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SPEND PUBLIC LANDS DAY PLANTING TREES AND CLEANING UP TRASH Sure, National Public Lands Day, on September 28, means free admission to National Parks and Areas, such as Red Rock Canyon and Lake Mead. But nature also gets a boost from the annual event. Volunteers converge to clean up litter, improve trails and more. One of the most interesting initiatives this year is part of Go Mt. Charleston’s secondannual Green the Mountain event. Volunteers will be planting Joshua tree seedlings in the Harris Spring area, which was burned in the 2013 Carpenter 1 fire. Go Mt. Charleston’s litter clean-ups have had an enormous impact. In 12 years, the group has removed more than 50 tons of litter from the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. “As the Las Vegas community grows, it is important to remind residents to help protect this small alpine oasis for generations to come,” says Southern Nevada Conservancy’s Leonie Mowat. To get involved, visit gomtcharleston. com. —C. Moon Reed
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STORIES FROM LAST WEEK STUDENTS SPEAK OUT, WALK OUT Las Vegas-area students from several schools took part in a walkout to protest climate change September 20. The groups rallied in front of the Venetian, demanding action. Crowded onto the sidewalk, leaders led chants and ran voter registration drives. “The turnout is incredible. I grew up in Las Vegas and have been volunteering in environmental justice and conservation for a while, and I’ve never seen a gathering like this,” said Jackie Chiakulas, who helped organize the walkouts and rally. “You have babies, newborns, middle schoolers, high schoolers, adults, retirees. It’s really incredible to see.” RIO SOLD Caesars Entertainment completed a deal to sell the Rio but will continue to operate the Las Vegas property for at least two years, the company announced September 23. Imperial Companies, a New York-based real estate firm, will pay $516.3 million for the all-suites resort. Next year’s World Series of Poker will take place at the Rio, Caesars said in a news release, and hosting rights will remain with Caesars thereafter. ALIEN FESTIVAL ENDS Earthlings from around the globe headed home September 22 after a weekend camping and partying in the dusty desert and trekking to remote gates of Area 51, a formerly top-secret U.S. military base long the focus of UFO and space alien lore. They left in peace, officials and the host of a free “Alienstock” festival said. More than 2 million Facebook users clicked their interest in an event that began as a joke, suggesting that if enough people rushed a military base, authorities couldn’t stop everyone. A few thousand wound up making the trip to Rachel. Another event, “Area 51 Basecamp” at the Alien Research Center souvenir shop in Hiko, was canceled September 21 after drawing only about 500 ticket-buyers for a September 20 show. Preparations had been made for up to 5,000.
ACES DONE, BUT CAMBAGE ISN’T The Las Vegas Aces’ season came to an end September 24 with a 94-90 loss to the Washington Mystics in Game 4 of the WNBA semifinals. Liz Cambage, the Aces’ 6-foot-8 center, led the team with 25 points and 12 rebounds—and had 95 points and 40 rebounds over the four-game series, which Las Vegas lost 3-1. “This is the first time I’ve ever been sad that a season is over,” Cambage said after the game. “I’m not ready to go home. I love this team, I love my teammates, I love this city. ... This is hands-down the best organization I’ve ever been a part of, definitely in the WNBA. I’m lucky to be here. Hopefully they’ll have me back for next season, because I don’t want to be anywhere else.” The team’s trade for Cambage before the season had been considered risky because her commitment to the league was in doubt. Not so much anymore. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Staff)
CAR COLLECTORS, REJOICE! The Ford GT ’66 Heritage Edition sports car is reportedly the fastest vehicle the manufacturer has ever built. Not bad, considering Ford has been putting out cars for, you know, 111 years. It’s also based on a legendary race car, the Ford GT40 of the 1960s, which is the subject of the upcoming film Ford v Ferrari, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon. So it’s a natural headliner of the upcoming Barrett-Jackson collector car auction at the Las Vegas Convention Center, which will feature a broad array of vehicles heavy on high-end supercars (Lamborghinis, Lotuses, etc.), classic muscle cars (think Matthew McConnaughey’s ride in Dazed and Confused) and resto-mods (see: every ZZ Top video). Interested in a 1953 Corvette, the first year the car was made? Come to the auction. Want to buy an authentic NASCAR winning racer? Bid away on the one that won at Darlington in 2018. Are vintage cars more your style? Check out the yellow 1929 Model A, complete with a rumble seat and looking like it rolled off the showroom floor. With hundreds of cars on the docket, there’s something for virtually any collector. The auction runs October 3-5. For more info, go to barrett-jackson.com. —Ric Anderson
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BY JUSTIN EMERSON Of all the major professional sports leagues, the NHL has the most unpredictable standings on a year-to-year basis. It’s tough for teams to maintain success, which is why the Vegas Golden Knights remain something of an unknown despite reaching the playoffs in both years of their existence. ¶ The postseason remains a baseline expectation for the organization, but it varies wildly from there. A case could be made for the Golden Knights doing anything from exiting in the first round for a second straight year to finishing what they started two seasons ago as Western Conference champions and hoisting the Stanley Cup. ¶ The true fate of the season will likely depend on the answer to these five questions.
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How good is Mark Stone, really?
This question still proliferates most conversations about the Golden Knights, and that’s ridiculous. Stone is good—really, really good. Vegas’ prized midseason acquisition put up career highs last year with 33 goals and 73 points, finished second in Selke Trophy voting for the league’s best defensive forward and proved unstoppable in the playoffs. Two advanced statistic websites with different formulas, Corsica and Evolving Wild, tabbed Stone as the league’s single most valuable player judging by wins above replacement. Stone played 18 regular-season games in a Golden Knights sweater and seemed to get more comfortable as time went on. He spent the summer seeing his eight-year extension kick in and settling into his new local home. Stone will be Vegas’ best player this season, and if all goes right, he could be in the running for the Hart Trophy as the league’s MVP.
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How will the lines look?
They might look different almost every night. It’s a fool’s errand trying to predict the lines, but that doesn’t stop anyone. The Golden Knights’ top six are set. Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson and Reilly Smith form one of the top lines, with Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny and Stone filling out the other. It’s murkier after that. Cody Eakin figures to center the third line with Alex Tuch on his right. A battle between Brandon Pirri and Tomas Nosek will determine the Eakin line’s left wing—with Cody Glass also holding an outside shot. Nosek might fit better centering the fourth line, however, assuming he can beat out Nicolas Roy for a spot between William Carrier and Ryan Reaves.
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Will the Golden Knights limit Marc-André Fleury’s games?
They haven’t yet, but doing so might become more vital this year, with Fleury set to turn 35 less than two months into the season. He started 61 games last year and played the fourth-most minutes of any goalie in the league, despite getting hurt and missing nearly a month late in the season. Over the past decade, only two goalies have won the Stanley Cup after finishing the regular season among the top 10 in games played. Fleury was one of them when he won his first title with Pittsburgh in 2009, but he was 24 years old then. It would behoove the Golden Knights to rest Fleury more so he’s fresh for the playoffs. When Vegas reached the Stanley Cup Final two years ago, Fleury played just 46 games due to various injuries. The small workload might have helped him contribute to a historic postseason run.
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Who’ll pair up on defense?
Nate Schmidt, Shea Theodore and Brayden McNabb are locked into the top two pairs. That leaves an open slot, and it will be interesting to see who joins them. It was Deryk Engelland last year, but the Golden Knights might want to limit his minutes now that he’s 37 years old. The team credits Engelland for helping with Theodore’s development, and it could deploy him in a similar way with a young defenseman this year like Zach Whitecloud, Jimmy Schuldt, Nicolas Hague or Dylan Coghlan. The team has steadily maintained that it plans to start the year with at least one rookie defenseman on the roster. Jon Merrill and Nick Holden are the final two veterans. Merrill could be an intriguing fit with Schmidt on the top four, while it appears Holden will see less ice time this year. Or maybe Holden could secure more minutes by showing an ability to play on both the right and left sides. There’s a lot to be determined on the blue line.
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Does Vegas have enough depth scoring?
Vegas’ top six will produce, and after that—despite having traded potentially high-scoring forward Nikita Gusev— the Golden Knights might still be in an enviable position. The most likely third line—Pirri, Eakin and Tuch— should be loaded with offense. The fourth line is more of a question mark, but still has a high potential. Carrier posted terrific per-60 scoring numbers last year, and Reaves put in a career-high nine goals. If things go right, the 2019-2020 Golden Knights are shaping up as a team that can score up and down the lineup, but there’s no guarantee. The 23-year-old Tuch is the only member of the bottom six still undeniably improving. Some would argue that Eakin, Reaves and Pirri are all due to regress offensively. If that happens, the pressure to score will be even higher for the top six forwards.
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that we had. Last year, that was bringing in a couple free agents, making a big trade before the season started, making a big trade during the season. So now with a real strong team, a cap team, that’s where the good teams end up. That’s part of the process of our team hopefully becoming an elite team.
BY JUSTIN EMERSON he Golden Knights had only one choice when Kelly McCrimmon’s name began floating around in connection with other franchises: promote their assistant general manager. Vegas wasn’t about to lose a key piece of its hockey operations staff. McCrimmon was one of the first hires made by then-general manager George McPhee in 2016, and the pair immediately began building the team into a perennial contender. In May, the team announced McCrimmon’s promotion to general manager, with McPhee taking on the role of president of hockey operations. The duo stayed intact, and the changes became official on September 1. We sat down with McCrimmon to discuss a number of topics, including organizational changes, team-building philosophies and salary-cap management. What has changed for you going from assistant general manager to general manager? There are new responsibilities in terms of
dealing with other general managers—generalmanager meetings, conference calls—those types of things. In terms of the day-to-day operation, we’ve always been very collaborative with respect to how we make our decisions. George was always very inclusive with me when I was the assistant general manager. That extended to our pro staff, our analytics team and our amateur staff depending on the discussion, and that will remain our management style. Could you have imagined becoming a cap team projected to go far in Year 3—and kind of the envy of the entire league—when you started? Our growth has been very significant,
very rapid right from the accomplishments of the inaugural season. Going to the Stanley Cup Final really changed everything moving forward in terms of the makeup of our team, what our objectives were and trying to complement the nucleus here (AP Photos/Photo Illustration)
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Last offseason was full of big-name moves. This year was a different offseason. Was it more challenging? There are always
challenges that are different from year to year. The previous year we were very dialed in with free agency. We felt that there were some areas of our team that we needed to improve. We felt through the offseason last year, we knew we wanted to add a premier forward. That was the impetus behind the Max Pacioretty acquisition, and this year it’s a different set of challenges where we needed to make moves to become cap-compliant, which we did. I don’t think it’s any more or less pressure than the year previous or the year even before that. You manage different situations based on where your team is at. Being a cap team means you’ve got really good players under contract. That’s exactly right. What you hope
to avoid is being a cap team and then regretting some of the contracts that are on your books in terms of the decisions you made before signing those players. We feel really good about the contracts we have with our players. We have our core guys signed for extended periods of time, which is what we want. There are always different situations that arise, decisions that need to be made, discussions that need to be had as you run a team, but that’s where we are today preparing to head into the season. We’re comfortable with the makeup of our team and where we currently stand. Do you know what the opening roster will look like, or will it really come down to how these players look in the preseason? Well,
there’s going to be new players on our team this year. Preseason’s going to be tremendously important. We’ll give opportunities to a lot of players, and ideally the players make those decisions for you with their play. From there, you piece together your opening day lineup based on fit and based on some other criteria that sometimes come into play.
