Greg wrote on July 08, 2009 09:21 AM: Getting the Lady Luck back on track is WAY overdue--I hope the mayor goes ahead with the idea of having city inspectors go over the place for code violations. Hit CIM where it hurts--in the wallet! And use the money to help clean up downtown. Another building that needs to get demolished is the boarded-up Hotel Nevada at the corner of Main & Bridger--it has been a gutted carcass for 3 years.....IMPLODE IT ALREADY!

PCNA wrote on July 06, 2009 02:19 PM: I agree with the comments about CIM and their management. I worked with them 2 years ago when they acquired the site. They had the most inexperienced group of managers on the project that I have ever encountered in my 20 years in LV. I knew then that there was no way on earth they would get this project done (recession or not). CIM is an LA company with many great projects and people. They just treated this one with disdain and really made no real effort to get it done. They just saw an opportunity to "flip" a monstrosity. They only did this because the city was giving them all of the land around the post office. Without this "incentive" they would have never gotten into the deal. They believed that by adding this land, they could sell off all or parts of their holdings to others as needed. They forgot that real estate values can also go down. Based on this experience, the sooner CIM leaves LV, the better.

Nevada Jack wrote on July 05, 2009 08:41 PM: The mayor can thank himself and the OBD for wheeling and dealing with taxpayer dollars to fund his boondoggle mob museum. The city has delt with developer, formerly the brother in law of Michale Mack btw on this for years and actually are more to blame. Oscar planed to give the city park to them as well. 40 million wasted dollars on an unremarkable post office (literally something you could see in ANY town in America ... totally NOT worth that kind of outlay). Why has all this been done? Oscar's ego, he worked in the post office, he represented the mob, he has spent his entire time at city hall having his ego fed by a bunch of sycophants. I honestly think Oscar is an amazing person, undeniably intelligent beyond 99.9% of the people out there (certainly myself included). But he has fallen for the emperor's new clothes. He allowed himself to be blinded, he surrounded himself with very weak staff ... all yes men and women ... and allowed sweet talking developers to hoodwink both he and the taxpayers of the City of Las Vegas. All that said ... he'd still make a much better governor than Gibbons. I can't blame Oscar for all of this, I think he is a victim of circumstances with the collapse of the economy his house of cards came tumbling down. What I can blame him for is being less like Larry Brown and Bruce Woodbury and more of a shameless self promoter. The Lady Luck is the fault of the city manager (whom Betsy Fretwell can't shrink away from, she might have been deputy but she was still involved), Scott Adams, the Council and Oscar. Wise up people.

Why wrote on July 05, 2009 06:24 PM: What does the Mayor think that his new City Hall will look like when it is half built and they run out of money to finish it. If goodman had his way he would have the city buy the Lady Luck and put in the only other thing that could possibly as worthwhile as the Mob Museum, a brothel.

Oscar wrote on July 05, 2009 03:08 PM: We wouldn't want anything detracting from the Mob Museum that we never got a chance to vote down, would we?

JB wrote on July 05, 2009 12:21 PM: Downtown is a wonderful place to visit!

We have been coming to Las Vegas for years and always find time to spend at the Golden Nugget, 4 Queens among others, plus now the renovated
El Cortez.

It's nice to park the car for a day or two and walk in the pedestrian areas between the properties. The people are friendly and it's a fun place to be.

While we do tend toward the Wynn or the Venetian as our favorites, downtown is special and brings back the Old Vegas charm. The downtown East looks a lot better too. We were just there and really enjoyed the stroll over to the El Cortez through the old neon signs, it's great!

I widh the Mayor well in getting the Lady Luck project moving.

oy wrote on July 05, 2009 11:11 AM: The entire downtown is a toilet, this just matches the decor! What's the big deal?

casinocon wrote on July 05, 2009 09:53 AM: I said it before, I'll say it again, CIM is only looking to acquire property to resell, they never had any intention of restoring and reopening the Lady Luck. Goodman is a sucker for believing their lies. He'll have to live with the carcass.

Ed Deline wrote on July 05, 2009 09:49 AM: CIM leases the garage from the city for about $550,000 annually, Adams said. CIM has a long-term lease and would need to agree to any arrangement for Siegel to participate, he said.

Are you telling me that CIM has paid $550,000 this year for that gargage to sit empty? Seriously? That is NOT sound business, who the heck is running this show anyways for CIM?

Danny McCoy wrote on July 05, 2009 09:47 AM: "On the public's side of the fence, the landscaping is untamed and empty booze bottles litter the ground."

Oscar, why don't you and your pansy councilman get some garbage bags and clean up the crapola on the public side of the fences? CIM didn't throw the empty booze bottles there and all the trash. Action, Mr. Mayor, action.

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