Las Vegas council briefs for January 17, 2002

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002 | 9:55 a.m.

Council OKs site

A new topless club could soon be open near downtown Las Vegas. The council approved plans for The Board Room, a 24,093 square-foot topless club on Westwood Drive south of Sahara Avenue that will be housed in an office building once owned by powerful political consultant Sig Rogich.

The two-story building will feature Venetian-style architecture, with columns and statues adorning the facades, according to plans.

Owners Ali and Hassan Davari are facing a lawsuit by Annette Marie Patterson, who alleges she was cheated out of $20,000 the brothers had promised her after she relocated the Universal Church for Life Enhancement to make way for the strip club.

Construction to begin

The first fire station to be funded by a recently approved tax override will will soon be under construction in the city of Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas City Council Wednesday awarded a $2.4 million construction bid to Crisci Custom Builders for construction of the fire station near Smoke Ranch Road and Torrey Pines Drive.

The project consists of a 10,700-square-foot fire station.

Funding approved

After months of of wrangling, the council has approved funding for a downtown community center that may have an Asian theme.

The council unanimously approved spending $1.2 million in federal dollars to complete renovation of a historic former Baptist church that would be converted into the center.

The council has already sunk $3 million in federal funds into the historic church, formerly known as the First Baptist Church, at the southwest corner of Ninth Street and Bridger Avenue next to the Las Vegas Academy.