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All eyes are on 2017 draftees Cody Glass and Nicolas Hague as they inch closer to the NHL BY JUSTIN EMERSON
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different energy, an aura of expectation, permeated the Vegas Golden Knights’ rookie camp as it officially opened the preseason. There were the usual groups of players on the ice at City National Arena—nonroster invitees trying to earn a contract, recent draft picks knowing they’ll return to junior leagues and players on the brink of making the team—but a couple of skaters stood out. Cameras followed every move made by Cody Glass and Nicolas Hague, the highest-rated prospects in the organization. Fans also fixated on the pair, knowing that an investment that started before the Golden Knights had played a single NHL game could soon pay off. “This is the first year where you really feel there’s a handful of guys that might be on our team this year,” VGK General Manager Kelly McCrimmon says of the rookies. Glass and Hague were drafted in June 2017, two of the first four picks by a franchise whose age was still measured in months. Glass was the team’s first pick, sixth overall, on the first night of the draft, while Hague had to wait an extra day before going third in the second round. Nick Suzuki and Erik Brannstrom, both selected between Glass and Hague, have since been traded in deals for Max Pacioretty and Mark Stone, respectively. That leaves Glass and Hague as the unquestioned top NHL-ready prospects in the organization. “Being that high of a pick, they picked you for a reason, so you want to prove them right,” Glass says.
The Golden Knights’ immediate success allowed them to put rookie-reliance on hold for a while. Glass returned to his junior team after both of the past two training camps, while Hague spent last season with the Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League after a year in juniors. Now, as the Golden Knights find themselves in a salary-cap crunch, it’s time to let the kids play. “If you can develop your own players and they grow up in your organizations, it gives you something extra,” McCrimmon says. “That’s where you always want the core of your team to come from, if possible.” Once the veterans arrived in camp, Glass and Hague continued to command as much attention as anyone on the team, but they’re hardly locks to make the NHL roster. Both already profile as above-average regulars, but breaking into the league at 20 years old is never easy, regardless of minor-league pedigree. In Glass’ case, there might not even be an available spot on the roster. Vegas has a deadly top six that’s unlikely to change, leaving Glass to fight for one of the bottom-six forward positions. All indications are that the team would rather keep him at center—his natural position—rather than shift him to the wing. That would mean he’d either need to beat out Cody Eakin or secure a spot on the fourth line. Eakin is a cornerstone of the team coming off of a career year, and the physical, hittingfocused fourth line could be an odd fit for a developing playmaker. So Glass is likely to start the year in the AHL again after lighting the league up at the end of last season. “My goal is to be in the NHL,” Glass says. “The past two years obviously being sent down to juniors kind of sucked.” For Hague, it’s less a space issue than a full-on roster battle. The Golden Knights have stated their
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Rookies aren’t the only breakout candidates on the Golden Knights’ 2019-2020 roster. There are also a few veterans looking to become more consistent, productive players. Here are three in particular to watch this season.
Perhaps no player improved from the beginning of last season to the end more than Merrill. Struggling at the outset when paired on defense with Nick Holden, he turned into a possession monster with Colin Miller by the end. It’s still up in the air where the 27-year-old Merrill plays this year. He could play on the left side with Deryk Engelland, with a rookie defenseman or back with Holden. But he could also earn top-four minutes alongside either Shea Theodore, Nate Schmidt or Brayden McNabb, and that could put him in position to have a career year ahead of unrestricted free agency this summer.
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intention to have a rookie on the blue line, but Hague faces serious competition. Jimmy Schuldt and Zach Whitecloud are pounding at the door after getting a brief peek inside the past two years, and Dylan Coghlan and Jake Bischoff are also in contention for an opportunity. Any of the five youngsters could win the spot out of training camp, and it might come down to who performs best this preseason. “It’s there; everyone knows there’s an opportunity for someone to make it, and it’s exciting,” Hague says. “We all want to play, and up until this summer it’s been a full blue line back there. It’s motivating to know that there’s going to be a younger guy back there this year.” No conclusions should be made if Glass and/or Hague miss the cut. Alex Tuch and Shea Theodore were sent to the AHL to start the 2017-2018 season. Tuch played three games and Theodore eight before both were recalled to the NHL—permanently. No matter how exciting the young prospects might look in camp, Mark Stone, William Karlsson, MarcAndré Fleury and Nate Schmidt will surely lead the 2019-2020 Golden Knights. That means Glass and Hague won’t need to be stars when they arrive in the NHL. The structure of this team allows them to ease into the NHL without unfair expectations. They’ll both get their chance, even if it’s not on October 2 when the Golden Knights begin the season at T-Mobile Arena against the San Jose Sharks. The future is closer than it’s ever been for the Golden Knights.
TOMAS NOSEK Hopes were high for Nosek after the 2018 playoffs and preseason, but he started slow, and his entire third line struggled. He rebounded by the end of the year to post career highs in goals (eight), assists (nine) and points (17) with an elite 62.12 faceoff percentage. Nosek could center the fourth line this season between William Carrier and Ryan Reaves, giving him ample time to show his mettle in a contract year before he becomes an unrestricted free agent.
BRANDON PIRRI Pirri finished last season with 12 goals and 18 points in 31 games—a 32-goal, 48-point pace over a full season. It’s not the first time in his career he has shown a scoring touch— he had 22 goals over 49 games with Florida during the 2014-2015 season. Still, he has only 47 assists in 259 career games and doesn’t provide much defensive value. He signed a two-year contract with Vegas in the offseason and looks like he has the inside track on the third-line left wing job. Steadier playing time could help bring out consistency in the 28 year old, especially if he works his way onto the power-play unit. –Justin Emerson
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vs. San Jose Sharks Opening night. It’s hard not to be excited for this one. Golden Knights fans owe the league scheduler a thank-you note for kicking the season off right.
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vs. Boston Bruins The Golden Knights get an early look at the defending Eastern Conference champions, a team that swept them in the two-game season series last year. It should be an early barometer of Vegas’ competitiveness against the NHL’s elite.
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at Nashville Predators It’s the last game before Thanksgiving, a good place to take stock of where the team sits in the standings. Typically, teams in a playoff spot a quarter of the way through the season are there at the end.
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at New Jersey Devils The Golden Knights made a controversial trade with the Devils over the summer, shipping promising forward Nikita Gusev to the Devils in a salary capspurred move. It will be Vegas fans’ first look at Gusev, and maybe top overall pick Jack Hughes.
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uestions don’t typically faze Jonathan Marchessault. In his time with the Vegas Golden Knights, the top-line winger has demonstrated a public persona befitting of his play on the ice. The fast-flying 5-foot-9, 175-pounder has a wit as quick as his skating, a candidness he fires as freely as his wrist shot. One of the only times a media member has ever visibly flustered Marchessault came around this time a year ago. A few days before the start of the 2018-2019 season, and presumably unbeknownst to most of the players, #CupInTwo had begun trending on Twitter in Las Vegas as the fanbase eagerly anticipated the Golden Knights’ sophomore campaign. A television reporter at City National Arena asked the team about the high expectations, which included a stop at Marchessault’s locker stall. For once, Marchessault didn’t have an immediate answer, leaning back and blinking before eventually opting for into an uncharacteristically vanilla response about taking it one game at a time. His discomfort spoke much louder than his words. Thrusting external championship aspirations onto the infant franchise was unfair, regardless of its inaugural-season run to the Stanley Cup Final. All things considered, the Golden Knights got
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vs. New York Rangers Vegas fans get to see a new-look squad that accelerated its rebuild over the summer. The Rangers drafted Kaapo Kakko second overall, traded for Jacob Trouba and signed Artemi Panarin.
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vs. St. Louis Blues The Stanley Cup winners come to town twice this year (also February 13), and Vegas will relish the chance to knock off the champs.
stronger by the end of last season than appeared possible at the outset—and that has changed everything heading into 2019-2020. What a difference a year can make. #CupInTwo was always a reach; #CupInThree is more realistic. For the first time in franchise history, Vegas enters a season unanimously—and rightfully—rated as one of the best teams in the NHL. Last preseason, there were reasons for some skepticism, namely the fact that the Golden Knights rode a historic and unsustainable goalie performance from Marc-André Fleury through the 2018 playoffs. And, if we’re being honest, the concerns kind of manifested themselves. Vegas slumped early and again during a stretch in the middle of the season. The Golden Knights were barely clinging to a playoff spot before they swung a blockbuster trade with Ottawa for Mark Stone. Stone transformed the team, last season and arguably for the next eight years, the full course of the $76 million extension he signed with Vegas. For the first year and a half of the Golden Knights’ existence, even after a season in which William Karlsson tallied 78 points and 43 goals, the knock was always their lack of a true star. That noise has faded. There’s a case to be made that Stone is not only a superstar, but was the best player in the NHL over his 25-game stretch with Vegas, during which he scored 11 goals and totaled 23 points. Stone’s acquisition crippled the Golden Knights’ salary cap and limited their offseason flexibility, leading to frustration for some fans and a perception that the team got worse. And while Vegas did lose more useful players than it gained, concerns about a decline ignore the fact that Stone, Marchessault, Karlsson, Reilly Smith and Nate Schmidt are all entering their primes. Alex Tuch and Shea Theodore aren’t far behind, meaning the bulk of the Golden Knights’ core is likely to improve. Sure, Vegas leveraged its long-term future to
FEBRUARY 17
vs. Washington Capitals A rematch of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final will always get T-Mobile Arena rocking.
