Day: October 22, 2017

Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant talks about shots on goal Sunday at City National Arena. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Injured Golden Knights forward Erik Haula says he was excited to resune practicing with the team Sunday at City National Arena. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The rookie got the win after replacing the injured Malcolm Subban Saturday against St. Louis. Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project has pumped money and foot traffic into Las Vegas’ core. But for the most part, his group isn’t doing anything with a cluster of shuttered motels on Fremont Street. Downtown Project bought the motels not knowing what it would do with them. It has launched redevelopment efforts at the Fergusons. But otherwise, its Fremont Street motels are boarded-up and fenced-off “We have a massive portfolio of real estate; a lot of them are ripe for future developments. We can’t do it all at once.” — John Curran, Downtown Project’s real estate portfolio manager

Percy Miller, owner of the New Orleans Gators, speaks about the new Global Mixed Gender Basketball League during an open practice at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. (Joel Angel Juarez/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @jajuarezphoto

The Las Vegas Stadium Authority plans to hire a short-term construction industry consultant. The goal is to help guide the board toward a stadium development pact with the Oakland Raiders. The board’s staff on Friday issued a solicitation for a pre-development agreement consultant. That person would review design, scope and specifications provided by Raiders’ contractors. The 65,000-seat, $1.9 billion domed football stadium is to be built for the 2020 NFL season.

The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that domestic manufacturers face unfair foreign competition Two US companies have asked the trade commission to set a floor price of $0.78/watt for panels. That would double the price of imported panels compared with the start of the year. Imports account for 80 percent of the U.S. solar panel market. Solar energy lobby groups say the industry will lose 80,000 jobs.

The Clark County School District has frozen hiring for nonessential employees, including teachers.
CCSD grapples with a budget deficit that may require up to $80 million in cuts.
Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky warns that widespread layoffs are expected.
He said it is likely that almost every school will be affected.
Skorkowsky said costs in the rapidly growing district outpaced increases in state education funding.
Class sizes could go up as a result.
The School Board could discuss whether to end the freeze at its Sept. 14 meeting.

CCSD faces up to $80 million in cuts

Irene Yee graduated college and hit the ground running doing exactly what she thought she was supposed to do: hold down a job, move into a new place, be as social as possible; get a rhythm into adult life.

But it honestly was a low point. Everything she thought she was supposed to be doing, didn’t make her happy. When she was 26, and new to Vegas, she signed up for a meet up group climbing class.

“And the first time I got on a real rock I was like this is incredible. I was like oh my god I want to do this for the rest of my life. Like how could I not…I think I felt this connection to it that I didn’t realize that I was missing,” she says.

With this new passionate pursuit, Yee started to take up photographing her climbing friends, mostly women. She posted her photos on Instagram, and the online community responded and responded well. Now she has 41 thousand followers.

“…it (climbing) just, taught me about, life, and happiness and passion and confidence. Which is why I think it’s so, I’m so connected to it, because it has given me, so much I just didn’t think was possible or I didn’t fathom what life could be,” she says.

She recently turned 30 and did 30 different climbs in one day in celebration.

Fans are getting “armored up” for hockey season. The Golden Knights are giving jerseys to full season ticket holders who bought two tickets or more. Fans lined up around City National Arena to claim jerseys. All full and partial season ticket holders are also receiving a membership kit, complete with commemorative items celebrating the team’s inaugural season. The Golden Knights host their first home preseason game on Tuesday.

(Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNLV coach Tony Sanchez on facing Ohio State