THE CREATIVE DESTRUCTION OF MOE DALITZ'S CITY OF LAS VEGAS!

WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A NEW MILLENNIUM CYCLE.

 THE OLD LAS VEGAS  PREDICATED ON THE MONOPOLY EMPIRE OF GAMBLING ARE COMING TO AN END. ON MAY 15 1905, LAS VEGAS STARTED OUT AS A TRAIN STOP. THE STEWART RANCH PURCHASE CONSISTED OF  80 ACRES AND DIVIDED INTO 20 BLOCKS WITH 1,200 PARCELS.

J. T. MCWILLIAMS BOUGHT 80 ACRES  ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND ENDED UP CREATING A BLACK  SEGREGATED MCWILLIAMS  TOWNSITE.

 THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE TRAIN STOPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. AFRICAN- AMERICAN CAME IN DURING THE BUILDING OF HOOVER DAM AND WERE FORCED TO LIVE IN SEGREGATED SHANTY TOWNS OF MCWILLIAMS TOWNSITE.

 THIS BECAME THE NEW MINORITY COMMUNITY OF LAS VEGAS. THE CITY GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE GHETTO IN THE 1960'S TO AVOID INTEGRATION.

 IN 1906, ELECTRICITY AND ICE PLANT COME TO LAS VEGAS AND ALSO LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION AND GAMBLING. PROSTITUTION WAS LEGAL IN BLOCK 16 AND BLOCK 17.

 THE PROSTITUTION CYCLE OF $3.00 STARTED THE IMMORALITY OF  SIN CITY. THE ARIZONA CLUB WAS THE TOP SALOON OF LAS VEGAS. GAMBLING WAS OUTLAWED UNTIL MARCH 17, 1931.

THE HOOVER DAM POPULATION EXPLOSION CREATED THE NEED FOR ORGANIZED GAMBLING IN LAS VEGAS. MEYER LANSKY GAMBLING OPERATIONS IN GRIND JOINTS GRADUATED TO THE FLAMINGO HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS.

ON FEBRUARY 26, 1946 THE STRIP WAS BORN IN THE FORM OF THE FLAMINGO HOTEL. MEYER LANSKY STARTED THE STRIP OUTSIDE OF THE CONTROL OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS. HE USED THE UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PARADISE, NEVADA TO BUILD HIS POWER BASE.

 THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS CREATED A SIMPLISTIC GAMBLING MODEL AND  LAS VEGAS SHOULD HAVE STAYED A SMALL RURAL TOWN.

  THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS CONTROLLED GAMBLING FROM 1931 TO 1946 AND HAD NO VISION OF THE FUTURE. THE CITY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GAMBLING WAS DEPENDENT ON DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THE NEW VISION OF THE AREA. THERE WAS NO CASINO FUNDING SOURCES IN PLACE OR A VISION BEYOND A COWBOY CASINO.

 THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS WAS NO MATCH FOR THE LOST GENERATION OF GANGSTERS. THE GANGSTERS HAD THE PROHIBITION MONEY AND KNEW HOW TO RUN CASINOS. THEY HAD BEEN RUNNING SPEAKEASIES AND CASINOS SINCE THE 1920'S.

 AFTER 1946, THE NEW POLITICAL TRIAD OF GAMBLERS, GANGSTERS, AND GOVERNMENT CAME INTO BEING. THE POLITICAL POWER WAS NOW FORMING IN THE STRIP AND CASINO CULTURE. THE CASINO JUICE WAS NOW  CONTROLLED BY THE STRIP AND NOT THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS.

 THE IDEA WAS TO BE INDEPENDENT OF CITY GOVERNMENT  AND LANSKY WOULD RUN THEIR OWN CASINO EMPIRE OUTSIDE OF THE LAW. MOE DALITZ WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW OUTLET FROM HIS GRIND JOINTS IN OHIO, KENTUCKY AND MIAMI. HE CAME TO VEGAS IN 1948 AND BOUGHT THE DESERT INN IN 1949.

PROSTITUTION WAS OUTLAWED ON JANUARY 2, 1941 IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS. THE CITY OFFICIALS COLLAPSED TO THE COMPLAINTS OF THE MILITARY BASES AND AGREED TO ELIMINATE HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION. EVENTUALLY, BLOCK 16 AND BLOCK 17 WERE DESTROYED IN 1946.

THERE WAS NO CITY GOVERNMENT UNTIL 1910. THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS WAS A VERY INFORMAL SIMPLE SYSTEM OF MAYOR AND FOUR CITY COMMISSIONERS. IT WAS THE RAILROAD EXECUTIVES WHO  SELECTED THE FIRST POLITICAL LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY.

