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PSYCHO LAS VEGAS UNVEILS ITS FULL FESTIVAL LINEUP Psycho Las Vegas has revealed its full 2020 lineup, and the festival’s second Mandalay Bay edition will again fuse heavy metal, indie rock and more experimental sounds. Topping the bill are three metal giants: Danzig, scheduled to perform 1990 album Danzig II: Lucifuge in its entirety; Denmark’s Mercyful Fate; and Norway’s Emperor— the latter two making their only U.S. appearances of the year. The festival’s fifth Vegas edition will take place August 14-16 at venues across Mandalay Bay including the Events Center, House of Blues and Mandalay Bay Beach, with the annual Psycho Swim party kicking things off one night earlier at Daylight Beach Club. Danzig also headlined Psycho Las Vegas in 2018 (and frontman Glenn Danzig returned to headline the fest as a member of The Original Misfits last year), and Mercyful Fate vocalist King Diamond headlined Psycho Las Vegas in 2017. Among others added to the bill: alternative rock veterans The Flaming Lips; metal supergroup Down, fronted by Phil Anselmo, formerly of Pantera; garage-rock outfit Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; Scandinavian metal bands Satyricon and Katatonia; and recently reunited Las Vegas mathcore favorites Curl Up and Die. Passes for Psycho Las Vegas are on sale now for $229 plus fees and taxes at vivapsycho.com and axs.com, along with tickets to Psycho Swim ($55 plus fees and taxes).
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Kansas City Chiefs running back Damien Williams (26) extends the ball over the goal line as his toe touches the sideline to score the go-ahead touchdown during the fourth quarter of his team’s Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers February 2 in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Chiefs won 31-20 to earn their first championship in 50 years. Williams added a 38-yard touchdown run to provide the final margin of victory. (Steve Luciano/Associated Press)
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STORIES FROM LAST WEEK DELAYED RESULTS There was a caucus February 3. And someone won it. Just who that was, though, no one really knew that night. Or even the next morning. The first-in-the-nation nominating contest frustrated political observers for many hours as a delay in reporting the results stretched into February 4. Precinct captains were supposed to use an app to report results to the Iowa Democratic Party, but many experienced problems downloading or using the app. The Nevada Democratic Party chair said the app and vendor will not be used for our state’s caucuses February 22. APPEALS TO HISTORY Closing arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial February 3 were aimed more toward history than to sway the outcome. Prosecutors drew on the Founding Fathers and common sense to urge Americans to see that Trump’s actions were a pattern of behavior that, left unchecked, would allow him to cheat in this year’s election. The president’s defense countered that the Democrats have been out to impeach Trump since the start of his presidency.
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LIMBAUGH DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER Radio host Rush Limbaugh said February 3 that he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. On his program, Limbaugh said would take some days off for further medical tests and to determine treatment. He said he’d been experiencing shortness of breath that he initially thought might be heart-related but turned out to be a pulmonary malignancy. CHINA FLIGHTS CANCELED Delta Air Lines and American Airlines said January 31 that they would suspend all flights between the United States and China, making them the first U.S.-based airlines to do so and joining several international carriers that stopped flying to China as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. American said it would stop flying to China through March 27. Delta will stop flights through April 30.
A bronze statue of slain Metro Police Officer Alyn Beck looks over members of Beck’s family January 31 during the official opening of the Alyn Beck Memorial Park, 9220 Brent Lane, in northwest Las Vegas. Beck was ambushed and killed in 2014 by anti-government extremists while eating lunch with partner Igor Soldo. He left behind, from left, daughter Avenlee Beck, 17; wife Nicole Beck; daughter Katriann Beck, 8; and son Daxton Beck, 20. A park honoring Soldo is also in the works. Nicole Beck spoke about having a “front-row seat” to witness the “very worst” of what people are capable of, but along the way learned of a community that continues to support their family. The family was involved in the design of the park, which was built on 10 acres in Skye Canyon. Katriann, who was just 9 months old when her father was killed, got to contribute in the color design of the splash pad. “To see this park rise up in memory, and in honor, it’s something that is truly beautiful,” Gov. Steve Sisolak said. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
THE PALMS’ MR. COCO WINS NEW BAR CONCEPT OF THE YEAR AWARD Congratulations, Mr. Coco. The venue at the Palms took home Nevada’s lone 2020 Nightclub & Bar Award win—for New Bar Concept of the Year—awarded by the Nightclub & Bar Media Group. Created by mixologist Francesco Lafranconi, Mr. Coco brings fantasy to the Palms’ Fantasy Tower. Part of the Palms’ $690 million renovation, Mr. Coco features gourmet cocktails, live piano performances and an abundance of caviar. What’s not to love? “The winners of this year’s program showed an outstanding dedication to innovation and excellence in the hospitality industry, from concept development and operations to food and beverage, marketing and success,” Tim McLucas, vice president of Nightclub & Bar Show, said in a press statement. Awards will be presented at the 2020 Nightclub & Bar show, which runs March 29-31 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For more information, visit barandrestaurantexpo.com. –C. Moon Reed
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In this drama, a pair of Chicago cops test their friendship and identities after an accidental interaction with a serial killer. “It’s a play about truth and struggling with the truth—how we play with it, how we manipulate it and how we deceive ourselves,” director Erik Amblad explains in a promotional video. Days & times vary, $25-$30, 100 S. Maryland Parkway. –C. Moon Reed
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In addition to many other literary feats, Black Mountain Institute at UNLV is known for its fellowship program. It invites accomplished authors from around the world to Las Vegas for a time. Here, the writers have a chance to work on their next book project and interact with the local community. This event is one such intermingling: two 2020 Shearing Fellows teaming up for an evening of reading and conversation. Arnett is the author of Mostly Dead Things, a New York Times bestselling novel in which the protagonist runs the family taxidermy business. NPR calls it “darkly funny, both macabre and irreverent.” Ko is the author of The Leavers, a National Book Award finalist. It tells the story of a Chinese immigrant mother and her Americanized son. The New York Times calls it “thoroughly researched and ambitious in scope.” 7 p.m., free with RSVP at blackmountain institute.org. –C. Moon Reed
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It’s not often we’re visited by a reggae dynasty, but it’s the only appropriate way to describe Black Uhuru, the 47-plus-yearold, Grammy-winning Jamaican group led by Derrick “Duckie” Simpson. And whether you know Black Uhuru from its Sly & Robbie days or its propulsive 1986 single “Great Train Robbery,” we’re sure you agree this occasion should be recognized. With Etana, Onesty. 6:30 p.m., $25. –Geoff Carter
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Print Words of resilience Vegas author Lauren Molasky Fierst fights through her ‘invisible disease’ to publish a book of poems and drawings By C. Moon Reed auren Molasky Fierst has always been creative. She designed a fashion line and created her own fashion blog. She’d write little poems for her family and make art with her dad. But recently, the Las Vegas-bornand-raised mother of two took an entirely new step. She published her first illustrated book of poems, titled The Sky Cracked Open. It’s a whimsical, fun and uplifting collection, reminiscent of Shel Silverstein. And she did it while battling cystic fibrosis, a genetic condition that makes breathing very difficult. Fierst, who is waiting on a double lung transplant, took time to chat with Las Vegas Weekly. What was the inspiration behind The Sky Cracked Open? It is completely inspired by my son and daughter. … I just started taking notes of all of the funny things that they would say every day. And I would go back and create poems about all of them. … My disease, cystic fibrosis, is nicknamed 65 roses. So as I was writing all these poems, I decided I wanted to create 65 poems, and have it really tie in with the disease that I fight. So there are 65 poems, and there are 65 roses dawn on the front cover.
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What was the writing process like? I actually wrote the poems pretty quickly. I would say that all 65 of them were done in about six months. Then I went back and started all of the illustrations for them. Then the process of figuring out how I was going to publish it—finding a printer, a publisher and a graphic designer to create my vision and put it all together—that really took some time. I also was hospitalized a number of times throughout this process. So it’d
get put on hold, or I would try to work on it through the hospitalization, which was very challenging. But I really am so happy with how it turned out. It was such a true labor of love. To whom do you think this book will appeal? I hope that the book appeals to kids and their parents, and really, people of all ages. I do feel like there is a poem for everyone, no matter what age you are. Tell us more about the illustrations in the book. I actually was not going to do the illustrations for the book at first, because I don’t consider myself an artist at all. …Then I just started drawing what I thought should go with each of the poems, and I wanted it to be very youthful. …They’re just fun little drawings, and they don’t need to be perfect because nothing in life is perfect. That’s just how I live my life: Even though there’s struggle and very hard obstacles, there’s still a lot of good in my life. That’s really what I focus on the most. What is it like to live with cystic fibrosis? Cystic fibrosis is often referred to as an invisible disease. And it was for me for many years. You’re struggling to breathe, but on the outside you can look so normal. … But then it becomes not invisible when you require oxygen 24/7, which is where I’m at now. When you’re able, are you working on anything new? I actually am slowly starting my second book. I have a few poems. I have the title, and I have the idea of where I want it to go. It’s not coming to me as quickly as the first one did, but I’ll give it time.
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and further away from its point of origin, the the world—and looking inward. “You may ask 39-year-old Sandman (born Angel Del Villar me what about the government lying/I would II) aims at the heart of the genre while still answer to you that’s your problem not mine,” pushing its limits. Perhaps the title of his most he raps on “Yes Iyah,” offering the line as an recent LP, Dusty, nods to that. It’s vintage in its example of the space he was in. foundation—sole producer Mono “When I first did the record, I was En Stereo’s funky breakbeats and thinking, ‘Yo, I’m in a great place,’ Homeboy Sandman With Quelle Chris, jazz excursions—but polished and because I was thinking, I’m free of all Late for Dinner, Rasar, pressed in its presentation. Songs this moral burden, but I’m happy I’m Slump Lords. like the disco trip “Far Out” and coming out,” he says. February 9, 8:30 p.m., $10-12. Bunkhouse Saloon, the groovy, horn-filled “Name” are Homeboy Sandman is an Ivy 702-982-1764. crammed with the rapper’s signaLeague-educated ex-teacher, so rap ture wit and wordplay. But Dusty isn’t a cash grab for him. “I don’t do also represents an excavation. music because I have to make money,” “When I go sit down and write, I’m trying to he says. “The records I’ve been making recently, find another piece of myself or another piece of my they’re saving my life every day.” psyche or another type of id,” he says. And he says he’s unbothered by not getting He wrote Dusty in what he describes as a selfplayed on mainstream radio or going viral on imposed exile, shutting himself off from a lot social media. “I feel at my best when I remember of people and tuning out what was happening in that success is making great art,” he says.