FEBRUARY 20
vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Last year’s Lightning put together one of the best regular seasons of all-time, and late February will mark their only trip to Vegas this season. Notably, Vegas is 3-1 all-time against Tampa Bay.
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get to this point, trading away two of its initial three first-round pick building blocks in Erik Brannstrom and Nick Suzuki. But that’s what a franchise should do given the chance to build a definitive Stanley Cup contender. And this is a definitive Stanley Cup contender. Heck, Vegas became a definitive Stanley Cup contender last year. It’s easy to forget, but despite a relatively trying season, the Golden Knights were championship favorites for a brief moment in sports books upon taking a 3-1 series lead over the Sharks in the first round of the playoffs. That was before their infamous, referee-assisted collapse, but it nonetheless illustrates how dangerous they can be at their best. To no one’s surprise, Marchessault seemed to be the one speaking for the team after the bitter Game 7 defeat in San Jose. He went on an impassioned three-minute tirade criticizing the “embarrassing” five-minute major game-misconduct call against teammate Cody Eakin, a speech he stood behind several days later. “We’re going to be there again,” Marchessault said before departing for the summer on locker clean-out day. “We’re going to be in the playoffs again. We’re going to be a great team again. The future definitely seems bright for us.” Marchessault’s words should be heeded by the rest of the NHL. The Golden Knights appear more poised for success than ever before. #CupInThree indeed.
MARCH 25
vs. Arizona Coyotes It’s the last home game of the season and the fifth against what should be an improved Coyotes squad. This could be a crucial game for the Golden Knights down the stretch.
MARCH 29
at Winnipeg Jets It’s the penultimate game of the season and potentially a final tune-up before opening the playoffs. A rematch of the 2018 Western Conference Final, this should give Vegas its last look at a Stanley Cup contender before the postseason begins.
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BY CASE KEEFER ost sports books won’t be facing multimillion-dollar losses like two years ago, or even small setbacks like last year, if the Vegas Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup this season. The Golden Knights’ odds are too low to create any real liability. The Golden Knights are the favorite to win the Western Conference at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, at 3-to1 odds, and the second choice to win the Stanley Cup, at 7-to-1 odds, behind only the Tampa Bay Lightning. “We’re really high on them,” says Jeff Sherman, the SuperBook’s vice president of risk management. “You look at the makeup of the Western Conference, and specifically the Pacific Division, and you have to be favorable on them. Look at the teams that would have to come out of the East, like Florida. We’re also high on them, but you look at what’s ahead of them, like Boston, Toronto and Tampa in the same division. The Knights aren’t faced with anything like that.”
Vegas is also tied with Toronto for the second-highest over/ under regular season point total at 102.5. The high asking prices have kept Golden Knights’ fans away from the betting window, at least to an extent. Two weeks before the regular season began, the Golden Knights were second in both ticket count and money wagered to win the Stanley Cup at the SuperBook. They finished first in both measures going into last season. They could reclaim those top spots when action picks up in the days leading up to the regular-season opener, but Sherman says he’s confident the support will fall short of the past couple years. “We put this stuff out earlier than ever—we’ve had it up for a couple months—and haven’t seen a whole lot,” he said. “Starting at such lower odds than they were the two previous
years has really curtailed it all.” Don’t be afraid to back the Golden Knights at the current prices, especially at over 102.5 points and even money to win the Pacific Division. Vegas looked like the best team in the West for multiple stretches at the end of last year and seems poised to pick up right where it left off. Here’s a look at four other NHL teams drawing significant action at the SuperBook—and whether or not to buy into their preseason hype.
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CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
40-to-1 to win Stanley Cup 20-to-1 to win Western Conference over/under: 89.5 regular-season points ■ The Blackhawks have drawn the most tickets of any team to win the Stanley Cup, and it’s not because of anything they’ve done on the ice. It’s largely because of Chicago sports fans’ unwavering—and largely misguided—support of their teams in the betting market. “It’s the same thing you see with the Cubs or the Bears every year,” Sherman said. “But especially this year with the Blackhawks when they’re 40-to-1 and people are used to seeing them win titles a few years back at much lower odds.” Chicago has arguably been the NHL franchise of the decade—winning three Stanley Cups (2010, ’13, ’15), but it has now missed the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. The Blackhawks don’t appear to be very improved this year, so don’t pay for past glory.
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DALLAS STARS
16-to-1 to win Stanley Cup 7-to-1 to win Western Conference over/under: 97.5 regular-season points ■ Sherman expects the Stars and Colorado Avalanche to take the next step after both teams unexpectedly won a first-round playoff series last season. He priced Dallas and Colorado at lower odds than other sports books, trying to limit liability on those teams. It has worked for the Avalanche but not so much for the Stars. “We tried to stay aggressive on them, but apparently we weren’t aggressive enough,” he says. “Everyone likes them.” The Stars have gone from 20- to 16-to-1 to win the Stanley Cup while drawing the most money of any team at the SuperBook. Total money is arguably more meaningful than ticket count, because it’s a better measure of where the big bets—typically from the more sophisticated gamblers—have come in. Watch out for the Stars with veterans Joe Pavelski and Corey Perry joining an already-dangerous set of forwards.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
25-to-1 to win Stanley Cup 12-to-1 to win Eastern Conference over/under: 90.5 regular-season points ■ A surefire way to draw attention from the betting market is to have a splashy offseason, and the Devils had the splashiest of all. New Jersey swung two of the biggest trades to acquire P.K. Subban and Nikita Gusev, signed a top free agent in Wayne Simmonds and won the draft lottery to take Jack Hughes No. 1 overall. “You can’t argue against anything they did,” Sherman says. “They’ve made strides to get into the conversation in the East.” The scary part is, New Jersey wasn’t one of the league’s worst teams before the personnel splurge. They made the playoffs two years ago behind a Hart Trophy-winning season from superstar Taylor Hall. There’s no longer any value on the Devils to win the Stanley Cup—they opened 60-to-1—but look for them to go over their regular-season win total and make the playoffs.
NEW YORK RANGERS
30-to-1 to win Stanley Cup 15-to-1 to win Eastern Conference over/under: 88.5 regular-season points ■ Think of the Rangers as a lite version of both the Devils and Blackhawks. New York sports fans don’t back their teams quite as blindly as their Chicago counterparts, but they’re prone to overreaction when there’s any reason for excitement. And the Rangers might have managed the second-most exciting offseason in the league behind the Devils. They signed star Artemi Panarin in free agency and drafted Kaapo Kakko second overall. The two are expected to pair together on the top line. “They’ve been attracting action in all the different markets,” Sherman says. “They’re a team a lot of people can’t see not making positive strides this year.” Still, calling for the Rangers to even compete for the playoffs feels a little premature. They’re light on depth, and 37-year-old goalie Henrik Lundqvist has declined as his career winds down. .
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Neither last year’s historically dominant regular-season team nor either Stanley Cup Final participant is commanding much action at the SuperBook. Bettors inundated the SuperBook with limit wagers on Tampa Bay to win the Stanley Cup at 5-to-2 after last year’s 128-point regular season, but now they aren’t even biting on 6-to-1 following the Lightning’s disappointing first-round playoff exit. There’s not much exposure on the defending champion St. Louis Blues at 16-to-1 or the runner-up Boston Bruins at 12-to-1, either. Be wary of the aging Bruins, as last year felt like their final chance, but both the Lightning and Blues might be available at slight discounts.
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FRI, SEP 27 THE JOINT GRETA VAN FLEET Laugh off Pitchfork’s meanspirited 1.6 album review and make your own decision about these Michigan youngsters’ throwback hard rock songs and presentation. With Shannon and the Clams. 8 p.m., $41-$165. –Spencer Patterson
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If you’re old enough to remember MTV’s Total Request Live, you probably remember the fancy footwork of R&B singer Mýa. Born Mýa Marie Harrison, the singer/dancer’s ascent into early-’90s pop stardom began when she appeared on BET’s Teen Summit, which was followed by her eponymous album in 1998. Mýa peaked at No. 6 on Billboard’s Hot 100, but it was the collaborations that followed that cemented Mýa’s place among ’90s R&B royalty. She worked with Blackstreet, Blinky Blink and Mase on The Rugrats Movie soundtrack single “Take Me There”—an earworm of a song that remains stuck in heads today. Who could forget Mýa’s guest spot (along with Ol’ Dirty Bastard) on the Pras single “Ghetto Superstar”? And nothing sent Mýa’s career soaring like the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack smash “Lady Marmalade,” a remake of Labelle’s 1975 hit, featuring Harrison, Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim and Pink. Mýa released a few more sizzling singles—“Case of the Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do)” and “My
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EBC really hits its peak party moments when Wynn Nightlife resident DJs team up in the booth and push the sonic intensity to the next level. That’s guaranteed on September 28, when Wynn veteran Alesso—who presided over a 10,000-person dance party at NYC’s super-hot
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Brooklyn Mirage last week—collaborates with 2019 roster addition Anna Lunoe, the Australian DJ, host and producer known for her careful curation. Also: Nora En Pure 9/27. Nightswim: Elephante 9/27. Alesso & Anna Lunoe 9/28. Nightswim: Alan Walker 9/28. RL Grime 9/29. Nightswim: RL Grime 10/2. Wed, Fri-Sun, Encore, 702-770-7300. FOUNDATION ROOM
DJ Seany Mac 9/26. DJ D-Miles 9/27. DJ Excel 9/28. DJ Tim Tones 9/29. DJ Sam I Am 9/30. Nightly, Mandalay Bay, 702-6327631. GO POOL
Jenna Palmer 9/26. DJ Supa James 9/27. Mýa 9/28. Koko & Bayati 9/29. Daily, Flamingo, 702-697-2888.
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Cash Cash & DJ Irie 9/26. Party Favor 9/27. Steve Aoki 9/28. DJ C-LA 9/29. Thu-Sun, MGM Grand, 702-891-3838. INFLUENCE
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Justin Credible 9/27. Tyga 9/28. DJ Shift 9/30. Mon, Fri-Sat, Aria, 702-5908000. LIGHT
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just passed the 1 billion mark on Spotify streaming, brings his anthemic deep house to the chill September 29 bash at Cosmo. Also: Dainjazone 9/26. Lema 9/27. Tritonal 9/28. Daily, Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000.
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Hardnox 9/26. Jerzy 9/27. DJ Shift 9/28. DJ D-Miles 9/29. Maria Romano 10/2. Wed-Sun, Aria, 702-5909979.