 ORGANIZED CRIME WAS AWARE OF THE BACKWARD NATURE OF THIS CITY. LAS VEGAS WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A RENAISSANCE CITY OF ENLIGHTENMENT. THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF URBAN FAILURE.

   IN 1962, CITIZEN DALITZ ANNOUNCED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAS VEGAS COMMERICAL CENTER ON MARYLAND PARKWAY.  THE WAS TO BE THE DOWNTOWN OF TOMORROW.

 CITIZEN DALITZ DECIDED TO BUILD STORES, RESTAURANTS, ICE PALACE AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICES. THIS OUTDATED MODEL COMBINED WITH A CLUSTER OF GAMBLING CASINO WAS THE DESIGN FOR DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

 NOW,   WE ARE LITERALLY AT THE CROSSROADS WITH THE FUTURE OF THE  CITY OF LAS VEGAS. LAS VEGAS IS THE POSTER CHILD FOR CREATIVE DESTRUCTION.

 THE CREATIVE DESTRUCTION OF THE OLD TWENTIETH CENTURY CITY OF LAS VEGAS WILL BRING A NEW PROSPERITY TO NEVADA. THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS MUST BECOME A NEW TECHNOPOLIS.

THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS IS SLOWLY LOSING ITS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A MONOPOLY EXPORT CALLED GAMBLING. THE MAJOR SHAKEOUT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE MOST SUCCESSFUL LAS VEGAS CASINOS FORMING A OLIGOPOLIC ALLIANCES.  THE OTHER CASINOS WILL BE THROWN TO THE WOLVES.

 MOREOVER, THE GROWING AMERICAN  INDIAN RESERVATIONS CASINOS, STATE SUPPORTED CASINOS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CASINOS HAS DIMINISHED THE POWER OF GAMBLING. ARIZONA ALONE HAS 24 CASINOS IN STATE OF 7 MILLION.

THE CURRENT REVENUE MODEL FOR LAS VEGAS IS 64% NON-GAMBLING ACTIVITIES AND 36% GAMBLING REVENUES. THE DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS HAS NOT UNDERSTOOD THIS NEW EQUATION. THE GRIND JOINTS ARE NOT COMING BACK.

THE EXHAUSTED THEMED HOTEL AND CASINO HAVE NO FUTURE FOR THE CITY  OF  LAS VEGAS. THE LAS VEGAS STRIP HAS A $50  BILLION DOLLAR MAN- MADE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OVER THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

 THE DOWNTOWN CASINOS ARE RIPE FOR A MASSIVE TAKEOVER. LADY LUCK CLUB IS SYMBOLIC OF THE INEVITABLE DECLINE OF THE LONE WOLF CASINO OPERATORS.

 THE NEW STAR WARS MODEL FOR THE DOWNTOWN CASINOS IS AN OLIGOPOLY. THE LONE DOWNTOWN CASINOS CAN NOT SURVIVE IN THE NEW OLIGOPOLIC  COMPETITIVE STRIP ENVIRONMENT.

THE NEW STAR WARS OLIGOPOLY COULD COME FROM OVERSEAS INVESTORS.  THE DOWNTOWN CASINOS WILL JOIN THE OLIGOPOLY OR GO BANKRUPT. THE MOTTO NOW IS GROW OR DIE!

 THE GAMBLE IN THE DESERT HAS PAID OFF FOR THE LAS VEGAS STRIP.  THE ARCHITECT JON JERDE BRILLIANCE CREATED THE THEMED MEGA-RESORT.  JON JERDE CREATED THE BELLAGIO AND THE FREMONT EXPERIENCE.  THE STRIP HAS PLANNED FOR LAS VEGAS 2050.

 THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS A BLIGHTED AREA.

 THE MGM'S $8.5 BILLION DOLLAR  CRYSTAL PROJECT IS A PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEW ECONOMICS OF THE STRIP.

THE STRIP HAS WON THE FUTURE.   THE NEW $ 8 BILLION DOLLAR MEGA RESORTS ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN THE STRIP NOT DOWNTOWN VEGAS. THE NEW $400 MILLION SPORTS ARENA IS ON THE STRIP NOT DOWNTOWN.

 THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS HOTEL AND CASINO BUSINESS  HAS HIT WHAT ECONOMIST CALL DIMINISHING RETURNS.

MOREOVER, THE SECOND MAJOR FORCE THAT WILL RESHAPE DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS IS THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION.

THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION IS TWO EXPLOSIONS: (1) A DEMOGRAPHIC EXPLOSION OF 88 MILLION MEMBERS OF A NEW POPULATION GROUP; (2)  A CULTURAL EXPLOSION OF  TECHNOLOGICAL HUMANISM. LET'S FACE THE REALITY THAT THE OLD SUPPORTERS OF DOWNTOWN VEGAS ARE DYING. THE NEW GENERATIONAL SHIFT WILL BE AN EARTHQUAKE FOR DOWNTOWN VEGAS.

