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'Las Vegas formula' for gaming, tourism often copied, rarely equaled, says famed gaming architect Steelman
News - February 18, 2025

"They don't have the government.They don't have Steve Hill at the convention center. They don't have the integration of sports. They don't have low taxes. They don't have a development-friendly government. So they all want it. But then they pull back." International gaming architect Paul Steelman, on why the 'Las Vegas formula' doesn't work in other gaming juristictions

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Steelman's secret for Las Vegas architecture: 'We have to make you feel like James Bond'
News - February 18, 2025

"Steve (Wynn) always had a thing, hated mirrors. If we put a mirror in a casino like Bob Stupak would do, well, you would look at yourself and, you know, it's over. You're not James Bond. You are you." Paul Steelman, international gaming architect

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After settlement of 'Badlands' lawsuit, new Las Vegas mayor turns focus to homeless people, abused animals
News - February 12, 2025

"If it was easy to solve, it would have been solved years ago," Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley said about the homeless problem.

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Expansion of data-center industry could 'quadruple' size of Northern Nevada's electrical grid, NV Energy CEO says
News - February 10, 2025

"So it is absolutely foreseeable in the next several years that you could double, triple, even quadruple the size of the total electric grid in Northern Nevada." Doug Cannon, CEO & president of NV Energy

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Reno Mayor Schieve no 'lame duck,' wants to fight crime, improve neighborhoods & reviltalize downtown in final 2 years
News - December 17, 2024

"Everyone's asking me, 'What's next?' It's funny because, as you know, I'm a nonpartisan, and it's very hard to run for another office if you're not in a party." Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve on her future in politics

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CD-2 debate: Can Kidd effectively represent Reno & Northern Nevada in Congress with no political party backing?
News - October 18, 2024

Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District has 187,409 registered non-partisan voters as of September of 2024, according to the Nevada Secretary of State. The congressional district has roughly 36,000 more registered non-partisans than Democrats.

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CD-2 debate: Kidd ties Amodei to do-nothing Congress; Amodei calls Kidd's non-partisanship a sham
News - October 17, 2024

Candidates square off in day one of two-day debate on Nevada Newsmakers

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Interest rates, not election, key reason for slowdown in real estate, development markets, Reno's Tolles said
News - October 13, 2024

"Everybody always puts it (slowdown) on the election but from a real estate standpoint, if you look at the last 20 years, there's been no meaningful changes in real estate because of an election year." Par Tolles, CEO of Tolles Development of Reno

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Sparks mayor makes case for toll road to ease dangerous traffic on stretch of I-80 to Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center
Commentary - October 6, 2024

"If you're not doing 85, you're getting run over." Sparks Mayor Ed Lawson, on the frantic traffic on the 12-mile stretch of Interstate-80 from Sparks to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County

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Rep. Titus says she won't give up on passing bump-stock ban in U.S. Congress
News - October 3, 2024

"Well, I've got the bill to do away with the bump stocks, and I have a discharge petition where a number of people have signed it to say, 'Bring that bill to the floor, because if you brought it to the floor, I think it would pass.'" Dina Titus, Nevada's 1st U.S. House District representative

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