City Cast Las Vegas
🏁 Should biz be paid back for F1 losses?
January 11, 2024
Good morning. So it seems there’s a nationwide shortage of blood, but not a shortage of people who need it. Las Vegas isn’t exempt. Give if you can.
What's CITY Talking About?
💸 Businesses Seek F1 Reimbursement
Small businesses in and around the F1 disruption zone say they lost some $32 million during the event, and have asked tourism-agency bosses to establish a “recovery fund” to reimburse some of those losses. [Review-Journal]
- Related: How F1 can do better, according to the Plaza’s CEO. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
🚗💨 Prosecutor Busted
According to a police report, a deputy district attorney for Clark County was driving 73 mph in a 35 zone when she was arrested for suspicion of DUI. “I’m not that drunk, I promise,” she reportedly said. [Review-Journal]
- Related: Why many speeding tickets get bargained down in Las Vegas. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
💵 Not All Teachers ♥️ New Contract
Don’t think the arbitrated contract between teachers and the school district means the conflict is over. Apparently, on the new pay scale, some beginning teachers will earn more than better-credentialed long-timers. Not surprisingly, the teachers union blames the district, and vice versa. [KSNV]
⚖️ Metro Sued
A Las Vegas woman has filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit against Metro for the January 2022 death of her 19-year-old son. He was shot 17 times after Metro crashed into his apartment without, the suit contends, giving him time to recognize the intruders as police before shooting at them. [KLAS]
What To Do
Thursday, Jan. 11
- 🌺 ‘Explore Hawaiian Culture’ | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Free | Enterprise Library
- ✈️ ‘Landing in Las Vegas’ (aviation discussion) | 6 p.m. | Free | Henderson
- 💬 ‘Share Your Legacy (With Matt Paxton)’ | 6-8 p.m. | Free | Downtown
- 🎶 James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash | 7 p.m. | $25-$45 | UNLV
- 🎷 Rick Margitza and Friends (jazz) | 8 p.m. | Free | Dispensary Lounge
Friday, Jan. 12
- 🖼️ ‘Keeping Up With the Joneses’ (exhibit reception) | 6-8 p.m. | Free | Core Contemporary
- 🖼️ Reception for ‘Paradigm of Poison’ (exhibit) | 6-9 p.m. | Free | New Orleans Square
- 🎤 Clint Holmes in ‘Behind the Songs’ | 7 p.m. | $35-$59 | Smith Center
- 🎤 Quinn Ayers Album Release | 8-11 p.m. | $23.50 | The Space
- 🎉 ‘Create & Relate’ | 8 p.m. to midnight | $15 | Arts District
Saturday, Jan. 13
- 🖼️ “¡Intermediary Fluctuations of a Post-Fluxus World!” | 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. | Free | Winchester Dondero Center
- 🗑️ Volunteer Cleanup at Wetlands Park | 9-11 a.m. | Free | Wetlands park
- 🧅 Onion Planting (workshop) | 10 and 11 a.m. | $6 | Henderson
- 📚 ‘Portraits in Policing’ (book signing) | Noon-3 p.m. | Free | Mob Museum
- 🎨 Second Saturday Art Party | 2-6 p.m. | Free | Fremont East
- 🎹 Anson Chen Quartet | 7-10 p.m. | $45 food/drink minimum | West Flamingo
- 🎸 Pure Sport, Lie for Fun, Capstan | 8 p.m. | $19.65 | Fremont East
- 🎸 Andrew Silva, Keving Bessey, Kings Kings | 8 p.m. | $12-$15 | SoulBelly
Today on City Cast
Meet the New Corn, Same as the Old Corn
Unlike the mass-produced tortillas you’ll find in most of the valley’s taco trucks and restaurants, tortillas made by the ancient process of nixtamalization are more pliable, fragrant, and nutritious. Today, we’re bringing back a conversation co-host Dayvid Figler had last year with Masazul chef Mariana Alvarado about why she’s bringing nixtamalized corn products to Las Vegas — and where you can try them.
🎧 Are your ears still hungry? Sample more food-related episodes of City Cast Las Vegas:
- LV’s best new restaurants of 2023
- Great date-night dinners
- Why national food awards snub our dining scene
- The city’s most outrageous dishes
Lastly today, if you must listen to a podcast other than ours, you might try this shortish number from the Freakonomics folks about the economics of card counting.
See you tomorrow.
Scott Dickensheets
Big sparkles ✨ to Sonja Cho Swanson for the groovy edit!
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