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Saturday, July 7, 2012 | 2 a.m.
North Las Vegas Mayor Shari Buck speaks during the North Las Vegas State of the City address at Texas Station on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012.
North Las Vegas Mayor Shari Buck will be holding a community meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday to discuss the current status and future of North Las Vegas.
The meeting, which is open to all residents of North Las Vegas, will be held at Aliante Station in the Tucson room. The city recently enforced a set of budget cuts that included shutting down the North Las Vegas Detention Center to help close a budget deficit exceeding $30 million.
Buck will discuss with residents how the city is working to meet the goals of its strategic plan and how it plans to move forward the rest of the year, a North Las Vegas press release said.
Aliante Casino + Hotel, 7300 Aliante Parkway, is a Four Diamond AAA-rated resort at Aliante Parkway and Interstate 215, bringing dining, gaming and entertainment to North Las Vegas. Located across from the Aliante Golf Course, the $675 million dollar resort features more than 200 rooms and suites. It opened in 2008 as part of the Station Casino family and began operating under its own management in the fall of 2012.
The casino floor has more than 2,000 slot machines, 40 tables games. The casino also features an all-paper, all-day bingo hall with a blackout progressive starting at $10,000. It also features a race and sports book that offers an extensive menu of wagering propositions not found elsewhere.
Dining includes four restaurants and eight fast food eateries. The signature restaurant is MRKT sea & land, which features steak and seafood and a 5,000-bottle wine list. Three new restaurants were introduced in fall 2012: Bistro 57, which offers Mediterranean-inspired fare; The Salted Lime, a margarita bar featuring food offerings from south of the border, and Medley Buffet, which will serve culinary treats from around the world. The food options for quick eats include Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, Johnny Rocket's, Panda Express Gourmet Chinese Food, T.G.I. Friday's, Dairy Queen, Orange Julius, Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill and Villa Pizza.
Guests can enjoy live entertainment at the Access Showroom, a 650-seat concert venue. For movies, the resort features the Regal Aliante Stadium 16 & IMAX. The ETA Lounge is Aliante's nightlife scene, with a private VIP section, a DJ booth and cold cocktails. The pool features palm trees, umbrellas, daybeds and cabanas.
Start by rehiring the fire fighters you laid off two weeks ago. Because what's more important the city's firework display or public safety.
The only problem with the 'strategic plan' of NLV is that is leaves the city a wreck. These people (the politicians running the city) have mismanaged and overspent and now leave us with a bankrupt, non-function city. This meeting needs to more closely resemble the towns people carrying torches and chasing the 'Frankensteinesque' monster out of town, instead of giving support.
I mean Really, North Las Vegas, you are broke, and your strategic plan is to spin this WHOLE situation any way possible to keep your political careers from spinning down the toilet drain, THAT is the 'Strategic Plan'.
I have boycotted everything east of Decatur and north of Owens. I will not support any Northtown businesses till the city is dissolved. Why stop at the detention center? The real problem is the council and city manager..how bout you merge with the city of Las Vegas and mothball city hall(aka taj mahal). We need to cut the head off the snake, before they ruin this Great State!
Everybody admits NLV is broke. So now what, Dunton? Abandon ship? How about some ideas on how to move forward?
Maybe the mayor can explain why the council didn't make any concessions, such as taking a pay cut or eliminate a couple of positions.
Roslenda,
I am not one of elected officials of the City. I am not a business major nor a lawyer so would not qualify to be elected. I have no idea how the City will correct itself. I know things have been out of whack in this town for a LONG TIME, but no one wanted to address them then. The first thing the City can do is to evaluate their CIP plan for the 2014-2016 period, quit spending millions on landscaping for a future plan that is now 20 years from fruition. The next thing they did right was closing the jail down. How many jails do we need in a 100+ square mile area? Other municipalities that were in trouble opted to NOT SPEND 100K for fireworks..not NLV....those are just a few items. Is not the residents fo the City is the MANAGEMENT of the city that has placed us where we are today.........
This city needs to be more pro-business. The rules, regulation, and taxes the city imposes has and will continue to drive business into Las Vegas and Clark County. Just try and get a business license in North Las Vegas. The paperwork and red tape is ridiculous.
Adopting a model similar to Delaware could generate hundreds of millions of dollars for the city per year but of course, they can't see the forest through the trees.
Awesome move. I hope they can be heard over all the shouting that will be going on.
You can't exactly blame all of NLV's problems on overspending. The recession hit and the money flowing into the coffers turned from a torrent to a trickle. It's a little like your boss cutting your paycheck in half and then telling you, 'What do you mean you can't pay your bills? You must be overspending.' Cuts have to be made. The unfortunate part for the city leaders is that everyone in the city wants someone else to take the cut.