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By Dave Toplikar (contact) 
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 | 11:01 a.m.
Mob Museum location
Another $300,000 will go toward the controversial downtown mob museum, thanks to action taken today by the Las Vegas City Council.
The city council unanimously decided to accept funds from the Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial, which awarded the funds for the project in April.
The funds come from revenue the commission makes from selling Las Vegas centennial license plates.
The museum has been a target of the city's largest employee union, the Las Vegas City Employees Association. The union complained in late May about the city spending general fund dollars on the museum, located about a block west of City Hall at 300 Stewart Street.
The museum is expected to cost about $42 million to construct and is being funded through local, state and federal grants, according to the city.
About $12.4 million comes from the city's general fund sources. Another $8.3 million is from matching local, state and federal grants that were awarded following the city’s financial commitment from its general fund, as well as a Redevelopment Agency funding source that can only be spent on projects located in the city’s redevelopment area, according to the city.
The mob museum, officially known as the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is expected to open to the public in the spring of 2011.
*Yawn*
if they have $300k from selling license plates, use it for other necessities - not a museum...talk about descretionary spending !
Good job.
Now why don't you work with the 3 arena developers and tell them to build a fricken arena here. I'm sure they can all work together and make it happen with $0 taxpayers money.
I'm going to go ahead and put in my Outlook calender an appointment for 6.16.12 when I'll check this website to look for a story about how the mob museum is doing poorly and will require additional city funds to continue operations.
to Anarchy- if it is so boring, why bother to comment? News Flash! No one really care about what you think is interesting or boring!
To others-
First, the license plate money is NOT tax money. When someone buys this plate, they know ahead of time that an extra fee, that they agree to, goes into historic preservation.
Second, When I bought the plate, the agreement was that my extra fee was to go into this fund for historic preservation. They cannot use it for other things. It cannot be spent on other "necessities" as you call them.
Funny how the Union wants to control how the city spends money. More money for the union! leeches.
$300,00 to glorify the "mob" and the "nose" Goodman and a fee hike for kids to play sports at the taxpayer's parks.....priceless.
Peaches-- It is NOT city money--It is a gift from a fund that people donate to. Are trying to tell me what I can spend MY money on?
12.4 million from the general fund. How many jobs would that have saved I wonder?
I'll be going to the museum and will bring friends.I'm from Canada so there,complainers,you'll get $100 back.The more to do the better.
Ahhh a mob museum, I thought Las Vegas already was a mob museum. No, [sarcastically] we don't need 300,000 dollars anywhere else. Go ahead use it like its yours to spend. Can I get help with my power bill?
Yup - $$$$$ spent when the economy dives. Let's make sure the contractors are taken care of so the illegal aliens will have a place to work. The "up" side to all of this - the homeless will have one less place to stay.