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HOLY MOLE TRES CAZUELAS ADDS LATIN FLAVOR TO SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD BY JIM BEGLEY ou know you’re not in for a typical meal when the chips and salsa arrive at Tres Cazuelas. House-made chips are always a treat, but the gratis salsa selection is particularly elevated—three ramekins filled with smoky chipotle aioli, sharp-yet-subdued pickled onions and a charred tomato salsa skewing toward tawny. It’s good that the chips are delivered in controlled portions, or it would be easy to ruin your meal. Adjacent to the Sand Dollar Lounge, the spot that former Marché Bacchus general manager Angelo Reyes has created is nothing short of amazing. The menu, a combination of family recipes and dishes he ate growing up, is eclectic and electric, fusing the flavors of Spain, Mexico and Latin America. (Reyes clearly had a much more interesting culinary upbringing than I did … sorry, Mom!) Start with any of the rotating weekday selections of the eponymous cazuelas (dishes cooked in saucepots). Served with house-made corn tortillas, each saucy concoction can be ordered in three sizes: tapa ($5), regular ($8) or large ($14). Try to visit midweek when the restaurant’s outstanding moles are an option. Wednesday showcases a mellow mole verde, while Thursday delivers possibly the best mole I’ve had in the Valley: a complex, nutty mole poblano that’ll leave you wanting more. Costillitas de cerdo en chile ancho—savory miniature pork ribs in a rich ancho chile sauce—is another noteworthy cazuela, but if you’re texture-adverse, steer clear of the gelatinous chicharrón en salsa verde. Most dishes will have you wishing you had a loaf of bread to sop up the sauce, like the garlicky butter in which the gambas al ajillo ($6) are swimming. Pro trip: spooning sauce onto chips will do if you’re short on tortillas. Equally enticing is the sharp balsamic-fig reduction on the Ibérico dates ($5)—not that these morsels really need any gilding. But best of all might be the pork belly skewer ($7) served atop grilled peaches and finished with a mustard sauce, the fruit offering a fine foil to the fatty swine. At Tres Cazuelas, Reyes has compiled an extensive menu worth exploring over multiple visits. Why not start now?
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WORLD’S FARE
Expand your palate with Haute Cuisine at the venetian The Venetian wants to give you the world—or at least a taste of it. Its annual Haute Cuisine event takes attendees on a culinary journey that samples flavors from 10 different countries. Haute Cuisine is a collaboration between the property and the master chefs of France, known as Maître Cuisiniers de France, one of the highest distinctions a chef can earn in that country. The 10 participating master chefs hail from around the country and right here in town, including Olivier Dubreuil (executive chef at the Venetian), Jacques Sorci (Hakkasan Group) and David Werly (Aria). They have concocted a menu that spans the globe, including Laksa soup and shrimp ramen coconut soup (Singapore); a smoked Arctic char, Belgian endive, apple and walnut medley (Norway); lightly smoked cuttlefish with corn husk, Mexican salsa & green mole (Mexico); and Vitello Tonnato (Italy). Dessert is provided by Simon Bregardis, executive pastry chef at the Venetian. –Genevie Durano
Haute Cuisine September 27, 7 p.m., $105-$210. The Aquatic Club at the Venetian, 702-414-1000.
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hen one dropped the needle on an album back in the 1970s, there was hope—and often an expectation—that the record would take you on a journey, away from the boundaries of everyday life and into a world of fantasy. With 1976’s Hotel California, the Eagles delivered on that potential from the opening moment of the title track, which led off the album. The tale vocalist and drummer Don Henley spools out begins in a setting that could be any motel along the highway on a late night, with the traveler’s eyes bleary from driving many hours past
The reconstituted Eagles check back into 1976 album Hotel California BY MATT WARDLAW
EAGLES September 27-28 & October 5, 8 p.m., $179+. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-1111.
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the natural point of conclusion for that day. But as Henley steps inside, led by an unidentified female figure, and voices welcome him to the Hotel California, it’s clear he hasn’t stopped in a normal place of lodging. The mysterious feeling that hangs in the air moves into mania, and eventually the realization that he’s trapped, never to leave again. It all unfolds across a song that runs for six and a half minutes and feels even longer than that, in the best possible way. It’s a gripping story. Henley and his primary collaborator, Eagles vocalist/guitarist Glenn Frey, were masterful storytellers and Hotel California, the album, captured a band reaching its peak. It’s arguably the most well-developed and consistent record the group ever put to tape.
Listening to Hotel California now, it’s interesting to hear the contrast of the material moving from track to track. Frey’s “New Kid in Town” flies close to the California country-rock for which the band had first become known. “Life in the Fast Lane,” a gritty rocker, captures the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle of the day as it musically illustrates the formidable impact of thennew guitarist Joe Walsh, whose presence helped toughen the band’s sound. Henley’s “Wasted Time” and album closer “The Last Resort” bottled up moments of weary resignation, broken hearts, wandering discovery and episodes of wrongdoing that went without prosecution. Only “Try and Love Again,” featuring bassist Randy Meisner, feels undercooked, a bit of an afterthought compared with the rest. But nearly 45 years after it first arrived, Hotel California remains a stunning achievement— one that should play out well during three full performances of the album at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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Of course, the band’s lineup will look different than it did in 1976. Meisner and Don Felder exited the band in 1977 and 1980, respectively (the latter returned for another stint from 1994 through 2001), while current bassist Timothy B. Schmit came onboard soon after Hotel California’s release. And, most significantly, Frey died in 2016 at age 67. His spot has been filled by two musicians—his son, Deacon Frey (looking remarkably like the ’70s version of his dad) and lifelong Eagles fan (and country veteran) Vince Gill—who have injected new life into the long-running group. It will be interesting to see how their presence transforms the iconic Hotel California here in Las Vegas.
Walsh, left, Henley, right. (AP Photos/Courtesy)
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(From left) Joey Burns, Sam Beam and John Convertino (Courtesy)
Teammates, Take Two Sam Beam and Joey Burns Talk Iron & Wine and Calexico’s second get-together By Annie Zaleski ack in 2005, the Latin-influenced Americana band Calexico and folk-favoring singer-songwriter Sam Beam—who records under the name Iron & Wine—teamed up for an EP, In the Reins. Nearly 15 years later, they have rejoined forces for a follow-up fulllength, June’s Years to Burn, and a tour that will see them share the stage. Ahead of both acts’ first-ever public Vegas performance, Beam and Calexico’s Joey Burns explained how their latest collaboration unfolded.
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On the first EP, In the Reins: Sam Beam: For me, it was about learning to collaborate, how to trust the teammates. All of my experience up to that point had been writing songs in my room and then filling out my band with friends who could play. It was a whole new palette of sounds that I was exposed to in that project, and it was really empowering. Joey Burns: Getting to meet Sam was a really beauti-
ful turning point for me. I was reminded of some of sound of [those parts] made me think of playing the artists that I fell in love with, that really turned them with Joey and John [Convertino]. And I liked me into a singer-songwriter. After making that that some of them had this theme of friendship, of record together, I thought, “I’m just going family. That was serendipitous. to go back to the song.” I went inward, and I CALEXICO trusted myself as a singer-songwriter. On the difference recording Years to Burn: AND IRON SB: When we got together the first time, & WINE On reuniting to record Years to Burn: we had met, but we had never played music October 2, JB: There was never really any talk of doing 7:30 p.m., $40- together. It was a meeting process … like a $90. House another record and another year of touring power lunch (laughs). Whereas [for] this of Blues, 702until about the 10th anniversary of In the one, we had all this history. We were a tour632-7600. Reins, when we got all sentimental. It just ing band kind of playing folk-rock tunes, took another four years to lock in those dates. and that’s where we picked it up. [For Years] This time around, instead of having all of we put in an obstacle: We’re going to do it in Calexico with just Sam, Sam proposed doing half five days, and it will be the best snapshot of our best and half—half the Iron & Wine band and half the ideas in those five days. In that sense, it was kind of Calexico band. freeing. We just got together and played and had fun. SB: I didn’t really sit down and say, “Let’s write a It was more about just reuniting with friends than Calexico record,” but it was always in the back of my making the perfect musical statement. mind. I would sort of dog-ear parts that I thought would work well—a melody or snippets of songs. The Visit lasvegasweekly.com for more of these interviews.
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Atomic Saloon Show; (inset) Mollison (Al Powers for Spiegelworld/Courtesy)
Built for Vegas Spiegelworld impresario Ross Mollison talks Atomic Saloon Show and beyond By Brock Radke he Venetian was the first Las Vegas resort to host a meeting with Ross Mollison about the possibility of bringing his show Absinthe to the Strip, in 2006. Absinthe had premiered that summer at New York City’s South Street Seaport. “The whole idea of Absinthe, we always thought, was a good fit for Vegas,” Mollison says on the latest episode of Las Vegas Weekly’s All the Vegas podcast. “We were always focused on bringing that show to Vegas, but … we thought we’d do maybe six months here and then tour it around. Nobody had any notion that Absinthe would grow to the scale it has.” Nor did Mollison (or his team at Spiegelworld) envision operating a stable of shows on the Las Vegas Strip, but that’s what has happened. Absinthe runs every night at Caesars Palace, the sci-fi comedy Opium has blasted off into success at the Cosmopolitan and a third production, Atomic Saloon Show, just opened where it almost all started—the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian. “We looked at the Atomic space for four years and I kept thinking, ‘No, I can’t. I don’t think it’s
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right,’” Mollison says of the unique, multistory space originally created as an extension of New York City’s the Box theater and formerly known as the Act nightclub. “Because Opium was a success at the Cosmopolitan, we got more confident about creating something destinational.” As demonstrated at last week’s grand opening performance—which was followed by a wild party featuring additional performances and a rousing speech from Mollison teasing another show, the disco-themed We Are Here—the venue plays a crucial part in distinguishing Atomic from the competition. “It has an extremely well-developed through line, and when you put that [story] in this context and this environment—a double-story Elizabethan theater created by one of the great impresarios Simon Hammerstein, and then we inherit that and rework the staging … the best way to describe it is an 80-minute show that feels like it’s over in 15 minutes.
