Las Vegas quietly added a new attraction last week: a sparkling $146.2 million, seven-story building with high-tech features and Italian marble floors and walls inside the main entrance --- but no slot machines or craps tables, thus not much appeal to tourists from around the world, notes Grumpy Editor.
Without glittering casino action, the unveiling didn’t get much media attention outside of Southern Nevada.
And it will be a while before tour books include it as a Sin City sight to see.
It’s the new Las Vegas City Hall, owned by taxpayers in the city.
City fathers, in the U.S.’s foreclosure capital, went all out to build a monument to local government.
It replaced an “old” city hall built in 1973.
Cost of the 310,000-square-foot building compares with $24.7 million for New York City’s 102-story Empire State Building that opened in 1931 during the Great Depression.
The City Council chamber has a Vegas-like ambiance, similar to a Strip casino sports book --- namely, several 103-inch flat-screen displays above the council dais, making it easy for up to 450 people seated in the room to view displayed information.
First Las Vegas City Council meeting in the new quarters is scheduled for next Wednesday.
Don’t be surprised if showgirls appear at the debut.
Then media will be on the scene.
That’s Vegas, baby.
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