They identify as necessary frameworks and foundations not only the city's streets, utilities, service structures, and human resources, but also the means of bringing in tourists, the lifeblood of the Las Vegas hospitality industry. Architect Charles L. Silverman of Yates-Silverman cites the need for increased airport and airliner capacity, plus a bigger and better highway from Los Angeles. But here's the real question. Answers from different disciplines range from hard logistics to high-flying dreams. While far from unanimous, various minds met on the nature of the key issues.
Permissions involve county and state.
At the state level, a bill from the 1997 session amended NRS 463 to formalize the development and concentration of gaming on the Strip. With that matched set of red and green lights clearly in view, tomorrow begins to materialize, and marketing gets behind the wheel. One of the primary marketing tools will be the structures themselves. Silverman, whose company designed New York-New York, Luxor, and Excalibur, says the building is a key marketing device, entertainment in and of itself. As a result, he predicts, the themed look will continue through the next surge.