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The Strip All aboard Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace continues to update its vintage vegas experience By Brock Radke here’s a stylistic trend running through some of Las Vegas’ most notable new venues, from NoMad Restaurant and Bar to Mayfair Supper Club at Bellagio to Sara’s and Mr. Coco at the Palms. The design, tone and programming of those spaces is decidedly vintage, aiming for a feeling from 40 or 50 years ago—even if few visitors are old enough to accurately recall that Vegas. It’s just a vibe. Meanwhile, the one classic Vegas venue that was around back then—and still looks and feels the way it always has—is more active than ever. You’ll feel like you’ve time-traveled to 1970s Vegas when you visit Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace, but there’s far more happening there than the standard lounge entertainment for which it first became known. “It definitely has that vintage Vegas vibe,” says Damian Costa, vice president of entertainment operations for Caesars Entertainment. His team has been consistently experimenting with the Barge and adding upgrades for the past two years. “If you look across town, it’s definitely unique, and our programming can be a little more fun as a result of that. We [want] to put people in an environment with entertainment value that feels themed, but not overly [so].” The current lineup boast two longtime Strip headliners who have performed in much larger, always-ticketed Las Vegas venues throughout their storied careers: Wayne Newton (Monday-Wednesday at 8 p.m.) and Dionne Warwick (Thursday-Sunday through March 1 at 8 p.m. ). There’s a pop music legend performing every night for
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THE JOYOUS DJ JULEZZ DESIGNS HER SETS THE SAME WAY SHE APPROACHES LIFE BY LESLIE VENTURA hen I meet Leah Julienne Bayne— aka DJ Julezz—inside a Downtown coffee shop, she’s sitting on a sofa in a bright-colored outfit, her platinum blonde pixie curled and coiffed perfectly. It’s the kind of conspicuous appearance you’d expect from someone who’s been putting on raves in Las Vegas for the past three years. As a sort of welcoming gift, she hands me a small toy—a tiny Lego woman piloting a little Lego plane. Whether it’s a toy, a new album or an upcoming party, Julezz is always working on, or tinkering with, something. “I really am pretty honest and blunt,” Julezz said in an email earlier in the week. “I don’t wish to be dramatic. I just have massive passion in everything I do.” The 28-year-old DJ founded her event company, ZZ Entertainment, a few years ago with
the intent of bringing a new type of nightlife environment to Las Vegas’ electronic scene. Since then, she’s been booking gigs and DJing house music all over town, from mansion parties to warehouses in nondescript locations. “Nobody was really spinning what I spin,” Julezz says. “I play a full spectrum of house, depending on the crowd, and anything from disco to deep house and future house and break beats.” Born in Las Vegas—“I was raised Mormon, so I wasn’t allowed to listen to anything”—Julezz moved to California to pursue a degree in theater. “It wasn’t until I went to college that I expanded my knowledge of music,” she says. Julezz has spun everywhere from Oddfellows, Artifice and the Phoenix to Fuso Nightclub (the rooftop venue at Hustler) and beyond. In 2017, she DJ’d the Las Vegas Monorail’s first silent rave, with proceeds benefiting a local organization for the hearing impaired. These days, she
holds down a regular gig at Downtown’s CMXX called the Wherehouse, alongside fellow residents Sotech, Roberto Patroni, Gold Mackin Rush and Afrodyte. The DJ, singer and ukulele player describes herself as an introvert who feels most free when she’s in the booth. “I like getting people out of their shells,” she says. “I make a fool out of myself so people feel comfortable.” She’s small in stature, but her larger-thanlife presence rubs off—in the form of Legos, a new song of her own (she hopes to put out a record of original music sometime) or a favorite track she can’t wait to drop. “I’m super-dorky. I’ll do the thing where you pretend to walk down the stairs [behind the decks]. I don’t take it too seriously,” she laughs. “DJing it’s difficult at all. People make it out to be such a huge deal, but I just get up there, make people dance and have tons of fun.”
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f you haven’t seen the television shows your friends are talking about, don’t feel badly: There’s now more scripted TV out there than you could watch in a lifetime, and it just keeps stacking up. Inspired by Netflix, nearly all the major media conglomerates have launched streaming services loaded with programming—some new, some old, some from television, some from theaters. If you want to navigate this new world of Dragon Mothers and Babies Yoda, you need to get a handle on who’s running these streaming services and what they’re offering.
Price: $4.99/month Hits: The Morning Show, Servant, For All Mankind. A reboot of Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories anthology series is forthcoming. Misses: See that list of shows above? That constitutes nearly a quarter of the AppleTV+ programming slate. No other service has launched with so little content. That’s weird: There’s also a Peanuts animated special here, Snoopy in Space. Good grief.
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WHICH SERVICES SHOULD I GET? That’s up to you. If, say, Disney+ or CBS All Access doesn’t appeal to you between seasons of The Mandalorian and Picard, respectively, you might want to wait for those shows to finish their seasonal runs, subscribe for a month and binge-watch. You might want to keep the densely programmed Hulu and Netflix as year-round baseline services— at least, until they start losing content. You’ve got at least a year before that happens.
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Price: $8.99/month, or included with Amazon Prime membership ($119/year) Hits: Acclaimed original shows (Fleabag, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Bosch, Good Omens) and movies (The Aeronauts, The Report, Brittany Runs a Marathon). Smallish selection of movies and TV shows from other studios. Misses: Well, it’s Amazon. If you have (understandable) moral qualms with the way Jeff Bezos does business, you can punish him by sitting this one out. That’s weird: The monthly option is only slightly cheaper. A full Amazon Prime membership also includes free shipping, a music streaming service, photo storage and more.
CBS ALL ACCESS Price: $5.99/month Hits: Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard, The Good Fight, Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone reboot. Full seasons of CBS hits NCIS and Blue Bloods. A selection of on-demand movies. Misses: Unless you dig Star Trek or procedural cop series, there’s not much here … though an upcoming miniseries of Stephen King’s The Stand looks promising. That’s weird: Previous seasons of CBS’ biggest hit, The Big Bang Theory, will stream on HBO Max. All Access has the current season only.
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IS IT WORTH KEEPING CABLE OR SATELLITE TV? You might notice there are no sports streaming services listed here; that’s because sports is its own beast, with dozens of streaming options. If you have a good cable sports package, it might just be easier to keep it. And there’s a certain comfort in picking up a remote and just flipping through channels.
Price: $6.99/month, or $12.99/month bundled with ESPN+ and ad-supported Hulu Hits: The Mandalorian, Marvel’s Falcon & Winter Soldier, Marvel’s WandaVision.. Permanent home to all the Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic content. Misses: You’ll need to wait until fall for another hit of Baby Yoda. Marvel’s programming won’t debut until later this year; additional Star Wars series won’t fly in until next year. That’s weird: Existing, unbreakable licensing deals mean some movies might drop off the service and return to Netflix and Amazon, albeit temporarily.
HBO MAX (launches in May) Price: $14.99/month Hits: Westworld, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, the Game of Thrones franchise. Misses: Few and far between. HBO remains the gold standard in boutique programming. That’s weird: If you’re a current HBO Now subscriber, you’ll be grandfathered into this new service—unless you’re joined up as an add-on through Hulu. Cable/satellite HBO subscribers, please note: AT&T is the only broadcast provider that has promised access to HBO Max, so far.
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HULU Price: $5.99/month (with ads), or $11.99/month (no ads) Hits: The Handmaid’s Tale, Castle Rock, PEN15, Letterkenny. Shows from ABC, Fox, FX, ESPN, AMC, TBS, Cartoon Network and more. Basically, everyone but CBS. Misses: They might start losing shows as other streaming services get their legs under them. That’s weird: Disney became majority owner of this service by buying the former 20th Century Fox. We’d make a Borg analogy, but all the Star Trek stuff belongs to CBS.
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Want to watch the entire run of a series? It might not be streaming where you think it is. ■ American Horror Story? Hulu ■ The Big Bang Theory? HBO Max (in May) ■ Friends? Netflix (moving to HBO Max in May) ■ It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia? Hulu ■ Law & Order? Peacock (in July) ■ NCIS? CBS All Access ■ The Office (U.S.): Netflix (moving to Peacock in January) ■ Rick and Morty? Hulu (moving to HBO Max in May) ■ Saturday Night Live? Peacock (in July) ■ The Simpsons? Disney+
NETFLIX Price: $8.99 (Basic), $12.99 (Standard) or $15.99 (Premium) per month Hits: Original hit shows: Stranger Things, Bojack Horseman, The Witcher. Oscar bait movies such as The Irishman and Dolemite Is My Name. Plus, content from other studios … for now. Misses: It was once the best-programmed option on this list, but as Disney, Warner Bros. and NBCUniversal launch their own services, Netflix stands to lose a lot of content. That’s weird: Netflix will spend $17.3 billion on original content in 2020 alone. Martin Scorcese might declare for the theater experience, but who else would have given him $140 million to make The Irishman? Netflix might end up killing movies to save them.
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(launches July 15) Price: Free (with ads, limited programming), $4.99/month (with ads, full programming) or $9.99/month (no ads, full programming) Hits: Reboots of Battlestar Galactica (by Mr. Robot’s Sam Esmail) and Saved by the Bell. All the NBC shows, including Saturday Night Live; a robust selection of Universal movies; access to exclusive sports programming such as the Olympic Games. Misses: It’s heavily dependent on a lot of content you’ve already seen—for free. That’s weird: Much of its NBC content will also stream on Hulu until long-term deals run out.
The Marvelous Maisel (Amazon Prime Video) Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access) The Mandalorian (Disney+) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) Dolemite Is My Name (NetFlix) All Photos Courtesy
SPECIALISTS BritBox Stream full seasons of your favourite British programmes from BBC and ITV, including Doctor Who, Prime Suspect and Fawlty Towers. $6.99/month
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The Criterion Channel Includes most of the films in the acclaimed international and cinephile film series. (What, no Armageddon?) $10.99/month
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The Nugget is home to the Hand of Faith, the largest gold nugget ever discovered using a metal detector. Kevin Hillier found it in 1980 in Wedderburn, Australia.
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The Tank, a three-story outdoor swimming pool complete with waterslide and 200,000-gallon live shark aquarium. (Sun File)
The Showroom—formerly known as the Theatre Ballroom—opened in 1984 and has hosted such acts as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.
IN THIS PHOTO Exterior, 1982 (Sun File)
IN THIS PHOTO Exterior, 2020 (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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IN THIS PHOTO Exterior entrance, 2020 (Wade Vandervort/ Staff)
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The 5-acre Adventuredome theme park, home to 25 rides and attractions. And for being mentioned in Hunter S. Thompson’s 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Circus Circus has been featured in the movies Leaving Las Vegas, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever.
IN THIS PHOTO Trapeze artists over the casino (Sun File)
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The Midway, home to free, daily circus acts. (Wade Vandervort/ Staff)
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El Cortez is the only operating Las Vegas casino on the National Register of Historic Places.
