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Real Estate
Suburban Office Development: When Too Much Is Not Enough
Office-builders continue to venture into new construction
June 18th, 2013
The Valley's office-building vacancy rate is at an all-time record high of 26.2 percent, according to economic advisory firm Applied Analysis. But this town was built on chance-taking, and our intrepid office-builders arenít about to surrender to statistics. Read more »
Comrade Grumpette's Pet Peeve of the Week
Believing You Can Fly
June 18th, 2013
I would not have joined the merry, famously YouTubed chorus of R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly." Stuck for nearly four hours on the McCarran tarmac in that sweltering, someone-vomited, did-we-pay-extra-for-this Allegiant airplane last week, I would've sung: I believe we will die. Read more »
Green Felt Journal
Buckle Up for the Polercoaster
June 18th, 2013
This morning, Las Vegas learned about the Polercoaster, a proposed $100 million thrill ride that merges an observation tower—like the one at the Stratosphere—with a roller coaster—like the one at New York-New York. It didn’t take five minutes for the hype machine to swing into berserker mode. Read more »
Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
June 12th, 2013
Best game they don’t play in schools anymore? Dodgeball. Who didn’t love pelting that hated jock with a fat rubber ball? Relive the glory days of middle school from 8-11 p.m. at the Arts Factory parking lot Downtown. Read more »
The Fantastic Drunken Voyage
June 12th, 2013
Ever wonder about the science of intoxication? Laurel Pritchard does—a lot. The UNLV assistant professor of psychology studies behavioral neuroscience and psychopharmacology; in other words, how chemicals wreck your brain and body. She provides this blow-by-blow tracker of each drink’s effect on an average-size woman during a hypothetical night in our city’s famed bars. Cheers! Read more »
Found Material
Getting Union Jacked Around
June 12th, 2013
The NFL’s hypocrisy regarding betting continues to amaze. SportingNews.com highlights how the league will play two regular-season games this year at London’s Wembley Stadium, and is considering adding a third, despite sports betting being legal there. Read more »
Downtown
Turning Gold Into ... Gold
Renovations at the Gold Spike ditch the gaming, keep the vibe
June 12th, 2013
If I had a nickel for everyone who asks me what I think the Downtown Project’s ultimate goals are and how they’ll pan out over time, I wouldn’t have to do this for a living. Read more »
The Week
The Books Stop Here
With Stephens Press ceasing publishing, a valuable outlet for local authors disappears
June 12th, 2013
Whoever the next Kurt Divich is—that eighth-grader working on her fantasy fiction set in the Mojave Desert; the stay-at-home-dad polishing his manuscript on 1950s sports stars from Sin City—he or she won’t be discovered by Carolyn Hayes Uber, publisher of Stephens Press. That means he or she may not be discovered at all, at least not in the traditional sense. Read more »
Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
June 5th, 2013
Summer may be brutal, but it does bring one distinct pleasure: the return of Town Square’s Movies in the Square. Read more »
Three Questions: Neon Reverb
Will Life is Beautiful overshadow its older brother?
June 5th, 2013
Much attention has been given to the announcement of Life Is Beautiful, a music, food and arts festival coming to Downtown on October 26-27. But the twice-yearly Neon Reverb has been featuring national and local musical acts at Downtown venues since 2008. Neon Reverb organizer Jason Aragon weighs in on the impact Life Is Beautiful will have on his festival. Read more »
