City Cast Las Vegas
💉 Can one parent vax kid if other objects?
October 5, 2023
Good morning! If you actually want to see some F1 zoom-zoom, this story says the Las Vegas Grand Prix will offer locals-only tickets during a daylong window beginning at 7 a.m. Friday. Check the race’s ticketing portal then. Good luck!
What's CITY Talking About?
🏨 Let’s Gentrify!
A developer is proposing a big, honkin’ block of hotel rooms and apartments in the Arts District. More than 80 feet high, it would have 97 hotel rooms and 279 apartments. Though the planning commission staff recommended denial due to surrounding industrial pollution, and because the apartments are a tiny 438 square feet, it’s now before the City Council. [Review-Journal]
- Context: Host Dayvid Figler and former host Vogue Robinson show you the highlights of the Arts District. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
💉 Parents Fight Over Kid Vax
It’s a dispute for our divided times: Divorced parents disagree about whether their child should be vaccinated. Shit gets legal. This week the Nevada Supreme Court sided with the father, approving the vaccine, saying it’s in the kid’s best interests. [Nevada Independent]
🏂 Go Ahead, Wax That Snowboard
Mount Charleston is still closed from storm damage — but fans of winter sports can breathe a frosty sigh of relief, as operators of the Lee Canyon Ski Resort say it will open as usual, in late November or early December. [KVVU]
What To Do
🤖 ‘How Will the New AI Technology Affect Our Lives?’ | Friday | 3 p.m.
The notice is very clear: Though it will be led by UNLV philosophy prof Todd Jones, this will be a talk, not a lecture — bring your thoughts on how artificial intelligence might make our lives better and worse. [UNLV; free]
- Also: How might AI affect Las Vegas’ hospitality industry? [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
🥙 Lebanese American Festival | Friday-Sunday | Various times
Food, music, games, and more, with a big helping of Lebanese culture. [St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church, Silverado Ranch; $8]
🪶 Snow Mountain Pow Wow | Friday-Sunday | Various times
The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe presents a festival of Indigenous culture — dance, music, food, a fun walk, and more. [Snow Mountain (see map); $5/$8 for two-day pass]
Today on City Cast
Disregards to the Chef!
National publications frequently run best-of roundups heralding the country’s top restaurants and bars; recent examples include the New York Times and Bon Appétit. And the Las Vegas restaurant scene is usually excluded, ignored — snubbed, you might even say. Why? On today’s episode, host Dayvid Figler puts that question to longtime journalist and restaurant marketing expert Eric Gladstone.
Lastly today, not to be outdone by those agencies screwing up roads elsewhere, Henderson plans to “reimagine” 7.5 miles of Boulder Highway. And they want your input, either at an in-person or virtual public meeting.
☕ Scott Dickensheets
Good catches on the edit, Layla Muhammad!
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