🧐 What’s worth saving at the Tropicana?

🎰 Keeping Pieces of the Tropicana

The Tropicana hotel and casino closes a week from today, so check it out while you still can. The resort is working with the Neon Museum, Showgirl Museum, and UNLV to collect and preserve pieces of its history before doors shut on April 2. [KSNV]

• The Tropicana is being demolished so we can play baseball in an opera house. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🏫 Recording Device Found in Classroom

A computer tech arrested at Woolley Elementary School is accused of planting a recording device in a classroom used for special needs students. According to the arrest report, Haroon Rashid Zakai begged the teacher who found the device not to report it, and claimed he was recording students for his AI anti-bullying business 🤨 [KVVU]

✈️ Lieutenant Guv’s Gotta Jet

Lt. Governor Stavros Anthony smashed the record for traveling on the taxpayer’s dime during his first year in office. He says it’s no big deal, since he’s taking a part-time job and “turning it into a full-time job.” Politics aside, you can’t be too mad at a guy who went to war against HOV lanes, right? [Nevada Independent]

The Arts District is continuing to boom with the pending arrival of Midtown. The four-acre site, which includes the already-built English Hotel, will have two condo towers, one affiliated with Marriott. Developer Weina Zhang of Z Life Corporation discusses her plans for the project, which is already taking deposits.

What is your vision for Midtown?

“No nightclub, no sports bar, no gaming, no marijuana store. It's healthy living. The only restaurant, the Pepper Club (at the English Hotel), will close at 10:30 p.m. Then our cold-press juice and coffee shops will open at 6 a.m.”

It sounds very ambitious to have this ready by 2025.

“The first two towers will be completed by the summer of 2025. That sounds quick, but I built the English Hotel in eight months. We’ll do a floor-a-week construction. That's how we build.”

What are some of the perks for residents at Midtown Plaza?

“Price. Historically, glass condo towers are for rich people. You need $2 million. Midtown Plaza starts at $360,000. One bedroom, one bath starts in the mid-$400s. If you are a bartender making $100,000 a year, you can afford this.

“There will be one Tesla available for every five households. A studio has three hours per week for free. A one-bedroom unit has five hours per week for free. A two-bedroom has seven hours per week for free. Then you will have a daily rate and an hourly rate. Everything's built into an app.”

Your Guide to April in Las Vegas

Spring has sprung in Las Vegas. City Cast Las Vegas co-hosts Dayvid Figler and Sarah Lohman welcome contributor Brent Holmes to discuss how to make the most of April in our city. Spoiler: Hope you like festivals.