“In this show, you fall in love with the characters, and we all fall in love with different ones, but they’re interacting with each other and you end up in this environment that you had no expectations of ending up in.” Atomic Saloon Show contains acrobatics, comedy, dancing and other outlandish acts you’d expect from Spiegelworld, but fresh talent and that Old West-themed story line combine to create something that feels entirely new. That’s the direction Mollison believes all development in Las Vegas entertainment is headed. “I think we’re going to build more branded entertainment for Vegas. That’s where we need to be focused,” he says. “We’ve got to put the meat on the bones of the brand. Forget what happens in New York or Paris or Tokyo or anywhere else. I just want to see things built for here, and I hope the resorts continue to invest in that.”
Brock Radke and Mark Shunock chat with a different, essential Las Vegas personality every other Monday for Las Vegas Weekly’s All the Vegas podcast, recorded at the Space. Find this episode with Ross Mollison and many more on Apple Podcasts, on YouTube or at lasvegasweekly.com/podcasts.
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By Dawn-Michelle Baude olyurethane sheeting finally has its moment! That humble material, used by painters to invisible visible—whether by inflatprevent spills and builders to ing semitransparent polyurethane keep down dust, becomes a sacking or by suspending a suggestive living, breathing colony of 12 jumbo wiry mesh. Rather than perpetuating blimpies in Yasuaki Onishi’s Perthe touchstones of Western sculpmeating Landscape at the Bellagio ture, such as weight and volume, Gallery of Fine Art. Onishi’s work engages an emptiness The sheeting pulses, plops, floats, that’s anything but empty. stretches and shimmies. One cylinInstead of monumental figurative der rises from its perch and hovers bronzes by Rodin or Picasso that connear the ceiling, catching the light ceal a hollow core, Onishi inverts the and throbbing like an alien bioprotocol, beginning with a disguised morph. Another gives up the ghost, emptiness and materializing the deflates and rests flat and forsaken form. Attention to invisibility, and on the floor, a sad and wrinkled to related terms of emptiness and reminder of its former buoyant self. absence, points toward the cultural Then a gently whirring motor fans air influence of Buddhist and Shinto into the casing and it rises religions. Westerners don’t aaaab again to bob among fellow often get the Oneness of all
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“Vertical Volume” by Yasuaki Onishi at Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art (Courtesy)
YASUAKI ONISHI: things—we’re too focused on blobs, seemingly animate PERMEATING and weirdly calming. Watchindividual parts—let alone LANDSCAPE ing these things is almost as how negative space is really Through October good as setting the meditavery full. 27; daily, 10 a.m.tion timer to an hourlong The 36 graphic works in 7 p.m.; $5-$10. session. Bellagio Gallery the show extend Onishi’s of Fine Art, The polyurethane “Vertispectral concerns to 2D 702-693-7871. cal Volume” isn’t the only media. The monochromatic disarming sculpture created “Plates of Pressures” (2019) by BGFA’s current artistis a tour de force of pattern in-residence. In the gallery’s second and texture, in which Onishi wields a room, Onishi has installed a siteglue gun like a paintbrush, stroking specific piece composed entirely of metallic powder to reveal a palimpsest shiny brass wires, a delicate tissue of snail trails or a whirling silicon vorof air and sparkle. Hanging from tex. In “Darkness Thing” and “Grind the ceiling like a neural net, the and Roll” (2015), Onishi moves a steel draped sculpture encourages viewers frame from foreground to backto enter an inverted landscape of ground, grinding it in a long exposure peaks, troughs and crevasses. The so that the sparks become a fiery porlines and contours of the brass wires tal of infinite reckoning surrounded seemingly manifest planes, the void by eerie fluorescent vegetation. The between filaments easily filling with earlier polychromic series, “Drawing” the mind’s irascible longing for shape (2007), is less successful, veering away and mass. Instead of emptiness, the from an uncanny intuition for materiimagination perceives a mountainals toward the pleasant pursuits of ous landscape that isn’t there—or an Japanese Pop, the bright pastel colors organic network of intricate connecsiphoning away oomph. tions claimed by a superior organism Onishi is at his best when he cues promoting mind-meld. what isn’t there. When it comes Onishi’s Permeating Landscape to manifesting invisibility, he’s a show is premised on making the master.
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calendar LIVE music 172 Revolta, Pet Tigers 9/28. Kiss This (Kiss tribute) 10/1-10/2, 10/9. The Songbooks of Sade & Maxwell (tribute) 10/8. Rio, 702-513-3356. AMERICAN LEGION POST 8 Venom Prison, Homewrecker, Great American Ghost 10/3. 733 N. Veterans Memorial Drive, 702-382-8533. Backstage Bar & Billiards The Rip ’em Ups 9/28. Despised Icon, Kublai Khan, Ingested, Shadow of Intent, I Am 9/29. Grieves, Mouse Powell 10/1. 68, The Inspector Cluzo, The Messenger Birds 10/4. The Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Scorpio 10/6. 601 Fremont St., 702-382-2227. THE BARBERSHOP Donzo 9/26. Heavy Petting Zoo 9/27. The 442s 9/28. The Swoops 9/29. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7434. THE BOXX Mizere, Tha L.O.C., Derrty Shirt, K-Rose 9/30. 1000 N. Nellis Blvd., 702-824-5281. Brooklyn Bowl Danny Gonzalez, Drew Gooden, Kurtis Conner 9/27. Marianas Trench, The Unlikely Candidates, DJ George Thoms 9/28. Emo Night Brooklyn: William Ryan Key (DJ set) 9/28. Get the Led Out (Zeppelin tribute) 9/29. Jake Shimabukuro 9/30. The Motet, Jennifer Hartswick & Nick Cassarino Duo 10/3. Stabbing Westward 10/5. Khalid, Mabel 10/11. Dropkick Murphys, Hatebreed, Russ Rankin 10/12. Common Kings, Landon McNamara, Eli Mac, Big Body Cisco, DJ Westafa 10/13. Gus Dapperton, Spencer, Brandt Orange 10/18. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695. Bunkhouse Saloon Eagle Claw, Nebula Drag, Dinner Music for the Gods 9/26. Javier Batiz, Serggio & The Phantom Crows 9/28. Drive! Drive!, Tony Taylor & The Nova Babies, Stanley Ave 10/2. Thunderpussy, Ramona Hammer 10/3. The Get Back 10/4. Los 3 Grandes (Caifanes/Heroes del Silencio/Soda Stereo tribute) 10/5. Deaf Club, Blast Flashes 10/6. Robert Ellis 10/8. Kobra and the Lotus 10/9. Drama, Prosecco, Claire George 10/11. Mothership, Love Gang, Haxa 10/13. The Japanese House 10/17. Ho99o9, Dana Dentata, N8NOFACE, World Tension, Blvc Svnd 10/18. The Rocket Summer 10/19. Summer Cannibals 10/22. Black Lips, Blue Rose Rounders 10/25. Mr. Carmack, They, Andre Power, Mike Xavier 10/26. Tsushimamire 10/29. Mike Watt & The Missingmen, Strange Mistress 10/30. Wovenhand 10/31. 124 S. 11th St., 702-982-1764. CHEBA HUT Standards, Proper, Beau, Half Past 10/4. 2550 S. Rainbow Blvd., 702-685-0692. The Chelsea Interpol, Sofia Bolt 10/4. The Cult 10/6. The Neighbourhood, Jane Holiday, Claud 10/11. Lizzo, Ari Lennox, DJ Sophia 10/25. Thom Yorke 10/26. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-6797.
Punk favorites Rancid play a club show September 26 at House of Blues. (Courtesy)
CLUB MADRID Rattle & Hum (U2 tribute) 9/28. Sunset Station, 702-547-7777.
Scoundrels, Dead at Midnite 10/4. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483.
The Colosseum Rod Stewart 9/30, 10/2, 10/410/5. Journey 10/9, 10/11-10/12, 10/16, 10/1810/19, 10/23, 10/25-10/26. Joe Bonamassa 10/27. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938.
DONNY & MARIE SHOWROOM Paula Abdul 10/22, 10/24-10/26. Flamingo, 702-733-3111.
Count’s VAMP’D John Zito Band & Friends 9/26. FXP 9/27. Turn the Page (Bob Seger tribute), Fleetwood Nicks (Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac tribute) 9/28. Geoff Tate 10/2. Angel, Aunt Mary, The Remainz 10/3. The Moby Dicks (Zeppelin tribute), Strange Mistress 10/4. The Moby Dicks (Zeppelin tribute), Leona X 10/5. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. DALLAS EVENTS CENTER Uptown Funk (Bruno Mars tribute) 9/28. Texas Station, 702-631-1000. THE Dillinger Wayne David Band 9/27. Leo B 9/28. 1224 Arizona St., Boulder City, 702-293-4001.
Chrome Showroom Judy Collins 10/12. Santa Fe Station, 702-658-4900.
THE Dispensary Lounge Jo Belle Yonely 9/27. Karen Jones 9/28. Joe Darro & Friends 9/29. Jazz Jam 10/2. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343.
CLEOPATRA’S BARGE Wayne Newton 9/3010/2, 10/7-10/9, 10/14-10/16. Dionne Warwick 10/10-10/13. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938.
THE DISTRICT AT GREEN VALLEY RANCH Rein Garcia 9/27. 2225 Village Walk Drive, 702-564-8595.
THE CLUB Blue String Theory 9/27. Patty Smyth & Scandal 9/28. Block Party 10/4. Cannery, 702-507-5700.
