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The Valley High School band and cheerleaders perform during the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Downtown Grand Las Vegas, located at 206 N. 3rd Street, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. The urban hotel-casino, which opened in October, joins the Downtown3rd community in the former location of the Lady Luck. (Samantha Clemens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Siler Chapman (cq), a chef at Pizza Rock, tosses pizza dough after the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Downtown Grand Las Vegas, located at 206 N. 3rd Street, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. The urban hotel-casino, which opened in October, joins the Downtown3rd community in the former location of the Lady Luck. (Samantha Clemens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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November 12, 2013 - 6:10 pm

The Downtown Grand, which opened in October, joins the Downtown3rd community in the former location of the Lady Luck. The hotel, at 206 N. Third St., brought out the Valley High School marching band and Mayor Carolyn Goodman for an official opening ceremony on Tuesday.

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