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Real Estate
Treasure or Stolen Juhl?
May 10th, 2012
The happy story will come in time—the one in which 300 more rental units come to downtown, bringing critical mass, businesses and more to the area. But a hill of condo deposits stands in the way. Read more »
Luxury
Farewell to a Paradise for Power Brokers
May 10th, 2012
On May 18, the Stirling Club at Turnberry Place will close. Since it opened on Paradise Road in 1998, the club was more than just a place for the condo complex’s residents to relax: It was also a home away from home for the city’s power elite. Accessible to the Strip, but not part of any casino, it was the ideal spot for executives and deal-makers to dine discreetly after work. Read more »
Attractions
Splashdown Comes in 2013
May 10th, 2012
From floating lazily on a raft to hurtling down steep slides to a splash landing, the magic of Wet ’n Wild—once the nation’s seventh most popular water park—shaped the summer memories of a Las Vegas generation. Then the water was drained in 2004 to make room for an apparently invisible megaresort, and rec centers have had to suffice ever since. By 2013, though, the good times could be back in two new parks. Read more »
Found Material
The Show After the Show
(LATimes.com)
May 10th, 2012
Even in a city billed as the “Entertainment Capital of the World,” it can often be difficult for a professional musician to find a job. Read more »
Site To See
They Live
(Deadwords.info)
May 10th, 2012
Our world is impermanent. As the song goes, the Rockies may tumble and Gibraltar may crumble—meaning that eventually every little thing we know, from the Great Pyramids to Kanye, will fall to dust. Read more »
Ask a Native
Many casinos are renovating rather than imploding. Is this the future of Las Vegas redevelopment?
May 10th, 2012
Revamping tired casinos is an age-old practice (check the mashed-up mess that is the Riviera to see what sometimes passes muster), one that fell into disfavor with Steve Wynn’s dramatic 1993 collapse of the Dunes. Fifteen more demolitions followed, including last week’s downing of the O’Sheas garage. Read more »
Social
Broken News
May 10th, 2012
On April 27, the Las Vegas Review-Journal was the first to report the arrest of Bryan Clay, the suspect in the brutal double murder of 38-year-old Ignacia “Yadira” Martinez and her 10-year-old daughter, Karla. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police subsequently denied having a suspect in custody, but then held a press conference that evening confirming that Clay had indeed been charged with the April 15 murders. Read more »
About Town
A Party by Any Other Name
The Libertarians gathered in Las Vegas—and sounded a lot like Republicans
May 10th, 2012
From May 3-6, hundreds of Libertarians from across the nation gathered in Las Vegas, a good-enough symbolic home of the mind-your-own-business streak, to select their presidential candidate and wear T-shirts that said, “Happy, Free, Alive” and “Socially tolerant, fiscally conservative.” At least one man wore a powdered wig. Another wore hot pants and a halter top—because he could! Read more »
The Deal
A short guide to daylife
May 10th, 2012
It’s been half a decade since Las Vegas pools began turning into nightclubs. Or day clubs, rather. There have been some false starts (remember the stripper pool at the Rio?), but all in all, daylife has made it over the hump. But how important is it really that DJ-this is playing here and Resident-that is playing there? Well, sure it’s important—but none of it means much unless you know your pools first. Most of the questions I get about pools fall into three categories: Which ones are topless, which ones have blackjack, and which ones can I get into if I’m not a hotel guest? Read more »
Green Felt Journal
With Oseland Aboard, SLS Could Be a Winner
May 10th, 2012
Wynn alum Rob Oseland just might be the right man to lead the transformation of the Sahara into SLS Las Vegas. Read more »