Dive Bar TJ Ridings, Hambone, William Neal 9/28. The Goddamn Gallows, Scott H. Biram, Urban Pioneers 9/29. Koffin Kats, The
DOUBLE DOWN SALOON Atomic Video Jukebox 9/26. The Swagger, Cromm Fallon & The P200, Mojave Sun, Cole Maxwell 9/27. The DeadDolls, Big Like Texas, The Psyatics, Water Landing 9/28. Uberschall 9/29. Bargain DJ Collective 9/30. Unique Massive 10/1. Franks & Deans’ Weenie Roast 10/2. 4640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER Social Distortion, Flogging Molly, The Devil Makes Three, Le Butcherettes 9/28. Las Rageous ft. Bring Me the Horizon, Rob Zombie, The Used & more 10/18-10/19. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Encore Theater Steve Miller Band 10/2, 10/4-10/5. Wynn, 702-770-6696. EVEL PIE The Venemous Pinks, Black Crosses 10/4. Divided Heaven, Mercy Music 10/5. Fremont St., 702-840-6460. Fremont Country Club Loose, Stick to Your Guns, Rotting Out, Candy, SeeYouSpaceCowboy 10/12. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont STREET EXPERIENCE Smash Mouth 9/28. Puddle of Mudd, Saliva, Trapt, Saving
Abel, Tantric 10/19. vegasexperience.com. Gilley’s Saloon Bryan Lynn Jones & The Misfit Cowboys 9/26-9/28. Brett Arthur Rigby 10/2. JD Shelburne 10/3-10/5. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. GOLD MINE TAVERN Jacob Allred 9/26. Bad Habbit, Classic Chaos, Tammy Lynn 9/27. 90 Proof, Velvet Chains, Dead Money, Michael Buckmaster 9/28. Randy Williams’ American Acoustic 10/2. 23 S. Water St., 702-478-8289. Golden Nugget Showroom Jefferson Starship 9/27. Don McLean 10/4. Steelheart 10/11. Tommy James & The Shondells 10/18. Sweet 10/25. 866-946-5336. GRAND EVENTS CENTER Styx X (Styx tribute) 10/5. Todrick Hall 10/18. Atlantic Crossing (Rod Stewart tribute) 10/19. Clint Holmes 10/25. Green Valley Ranch, 702-617-7777. HARD ROCK HOTEL POOL The Midnight, GoldBoot 9/28. Tribal Seeds, New Kingston, Tropidelic 10/12. 702-693-5000. Hard Rock Live All That Remains, Lacuna Coil, Bad Omens, Toothgrinder, Uncured 9/28. Zacarias Ferreira 10/4. 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625. HARDWAY 8 The Unwieldies 9/27. Bryan McPherson, Russell Christian 10/4. Joey Hines, Adam Patterson & The Heavy Hearts 10/11. 46 S. Water St., 702-410-5124.
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TopGolF One Drop 10/11. Bret Bollinger & The Bad Habits, Tunnel Vision 10/18. 4627 Koval Lane, 702-933-8458. Venetian Theatre Tony Bennett 9/27-9/28. Michael McDonald 10/11-10/12. Willie Nelson & Family 10/18-10/19, 10/22-10/23, 10/25-10/26. 702-414-9000.
Park Theater Aerosmith 9/26, 9/28, 10/1, 10/3, 10/6, 10/8. Lady Gaga (Enigma) 10/17, 10/19, 10/23, 10/25, 10/31; (Jazz & Piano) 10/20, 10/26. Park MGM, 844-600-7275.
ART SQUARE THEATRE DTLV Neon Nights Improv Showcase 9/29. 1025 S. 1st St., 702-383-3133.
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BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB Lang Parker 9/26. Rampart Casino, 702-507-5900. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club Danny Bevins, Michael Malone, Ken Garr Thru 9/29. Mitch Fatel, Jeff Arcuri, Tom Garland 9/3010/2. MGM Grand, 866-740-7711. The Colosseum Jerry Seinfeld 9/27-9/28. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938. COMEDY CELLAR Nick Griffin, Kathleen Dunbar, Sean Patton, Allan Havey, Mark Cohen Thru 9/29. Dustin Ybarra, Leo Flowers, Nikki Carr, Chris Turner, Mark Cohen 9/30-10/6. Rio, 702-777-2782. The COMEDY WORKS Nick Di Paolo 9/279/28. Plaza, 702-386-2110. Encore Theater Chris Tucker 9/28. Wynn, 702-770-6696. JIMMY KIMMEL’S COMEDY CLUB Todd Glass 9/26-9/29. Linq Promenade, 702-777-2782. JOKESTERS COMEDY CLUB Erin O’Conner, Don Barnhart Thru 9/28. Tommy Lama 9/29. The D, 702-388-2111. L.A. COMEDY CLUB Spencer James Thru 9/29. Rocky Dale Davis 9/30-10/6. Strat, 702-380-7711. LAUGH FACTORY Shang Forbes, Bill Dawes, Jack Assadourian Jr. Thru 9/29. Don Friesen, Brian Scolaro, Erin O’Connor 9/30-10/6. Tropicana, 702-739-2411.
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Performing Arts & Culture BARNES & NOBLE Stephen Murray 9/28. 8915 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-242-1987. Clark County Library Family Pride Day 9/28. 2nd Annual Teen Drag Competition 9/28. Guy Branum 9/28. Anthony Hudson: Looking for Tiger Lily 9/29. 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. East Las Vegas Library Anthony Hudson: History of Drag 9/30. 2851 E. Bonanza Road, 702-507-3500 Henderson EVENTS PLAZA Last Friday 9/27, 10/25. 200 S. Water St., 702-267-2171. RoGERS ART LOFT Caitlin Baucom 9/27. 620 S. 7th St., rogersartloft.com.
Galleries & Museums Barrick Museum of Art (East Gallery) Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya: Connective Tissue Thru 2/22. (Window Gallery) Zet Gold: On My Mountain Thru 2/22. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Yasuaki Onishi: Permeating Landscape Thru 10/27. 702-693-7871. Charleston HeightS Arts Center (Gallery) Remnant Thru 9/28. Reception 9/26. 800 Brush St., 702-229-2787. CORE CONTEMPORARY Leobardo Bracamontes: Lobo Loco Thru 11/2. 900 E. Karen Ave. #D222, 702-805-1166. CSN (Fine Arts Gallery) Liz Ensz: Contemporary Stratigraphy Thru 10/19. (Artspace Gallery) Virginia Derryberry Thru 10/26. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. Enterprise Library Amit Chauhan & Jaime Cornelio Jimena II: Code Blue Thru 10/20. 25 E. Shelbourne Ave., 702-507-3760. Las Vegas City Hall (Windows on First) There Is Nothing I Can Do Without You Thru 10/1. 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012. Nevada State Museum Latin Legends Thru 10/15. 309 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-486-5205. Priscilla Fowler Fine Art David Baird: A
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FOOD & DRINK Welcome Fall Cheese Board 9/26. Cured & Whey, secretburger.com.
SPORTS Las Vegas PICKLEBALL OPEN 9/26-9/28. Plaza Hotel, lasvegaspickleballopen.com. RING OF HONOR WRESTLING 9/27-9/28. Sam’s Town Live, 702-456-7777. UNLV MEN’S SOCCER Texas Rio Grande Valley 9/28. Peter Johann Memorial Field, 702-739-3267. UNLV WOMEN’S SOCCER Utah State 9/27. Peter Johann Memorial Field, 702-739-3267. UNLV WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Colorado State 9/28. Cox Pavilion, 702-739-3267. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS Los Angeles (preseason) 9/27. San Jose (preseason) 9/29. San Jose 10/2. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.
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Barrick Museum of Art Kusama: Infinity 9/28. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381.
Grapes & Hops Festival 9/28. Springs Preserve, bit.ly/2msMLwN.
Clark County Library The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival: Radical Reels 10/2. 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
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Golden Nugget Showroom Widescreen Film Fest 9/26-9/29. 866-946-5336.
THE Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Wicked Thru 9/29. (Cabaret Jazz) Antonio Sanchez & Migration 9/27. Keiko Matsui 9/28. Chadwick Johnson 9/29. Frankie Moreno 10/1. 702-749-2000. SUNRISE Library Drag Queen Story Hour with Carla Rossi 9/30. 5400 Harris Ave., 702-507-3900. UNLV (Artemus W. Ham Hall) UNLV Jazz Ensemble I and Latin Jazz Ensemble 9/29. (Beam Music Center) Magdalena Stern-Baczewsca 9/30. Dr. Barbara Hull: Trumpet 10/1. 702-895-2787. VEGAS ELECTRIC PARADE 9/28. Arts District, vegasparade.com. West Charleston Library Anthony Hudson: Looking for Tiger Lily 9/27. 3045 Walnut Drive, 702-507-3940. West Las Vegas LIBRARY JaVeon Shaw 9/28. 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-2787. Whitney Library Tango Argentino 9/29. 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-507-4010. Winchester Dondero Cultural Center Che Apalache 10/2. 130 S. McLeod Drive, 702455-7340.
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eilani Tauiliili Holmes wonders if the death of her son David Tauiliili could have been prevented. It was close to midnight August 12 when the mother of five received a call informing her that David, 19, had been shot in the head by his roommate. Although her son’s death was ruled a homicide by the Clark County coroner, Holmes believes it was an accident. David Tauiliili, affectionately known as DeeJay, was one of 233 people in Clark County lost to gun violence this year as of August 31. Holmes says that her son and his roommate were playing around with a gun when the suspect accidentally shot him in the forehead. She believes the suspect was not properly trained in gun safety, even though her son was. They had purchased guns to protect themselves from home invasions, she said. “Knowing my son, I know that when they do things that could be dangerous, he’s always taking precaution and making sure that he’s not doing something that’s unsafe,” Holmes said. When a lone gunman shot and killed 58 people and injured hundreds more at the Route 91 Harvest festival two years ago, many Las Vegans woke up to the reality of gun violence in the community. But nationwide and in Las Vegas, mass shootings account for only a small fraction of gun violence. In 2018, the year after the mass shooting, 450 individuals in Clark County were killed by gun violence, an average of 1.2 people per day, according to the Clark County Coroner’s Office. The youngest victims were infants. The oldest was 88. Nevada ranked 14th in the nation in firearm deaths per capita in 2017 based on the latest data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence estimates that someone is killed with a gun every 19 hours in Nevada. While the Nevada Legislature passed significant gun reforms this year, the state has historically had lax laws on firearm ownership and safety compared with some other states. The toll that those limited restrictions
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have had, some victims say, has been immense. “Nobody thinks of it until it’s their kid,” said Jamika Johnson Murray, whose cousin LaMadre Harris was killed in November in a random shooting incident in North Las Vegas. The 16-year-old Harris, known to family and friends as Man-Man, was with his sister and a few other teenagers at a strip mall off Centennial Parkway and Goldfield Street when he was approached by 18-year-old Al’Dijon Williams, Johnson recalled. “None of them had ever met this boy in their life until that moment,” Johnson said. “But this little boy was mad with my Man-Man over some girl they had in common.” The suspect approached Harris and shot him twice until he fell to the ground. Then he allegedly laughed and shot him again, according to past reporting by the Las Vegas Sun. He also pointed the gun at Harris’ then-18year-old sister and pulled the trigger, Johnson said, but the gun “didn’t go off.” Police told the Harris family that Williams was serving parole for another violent crime at the time of the shooting, Johnson said. When officers searched the suspect’s home, they found that he had nonetheless amassed dozens of weapons, she said. “We’re talking about an angry kid with access to a firearm he shouldn’t have had in the first place,” Johnson said. Gun violence remains a significant problem in their community, Johnson added. She wants people to understand that senseless murders, especially of young people, have a lifelong impact on those who knew the deceased. Eight years after the death of her 4-year-old daughter Dayla, Stephanie Pizzoferrato can relate. The blond-haired, “ordinary little girl” was with family members on public lands not far from the M Resort in 2011, when she was struck in the head by a stray bullet. Two days later, she was pronounced dead. Pizzoferrato still gets tears in her eyes when she recalls what happened. Dayla was out shooting guns with her father, grandfather and twin brother in an area that permitted open shooting and other activities, including hiking and off-roading. No one nearby appeared to be shooting the moment when Dayla, who stayed in the car, was hit. The family never learned the origin of the fatal bullet, but police determined that it ricocheted twice and traveled “a very far distance” before hitting Dayla, Pizzoferrato said. Continued on Page 63
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—Mike McLively, a senior staff attorney Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Gun legislation is one of the most contentious topics on Capitol Hill, with House Democrats working on legislation that has little chance to pass the Republican-controlled Senate or the Trump White House. With the exception of a ban on bump stocks, most gun legislation occurs in statehouses, including in Carson City. Here are three legislative changes that have been implemented since the October 1, 2017, shooting.
