Lady Luck Closing for Renovations
December 13, 2005 | 6:54
am
Downtown is one of the touchiest subjects in Las Vegas. When I moved here in 1999 almost no one I met lived there or even went there unless they were called for jury duty or got a traffic ticket. One of the commonplaces about Las Vegas that few outsiders fully grasp is that the Las Vegas Strip is not in Las Vegas where the city limit is at Sahara Avenue. Everything South of Sahara falls into Clark County (and, more specifically Paradise Township, created to fend off the Strip's annexation by Las Vegas decades ago). This confusion can have serious moments such as when Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman in 2004 made headlines complaining that the FBI did not give him information about video captured from terrorism suspects in 2002 that showed Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, Luxor and Excalibur. They Mayor did not mention that his city does not include any of those properties and blurred and buried amidst the controversy was that the FBI had informed the proper Clark Country authorities.
That said, in general, the Las Vegas valley enjoys the Mayor enough to not constantly point out to national media that most of what Oscar Goodman claims as his city falls under the jurisdiction of the Clark County Commission. He gives great quote, manages to be entertaining with jaw-dropping outrageousness (ie telling 4th graders that the one thing he would want on a desert island is gin) and, as a former top mob lawyer (Tony "the Ant" Spilatro was just one of his clients), represents an authentic link to the mystique of old Vegas. But Goodman has also been a tireless advocate for downtown and it is now a lot more popular with locals thanks to some recent signs of development, a successful First Friday series and a few hot spots like Triple George Grill and Hogs & Heifers. Triple George Grill and Hogs & Heifers (both opened earlier this year) are on the Third Street side of the Lady Luck, downtown's third largest casino. And, now it seems the Lady Luck will be shutting down on February 12 for a year of remodeling. This, of course, could be long term good news for the area but at the moment this is a crushing blow to the 684 workers who will lose jobs at the casino as well as a challenge to the fledgling businesses around it
when will lady luck casino open?
Posted by: joe brown | April 12, 2008 at 08:38 AM
I'm also wondering when the Lady Luck will re-open. Everything I read said it'll be closed for a year; it's already been over 2 years.
Posted by: Lauri | May 09, 2008 at 02:46 PM