A selection of original rooms and its 1952 facade featuring its iconic neon sign.
ABOVE Casino interior, July 11, 1966 (Las Vegas News Bureau/Courtesy) RIGHT Helldorado Parade, 1947 (Las Vegas News Bureau/Courtesy) FAR RIGHT Original sign (Wade Vandervort/ Staff)
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In 1945, El Cortez was sold to Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Gus Greenbaum and Moe Sedway. Siegel later sold the hotel and used the profits to complete development of the Flamingo.
IN THIS PHOTO El Cortez’s spiral staircase (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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IN THIS PHOTO Exterior, 2020 (Wade Vandervort/ Staff)
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Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and business partner Meyer Lansky constructed the Flamingo—the Strip’s first resort-style hotel—with the intention of bringing Hollywood glam to the desert. Sadly, nothing from the original Flamingo Hotel survives on-site today.
IN THIS PHOTO Exterior, 1986 (Sun File)
Viva Las Vegas, the 1964 film starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret, was filmed at the Flamingo Hotel. Flamingo performers have included Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and The Supremes.
TOP Chilean Flamingos congregate at the Wildlife Habitat. Bottom Exterior neon (Photos by Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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RIGHT Les Folies Bergere with Gene Kelly (Courtesy)
Topless showgirl revue Les Folies Bergere ran continuously at the Trop for 49 years.
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Its luxurious Pool Villas, reminiscent of oceanside beach houses.
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Golden Gate was the first hotel structure and the first casino in Las Vegas.
IN THIS PHOTO Exterior, 2020 (Wade Vandervort/ Staff)
(Opened as Hotel Nevada)
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The city’s first telephone, which guests can view in the hotel lobby. The original phone number was 1. The hotel has also preserved several early rooms, now known as the Original 10. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
The Golden Gate’s bar— now known as Bar Prohibition!—was a regular hangout spot for Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin.
IN THIS PHOTO Hotel Nevada, 1906 (Courtesy)
Below Hotel Nevada in 1906 (Courtesy)
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THREE OF HEARTS A TRIO OF SUGGESTED VALENTINE’S DAY DINING DESTINATIONS BY GENEVIE DURANO as Vegas is one of the most romantic cities in the world, especially when it comes to its fine dining restaurants. And on Valentine’s Day, the stakes are even higher, with chefs preparing special menus to make the night memorable. The hardest part? Choosing a place for you and your beloved, because, while it’s impossible to go wrong, you want to make it just right. Here, we’ve rounded up three restaurants for that magical evening. All you have to do is call and make a reservation.
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■ TOP OF THE WORLD AT THE STRAT One of the most iconic restaurants in the Valley, Top of the World, situated 800 feet above the Strip, lives up to its name. The rotating dining room with floor-to-ceiling windows offers sweeping, 365-degree views of the Strip and surrounding mountains. The menu includes surfand-turf classics such as dry-aged Prime steaks and a variety of fish, along with a shellfish tower brimming with shrimp, lobster tail, king crab legs and snow crab claw. Dive into the cocktail program as the evening progresses, and one of you might find yourselves proposing before the night ends. 702-380-7711.
■ BAVETTE’S STEAKHOUSE & BAR AT PARK MGM On the other end of the Strip, Bavette’s offers a different kind of atmosphere. You won’t find any windows here; instead, dark wood panels, dimly lit Tiffany lamps and leather banquettes encourage intimate conversations as you sip Old Fashioneds and martinis. The East Coast oysters are fresh and briny, and the steaks are USDA Prime, prepared simply with béarnaise and steak salt. Finish the evening by sharing a hot fudge sundae royale, or opt for a final drink at the secret lounge. 702-730-6700.
■ PARTAGE Tucked in the heart of Chinatown, Partage offers a modern interpretation of French classics, specializing in tasting menus of three, five, seven and eight courses. It boasts an airy yet intimate dining room of tables and booths, as well as a gallery kitchen. For Valentine’s Day, Partage will offer a unique menu for $125 per person, with an optional wine pairing. Start with a hibiscusglazed foie gras macaron and end with raspberry sorbet and a Champagne rose emulsion, with so much more in between. 3839 Spring Mountain Road, 702-582-5852.
You’ll fall in love with Top of the World’s Valentine’s Day offerings. (Courtesy)
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Valentine’s Day chocolates at Jean-Marie Auboine Chocolatier (Miranda Alam/Special to the Weekly)
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Nothing says Valentine’s Day like a box can hint at your loved one’s likes or dislikes, and of chocolates. Maybe we’re all just suckit becomes a kind of language in itself that tells ers for a good marketing scheme, but your story as a couple. it’s hard to deny the romanticism of the But we all know that the love affair gesture. While the science behind chocowith chocolate begins long before the JEAN-MARIE late as an aphrodisiac is inconclusive, we romance, back when we were stickyAUBOINE do know that the link between the cocoa faced children licking its sweetness CHOCOLATIER bean and sexual desire goes back to at from our hands. Local chocolatier Jean4780 W. Harmon Ave. #1, least the 1500s, when the Aztec emperor Marie Auboine sees chocolate as, sim702-222-0535. Montezuma was said to consume plentiply, a moment of pleasure. His love for Monday-Friday, ful amounts before his romantic trysts. chocolate began during his childhood 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (extended Scientists do know that chocolate in a tiny village in France, and it has hours on contains tryptophan, a building block of grown into an operation that supplies Valentine’s Day) serotonin (a neurochemical involved in some of the most beautiful bonbons for sexual arousal), and phenylethylamine, corporate clients, including most Strip a stimulant released in the brain when resorts, and a retail space for those popyou fall in love. And a box of chocolates, with its ping in for a box. Step into his showroom filled sheer variety of fillings and textures, just begs to with cases of artisanal, handcrafted chocolates be shared. It starts an intimate conversation that and you’ll feel a bit like Charlie in the chocolate
factory; the back is where all the magic happens, the humble bean turning into the glammed-up truffle sphere. As for chocolate’s enduring appeal on Valentine’s Day? Auboine says it’s no mystery: “Chocolate is sexy. It’s because of the texture. It’s something warm when it’s melting. It’s something very, very feminine. … It’s also something very addictive, just like love sometimes. You eat a little bit and you want a little bit more and a little bit more, and that certainly plays a role in the Valentine’s Day magic.” –Genevie Durano
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Kentucky (30-to-1) The Wildcats are getting by on name recognition alone. This is not a vintage Kentucky team—it struggles to hit 3-point shots and might not have a single NBA Draft lottery pick on the roster. Verdict: Bet against.
RUNNING THROUGH COLLEGE HOOPS’ TOP TITLE CONTENDERS BY CASE KEEFER ith football season concluded, the sliver of the sports betting calendar headlined by college basketball is upon us. For the next month and a half—leading up to and running through the NCAA Tournament—college hoops rules the big screens and odds boards at local sportsbooks. That means it’s time to get acquainted with the primary national championship contenders. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook currently has 16 teams at odds of 30-to-1 or less to win the title. Here’s a short overview of each, and why you should look to either bet on or against it going forward.
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Louisville (14-to-1) Chris Mack is further separating himself as one of the best coaches in the nation in his second year at Louisville. The Cardinals aren’t as flashy as higher-ranked teams like Duke and Kansas, but they’re incredibly solid and minimize mistakes. Verdict: Bet on.
Maryland (25-to-1) Having reached the Sweet 16 only once in eight years under coach Mark Turgeon, the Terrapins are perennial underachievers. They look headed for a similar fate this year behind a plodding offense. Verdict: Bet against.
Michigan State (14-to-1) No team is more complete than the Spartans, even though they’ve suffered five losses. Coach Tom Izzo’s squads traditionally peak at the end of the season, and he has had few squads better than this one in his 25-year tenure in East Lansing. Verdict: Bet on.
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Auburn (18-to-1) Coming off of a Final Four season, Auburn already had a lot of acclaim before it also became the last standing undefeated team in a power conference. But the 15-0 start was misleading: The Tigers played a weak schedule and will continue to be exposed as they start to face tougher competition. Verdict: Bet against.
Baylor (12-to-1) The Bears are rightfully the top-ranked team in the country, but it’s not a winning strategy to buy on a team at the peak of its market value. Baylor has gone 4-1 in games decided by six points or less, meaning some regression could be in store. Verdict: Bet against.
Dayton (12-to-1) Sophomore forward Obi Toppin is averaging just short of 20 points and eight rebounds per game, and he’s far from a one-man show. The Flyers are stacked with more talent than most realize, their only two losses came in overtime (to Kansas and Colorado), and they have a legitimate chance to go undefeated in Atlantic 10 Conference play. Verdict: Bet on.
Duke (8-to-1) As usual, Duke is one of the youngest teams in the nation, and that has translated to some inconsistency. The Blue Devils have enough talent to win a sixth national championship under coach Mike Krzyzewski, but backing them requires paying an inadvisable premium in sportsbooks. Verdict: Bet against.
Gonzaga (8-to-1) The betting market has a tough time properly pricing outliers, and this year’s Bulldogs are truly that: They lead the nation in point differential, winning by an average of 22 points per game. Gonzaga could encounter trouble when it faces better teams in the NCAA Tournament, but bookmakers can’t make the numbers high enough against its West Coast Conference schedule. Verdict: Bet on.
Oregon (25-to-1) Coach Dana Altman is still tinkering with his new-look team, which features former UNLV big man Shakur Juiston at the forefront. When Altman figures out his optimal lineups, watch out, because no other school in the Pac-12 Conference can compare. Verdict: Bet on.
San Diego State (20-to-1) The market has finally caught up to the undefeated Aztecs, who have gone only 2-3 against the spread in their past five games. They’re vicious defensively but lack the scoring punch to merit laying large point spreads. Verdict: Bet against.
Seton Hall (18-to-1) There’s not a player in the nation more exciting to watch than senior guard Myles Powell, who’s averaging nearly 22 points per game. And though he doesn’t have a ton of help offensively, Seton Hall makes up for it with swarming defense. Verdict: Bet on.
West Virginia (16-to-1) The Mountaineers’ fullcourt press is as hellacious as ever, with Miles McBride and Jermaine Haley hounding opposing guards with help on the back end from center Derek Culver. No one will want to draw West Virginia’s bracket come March. Verdict: Bet on.
Villanova (30-to-1) The Wildcats are overrated because of recent success (they’ve won two of the past four national championships) and good fortune (they rank eighth in the nation by kenpom.com’s luck metric). The Wildcats should be a contender again in a season or two, but this is a rebuilding year. Verdict: Bet against.