BUMP STOCK BANS Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui (Miranda Alam/ Special to the Weekly)
ssemblywoman Sandra Jauregui had goals. She’d come back to a full legislative session for the first time since a gunman opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest festival, killing 58 and wounding hundreds. Jauregui was at the festival with her husband and friends. She remembered her husband crawling on top of her, and she remembers running to the Tropicana, then to Hooters, then into a car as somebody offered a ride. Gun control, she said, was always a priority for her, but after October 1, 2017, it became her No. 1 issue. In the first legislative session after the tragedy, Jauregui came in with ambition. She brought forward an omnibus gun
bill—Assembly Bill 291—tackling multiple gun-related issues and making a name for herself as one of the most prominent gun control crusaders in Carson City. The bill tackled multiple matters, including lowering the legal blood alcohol content level for firearm possession, requiring safe storage under certain circumstances involving children, banning bump stocks on a state level and implementing a “red-flag” law allowing the state to temporarily seize guns from people whose families or law enforcement have petitioned the court to declare a risk. The final bill, though, did not reflect all of Jauregui’s goals. She also wanted it to repeal Nevada’s pre-emption law. While she was disappointed that repeal didn’t pass, Jauregui said that she knew going into the process that she wasn’t going to get “100% of my wish list” and that it was more important that the bill had broad support. Now she’s looking toward the future, talking with the Nevada Gun Safety Coalition—a collection of gun activists and groups—and discussing what topics for the 2021 session may be. “I think what AB291 did was just start the conversation,” she said. —John Sadler
The federal government moved to ban bump stocks after the October 1 shooting, with President Donald Trump issuing a directive to the Department of Justice. Bump stocks, which have also been banned by states including Nevada, are aftermarket products designed to make semiautomatic weapons fire at an increased rate.
FIREARM STORAGE The same 2019 bill that included Nevada’s “red flag” law makes it a misdemeanor to store a firearm in a location where it can be reasonably suspected that a child could access the gun. There are exceptions—for example, a child who is at least 14, has a hunting license and has permission to use the gun for hunting can still do so.
NEVADA’S ‘RED FLAG’ LAW Nevada’s “red flag” law, passed during the 2019 legislative session, allows the state to temporarily confiscate firearms from people who have shown a risk of threatening behavior. Either a family or household member or a law enforcement officer can request that the court issue an order for a person to turn in their firearms. The court can do so if it determines the person is a risk to himself or others, or has engaged in “high-risk” behavior and less restrictive options would not be effective. If the person does not comply, the court can issue a search warrant to allow officers to seize the firearms. —John Sadler
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BY JOHN SADLER | WEEKLY STAFF
oters are unlikely to find a 2020 presidential candidate interested in maintaining the status quo surrounding guns, and polling shows many Americans are in favor of additional gun legislation in the form of increased background checks and assault weapons bans. To understand exactly what each presidential candidate might do if elected, Las Vegas Weekly sent some of them the following question: If you are president, what steps will your administration take to address gun violence? For those who did not answer, their positions were pulled from campaign websites or past appearances on a national stage.
SOUTH BEND, IND. MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG Buttigieg’s campaign did not respond to the question, but Buttigieg has expressed support of universal background checks, a nationwide gun licensing system, a nationwide red flag law, an assault weapons ban and more. Buttigieg, a veteran, said on his campaign website that military-style weapons have no place in neighborhoods. “Our democracy is broken when 90% of Americans—including most Republicans and gun owners—support a policy like universal background checks, and Congress can completely ignore the will of the American people,” he said on his website. “Forcing our political system to respond will require dramatic action to build and sustain political power.”
FORMER SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT JULIÁN CASTRO “If I’m elected president, I’ll act on day one to end the epidemic of gun violence in our country. I’ll start by directing the FBI to deny firearm sales to those with warrants for their arrest, clearly defining firearm dealer licensing requirements, banning the import of assault weapons and closing the boyfriend loophole so people with domestic violence convictions can’t get a gun. I will continue my action by implementing a federal license to buy guns and ammunition, an assault weapons ban and buyback program and investing in community violence prevention programs. We need moral, common-sense policy changes to end this crisis.”
FORMER REP. JOHN DELANEY, D-MD.
REP. TULSI GABBARD, D-HAWAII
John Delaney’s campaign did not respond to the question, but the candidate has a proposal for gun control actions on his campaign website. Delaney supports universal background checks, bans on assault weapons and bump stocks, a national red flag law and more. “The time has come for action on gun violence,” his website reads. “According to the CDC, guns were responsible for nearly 40,000 deaths in 2017, more than the number of deaths caused by automobile accidents.”
Gabbard’s campaign did not respond to the question. The representative has backed a new assault weapons ban, bans on aftermarket products that accelerate rates of fire, preventing domestic abusers from possessing firearms and more. “She has long called for reinstating a federal ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, requiring comprehensive prepurchase background checks, closing the gun-show loophole and making sure that terrorists are not allowed to buy guns,” her website reads. “Tulsi has an F-rating from the NRA, a 0% rating by the Hawaii Rifle Association, and a 100% rating by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.”
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FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
“There are many steps we need to take to address the gun violence epidemic that continues to plague communities across the country. My top priorities include expanding and improving universal background checks, limiting the size of magazines and keeping weapons of war off the streets with an assault weapons ban.”
Biden’s campaign did not respond to the question, but the former vice president has expressed support for an assault weapons ban, a gun buyback program and universal background checks. In the September Democratic debates in Houston, Biden touted his past actions on gun control, including his vote for the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which implemented background checks and a waiting period. “I’m the only one up here that’s ever beat the NRA—only one ever to beat the NRA nationally,” he said at the debate. “I’m the guy that brought the Brady Bill into focus and [it] became law.”
SEN. CORY BOOKER, D-N.J. “Tackling the epidemic of gun violence is a personal fight for me, and I’m proud to have put forward the most sweeping gun violence prevention plan in history. At its core it is a simple idea: licenses for guns—because if you need a license to drive a car, you should need one to own a gun. Beginning on day one in office, I will fight to pass universal background checks, hold gun manufacturers accountable, ban weapons of war and invest in communities impacted by gun violence. I will bring a fight to the NRA like they have never seen before.”
SEN. KAMALA HARRIS, D-CALIF.
SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR, D-MINN.
FORMER REP. BETO O’ROURKE, D-TEXAS
“We cannot wait any longer to take action to reduce gun violence. If Congress does not pass comprehensive gun safety legislation in my first 100 days in office, I will take executive action to mandate nearuniversal background checks and revoke the licenses of gun manufacturers and dealers that break the law. I’ll also reverse President Trump’s dangerous move that’s allowed thousands of wanted fugitives to buy guns, close the ‘boyfriend loophole’ and ban the importation of AR15-style assault weapons.”
“Gun violence has cut short far too many lives, torn families apart and plagued communities across the country—including Las Vegas. As President, I’ll never fold to the NRA, and gun safety will be a top priority. I’ll introduce legislation including putting universal background checks in place, closing the Charleston loophole (which allows transfers of guns before the completion of background checks on some purchases) and banning bump stocks, assault weapons and highcapacity magazines. There are also important steps the president can take without waiting for Congress, including closing the ‘boyfriend loophole,’ investing in research into gun violence and restoring rules to prevent those with severe mental illnesses from acquiring guns.”
“Following the lead of the Moms Demanding Action and the students marching for their lives, Beto believes we can end this epidemic that kills nearly 40,000 Americans every year,” said Aleigha Cavalier, O’Rourke’s national press secretary. “He is the only 2020 presidential candidate who supports a mandatory buyback of assault weapons like those used to carry out attacks in Las Vegas, El Paso, and countless other communities across the country. Beto’s plan would also implement universal background checks, create a nationwide gun licensing system and registry, establish a federal red flag law and close loopholes that allow dangerous individuals and domestic abusers to acquire guns.
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MONTANA GOV. STEVE BULLOCK “I’ve lowered the flags nine times since the shooting in Las Vegas. To say we haven’t done enough is a gross understatement. It’s time we recognize that gun violence is a public health issue, and that we begin to address it as such. We need to fight relentlessly for evidence-based solutions that will make our communities safer: universal background checks, ending straw purchases, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and red flag laws to keep guns out of the wrong hands. When we come together, we can break the NRA’s stranglehold on Washington and enact real change.”
REP. TIM RYAN, D-OHIO Ryan’s campaign did not respond to the question. Ryan was once a recipient of an “A”’ rating from the NRA, but has distanced himself from the organization. Ryan does not have a section on his campaign website detailing gun policy but has voted for stronger background check legislation and has signed on to multiple bills in the House of Representatives, including an assault weapons ban, a red flag law, a bill limiting the size of magazines and more.
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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS, I-VT. “Bernie will enact universal background checks and end the gun show loophole. Bernie will ban assault weapons, bump stocks, high-capacity magazines and the 3D printing of firearms,” his campaign said. “For existing assault weapons, Bernie will institute strict licensing requirements for ownership along with a voluntary buyback program to get guns off the streets. Furthermore, he supports grants to states to improve handgun licensing programs. He will pass legislation to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and stalkers, and ‘red flag’ laws to allow for temporary removal of firearms from those deemed a danger to themselves or others.”
