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Pedestrians pass by the old courthouse and U.S. post office, the site of the Mob Museum, in downtown Las Vegas on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 | 5:47 p.m.
Sun Coverage
- Las Vegas mob museum continues to move forward (9-18-2009)
- Not yet built, mob museum may get rival (9-11-2009)
- Goodman marks Mob Museum progress (8-4-2009)
- Mob museum contractor at odds with city (8-8-2009)
- Oh, the irony: The former mob lawyer gets FBI support for mob museum (8-17-2008)
CARSON CITY – The conversion of the Post Office in Las Vegas to the so-called Mob Museum has received a $220,000 grant from the state Commission for Cultural Affairs.
The commission, completing a two-day meeting Thursday, allocated $3 million to 23 projects. The Mob Museum got the biggest single grant.
State Historic Preservation Officer Ron James said there was also an additional $97,000 that was in reserve that was allocated to the Las Vegas project.
Plans call for the museum to be opened in 2011.
The Mob Museum has received $3 million from the state through the years, James said.
Since 1993, the state has issued about $3 million a year in bonds for historic projects. The Legislature renews the program every 10 years and it is due to expire in 2014. So far, it has allocated about $40 million to programs around Nevada.
The Clark County Parks and Recreation Department received a $150,000 grant for work on the Railroad Cottages, a group of historic buildings in Henderson. The commission allocated $75,000 to the Neon Museum in Las Vegas.
Officials from the Mob Museum and the Neon Museum told the commission this would be the last time they would request money from the state.
The commission approved a $40,000 grant to the city of Mesquite to turn a high school gymnasium into an all-purpose room.
Grants of $200,000 each were allocated to the Oak Park School in Fallon, the Pioneer Hotel Building in Elko and the Thunderbird Lodge at south end of Lake Tahoe.
How sad.
Cool. I'm looking forward to visiting, but then again, I'm from New Jersey...
Where Goodman's heart really is....the
union employees deserve him...they endorsed him.
8% cuts vs. Mob Museum.
It must have felt real cool, and like you were in the "in crowd" just yesterday, it seems like, mingling about with all the Las Vegas swells (i.e. saloon owners, loansharks, lawyers, and union fat cats), begging for Oscar to simply acknowledge your existence at his big re-election soiree at the Red Rock Hotel & Casino.
Time flies idiots.
They should have called it the Goodfellow Musesum.
These people started Las Vegas.You have to give them credit they did a better job back then than wall street.Those where the good old days,right Oscar.
Alcatraz, Tower of London do very well as tourist attractions.
Newt Gingrinch "If the Mob wants a mueseum, let them pay for it." Some of the redevelopment funds come from the Feds, so your paying for it Newt. You lose! HA HA HA Go whine to Sean Hannity, your next up after Dick Morris.
This seems to me to be extremely wasteful and not necessary at this critical time in our economy.
How about a museum to showcase the Nevada history of prostitution and brothels ?
They can raise additional money by having a parade honoring pedophilia.
I'd have to say this does look pretty darn wasteful in the wake of all this whining about deficits.
How Goodman continues to be popular is beyond me. Oh well, I guess now he can venerate some of his previous clients.
No money for the Las Vegas Art Museum, that served a broader cultural purpose (I volunteered there), but there's money for glamorizing criminals who in their time really did murder people, etc.
Viva Las Vegas!
That is sad, Axiom. I would personally prefer to spend money on the art museum, for the benefit of the locals. This mob museum is an attempt to attract tourists. Maybe it will make enough money for the city to justify the project, but it doesn't look good, given our current economic crisis.
I'm afraid that this is partially an Oscar scam. I've heard some stories about pay-offs that go through his son. I suppose that would only be appropriate, given that the project apparently celebrates the mob.