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NO COMMON COLD AS A NEW CORONAVIRUS GAINS GLOBAL ATTENTION, IT’S IMPORTANT TO STAY VIGILANT ABOUT THE SEASONAL FLU BY KELCIE GREGA s worldwide concern increases over a new coronavirus that originated in China, health officials urge residents to take precautions over an even greater threat in America—the flu. Already, at least 19 million flu cases have been reported in the United States for the 2019-20 season, including 180,000 hospitalizations and 10,000 deaths, according to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Clark County alone has seen more than 800 hospitalizations and 13 local deaths, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. Although this season has seen an increase in flu hospitalizations compared with this time last year, the number of deaths is in the typical range, says Dr. Vit Kraushaar, the district’s medical investigator. Still, there have been more reported cases of the flu than the coronavirus, which had infected nearly 25,000 people worldwide—and killed close to 500—at press time. “Fear over the coronavirus is understandable,” Kraushaar says. “Anytime we have something new we don’t know much about, there’s bound to be a certain level of hysteria. But the flu season happens every year, and tens of thousands of people die.” That’s why Kraushaar urges the public to take the same precautions over the flu as they would the coronavirus. Most health experts agree that the flu spreads through tiny droplets created when people cough, sneeze or talk. These go unnoticed as they land in other people’s mouths or noses. People can also catch the flu by touching a surface or object that has the flu virus on it, and then later touching their nose and mouth. An individual might be contagious before they realize it, with most healthy adults being able to spread it to others one day before exhibiting symptoms and up to seven days after getting sick, according to Nevada health officials. Children and those with weakened immune systems can be contagious for even longer. It takes an average of two days after contracting the illness to start exhibiting symptoms.
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“We are in the middle of a flu season, so people should wash their hands frequently, use hand sanitizers and try to avoid touching eyes, hands and mouth. When people get sick, they need to avoid going to work. It’s important to take these measures,” Kraushaar says. While the flu can be transmitted year-round, flu viruses are most common during the fall and winter, especially between December and February. Flu season in Clark County typically runs from October until April, and in some years, it can last until May, says Dr. Fermin Leguen, the district’s chief medical officer and director of clinical services. Clark County’s flu season generally peaks in January or February, but this year saw an uptick in November, with Nevada reporting the secondmost flu cases in the nation behind Louisiana, according to the Walgreens Flu Index. While Clark County has seen a significant increase in flu cases this year, Nevada remains on the low end of flu activity compared with the rest of the United States, according to the CDC.
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Kraushaar says health officials can’t pinpoint the factors that go into an increase in flu activity each season, as they vary from year to year. There are also many different types of flu viruses that are constantly evolving, according to the CDC. This means the composition of U.S. flu vaccines must be changed each year to anticipate which strains will be more active than others, Kraushaar says. There are four types of flu viruses: Influenza A, B, C and D. Influenza A and B are typically the cases most talked about, since those are the types that cause the yearly seasonal infections. Influenza A has a large breadth of potential hosts, Kraushaar says, and can be found in many species including humans, birds and pigs. Within Influenza A are four subtypes, the most common of which—H1N1 and H3N2—spread seasonally between humans. Influenza B, on the other hand, is typically only found in humans. It’s divided into two lineages: Victoria, which appears mostly in the U.S., and Yamagata.
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It’s estimated that Influenza A infections account for about 75% of overall flu cases each year, with Influenza B the culprit in the other 25%, according to a 2016 study submitted to the National Library of Medicine. Kraushaar says doctors can’t always predict what type of influenza will be most prevalent each season, and this year’s vaccination proved to be a mismatch, in part. “It wasn’t a good match for the B Victoria lineage,” he says of the current strain of flu that’s particularly dangerous for children. This year’s flu season took an unexpected twist, with the B strain subverting expectations by coming early in the season. In past years, Influenza B didn’t show up until later. So far, there have been 343 Influenza B cases reported in Clark County, according to the Health District. That figure remains lower than the number of Influenza A cases, however, which now stand at 484. The good news is that this year’s vaccine is a strong match for the Influenza A H1N1 strain, which Kraushaar expects will appear later in the season. “I’m hopeful this match will prevent more deaths,” he says.
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Short-term challenges
Making sense of the Valley’s rental restrictions and enforcement procedures
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t a recent Las Vegas City Council meeting, councilwomen Michele Fiore and Olivia Diaz were fired up. While the council is technically nonpartisan, Fiore, a former Republican assemblywoman and outspoken conservative, and Diaz, a typically soft-spoken, former Democratic member of the Assembly, fall on opposite ends of the political spectrum. But during the November 6 meeting, they were united in condemning the operators of two short-term rentals who seemed to flagrantly disregard city code. “You cannot run a short-term rental without being licensed, and it has been brought to my attention that this operation has been going on for years,” an exasperated Diaz told the offenders. The property in question was a four-apartment complex at 213 S. Maryland Parkway. Property manager Paul Murad and owner Christopher Craig had been renting out two of the apartments as short-term rentals through the website Airbnb. In Las Vegas, short-term rentals—residential properties rented for less than 30 days, typically through Airbnb, Homeaway, VRBO and other websites—are only permitted if the property owner has a council-approved business license. Properties must also be owner-occupied, meaning owners cannot rent out entire homes or apartments, and no more than one short-term rental is permitted within a 660-foot radius.
Officials who support the ordinance say it’s an attempt to preserve the character of residential neighborhoods and crack down on so-called “party houses” that disrupt quiet communities with noise, trash and debauchery. Murad and Craig say it constitutes government overreach. Regardless of their position on the issue, given that Craig and Murad did not attempt to register their Maryland Parkway property and refused to cease the operation, the City Council on November 6 unanimously voted to fine Craig $67,000 in civil penalties and $1,740 in failed inspection fees. The penalties were determined by the city’s code enforcement office. Nonetheless, rental activity continues to take place at the property. As of January 28, both of Craig’s units on Maryland Parkway were listed on Airbnb, and one had been reviewed by guests twice that month. The city was unable to confirm whether or not Craig had paid his fines. “We can only confirm the property is still under investigation,” code enforcement officer Vicki Ozuna wrote in an email. The incident reflects one challenge Las Vegasarea communities face in their attempts to regulate short-term rentals: Although many people
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Local laws Henderson: Short-term rentals are legal in any residential neighborhood except the Cadence and Inspirada master-planned communities, which have opted not to allow them. Property owners must register with the city and pay an $820 annual registration fee prior to renting out a property. Only one unit, or 25% of all units—whichever value is greater—within multifamily housing can be used as short-term rentals.
operating illegal rentals across the Valley do so without knowing it’s against the law, some have developed tactics to deliberately skirt local ordinances, to varying degrees of success. “There’s lots of tricks people play,” said Ulrik Binzer, founder and CEO of Host Compliance, a company that helps local governments, including Las Vegas and Henderson, implement and enforce short-term rental rules. There were an estimated 7,717 short-term properties listed on Airbnb in Clark County as of November 2018, according to Inside Airbnb, a website that retrieves listing data to highlight shortterm rental impacts. Nearly 71% of Airbnb property managers throughout Clark County had multiple listings, and about 66% of all listings were entire homes or apartments, the website found. Yet the properties listed on the site are likely the tip of the iceberg in Clark County. The booming short-term rental industry is becoming increasingly fragmented, with more and more property owners using lesser-known websites to try to avoid paying taxes, fines or other fees, Binzer said. “There’s something like 125 different vacation rental sites right now,” he said.
Las Vegas: Owner-occupied short-term rentals are allowed in most residential neighborhoods, except in some master-planned areas like the Medical District and in Summerlin. Property owners can only rent out a maximum of two bedrooms at a time. They must have an annual business license, which costs $500, prior to operating. No more than one rental can operate within a 660-foot distance citywide.
Enforcement gets sophisticated— and costly Officials from Clark County and Las Vegas say most people agree to stop renting out their properties illegally once they’ve been contacted by a code enforcement officer. But the minority who refuse to comply cause a lot of headaches for overworked staff. Ozuna estimates that of the 190 open code-enforcement cases related to illegal short-term rentals, about 60 of the owners or managers are putting up a fight. Roughly 15 of those individuals are “the worst of the worst” when it comes to noncompliance, she said. To the frustration of Las Vegas’ code-enforcement department, individuals operating short-term rentals often purchase different properties and continue to rent them out after one has been shut down. Las Vegas’ short-term rental ordinance does not allow the code enforcement department to reapply old fines if a person has moved on to a new property, Ozuna said. “We would like to look at coming up with ways to address the person and the activity, instead of having to start over again with each and every property,” she said.
Clark County: Short-term rentals are not permitted in residential areas of unincorporated Clark County. North Las Vegas: Short-term rentals are not permitted, although the city is working to create a short-term rental ordinance that could permit them under some circumstances.
Many of the property owners who try to avoid paying local taxes or registering their units list the properties on obscure sites that are difficult to find without Host Compliance’s specialized software, Binzer said. Other property owners take advantage of municipalities’ limited resources, presuming they can get away with illegal rentals for at least long enough to make a profit, he said. Some use tactics similar to those of Craig, who is known in Clark County and Las Vegas for buying properties that have liens on them due to illegal short-term rental activity and then deflecting responsibility for the liens, Ozuna said. Craig admits to this behavior and says he could—and will—beat Las Vegas and Clark County in court. Communities in Nevada do not have the authority to levy such high penalties, he said. “The majority view, all the way across the United States in the supreme courts that rule, has been that the local governments cannot regulate it. They cannot ban [short-term rentals],” Craig said. For its part, Las Vegas is exploring whether it could issue criminal citations to those who refuse to shut down illegal businesses or pay their fines, Ozuna said. The city hopes to classify at least one persistent short-term rental as a chronic nuisance. If the Las
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Vegas Municipal Court agrees with that assessment, the city could request to “board up the house and put it out of commission for a year,” Ozuna said. “That’s one of the new processes we’re looking at now,” she said. While Ozuna says it has gotten easier to crack down on illegal rentals since Las Vegas began working with Host Compliance, there’s no denying that enforcement comes with a price. Henderson and Las Vegas each pay Host Compliance more than $37,000 per year for its services. Las Vegas spent another $369,500 in fiscal year 2019 on staff costs for short-term rental regulations, Ozuna said. Clark County, which enforces its ban on short-term rentals based on complaints alone, spends approximately $400,000 annually on codeenforcement staff devoted to short-term rentals, spokesman Erik Pappa said. Although these communities also generate some revenue from short-term rental applications and/ or fines and fees, many fines remain unpaid. Las Vegas assessed $685,504 in civil penalties on 42 properties during Fiscal Year 2019, but only $69,250 in penalties was paid over the same period, according to Ozuna. Clark County issued $897,600 in fines and liens in 2019, but only $50,750 of those fees have been recovered, Pappa said.
