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Nice pictures! I was expecting this to be the highlights Downtown, but it was good to see some of the entire metro area, from the new arena to Red Rock Canyon.
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xzmattzx, there really hadn't been much change in downtown since my visit in 2010, not enough to fill a whole thread anyway. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, is built around the Smith Center and its neo-Art Deco style.
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Cool pics, thanks for sharing!
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I see that the T-Mobile Arena and Park Theater pictured here are already getting much use, including lavish productions by Cher...classic Vegas in new facilities but I wonder which older theaters will be empty if there aren't enough ticket buyers to go around?
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nice pics, cool to see that there is more to las vegas.
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That's some nice shiny architecture. It's great to see some of the non-casino developments - thanks for sharing.
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Yes it seems the non-casino developments will continue to be more interesting for awhile since casino developments that look likely to happen will take much time to finish...such as Palace Station expansion, Wynn expansion, and Resorts World.
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Nice pics of Lost Wages.
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Yes that's what we all call it automatically...Lost Wages! Although when I have visited I've always stayed in the cheapest places possible since I'm never in the room anyway. I would spend more on a hotel only if it was to be a pool vacation since some of them have impressive swimming and wading areas.
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And? With the Governor's approval, a provision was made for $10 million seed money to help get an art museum off the ground, to be located near the Smith Center/Symphony Park! Yes, quite the embarrassment to a city with all the rich people moving/living here due to no state income taxes. Venetian owner Adelson thinks nothing of writing out multi-million dollar checks to defeat state marijuana ballots, get his favorite politicians elected, and no money for a museum in his home town? A light rail route for the first light rail line for Las Vegas has been approved, but construction isn't expected to begin until 2019, completion in 2022. And, no, it won't be running down the Las Vegas Strip, it will go from the Airport to UNLV, down Maryland, to DT, then west to UMC. |
IMBY, I am glad to hear that an art museum for the city is in the works, I am a fan of museums! The ones I have been to in Las Vegas are the two at The Springs Preserve: Origen and Nevada State Museum (pictured in this thread) and both are very good. Also, the Atomic Testing Museum is an excellent small museum and is a Smithsonian affiliate. I mourn the passing of the cheesy Liberace Museum that was in a strip mall, that was good for some laughs as well as celebrating a very talented player. As for art museums, I never went to the Guggenheim Hermitage that was at the Venetian Resort, and it closed in 2008. The other Strip art museum is the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art which I have not seen but is still operating at the Bellagio Resort. Near the Strip on the campus of UNLV is the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, which is a collecting museum so it serves the purpose as the area's "serious" art museum along with the Bellagio's for now. And then there is the Discovery Children's Museum, also pictured in this thread, which I did not enter but it is the first to be in Symphony Park and could be a compliment to an adjacent art museum.
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Nice to see the architecture of Las Vegas without a casino. At least none of the top 5 largest casinos in the world are located in Las Vegas, but their number per person is too large. Sometimes I imagine a city without a casino, and so much more I like it.
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