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April 19, 2024

Las Vegas Sun - Joe Downtown

Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman hands one of the stacks of hundred dollar bills to current Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman after The Mob Museum paid the city a whopping $1.5 million in cash at a council meeting on April 16, 2014.
Vintage is back in style in Las Vegas
May 11, 2014
Las Vegas history matters again, moreso than it maybe ever has, to the community at large as well as the business community. The success of the Mob Museum and the push to revitalize the historic Huntridge Theater are just two examples of how the city ...
A view of the militia camp near Bunkerville, Sunday, May 4, 2014.
Militiamen move on from Bundy fight to next battle with BLM
May 9, 2014
Militiamen and woman camped out around Cliven Bundy’s cattle ranch about 80 miles north of Las Vegas are heading to Blanding, Utah, where another protest against the Bureau of Land Management will happen Saturday.
Phil Pascal and Demont Daniel brought the party to Picnic on a recent Friday.
Joe Downtown: Taking your time to get to know Las Vegas can pay off
May 7, 2014
Phil Pascal and Demont Daniel brought the party to Picnic on a recent Friday.
Volunteer painters from Union #159 paint the Huntridge sign tower from a lift during the BYOB! Bring Your Own Brush community painting party, which is part of the Huntridge revitalization efforts, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013
Joe Downtown: Councilman exploring whether city can kick-start Huntridge fundraising effort
May 2, 2014
Las Vegas Councilman Bob Coffin said a lawsuit looming over an effort to purchase and renovate the historic Huntridge Theater has caused would-be backers to …
Joe Downtown: Clark County public defenders form union, face battle with administrators
May 1, 2014
Very quietly, lawyers in the Office of the Clark County Public Defender have formed a union, a move they feel is key to obtaining pay equity with ...
Crime pays: Las Vegas' Mob Museum is doing so well, it's already repaid the city on part of its initial investment.
Joe Downtown: Why is the successful Mob Museum asking for a handout?
April 30, 2014
The Centennial Commission was to consider a grant request from the Downtown institution earlier this week.
Chris Ramirez, right, producer of Lola Pictures, right, leaves the table after a presentation to the Nevada Economic Development Commission hearing at the Sawyer State Building Monday, April 14, 2014. A production company called LPF One DTIG LLC and affiliated with the Downtown Project is applying for a tax incentive for a proposed movie production starring Dakota Fanning that will be filmed in Las Vegas.
Movie shot and produced in Nevada puts new tax incentive in play
April 25, 2014
Las Vegas’ neon-lit, mobster-shadowed history is a frequent backdrop for movies and television shows. But the fact that a movie is being filmed ...
Passengers enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride near Central Park on New Year's Eve day, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, in New York.
Joe Downtown: Thousands — mostly non-Nevadans — sign online petition opposing horse carriages
April 24, 2014
Posted online less than a week, a petition against horse-drawn carriage rides in Las Vegas had collected some 5,400 electronic signatures by Thursday afternoon. Of the most recent 1,000 signatures, only 30, or 3 percent, were ...
Joe Downtown: Just opened, O Face doughnuts already packing them in
April 23, 2014
The mere fact that two of its morning offerings contained bacon is a sign that O Face is on the right track. Another sign: by 10 a.m., a rush of customers...
Joe Downtown: City seeking lifeguards, swim instructors
April 22, 2014
Lifeguards and swim instructors are needed to patrol the waters of city pools this summer. The city has about 35 positions available for...
Joe Downtown: Inspire Theater to show documentary on jazz, big band musicians
April 21, 2014
A multi-award-winning documentary about female jazz and big band musicians from the 1930s to now will be shown at downtown’s new Inspire Theater next week. The New York Times described...
Recipe for success not so complicated
April 20, 2014
In an odd way, the struggles at Wild, the pizza restaurant on the first floor of the Ogden, could be a good thing for the Downtown Project ...
Tammy Cooke of Henderson, who's birthday is Dec. 31, gets a birthday shot from a bartender during TributePalooza at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on New Year's Eve Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011.
Just how boozy do we want Fremont Street to be?
April 20, 2014
The Fremont Street area could become a commerce center with many residents — or it could be Bourbon Street West ...
Artist's rendering of the Main and Commerce streets beautification project as envisioned by the city of Las Vegas.
Joe Downtown: Construction to begin on downtown beautification project
April 17, 2014
The city is about to shower some love on a part of downtown that needs it. Construction on a Main and Commerce streets beautification ...
The Fremont Country Club grand opening attended by Mayor Carolyn Goodman and husband and former Mayor Oscar Goodman and with entertainment by Louis Prima Jr. in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
Joe Downtown: Fremont Country Club gets OK for 18 and up shows
April 16, 2014
Fremont Country Club has booked a few bigger-name acts — Hanson (of "MMMBop" fame) played there last September — but it has never made the big splash that its operator/promoter ...