Despite different rules, communities are collaborating While municipalities across the Valley have taken different regulatory approaches to short-term rentals, they have some overlapping priorities, including protecting permanent residents’ quality of life. Communities are also starting to work together to address potential issues. Representatives from each jurisdiction hold periodic meetings to go over enforcement tactics and to discuss property owners who are operating— and breaking local laws—in multiple jurisdictions, said Clark County Chief of Code Enforcement Jim Andersen. Before the Henderson City Council approved a short-term rental ordinance in July, city officials consulted with neighboring communities to determine which aspects of their ordinances worked well, according to Henderson Planning Manager Eddie Dichter. “We saw that they were going back and forth and modifying their ordinance over the years, so we kept modifying [ours], pulling out the best things and talking to different jurisdictions,” Dichter said. Under Henderson’s ordinance, all short-term rental operators must register with the city and pay
an annual registration fee of $820. Planned communities can ban short-term rentals, and the city will limit short-term rentals in multifamily complexes to no more than 25% of all units. Because the city’s ordinance includes neither a cap on the number of properties someone can operate nor an owner-occupancy requirement, short-term rentals could have a different effect in Henderson compared with that in Las Vegas. Entire-home short-term rentals have the most detrimental impact on housing markets and affordability, according to a 2017 study on short-term rentals in Canada by McGill University researchers. Owners of multiple, entire-home short-term rentals, who find the business to be more profitable than permanent housing, can reduce the supply of long-term housing, thereby driving rent prices up, the study authors argue. Craig acknowledged that many investors prefer short-term rentals to permanent ones because they can make more money from them. “There’s nothing wrong with short-term rentals, and they are better than long-term rentals,” said Louis Koorndyk, who once operated two short-term rentals in Clark County until he was forced to shut them down. “When you’re renting your property as a short-term rental, you have the backing of Airbnb and everyone else.” As the creator of the Greater Las Vegas Short-Term Rental Association, Koorndyk now advises people trying to get into the business to move to Henderson. Henderson sees short-term rentals as a win for the local economy. Council members say the system can provide residents struggling to pay their bills with a way to earn extra money, Henderson spokeswoman Kathleen Richards explained. “Especially at a time when housing prices are going up, we don’t want our residents to have trouble paying their mortgage payments if we can do [this] in a way that’s respectful for the community,” Richards said. Representatives from both Airbnb and Expedia Group, which owns Homeaway and VRBO, described Henderson’s short-term rental ordinance as fair, even-handed and beneficial to the local economy. “It just so happens that in the Vegas area, you have one city, Henderson, that did it responsibly, and a city like Vegas that, in our opinion, should probably come back to the table and follow what some of these other cities have done in the recent past,” said Philip Minardi, director of policy communications at Expedia Group. Following Henderson’s footsteps, North Las Vegas is working on a short-term rental ordinance of its own, according to spokeswoman Sandy Lopez. It’s unclear what path that will take, but Host Compliance’s Binzer advises all communities to act sooner rather than later. That way, they have a better shot at getting ahead of the regulatory and enforcement challenges surrounding the growing short-term rental industry. “Put in place the regulations before it becomes a hot button issue in the community,” Binzer said. “Because if you have rules in the books and enforce them, you can shut down these bad actors before they start ruining the lives of the neighbors.”
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Pause on the laws What do Nevada legislators do during even-numbered years?
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ost state legislatures are about to begin their annual lawmaking session. It happens every year in 46 states, as lobbyists and lawmakers flock to statehouses to begin the process of determining regulations. But that’s not the case in Nevada, which is one of the last few holdouts of the biennial legislative tradition and has staved off attempts to transition to an annual session. So, what do the lawmakers Nevadans elect to send to Carson City do beyond the 120-day period every two years when they gather in the statehouse? Quite a bit, actually. On an off-day from his job as a consultant, state
Sen. Chris Brooks, D-Las Vegas, drove to Carson City to attend an interim committee meeting. Interim committees meet regularly, whether it’s twice a year, quarterly or monthly, he said. “It’s really all about your ability to work on these committees,” Brooks said. “I would say I’m still very busy, even in the interim.” Michael Bowers, a political science professor at UNLV, said lawmakers are generally involved in legislative committees during off-years, working on bringing forward reports or recommendations to the next full session. “For example, the issue of school funding cannot possibly be resolved in a session lasting only 120 days,” Bowers said. “Much of the work must be done during the 20 months when
the Legislature is not in session.” The goal of many of these committees is to bring forward bill drafts. Brooks, for instance, is studying fuel gas taxes for bills the Interim Energy Committee hopes to draft. Consumers are buying less gas as cars become more fuel-efficient and some motorists opt for electric vehicles. That means less money for road repair—something the energy committee hopes to address in the off-year. State Sen. Marilyn Dondero Loop, D-Las Vegas, said lawmakers work not only on committee business but also on constituency outreach, communication and other non-committee meetings. Plus, there’s the non-legislative work. “Most of the legislators, of course, have proper jobs as well,” she said.
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repealed in 1960. Bowers said Nevada’s history of small-government movements might lead opponents of an annual legislature to opposing having lawmakers meet more often. “I would suggest that Nevada’s libertarian history and fear [or] disdain for government have worked to ensure that these proposals simply never make it through,” he said. “The more often the Legislature meets, so the thinking goes, the more laws it will pass and the more mischief it will cause.” Meeting annually could become a burden to some lawmakers, many of whom balance the four months of the session with full-time employment. The state pays about $9,000 per session to lawmakers, a figure that would need to increase if the Legislature met annually. In California, for instance, it’s a six-figure-a-year position. Dondero Loop said a lack of awareness about legislative sessions and lawmakers’ responsibilities could lead people to oppose a move to an annual session. She also said Nevada’s transient population and the number of people moving here can create groups that might not realize that the state doesn’t have an annual session. After all, it’s more common than not nationwide.
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What it means for bills
The last days and hours of a session are usually a frantic push to get laws passed. Some bills die simply because there’s not proper time to look into the legislation. That could be considered reasoning enough to meet annually. Bowers said that while many bills do die in the session, he has seen no evidence that it’s easier or harder to pass a bill during a biennial session compared with an annual session. “Whether those bills [that died] would have been passed in an annual session or wind up in a committee chair’s desk drawer, we really have no way of knowing,” he said. “It does seem to me, based on the more than 35 years that I have observed the Legislature, that if leadership wants a bill to see the light of day and be voted upon, then it will.” Both Brooks and Dondero Loop said the year off from the session gives lawmakers the ability to take a step back, breathe and examine the issues. “It does help quite a bit because it gives you time to study things at a different level,” Dondero Loop said. “Because when you’re up there, it’s, ‘Hurry up and go.’” Brooks said that, although lawmakers have responsibilities during off-years, the workload remains up to individual legislators. “You can be as active as you have the time and money to be,” he said.
Nevada lawmakers and local businesspeople gather January 30 in the Las Vegas City Council Chambers to discuss legislative priorities for the 2021 legislative session. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
A bit of history
North Dakota, Texas and Montana are the only other states in the nation that meet biennially. “Originally, many states had biennial state legislatures, because they were not highly populated and also because government’s role in people’s lives was much smaller and more limited than it is now,” Bowers said. “There is also the theory that the less often the legislature meets, the less damage that it can do.” Bowers said there have been multiple attempts throughout Nevada’s history to switch the session to an annual schedule. The only success, he said, was one brief period when a 1958 constitutional amendment made the legislative session annual. It was
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In bustling Henderson, it’s ‘go time’ for developers
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BY BRYAN HORWATH s president and CEO of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce, Scott Muelrath is no stranger to construction sites. Wherever he is in Henderson these days, Muelrath typically isn’t far from a building project. This day, he’s at the construction site for the Las Vegas Raiders’ headquarters facility near St. Rose Parkway and Executive Airport Drive. “It’s a busy time—the relocations of businesses to Henderson and Southern Nevada as a whole, but also the growth of companies that were already here,” Muelrath says. The 320,000-square-foot facility—which will be known as the Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center—will feature indoor and outdoor practice fields, office space and a full athletic training center. The complex is expected to be finished in early June, according to Raiders President Marc Badain. But that’s just the start of things in busy Henderson. Across the city, backhoes, cranes and other heavy construction equipment dot the landscape. There’s the new Vegas Golden Knights ice center going up on downtown’s Water Street, a massive Amazon fulfillment center under construction on the west side, and the Union Village development—which includes Henderson Hospital—just east of U.S. 95 near Central Church. Plus, there’s the planned 2.4 million square feet of manufacturing space for California company Haas Automation, which plans to break
ground on three buildings this spring, according to city officials. Haas purchased 279 acres in west Henderson from the city last year. “If you look 18 months forward from now, there’s not a more compelling footprint of economic development and diversification in the entire state than what’s going on here in west Henderson,” Muelrath says. “We know about the
Raiders facility, but right next to it is the Turano Baking Co. facility, which just recently opened, all these industrial projects that have sprung up and then you have the Smith’s distribution warehouse,” he says. Muelrath says the planned Haas Automation complex might end up as the biggest prize of them all. Over the next decade, it’s projected to create 2,500 jobs with an average annual salary of $64,000. Based in Oxnard, Haas is one of the largest machine tool manufacturers in the country. It specializes in making motorized and maneuverable tool machines. “The city has worked very hard to make that happen,” Muelrath says of bringing Haas to Henderson. “That will bring over high-paying engineering jobs from outside of Nevada. That’s a 10-year phase-in, but they’re going to start moving dirt in just a matter of months.” Amazon, meanwhile, is on track to open its fulfillment center later this year near the new Raiders headquarters—and create about 1,000 full-time jobs, according to company spokeswoman Lisa Guinn. “We are thrilled to be part of the Henderson community and look forward to building relationships and being a good neighbor for years to come,” Guinn says. “Some factors we consider when selecting a location for an Amazon facility include a dedicated
Scott Muelrath, CEO of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce, at the Las Vegas Raiders practice facility in Henderson (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
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workforce and great local support. We’ve found both in the Las Vegas metro area,” she adds. Windom Kimsey, president of TSK Architects and chair of the Henderson Development Association, says west Henderson and the downtown Water Street District are “the two shining stars for growth right now. It’s unbelievably exciting,” he says. “I couldn’t have predicted what’s happening now. I don’t think anybody could have.” In 2018, Henderson city leaders were in contact with officials from the Arizona Diamondbacks about the possibility of bringing the Major League Baseball team to Nevada’s second-largest city. Though that effort ultimately didn’t pan out, Kimsey says “a lot of things are out there that Henderson could potentially capture. The ultimate goal is to increase the value of Henderson as a place to live.” Says Muelrath, “What we’re hoping for is a measured, consistent pace of growth. At times, that growth has been moving pretty darn quick. That said, it’s go time.”
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Vegas Golden Knights mascot Chance arrives at the future site of the team’s Henderson ice hockey facility during a demolition ceremony. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
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Where were you when you received your 40 Under 40 award? It was in 2012 while serving as principal of the Equity Group.
