🎰 AI is coming to Fremont Street

⚖️ Basketball Player Planned Murder?

Grand Jury evidence suggests former G-League basketball player Chance Comanche and his girlfriend plotted to kill a woman over possession of a Rolex watch. Police say Comanche also offered money for sex to Marayna Rodgers, who was later found strangled in a Henderson ditch. [KTNV]

🚦 We Told You This Was Coming

Chatter about legalizing automated traffic enforcement cameras is heating up. The Nevada Advisory Committee on Traffic Safety is urging state lawmakers to approve red light and speeding cameras to crack down on violators. Critics argue they’ll become more of a revenue tool than something that approves road safety. [Nevada Current]

• Worth noting: Metro Sheriff Kevin McMahill is big on the idea. [KVVU]

🚶 AI Crowd Control at the Fremont Street Experience

Las Vegas is launching a pilot program that will use AI to monitor and control pedestrian traffic in and around the Fremont Street Experience. Federal funds will be used to install detection systems by early 2025, adjusting traffic and crossing lights in real time based on crowd volume and movement. It will also give those with a government-issued card access to push buttons to request extra crossing time if needed. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

🌎 The Exosphere is Your Canvas

The Sphere is giving local students the opportunity to see their own original art on the world’s largest LED screen. Eight finalists will be determined by a public vote in the Sphere XO Student Design Challenge with the winners earning prizes of $10,000 in value. [Variety]

• Check out that artwork on the Sphere from a few good vantage points. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧] 

LVCVA Backs Boring’s Vegas Loop, a Regent Refuses to Resign, and Vegas Goes Hollywood

This week’s Friday news roundup covers the ongoing commitment by the LVCVA to the Vegas Loop, calls for a Board of Regents member to step down over trans comments, and a big question: Could Vegas become the next Hollywood? City Cast Las Vegas co-hosts Dayvid Figler and Sarah Lohman are joined by Andrew Kiraly of The List to talk about it all.