City Cast Las Vegas
🧨 Where to see fireworks July 4th
June 18, 2025 · — Rob Kachelriess
🎰 Are you ready for 702 Day? It’s a brand-new, totally real holiday that we think should be official — taking place on July 2 (natch) to celebrate all things Las Vegas.
So how do you have the most “Las Vegas” day ever? Share your idea with us — and we’ll publish our favorite suggestions in the newsletter 👍
What's CITY Talking About?
⚾ A’s Shine Shovels for June 23
We’re just days away from the official groundbreaking of the A’s baseball stadium. Is the ceremony more “ceremonial” than anything else at the moment? City Cast Las Vegas hosts a fierce debate on the status of the project and its chances of success. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
✋ Fighting Hope
A lawsuit was filed to stop the Campus of Hope, a 900-bed homeless facility that’s scheduled to break ground this September near Charleston and Jones. Neighbors don’t think it’s good for home values. [KSNV]
😵💫 YouTube Bad for Kids?
Nevada’s Attorney General is suing the parent company of YouTube, claiming the channel fosters an addictive online environment that’s harmful to children. [KTNV]
📺 Netflix Plays House in Vegas
And here’s another steaming service spreading its influence. Interactive playground Netflix House is coming to The BLVD on the Las Vegas Strip in 2027 (after Dallas and Philly get versions first). The streaming giant already has a themed restaurant at the MGM Grand, mixing creative presentations with just-okay food. [Variety]
💰 Nevada Misplaces Priorities
The Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation in Henderson is seeking donations after 100% of its state funding was cut. [KVVU]
🚘 Break a Window, Save a Pet
We received a few questions about our Rules of Summer story. To clarify, breaking a car window in hot weather to save a dog or another animal has been illegal for years in Nevada, but the newly passed Reba’s Law grants immunity to civil and criminal liability for those who use “any reasonable means necessary” to save a pet from a locked car. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
What To Do
Wednesday, June 18
- 🏳️🌈 Mobile Clinic Grand Opening at The Center | 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Free | Downtown
- 📚 Juneteenth: Celebrating Freedom & Book Bus at The Wall | Noon - 7 p.m. | Free | AREA15
- 🧠 Creativity is a New Formula for Life Reception at Historic Fifth Street School | 5 - 7 p.m. | Free | Downtown
- 🕯️ DIY Soy-Based Candles at Whitney Library | 5 - 7 p.m. | Free | Tropicana & Nellis
- 🤑 Tabletop Game Night: Going Beyond Monopoly at Centennial Hills Library | 5 - 7 p.m. | Free | Buffalo & Deer Springs
- 📿 Jewelry Class at Queendom Cultivation | 6 p.m. | $30 | Sahara & Durango
- 🦋 Sisters In Song: Voices of Power, Harmony & Hope at Myron’s | 7 p.m. | $33.40+ | Smith Center
- 🚨 On the Yakuza Beat at the Mob Museum | 7 - 8 p.m. | Free with museum admission ($19.95+) | Downtown
- 🎤 Juneteenth Open Mic with Vogue Robinson at West Las Vegas Library | 7 - 9 p.m. | Free | Historic Westside
Thursday, June 19
- 🌍 Juneteenth
- 🥕 Farmers Market at Montagna Park | 3 - 7 p.m. | Free entry | Henderson
- ✍️ Art Club 002 - Drawing & Sketching Characters at Akin Cooperative | 5 - 7 p.m. | $40 | Arts District
- 🎉 Juneteenth Freedom Fest at Fergusons Downtown | 5 - 8 p.m. | Free | Fremont East
- 🎊 Juneteenth Festival at Water Street Plaza | 6 - 9 p.m. | Free | Henderson
- 🎞️ Oasis Cinema Club: Black Panther: Wakunda Forever at Oasis Pool | 8 p.m. | $10+ | Fontainebleau
👋 Bye for now! We’re taking tomorrow off for the Juneteenth holiday, but returning Friday with a special edition of the newsletter. (Hint: It involves all 13 City Cast cities 👀)
In the meantime, enjoy free entry tomorrow at national parks like Death Valley, Grand Canyon, and Zion — plus other parks that operate under federal oversight like Red Rock Canyon and Lake Mead.
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