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March 28, 2024

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An exterior view of the Henderson Pavilion, Thursday, March 5, 2020.
Henderson OKs arena for minor league hockey, events
May 19, 2020
Construction will begin this summer on a new arena that will house a minor league hockey team in Henderson. The Henderson City Council voted 4-1 today to spend $42 million to help build a multipurpose facility that will ...
An exterior view of the Henderson Pavilion, Thursday, March 5, 2020.
Henderson OKs $60 million in bonds for arena
April 21, 2020
The Henderson City Council voted 4-1 today to approve $60 million in bonds to finance an arena that would house the Golden Knights’ new American Hockey League affiliate. The project will transform the Henderson Pavilion into a 6,000-seat arena for the minor league team. “Now is the right time to be investing in the future of our economy,” Mayor Debra March said. “We need to be investing in projects now that will help ...
An exterior view of the Henderson Pavilion, Thursday, March 5, 2020.
Henderson listening to residents' feedback on hockey arena
March 8, 2020
The plan, which calls for a $25 million, 6,000-seat arena at the Henderson Pavilion site just southeast of the 215 Beltway and Green Valley Parkway, must first be approved by …
Frank Schreck speaks to Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman during a town hall meeting at the Sahara West Library in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019.
Las Vegas council revokes open-space rules approved in 2018
Jan. 15, 2020
The Las Vegas City Council voted to repeal a 2018 ordinance that required developers to take extra steps to consult with residents before they could redevelop ...
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman delivers her State of the City address at City Hall, Thursday, Jan 9, 2020.
Mayor Goodman touts new projects, defends homelessness plan in annual address
Jan. 9, 2020
“Our city of Las Vegas is coming to be recognized as a real leader in an ever-expanded center for innovation and implemented technology."
Members of the community have gathered at Las Vegas City Hall during a city council meeting to show their disapproval for a city ordinance being considered that will criminalize sleeping and resting in public areas downtown and surrounding areas Wed. Nov. 6, 2019.
Las Vegas camping ban unaffected by 9th Circuit ruling, city manager says
Dec. 18, 2019
The Supreme Court’s decision not to review a lower court ruling that declared an Idaho anti-camping ordinance unconstitutional will not impact a similar ordinance in Las Vegas ...
Hilarie Grey speaks at a town hall meeting hosted by Las Vegas Councilwoman Victoria Seaman at the Sahara West Library on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019.
Ward 2 meeting on open space ordinance draws a large, frustrated crowd
Dec. 17, 2019
A town hall meeting Tuesday for Las Vegas Ward 2 residents turned combative as residents expressed their disapproval of Councilwoman Victoria Seaman’s intention to repeal an ordinance concerning the redevelopment of open spaces ...
Formerly known as Red, 512 is a nightclub and sports bar on Fremont East. Las Vegas officials and Metro Police say the business poses a safety hazard to those visiting the area.
City: Fremont East nightclub poses public safety concerns
Dec. 3, 2019
A Fremont East nightclub with a history of allegedly violent security staff poses a public safety hazard that must be addressed, according to complaints written by city of Las Vegas officials and Metro Police. Sports bar and nightclub 512, formerly known as RED, has not complied with ...
A look at the old Badlands Golf Course, which sits in a natural ravine, surrounded by the Queensridge master-planned community, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018.
Las Vegas’ Seaman renews effort to repeal predecessor’s golf course ordinance
Nov. 29, 2019
The ordinance is embroiled in a years-long fight over the future of the shuttered Badlands golf course in Ward 2’s affluent Queensridge neighborhood ...
A look at the current state of the Huntridge Theater on east Charleston Blvd. Tues. March 26, 2019.
Las Vegas council OKs $4 million sale of Huntridge Theater
Nov. 7, 2019
The Las Vegas City Council unanimously approved a $4 million sale of the Huntridge Theater on Wednesday, jump-starting a months-long process that ...
This image shows the location of a lot at 523 Main St. in downtown Las Vegas.
Las Vegas buys vacant lot near City Hall for possible mixed-use development
Oct. 17, 2019
Las Vegas has acquired a vacant lot directly across from City Hall, paving the way for the establishment of new mixed-use property with green space in the heart of downtown ...
City Attorney Brad Jerbic, pictured here in 2015, is one of many city officials who advocated for the creation of a new municipal charge, "battery which constitutes domestic violence."
Las Vegas approves domestic violence charge that doesn’t take offenders’ guns
Oct. 16, 2019
The Las Vegas City Council voted 6-1 today to create a new criminal charge that will allow the city to prosecute domestic violence misdemeanor cases without requiring ...
A view of University Medical Center Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. The Las Vegas Medical District comprises acreage around UMC and Valley Hospital and another area near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Symphony Park.
Councilman on Medical District: 'We need to be very, very competitive'
Aug. 22, 2019
The Las Vegas Medical District is growing. But in the face of ongoing health care challenges in Southern Nevada, Ward 1 City Councilman Brian Knudsen, whose ward includes the district, still thinks the city could advance the district further. The city council received updates on the Medical District for the first time in ...
Members of the Las Vegas City Council, Olivia Diaz, Victoria Seaman, Michele Fiore, Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Stavros Anthony, Brian Knudsen and Cedric Crear stand before the council chambers following an Oath of Office ceremony, Wed. July 3, 2019.
Diverse new members sworn in to Las Vegas City Council
July 3, 2019
The Las Vegas City Council is fully staffed and women-majority. The body welcomed its first two Latina council members and its first openly gay council member at ...
Las Vegas City Council to get three new members, a first in 78 years
July 2, 2019
The historic shakeup to the body makes it an exciting time to be on the City Council. All new council members go through an onboarding process, when they will get up to speed ...

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