Downtown sports complex study sparks Las Vegas budget clash
The Downtown Progress Association denounces a Touche Ross study predicting a $2 million annual deficit for a planned Las Vegas sports complex. DPA rehired consultant Burrell Cohen to counter the report while LVCA fights a $26 million bond and debates diverting advertising funds.
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Downtown Progress Association
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
LVCA
Touche Ross & Co
Touche Ross
LVCVA
Convention Authority
DPA
Penny Levin
SUN
Union Plaza
Burrell Cohen
Levin
National Collegiate Athletic Association
UNLV
Cohen
John Foye
Foye
Atlantic City
Caesars Palace
Hilton
Aladdin
Houston, Texas
Former Las Vegas consultant calls NCAA charges insane
Burrell Cohen and his wife Ann deny the NCAA accusations that they acted as UNLV athletic representatives in 1974. Cohen says coach Jerry Tarkanian urged rent payments and that Kelley stayed rent free only as a favor, not at UNLV’s direction. The article lists other UNLV figures charged in the probe and notes past sanctions and staff changes.
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SUN
Las Vegas
Burrell Cohen
National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA
UNLV
Cohen
Ann
Robert “Jeep
Kelley
Tarkanian
the Sun
Jerry Tarkanian
Robert Kelley
John Bayer
Fred Albrecht
Rodney Parker
Brad Welch
Richard Davis
Harvey Munford
Frank Denton
Howard Kincaid
American Tour and Travel Service
Pittsburgh
Parker and Welch
Dunes Hotel
Munford
David Vaughn
Davis
Fair and Davis Realty Co
Flamingo East
Kincaid
Las Vegas Hilton
Ricky Sobers
Prominent Attorney Warns Civil Rights Gains Face Peril
Las Vegas hears Wiley Branton chief Howard University Law School dean nominee warn complacency threatens black civil rights gains. He cites Bakke case as example and notes ongoing employment discrimination and subtle bias across regions. Branton recounts early work with the Little Rock Nine and voter registration drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Branton
Las Vegas
SUN
Little Rock Nine
Branton
Howard University Law School
Washington D.C
Nevada
U.S
B. Mahlon Brown III
Robert Archie
Earl White
Jim Porter
Plush Palace Court
Caesars Palace
Jimmy Gay
Alan Bakke
West
Bakke
South
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Leo Branton
Angela Davis
Vernon Jordan
National Urban League
Lyndon Johnson
Council For Equal Opportunity
Johnson
Justice Department
Las Vegas hires first professional city manager
Russell Dorn, the first professional city manager for Las Vegas, will be sworn in on January 16 in a historic ceremony. He comes from Hudson County New Jersey with degrees from the University of Arizona and Fairleigh Dickinson. He asked for formal notice and a news conference, and his selection followed a nationwide search of nearly 200 applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUN
Russell Dorn
Las Vegas
Bill Briare
Dorn
Dor
Hudson County
N.J
University of Arizona
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Jersey City
Briare
Aeterons
Sam Boulder City
Mel Degerness
North Las Vy
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Paul Price
Fremont Street
Robert Broadbent
Richard Bryan
Tax Committee
Lydia Kelley
Pittsburgh, Do
Stan Clawson
Addeliar Guy
B. Mahlon Brown
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University of California
Bill Adams
Art Trelease
Adams
Public Services Department
Trelease
Wright Angles
Kane
By Larry Wright
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