Where are you now? I’m still Downtown, the greatest neighborhood in the Valley. Still doing projects.
What’s been your biggest accomplishment since you were awarded? On a personal side, I would say having four daughters with my wife, Kati, while trying to reasonably balance work, family, friends and grow the businesses. I think the biggest professional accomplishment is recruiting the people under the Logic umbrella. Our business is the definition of “a people business,” and we have an incredibly talented team.
What’s been your biggest accomplishment since you were awarded? It’s a tie among a few things. We have two amazing children and we just broke ground last year on an apartment project named shareDowntown. It’s 63 residential units with retail on the ground floor in the heart of the Arts District.
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Who is your business hero? Globally, either Warren Buffett or Jeff Bezos. We quote them a lot in the office due to their insightful longterm perspective on business success. On a more peer-to-peer level, Adam Peterson, who is the co-CEO of Boston Omaha, a publicly traded firm that is also a partner in our business. I have never seen someone my age have a better understanding of business, markets and people.
What do you want to accomplish? I’m going to continue building in Downtown and do all I can to make sure Downtown goes in the right direction.
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If you ran Las Vegas, what’s the first thing you would do? I wouldn’t. I appreciate what politicians do, but it’s not for me. What’s the best advice you have to offer? Do not be afraid to work on yourself. So much of what we do and how we react is pre-programmed from previous life experiences, both good and bad. We generally do not take the time to focus on how that programming is making us interact with others. It’s important to do deep work on that programming and avoid involuntarily passing down negative habits to the teams we lead—or worse, our children. Also, if you keep your debt at manageable levels, you can make long-term decisions. It also allows for opportunities to create/keep wealth in all cycles. It provides the ability to share with those who helped you succeed.
What is something you had to learn the hard way? I learned everything the hard way. That’s what happens when you don’t finish high school. Stay in school, kids.
What’s the best spot for a lunch meeting? I frequent all the Downtown spots: Goodwich, Esther’s Kitchen, Casa Don Juan, Oscar’s, Makers & Finders. Downtown is where all the action is, and I can walk to most of them. Who is your business hero? Harris Rittoff. He’s been to every casino opening since the Flamingo and stays off everyone’s radar. If you ran Las Vegas, what’s the first thing you would do? We have a lot of smart people working in the City of Las Vegas. I would continue to press hard on making sure the city is at the forefront of a smart, accessible and wellfunded medical industry. What’s the best advice you have to offer? Know your business in and out, every angle, every metric and everyone involved, and make sure you’re there.
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Alex Fugazzi was elected to the board of directors of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce. Fugazzi is the Nevada office administraFugazzi tive partner at Snell & Wilmer as well as a trial attorney and civil litigator representing businesses in state and federal courts, arbitration and on appeal. He has been a Henderson resident for 15 years.
Lori Olk, vice president of regulatory compliance with Konami Gaming Inc., was named one of Global Gaming Business magazine’s “25 People to Olk Watch” in 2020. She was selected by the magazine’s editorial advisory board as a person poised to make a major impact on the gaming industry. With a more than 20-year track record in gaming regulatory compliance, Olk has helped ensure Konami’s compliance across 300-plus governmental regulatory jurisdictions since 2011.
De Castroverde Law Group announced that Danielle Holt joined the firm. Holt will practice personal injury litigation and is experienced Holt in a variety of legal areas including animal law, insurance defense, medical malpractice defense and personal injury law. Prior to joining De Castroverde Law Group, she was at the 702 Firm. PureStar, a provider of laundry services and linen management to the hospitality industry, appointed Alex Dixon as west region president to lead the Dixon company’s west coast operations and service lines. Dixon previously served in various executive roles for hospitality companies such as Caesars Entertainment Corporation and MGM Resorts International, including most recently as the president and chief operating
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officer for Circus Circus. Department of Business and Industry Director Terry Reynolds appointed two leadership positions within the department: Sandy O’Laughlin as O’Laughlin commissioner of the Nevada financial institutions division and Budd Milazzo as deputy director for Northern Nevada.
Milazzo MountainView Hospital opened Las Vegas Heart Associates, a cardiology practice offering the full spectrum of cardiovascular care, including comprehensive patient management. The clinic is part of the larger Las Vegas Heart Institute, which includes the MountainView Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Associates and the hospital’s outpatient cardiac rehab program. The practice employs six cardiologists at 2880 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 100. MountainView also broke ground on northwest Las Vegas’ second hospital-based emergency department. The 24-hour facility, located in the Skye Canyon master-planned community, will serve the fastgrowing area when it opens this fall. Konami Gaming Inc.’s awardwinning Synkros casino management system was selected by Virgin Voyages for its founding fleet of luxury ships. Konami will deliver its player-tracking system, combined with its new-
Dr. Eugene Libby and Dr. Anthony Bratton joined OptumCare Orthopaedics and Spine as orthopedic surgeons to help meet the Libby growing need for health services in the Las Vegas community. The Penta Building Group hired Liana Moreno as preconstruction assistant. Moreno was previously an HR intern with the company.
the foundation’s development director since 2016. Fagan’s primary goal is to ensure that the infrastructure of the monthly event is streamlined and cost efficient, and she is committed to working with the board of directors to improve the event’s art programs, lighting, footprint and entertainment. Colliers International Las Vegas promoted Angelina Scarcelli, CPM, CCIM to director of operations and Jennifer Kennedy to senior portfolio Scarcelli manager. Scarcelli and Kennedy both work within the Real Estate Management Services department, which provides services in property Kennedy management, building operations, maintenance, lead administration as well as financial reporting. Boulder City announced William Gray as the new fire chief. Gray has more than 25 years of experience in fire service. He has served as a firefighter, fire Gray medic, emergency medical officer, training officer, operations captain and assistant fire chief.
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First Friday Foundation Las Vegas, a nonprofit organization, named Corey Fagan as executive director. Fagan has been working with First Friday since 2012 in various roles, most recently as
Dr. Neil Gokal, medical director of clinical education for Southwest Medical Associates, joined the Nevada Academy of Family Physicians as a board Gokal member. The
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academy works to assist Nevada family physician members in providing the highest quality of care for their patients. The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources appointed Colin Robertson as the inaugural administrator for departRobertson ments’s Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation. Robertson will help build the new division with a focus on enhancing Nevada’s outdoor recreation experiences and promoting a healthy and sustainable outdoor recreation economy that centers on protecting Nevada’s natural landscapes. NAIOP Southern Nevada, an organization representing commercial real estate developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial, retail and mixed-use real estate, announced its newly elected officers and directors for 2020, led by President Julie Cleaver, vice president of planning and design for Summerlin with the Howard Hughes Corporation. Additional officers include President-elect David Strickland, Thomas & Mack Development Group; Treasurer Reed Gottesman, Harsch Investment Properties; Secretary Rod Martin, Majestic Realty Co.; and Immediate Past President Shawn Danoksi, DC Building Group. The remaining board members include Cassie Catania-Hsu, Sun Commercial Real Estate Inc.; Jay Heller, Heller Companies; Matt Hoyt, CommCap Advisors; Jeff LaPour, LaPour; Hayim Mizrachi, CCIM, MDL Group; Steve Neiger, CCIM, Colliers International; Michael Newman, CBRE; John Restrepo, RCG Economics; Brad Schnepf, Marnell Properties; and Jennifer Turchin, Coda Group Inc.
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calendar LIVE music 172 Mike Phillips 2/6. Steph Payne 2/13. Rio, 702-513-3356. ACCESS SHOWROOM Special EFX All-Stars 2/16. Arrested Development 2/29. Aliante Casino, 702-692-7777. AMERICAN LEGION POST 8 Orthodox, Misdirection, So Without, Glee Club 2/12. Terror, Creeping Death, Dare, Suffer the Loss 2/19. Sanction, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Vamachara, Typecaste, Dying Wish 2/27. 733 N. Veterans Memorial Drive, 702-382-8533. Backstage Bar & Billiards Soulfly, Toxic Holocaust, X Method, Madzilla, Mynas 2/6. Blacktop Mojo, Dirt Halo 2/7. GayC/DC (AC/ DC tribute), Spice Pistols (Spice Girls tribute), Crimson Riot 2/14. Hot Snakes, Spanish Love Songs, Free Throw 2/29. 601 Fremont St., 702-382-2227. THE BARBERSHOP Commonwealth 2/6. Heavy Petting Zoo 2/7. The 442s 2/8. CJ Simmons 2/9. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7434. THE BOXX Hellway Patrol 2/6. Cali2Vegas 2/8. 1000 N. Nellis Blvd., 702-824-5281. Brooklyn Bowl The Green, Ka’ikena Scanlan 2/8. Black Uhuru, Etana, Onesty 2/9. Almost Queen (Queen tribute) 2/13. The Joe Kay Experience 2/15. Steel Pulse, Citizen X 2/18. Dweezil Zappa: Hot Rats Live! + Other Hot Stuff 1969 2/20. The Purple Party: The Music of Prince for Kids 2/22. Thrice, mewithoutYou, Drug Church, Holy Fawn 2/26. Overkill, Exhorder, Hydraform 2/28. Donavon Frankenreiter 3/5. Dance Gavin Dance, Animals as Leaders, Veil of Maya, Royal Coda 3/13. Rebel Souljahz, Kelandy, Vana Liya 3/15. Ween 3/19-3/21. Silverstein, I the Mighty, Four Year Strong 3/24. Galactic ft. Anjelika Jelly Joseph, Anders Osborne, Jackie Greene, Chali 2na 3/25. Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio 3/27. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695. Bunkhouse Saloon Lawn Mower Death Riders, Jesse Pino, The Rifleman, Illicitor, Hassan Hamilton 2/6. Zack Gray 2/8. Homeboy Sandman, Quelle Chris, Late for Dinner, Slump Lords 2/9. Chastity Belt, Loose Tooth 2/11. Miniature Tigers, Katsu Ozo 2/12. Tacocat 2/13. The Paranoyds 2/15. Big Business, Strange Mistress 2/17. The Frogs, Mark Huff, Hammell on Trial 2/22. Lord Dying, Sonolith, Plague Doctor 2/23. Part Time, Gary Wilson 2/24. Saintseneca, Magmana 2/26. White Reaper, The Aquadolls 2/28. Patrick Droney 2/29. Uniform & The Body, Dreamdecay, Four Gras 3/7. Milquetoast and Co. 3/10. Dirty Streets, Void Vator 3/11. Louis XIV 3/14. Summer Salt 3/22. High Reeper, Sonolith, Haxa 3/25. 124 S. 11th St., 702-982-1764. CHEBA HUT Standards, Floral 2/26. 2550 S. Rainbow Blvd., 702-685-0692. The Chelsea Dierks Bentley, Caylee Hammack 2/14-2/15. Dave Matthews Band 2/28. Brantley Gilbert, Dylan Scott, Brandon Lay 3/28. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-6797. Chrome Showroom Bobby Caldwell 2/15. Blue String Theory 2/22. Santa Fe Station, 702658-4900. CLEOPATRA’S BARGE Dionne Warwick 2/6-2/9, 2/13-2/16, 2/20-2/23, 2/27-3/1. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938.
Soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Doobie Brothers kick off a Venetian Theatre residency on February 7. (Courtesy)
THE CLUB In a Fect 2/7, 2/28. Let’s Get It On (Marvin Gaye tribute) 2/8. Next Movement 2/14. MJ Deja Vu (Michael Jackson tribute) 2/15. Brett Rigby & The B.A.R. Band 2/21. Vegas McGraw (Tim McGraw tribute) 2/22. Rockin’ the Paradise (Styx tribute) 2/29. Cannery, 702-507-5700. CLUB MADRID Edwin McCain 2/15. Sunset Station, 702-547-7777. The Colosseum Van Morrison 2/7-2/8. Mariah Carey 2/14-2/15, 2/19, 2/21-2/22, 2/26, 2/28-2/29. Rod Stewart 3/6-3/7, 3/11, 3/13-3/15, 3/18, 3/203/21. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938. Count’s VAMP’D Crobot, Like Machines, Budderside, Incarnate 2/6. Every Woman Band, The Remainz, Strange Mistress 2/7. Count’s 77, Electric Dynamite 2/8. Wheel in the Sky (Journey tribute), U2LV (U2 tribute) 2/14. Soil, The Outfit, Bakers Dozen 2/19. Jizzy Pearl’s Love/Hate, Jeff Carlson Band 2/29. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. DALLAS EVENTS CENTER Amanda Miguel, Diego Verdaguer 2/28. Texas Station, 702-631-1000. THE Dillinger Manny Franco 2/7. The Unwieldies 2/8. Michael Louis Austin 2/14. Mary Feick 2/15. Jase Wills 2/21. Casey Stickley 2/22. Wayne David Band 2/28. Jeff Reylee 2/29. 1224 Arizona St., Boulder City, 702-293-4001. THE Dispensary Lounge Toscha Comeaux 2/7. Linda Woodson 2/8. Julian Tanaka Octet
2/12. Lisa Gay 2/14. Ronnie Rose 2/16. The John Abraham Band 2/19. Ryan Baker 2/21. Joe Darro & Friends 2/23. Extreme Measures 2/26. Jo Belle Yonely 2/28. Karen Jones 2/29. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343. Dive Bar Slapshot, Countime, Hand of Doubt, Vigilante 2/6. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. DOUBLE DOWN SALOON Lonely Avenue 2/6. Dead Flowers Circus Sideshow, Unique Massive 2/9. Bargain DJ Collective 2/10. Johnny Zig & The Force 2/12. Scraper, The Psyatics, Cromm Fallon & The P200, The Swamp Gospel 2/15. Scurvy Kids, Octobrists, Bad Assault, Disrupted Euphoria 2/28. Loser Parade, Dead Radio, Forever Emerald, Dawne, Versus Verses 2/29. 4640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. DOWNTOWN CONTAINER PARK Dead Money 2/7. Beau Cody 2/14. Roxy Gunn 2/15. Jaron Brown 2/21. Jazz Session Sunday 2/24. 707 Fremont St., 702-359-9982. DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER Excision 2/8. Liquid Stranger 3/14. Tchami 3/27. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Encore Theater Brian McKnight 2/8. Sarah McLachlan 2/19, 2/21-2/22. Harry Connick Jr. 2/26, 2/28-2/29. Dwight Yoakam & The Bakersfield Beat 3/4, 3/6-3/7. Lionel Richie 3/11, 3/13-3/14. Robbie Williams 3/24-3/25, 3/27-3/28, 3/31. Wynn, 702-770-6696.
EVEL PIE CC Potato, Chainsaw Fight, Poison Made Sinners 2/8. The Drowns, Intoxicated Rejects, Brake Check, Jerk! 2/11. 508 Fremont St., 702-840-6460. FLAMINGO SHOWROOM CeeLo Green 3/24, 3/26-3/28, 3/31. Flamingo, 702-733-3111. FREEDOM BEAT Anthony Serrano 2/7. Downtown Grand, 702-719-5315. Fremont Country Club Horrorpops 2/16. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont STREET EXPERIENCE Bret Michaels 2/22. vegasexperience.com. Gilley’s Saloon Dez Hoston 2/6. Redneck Rodeo 2/7-2/8. Chase & The Pursuit 2/12, 2/23, 2/26. Scotty Alexander 2/13, 2/27. Chris Lozano 2/14-2/15. Brett Rigby 2/19. Arnie Newman’s Country Club Band 2/20-2/22. Rachel Horter 2/28-2/29. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. GOLD MINE TAVERN Jeff & The Orrganics 2/8. Randy Williams’ American Acoustic 2/12, 2/19, 2/26. Jaxin, Outlaw 2/14. Nautical Nation 2/15. Cletus & Mexican Sweat, Mark Huff 2/21. CJ Rock, Velvet Chairs 2/22. Singer-Songwriter Showcase 2/28. 23 S. Water St., 702-478-8289. Golden Nugget Showroom. The Yardbirds 2/7. Blue Öyster Cult 2/14. Grand Funk Railroad 2/21. Firehouse 2/28. Dennis DeYoung 3/6. Foghat 3/13. Tommy James & The Shondells 3/20. Molly Hatchet 3/27. 866-946-5336.
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Park Theater Aerosmith 2/8, 2/10, 2/13, 2/15. Cher 2/19, 2/21-2/22, 2/26, 2/28-2/29. Bruno Mars 3/6-3/7. 311 3/11-3/13. Park MGM, 844-600-7275. Pearl CONCERT THEATER Dermot Kennedy, SYML 2/7. Billy Idol 3/6-3/7, 3/11, 3/13-3/14. Il Volo 3/15. Melanie Martinez, Sub Urban 3/20. Prince Royce 3/21. Palms, 702-944-3200. THE Railhead Coco Montoya 2/13. Rob Garrett & The King of Diamonds Band (Neil Diamond tribute) 2/15. Wishbone Ash 2/27. Boulder Station, 702-432-7777. Rocks Lounge Rex Smith 2/14. Red Rock Resort, 702-797-7777. Sand Dollar Lounge Johnny Zig & The Force 2/6. Trevor & The Swingin’ Johnsons 2/7. Amoramora 2/8. CGnF Combo 2/9. The Deltaz 2/11. Cassie B Project 2/12. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. South Point Showroom Frankie Moreno 2/6, 2/20. Good Vibrations (Beach Boys tribute) 2/7-2/9. Herman’s Hermits 2/21-2/23. 702-696-7111. STAR OF THE DESERT ARENA Keith Sweat 2/15. Los Huracanes del Norte 2/29. Primm, 702-386-7867. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Austin Jenckes 2/7. Ward Davis 2/14. Kalie Shorr 2/21. Cory Marks 2/28. Town Square, 702-435-2855. SUNCOAST SHOWROOM Zowie Bowie 2/7, 3/6. 4NR (Foreigner tribute) 2/8. Reckless in Vegas 2/14. The Box Tops 2/15. Mirage (Fleetwood Mac tribute) 2/22. 800-745-3000. The TAVERN West Coast Travelers 2/7. 32 Dollar Pickup 2/14. Uprise 2/21. Gravel Band 2/28. 1113 S. Rainbow Blvd., 702-804-1113. T-Mobile Arena André Rieu & His Johann Strauss Orchestra 3/20. Zac Brown Band, Poo Bear, Sasha Sirota 3/27. 702-692-1600.
Orleans Arena Love Affair ft. Zapp, Atlantic Starr & more 2/8. 702-365-7469.
TopGolF Flor, Winnetka Bowling League 2/7. Kbong, Sensi Trails 2/20. Eric Hutchinson, Casey 2/22. Marchfourth 2/25. 4627 Koval Lane, 702-933-8458.
Orleans Showroom Neil Sedaka 2/7-2/8. Loverboy 2/29. 702-365-7111.
VEIL PAVILION Taylor Dayne 2/14. Silverton, 702-263-7777.
LA alt-pop band Flor hits Topgolf on February 7. (Courtesy)
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calendar 2/11. 3045 Walnut Drive, 702-507-3940. West Las Vegas ARTS CENTER Sankofa Conversations: Continuing the Journey of Language 2/8. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3989. Windmill Library Rex Havens 2/9. 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-507-6019. The Writer’s Block Kirsten Arnett, Lisa Ko 2/6. 519 S. 6th St., 702-550-6399.
Exhibits ALPHA VOYAGE GALLERY Jim Kuehne: Here, There and Everywhere: An Artist’s Evolution Thru 2/8. 3105 W. Tompkins Ave., 888-831-4844. Barrick Museum of Art (East Gallery) Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya: Connective Tissue Thru 2/22. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381. CORE CONTEMPORARY NVHead2Toe Thru 2/29. 900 E. Karen Ave. #D222, 702-805-1166. CSN Miya Hannan: Buried Relations Thru 2/22. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. Donna Beam Fine Art Paper Works Thru 2/21. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3893. East Las Vegas Library Zully Mejia: Self Portraits Thru 2/9. Yasmina Chavez: The Suchness of Light 2/11-4/21. 2851 E. Bonanza Road 702-507-3500.
Hawaiian reggae band The Green brings its 10th anniversary tour to Brooklyn Bowl on February 8. (Courtesy)
Venetian Theatre The Doobie Brothers 2/72/8, 2/12, 2/14-2/15, 2/19, 2/21-2/22. Chicago 2/282/29, 3/4, 3/6-3/7, 3/11, 3/13-3/14. 702-414-9000. WESTGATE INTERNATIONAl THEATER Barry Manilow 2/13-2/15, 2/20-2/22. 800-222-5361. ZAPPOS THEATER Gwen Stefani 2/7-2/8, 2/12. Christina Aguilera 2/26, 2/28-2/29, 3/4, 3/6-3/7. Planet Hollywood, 702-777-6737.
Dusty Slay 2/6-2/9. Linq Promenade, 702-777-2782. L.A. COMEDY CLUB Kiry Shabazz 2/6-2/9. K-Von 2/10-2/16. Strat, 702-380-7711. THE SPARE ROOM Tracy Smith 2/6-2/9. Bob Kubota 2/12-2/16. Downtown Grand, 702-719-5100. Terry Fator TheatrE Iliza Schlesinger 2/72/8. Mirage, 702-792-7777.
