tony Hsieh, widely considered the mastermind of...
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    A New Kind of Healthcare Comes Downtown

    Aug 05, 2013
    Dr. Zubin Damania, founder, Downtown Medical Center
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    Your Future Home or Restaurant is a Cargo Container

    Jun 13, 2012

    You always see cargo containers at the ports: those giant Lego-like metal rectangles stacked on each other.  But reimagine a cargo container as a home.

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