COVER STORY: The $470 million Smith Center begins its first fiscal year of full operations July 1 as one of the nation’s largest nonprofit performing arts organizations with a budget larger than $30 million. President and CEO Myron Martin said the center aims to deliver top-flight entertainment while keeping consumer value in mind.
A move by Nevada gaming regulators to have independent testing laboratories certify gambling equipment could result in new technology reaching casino floors more quickly.
I have watched the North Las Vegas economy deteriorate over the past five years to a point that now warrants emergency action, and I have also reviewed firsthand the cities finances as a volunteer member of its 2010 Strategic Budget Priorities Process Committee. The fact is this recession has inalterably changed the economic and fiscal landscape of our state, and North Las Vegas is the first – but won’t be the last – local government to confront this new reality.
There has been a lot of misinformation lately concerning what the media has dubbed the “constable wars.” As the elected constable for Henderson, I feel that I should step in to try to clarify some of these issues.
Nevada’s only national park may look distant to Las Vegans reading a state map, but those who have been there always remark that it was well worth the half-day drive.
So, apparently one of the knocks on Assembly Speaker John Oceguera – running for Congress against Rep. Joe Heck in the 3rd District – is that he’s a “double-dipper.”
I am fully aware that there are people who are against online gaming. Certain politicians have fundamental religious and moral opposition to gambling in general. And there are even people in the gaming business, most notably Sheldon Adelson of Las Vegas Sands, who’ve stated that they are against online gaming because they don’t believe the technology exists to prohibit minors from playing.
New Jersey governors during the state’s casino era, which began in 1978, have ranged from openly hostile to the industry and Atlantic City to exhibiting a benign neglect that allowed them to stay hands-off while the industry thrived.
A quick shopping trip to a trendy clothing boutique should never result in an impromptu strip show before a handful of complete strangers. Unless, of course, you have my luck.