Comedy BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB Oscar Ovies 2/6. Rampart Casino, 702-507-5900. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club Brad Garrett, Collin Moulton, Joe Larson 2/6-2/8. Collin Moulton, Joe Larson, Matt Markman 2/9. Debi Gutierrez, Ken Garr, Kyle Ray 2/10-2/16. MGM Grand, 866-740-7711. COMEDY CELLAR Mike Yard, Aida Rodriguez, Dustin Ybarra, Dov Davidoff, Mark Cohen 2/6-2/9. Jason Cheny, Chloe Hilliard, Daniel Simonsen, John Joseph, Mark Cohen 2/10-2/15. Rio, 702-777-2782. The COMEDY WORKS Steve Byrne 2/6-2/8. Plaza, 702-386-2110. JIMMY KIMMEL’S COMEDY CLUB Ian Bagg 2/6.
LOCAL THEATER CSN FINE ARTS THEATRE PROGRAM (Nicholas J. Horn Theatre) Romeo & Juliet 2/7. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-5483. Las Vegas Little Theatre (Black Box) Shows for Days Thru 2/16. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996. Majestic Repertory Theatre Sweeney Todd Thru 2/9. 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. POOR RICHARD’S PLAYERS My First Time 2/6-2/15. The Playhouse, 528 S. Decatur Blvd., theplayhouselv.com. A Public Fit A Steady Rain 2/7-2/23. 100 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-735-2114.
Super Summer Theatre First Date Thru 2/16. 4340 S. Valley View Drive #208, 702-579-7529.
Nevada Humanities Program Gallery Margaret, Are you Grieving 2/6-3/25. 1017 S. 1st St. #190, nevadahumanities.org. Spring Valley Library Ronaldo Dizon: Images Left Behind Thru 2/18. 4280 S. Jones Blvd., 702-507-3820. Windmill Library Cheng Yajie Thru 2/11. 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-507-6030.
Performing Arts & Culture Charleston Heights Arts Center StorySLAM: Oops 2/8. 800 Brush St., 702-229-2787. Clark County Library Las Vegas Stories: History of African Americans in Las Vegas 2/6. UNLV Jazz Concert Series: Latin Jazz Ensemble 2/12. 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
SPORTS Impact Wrestling 2/7-2/8. Sam’s Town Live, 702-456-7777. Major League Rugby 2/9, 2/15-2/16. Sam Boyd Stadium, 702-739-3267. NXT Live Wrestling 2/8. Pearl Concert Theater, 702-944-3200.
East Las Vegas Library LP and the Vinyl 2/8. 2851 E. Bonanza Road, 702-507-3500.
UNLV MEN’S BASKETBALL Fresno State 2/8. UNR 2/12. Thomas & Mack Center, 702-739-3267.
FIRST FRiDAY 2/7. Downtown Las Vegas, firstfridaylasvegas.com.
UNLV MEN’S Hockey Arizona 2/7-2/8. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.
THE Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) The Spongebob Musical Thru 2/9. (Cabaret Jazz) Julie Budd 2/7. Las Vegas Pops 2/9. 702-749-2000.
UNLV SOFTBALL Rebel Kickoff 2/7-2/9. Eller Media Stadium, 702-739-3267.
Summerlin Library Rene Toledo Quintet ft. Toscha Comeaux 2/9. 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860. West Charleston Library Poetry Out Loud
UNLV MEN’S TENNIS San Francisco 2/7. Virginia Tech 2/9. Southern Utah 2/9. Fertitta Tennis Complex, 702-739-3267. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS Carolina 2/8. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.
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horoscopes week of February 6 by rob brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): You now have the power to make connections that have not previously been possible. Be on the lookout for a dynamic group effort you could join or a higher purpose with which you might align yourself. You may even find an opportunity to weave your fortunes together with a dynamic group effort that’s in service to a higher purpose. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it,” wrote the poet Marianne Moore. In other words, you must track down each victory in which you’re interested. You must study its unique nature. And then you must adjust yourself to its specifications. You can’t remain just the way you are, but must transform yourself so as to be in alignment with the responsibilities it demands of you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While at the peak of his powers as an author, Jean-Paul Sartre consumed at least a quart of alcohol, smoked two packs of cigarettes and drank copious amounts of coffee and tea. Make him your anti-role model the next four weeks. Your ability to discover, attract and benefit from wonders and marvels will thrive to the degree that you forswear artificial enhancements. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Now and then I’ve had temporary relationships with people who regarded me as uninteresting. I tend to believe they couldn’t see me for who I really am, but I may have lived down to their expectations. Their inclination to see me as unimportant influenced me to be dull. Now is an excellent time to remove yourself from situations where you have trouble being and feeling your true self. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Soprano Helen Traubel and tenor Lauritz Melchior performed together in many productions of Wagnerian operas. They had a playful relationship with each other. A favorite pastime was figuring out tricks they could try that would cause the other to break into inappropriate laughter while performing. The coming weeks will be a propitious time for you to engage in similar high jinks with your allies. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Samuel Johnson compiled A Dictionary of the English Language, which remained the definitive British dictionary for 170 years. He also had a talent for exposing hypocrisy. Of Americans’ War of Independence, he noted that some of the “loudest yelps for liberty” came from slave owners. Make Johnson one of your role models in 2020. May he inspire you to produce rigorous work that’s useful to many. May he also empower you to be a candid purveyor of freedom.
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ACROSS 1 Uncertainty 6 Home to the Taj Mahal 10 Sporty Mazda 15 Pats gently 19 Mistake 20 Co. bigwigs 21 Tunesmith Harold 22 Opera solo 23 Denim pants that rise up to the navel? 25 Illusions a postman performs with his letters? 27 Astrologer Sydney 28 Small dent 29 Discusses at length, with “over” 30 Bet taker who’s great with scissors? 35 Weed-nixing tools 37 — B’rith 38 “— afraid of that” 39 Baffle a lecherous fellow? 44 Actor Crystal playing a high-ranking policeman? 48 Ship spars 49 Margarine, quaintly 50 Pants lines 51 Ump relative 52 Ridicule 53 Busy crawler 54 Phone bug 55 Violent guys on a Greek island? 60 “Can — witness?” 62 Abbr. on a bank door 63 Eagle’s nest 64 Make anew 65 Add cornstarch to spiced tea? 69 Sitarist Shankar 73 Appeals 75 Debt memos
76 Involving warships 77 Bloated dancer? 82 Genetic helix 84 Sugar suffix 85 Florida Air Force Base 86 Realty unit 87 Uses logic 89 Kingly Norse name 90 Seismic event 93 Romantic song sung with an audience watching? 96 What might result in an octuple bogey? 98 Arizona tribe 99 Oscar — Renta 100 Currency unit of 11-Down 101 Solution to rinse partially closed eyes? 105 Akron native 109 Sale caveat 111 Olive-green songbird 112 Supermarket vehicles within easy reach? 114 Comic Foxx being shamelessly bold? 119 Longish skirt 120 Kellogg’s waffles 121 City in central Poland 122 Beast of Borden 123 Plumlike fruit 124 Tending to ooze 125 Comply with 126 Ford fiasco DOWN 1 Cotillion star 2 Mine metal 3 Net address 4 Cowboys’ neck cords 5 “Go ahead, I’m listening” 6 Sour-tasting
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Transmission lubricants 8 “Hellboy” star Perlman 9 Beast of burden 10 First lady Eisenhower 11 Persia, now 12 Dismounts from a horse 13 — Aviv 14 Patriotic songs 15 Lectern spot 16 Shoe part 17 BMX vehicle 18 Give lip to 24 Pantry item 26 Scraping file 28 Belittle, informally 30 Ottawa-based TV network 31 Disconnect, as a door 32 Sullied 33 Barn hooter 34 Eloise creator Thompson 36 Ump’s cry 39 Ump’s cry 40 Musical period since the 1950s 41 Balm additive 42 Deborah of “Quo Vadis” 43 Huge spans 45 Greek cheese 46 Lamb’s call 47 Bratty kid 48 Encountered 51 Proof of purchase 52 — -fi 53 Make public 55 Public health agcy. 56 “Drop Dead Fred” star Mayall 57 Infants’ cries 58 “Isn’t — little old for her?” 59 Jackie’s “O” 61 Best-of list count-
able on one hand 62 Closed hand 65 Actor Danson 66 Possesses 67 — Valley, San Francisco 68 Mongrel dog 70 “Anne of Green Gables” town 71 Feudal tenants 72 Dot in la mer 74 Actor Cariou 76 Skylab org. 77 Lowly worker 78 Aptly named hybrid fruit 79 Custard tart 80 Deer cousins 81 “Annabel Lee” poet 82 Wildlife lair 83 Arrest 87 Enter hostilely again 88 Europe, Asia and Africa 90 Pear relatives 91 Hagen of the stage 92 Like fugitives 93 —’wester (storm type) 94 —Pen 95 Lah-di- — 97 Talk to God 98 Command ctrs. 101 Actress Spacek 102 Fluster 103 Previous to 104 Zellweger of Hollywood 105 Resistance units 106 Salute 107 — -Chinese 108 Pooch in “Garfield” 110 Knock off 113 Get mellow 114 Slo- — fuse 115 Knock off 116 Ar-tee linkup 117 Fizzle out 118 Costa — Sol
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Is there a project or situation you’d love to create but have lacked the confidence to try? Now is a time to summon the courage. Is there a long-running dilemma that has seemed too confusing and overwhelming to solve? Now is a favorable time to ask your higher self for the clear vision that will instigate an unforeseen healing. Is there a labor of love that seems to have stalled or a dream that got sidetracked? Revive its luminosity, and get it back in a sweet groove. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Pablo Picasso was a revolutionary innovator who got rich from his creations. Once, while visiting a gallery showing of art made by children, he said, “When I was their age I could draw like Raphael. But it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like they do.” Seek inspiration from Picasso’s aspiration. Set an intention to develop expertise in seeing your world and your work through a child’s eyes. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarians have an admirable ability to keep finding new inspiration in sources they already know well. But you shouldn’t do much of this kind of thing in the coming weeks. It’s high time for you to experiment with experiences you know little about. Be fresh, innocent and curious. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Athens was one of the great cities of the ancient world. Its vigorous art, theater, philosophy, architecture and experiments in democracy are today regarded as foundational to Western culture. And yet at its height, Athens’ population was a mere 275,000. That’s a long story. Be like Athens yourself in the coming weeks and months—a highly concentrated fount of value. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This year will be a time when you can have dramatic success as you re-evaluate, re-envision and revamp your understandings of your life purpose. Why were you born? What’s the nature of your unique genius? What are the best gifts you have to offer the world? The next few weeks will be a potent time to get this energizing investigation fully underway. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “If you think you understand it, that only shows you don’t know the first thing about it,” physicist Niels Bohr mused. If you’re willing to acknowledge how perplexing the mysteries and riddles that make your life so interesting are, and you can accept the fact that your comprehension of them is partial and fuzzy, you might enjoy a glimmer of the truth that’s worth building on.
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