BUSINESSMAN TOM STEYER “This isn’t a conversation about the Second Amendment—it’s about corruption and cowardice. Gun manufacturers and the NRA own the Republican Party. If Congress won’t act, Tom will take executive action,” Steyer’s campaign said. “He’d use a national referendum to put a strong gun control bill before the American people to pressure congressional action. He’d institute universal background checks, red flag laws and ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. And he’d take guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. This country’s talked about better gun laws for too long. Tom will take action.”
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP The White House did not respond to the question. President Trump took action to ban bump stocks after the October 1 shooting in 2017 but has remained fairly neutral on gun legislation since then. According to the Associated Press, Trump said he would veto a recently passed House bill implementing increased background checks but the administration hopes to release a gun plan to the public very soon.
Last fall, each toll of a bell at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden signified one of the 58 victims lost in the October 1 shooting. But before their names were read and their candles lit, several dozen people in attendance took note of the big, golden sunset behind them. A large ray of light parted the cloudy sky in half. “Look at that,” said one mourner, acknowledging the symbolism of the moment. As weeks have turned into months and months into years, local officials, nonprofits and the community continue to host gatherings honoring victims of the October 1 shooting. Here are a few commemorating the upcoming second anniversary: MEET THE QUILTERS TEA PARTY September 28, 2-4 p.m. Vegas Strong Resiliency Center, 1524 Pinto Lane For a second year, custom quilts will be donated and raffled off to survivors. Attendees will have a chance to hear from the quilters and the creative process behind their designs. vegasstrongrc. org/1-october-2019-anniversary JUSRUN VEGAS STRONG 5K September 29, 8-11 a.m. Downtown Las Vegas Llama Lot, 900 Fremont St. Participants will run and walk to honor the victims. Proceeds from the event will go to several victims’ funds. $30-$50, jusrun. com/races/vegasstrong SUNRISE REMEMBRANCE October 1, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway Local and state officials, including Gov. Steve Sisolak, Sheriff Joe Lombardo and family members of victims, will be on site for a ceremony honoring victims. A wellness event at the rotunda will immediately follow. Free, tinyurl.com/yxwnfvs4
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“As president, I will immediately take executive action to rein in an out-of-control gun industry — and hold gun dealers and manufacturers accountable for the violence promoted by their products; I will break the NRA’s stranglehold on Congress by passing sweeping anti-corruption legislation and eliminate the filibuster to get comprehensive gun violence prevention legislation signed into law within my first 100 days,” Warren said. “We’ll revisit this legislation every year and update it based on new data to reach my goal of reducing gun deaths in America by 80%. My plan lays out all this and more in detail.”
Marianne Williamson’s campaign did not respond to the question, but the candidate’s website has detailed proposals for gun control actions. Williamson, according to her website, would ban assault weapons, require universal background checks, institute mandatory waiting periods and more. “While the Second Amendment, just like every other amendment in our Bill of Rights, must remain sacrosanct, our right to bear arms does not come without rules, regulations, human decency or common sense,” she said on her website. “The second and third words in the Second Amendment, after all, are ‘well regulated.’ ”
Andrew Yang’s campaign did not respond to the question, but his website has a long list of actions the candidate wants to take on gun control. Yang would close the gun show loophole, create a federal licensing system, ban assault weapons, create laws governing the transportation of firearms and more. “Responsible gun owners should continue to enjoy the right to bear arms, subject to licensing and education requirements that will enhance public safety,” he said on his website. “But we need to ban the most dangerous weapons that make mass shootings as deadly as they have become, and address the other violence—particularly suicide—that is plaguing this country.”
CATHOLIC CHARITIES MEAL DEDICATION AND HEALING PRAYER SERVICE October 1, 9:30 a.m.-noon 1501 Las Vegas Blvd. North The meal will be dedicated to the victims and first responders and include volunteer opportunities for the public. For more information, contact volunteer@catholiccharities.com. READING OF THE NAMES CEREMONY October 1, 10:05-10:30 p.m. Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, 1015 S. Casino Center Blvd. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and other officials will take part in a candlelighting and name-reading ceremony honoring victims. BLOOD DRIVES There will be blood drives throughout the Valley. Visit bloodhero.com for more details and to find a location. For more events, visit lasvegasweekly.com —Ricardo Torres-Cortez
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Continued from Page 57 “I hate calling it an accident, because it’s preventable. And I’d say most survivors don’t call incidents like these accidents because they are preventable,” said Pizzoferrato, now an activist for gun law reforms and gun violence prevention. nnn About 37.5% of Nevadans own one or more guns, above the national average of 29.1%, according to a 2015 survey conducted by researchers at Harvard and Boston University. Research shows that communities with more guns overwhelmingly experience more gun violence, said David Hemenway, a Harvard professor who has been studying gun violence in the United States for more than two decades. “Logically, it’s really hard to have a lot of gun problems if there are no guns,” Hemenway said. In addition, the majority of gun-related deaths in the United States are the result of suicides. Clark County is no exception. Suicides comprised 60% of all gun fatalities here last year, according to data from the Clark County Coroner’s Office. A study by Hemenway in 2007 examined data across all 50 states and found “a positive and significant association” between the number of firearms in a household and the rate of suicides from firearms; suicide by other means showed no correlation with firearm ownership, the study found. “The [general] population still thinks if you want to kill yourself, you will,” Hemenway said. “But it turns out that the availability of lethal means really affects the likelihood that someone will die in a suicide.” This reality has led Las Vegan Linda Cavazos to conclude that if her younger brother hadn’t been able to access a gun back Leilani Tauiliili in 1980, he might still be alive today. Cavazos’ brother, Louie Pacheco, took his own life with a gun at age 26. He never owned firearms, and Cavazos believes he would not have been able to obtain them “through legal means.” “I knew he had a lot of friends who liked to go hunting and who possessed a lot of guns. He had friends who had been in the military,” she said. Stephanie At least two laws recently enacted in NePizzoferrato vada could have possibly saved her brother, who Cavazos and her family knew was depressed. One is Nevada’s “red flag” law, which will allow people to petition the courts to temporarily confiscate firearms from family members who are considered a threat—including to themselves. Another positive development, Cavazos said, is the establishment of universal background checks for nearly all gun transfers and sales in Nevada. This measure, approved by voters through a 2016 ballot question and signed into law this year by Gov. Steve Sisolak, closes a loophole that previously allowed unlicensed sellers to avoid background checks and generally forbids people from lending guns to others. Embedded in the red flag law is another potentially life-saving measure, Pizzoferrato noted: It will soon be a misdemeanor to negligently or improperly store a firearm if one “knows or has reason to know” that a child could access it.
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Pizzoferrato isn’t opposed to gun ownership, she stressed; her boyfriend, a trained police officer, owns weapons. All she wants is to see reforms enacted that will save lives. “Planning a funeral for your child is something I don’t want for any parent,” she said. Few federal gun reforms have passed in recent years, as Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has refused to bring gun control bills to the Senate floor that have passed the House of Representatives. But conversations about guns are beginning to change, Hemenway said, in part because of mass shootings. “What the mass shootings do is more and more people recognize that everyone is at risk,” Hemenway said. Pizzoferrato sees that the conversation is changing as well. But she still grieves when thinking about the hundreds of lives lost to gun violence in our community every year, leaving behind anguished families and traumatized children. “It saddens me that it takes mass shootings for people to recognize and identify that this is a crisis, because people are dying on the streets every day,” she said.
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n this 24-hour town you can get a drink, go grocery shopping and lift weights whenever you desire—regardless of the time of day. Now, Las Vegas-area residents can also have legal marijuana delivered to their front door at all hours. After debuting cannabis delivery service in California, MedMen this month began offering 24-hour delivery in Nevada. Co-founder and CEO Adam Bierman says the service provides the same customer experience as visiting one of their three Las Vegasarea MedMen locations. The service is free. “Our delivery service, from start to finish, is fully owned and operated by MedMen,” Bierman said. “All of our drivers are MedMen employees, so they have the same training, knowledge, commitment and experience as our in-store associates.” While cannabis delivery is nothing new in Nevada—it’s been legal since the first medical marijuana stores opened in 2015—making delivery an in-house operation is a more recent trend. A number of Las Vegas Valley dispensaries offer delivery through an independent contractor, such as Blackbird, which is not a dispensary but is sanctioned by the state. Planet 13, which has seen an uptick in delivery business, used a third-party contractor for deliveries until a few months ago before bringing it inhouse, dispensary spokesman David Farris said. “The ease and convenience that comes with our optimized delivery service is something that customers are gravitating toward,” Farris said. The Nevada Dispensary Association, which promotes industry best practices, provides an educational course on delivery for transporters of about one hour because the rules are so extensive, said Riana Durrett, the association’s executive director.
Deliveries must occur during times when a dispensary is open for business, which for the MedMen store at Paradise Road and East Harmon Avenue is 24 hours a day. Some other dispensaries around town close at 10 p.m., meaning deliveries also stop then. Also, a driver can’t deviate from a documented itinerary. If the driver stops for gas or to get a snack, the stop must be preplanned. And all deliveries must occur within a 25-mile radius of the store where the order was placed. “Our focus has always been on retail,” Bierman said. “Over time, reaching our community this way became a priority. We’re launching now because we wanted to be sure the service offers our customers the
same premium that they’ve come to expect from MedMen, but from the comfort of their own home.” Las Vegas motorists won’t be able to identify a dispensary delivery vehicle on the road because vehicles are unmarked for driver safety. Also, the product is stored in a lockbox during transportation and drivers wear body cameras. Deliveries are also restricted to no more than five ounces of recreational marijuana and 10 ounces of medical marijuana. “Some of our industry-leading technology that we use is new just in the past few months,” Planet 13’s Farris said. “We use GPS technology, so we know where the vehicle and our delivery driver are at all times. The customer receives continuous updates during the process, and our drivers utilize an app that confirms the customer’s identity.” A spokeswoman for Metro Police said any hypothetical scenario in which someone transporting marijuana illegally tries to claim they are a dispensary driver would likely be easy to resolve because drivers and companies must be vetted by the state. State regulations require that all marijuana delivery drivers must carry an “approved vehicle inspection form.” Along with safety concerns for drivers, Durrett said customers must also be mindful when shopping for a cannabis delivery service. “It’s very important for consumers to ensure they are ordering from a legal delivery service, so they should only order directly from a dispensary,” Durrett said. “Delivery from a source other than a legal dispensary is dangerous, as it could involve theft or dangerous illegal market products.” For now, MedMen will not charge for delivery, although that is subject to change, the company said.
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