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Article: New arts district extends Vegas' cultural renaissance. (city beat Las Vegas).
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- Art Business News
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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A mid the casinos, five-star hotels, fabulous restaurants and glitzy entertainment, a burgeoning art scene is also making its mark on the city known as the "Entertainment Capital of the World." The Las Vegas art scene, once confined to casino galleries along the neon strip, now extends beyond the flickering lights and into a new area, aptly named by Mayor Oscar Goodman as the Gateway Arts District.
Bordering the city's redevelopment district and the downtown redevelopment area, the arts district is located about equidistant from the downtown casinos on Freemont Street and the beginning of the Las Vegas strip. "It is right in the heart of everything," said ...