CURRENTLY,  DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS IS A DADA ENSEMBLE OF MIS-MATCHED ARCHITECTURE, SMALL SEEDY SHOPS, BAIL BONDS SHOPS, PAWN SHOPS, 1950'S TYPE CASINOS, 1950'S HONG KONG SHOPPING BAZAARS.

THE DAYS OF COMING TO DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS WITH A MILLION DOLLARS AND GETTING A CASINO IS OVER!  IRONICALLY, TRIP ADVISOR NOW HAS CONSUMER SELECTIONS CALLED SLUM HOTELS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS.

 THE FREMONT EXPERIENCE SHOULD BE A CELEBRATION OF 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY AND NOT A REMEMBRANCE OF AN IMAGINARY GOLDEN ERA OF ORGANIZED CRIME.

 THE SMART OWNERS OF LAS VEGAS CASINOS HAVE ALREADY LEFT THE BUILDING FOR CHINA. THE  SMART LAS VEGAS CASINO OWNERS CANNOT WAIT FOR DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS TO WAKE UP.

  DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS HAS BECOME RIP VAN WINKLE!

  THE NEW INNOVATORS OF CHANGE FOR THE CITY HAVE BEGAN WITH ZAPPOS, INC. THE FUTURISTIC CEO TONY HSIEH HAS TAKEN THE FIRST STEPS TO BEGINNING THE JOURNEY TO TECHNOPOLIS.

 HE HAS RE-PURPOSED THE OLD CITY HALL BUILDING INTO FOUNDATION FOR HIS BUSINESS EMPIRE. HE IS USING HIS VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM TO ACQUIRE OLD PROPERTIES FOR VARIOUS NEW RETAIL BOUTIQUES.

THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS NEEDS TO TRANSFORM ITSELF INTO A NEW CITY OF THE FUTURE.

 THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS NEEDS A FUTURISTIC ARCHITECTURE.

WE NEED TO RE-DESIGN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS INTO A  TECHNOPOLIS. WE NEED A HIGH-TECH RENAISSANCE FOR THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS.

 THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS NEEDS TO USE THE PRINCIPLES OF CREATIVE DESTRUCTION TO  GET RID OF THE VESTIGES OF AN OBSOLETE MODEL OF A  1970'S CITY. THE NEW MANTRA FOR DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS IS THE YEAR 2050. THE PUSH SHOULD BE TO MEET NEW EXPECTATIONS OF THE FUTURE.

 THE STRIP CAN SERVE AS THE MAGNET FOR INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TO RE-LOCATE INTO CITY OF  LAS VEGAS.

THE INTEGRATION OF HYPERLOOP INTO THE DOWNTOWN AND STRIP WILL MOVE PEOPLE INTO THE CITY. WE NEED TO USE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO BRING CHANGES INTO THE  CITY OF LAS VEGAS.

 THE STRIP HAD WON THE BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO DOWNTOWN VEGAS?

THE STRIP HOTELS AND CASINOS  NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS. THE SYMBIOTIC  RELATIONSHIP WILL ALLOW BOTH SIDES TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE.

 THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS NEEDS TO CREATE A NEW PLATFORM FOR THE FUTURE. THE ATTRACTION OF A NEW DYNAMIC CITY WILL TRANSFORM THE FORMER TRAIN STOP, ONE HORSE TOWN, INTO A WORLD CLASS CITY.

THE NEW DESIGN FOR THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS WILL HAVE  5 CONCENTRIC RINGS: FIRST, THE DRIVING ENGINE WILL BE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL COMPANIES.

 THESE COMPANIES BRING LARGE PAYROLLS AND HIGH SALARIES. THE CREATION OF A NEW MILLENNIAL  ELITE TO REPLACE THE OLD CASINO ELITE.

THESE COMPANIES WILL BE RECRUITED FROM USA AND INTERNATIONAL CENTERS. THESE COMPANIES WILL CREATE A NEW FUTURISTIC DESIGN BUILDINGS AND NEW WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS.

 THE NEW CENTERS WILL USE HYPER-LOOP  TRANSPORTATION AND NEW INNOVATIONS IN PUBLIC PEOPLE MOVERS.

THE SECOND RING OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS WILL A CLUSTER OF DYNAMIC CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS; NEW CULTURAL CENTER WITH SYMPHONY, ART GALLERIES, LIBRARIES, AND LIVE THEATER.

 THIS SECOND RING WILL HAVE A FAMILY ZOO AND ROSE GARDEN PARK.  THE INTRODUCTION FUTURISTIC ARTISTIC SATELLITE PARK IN THE DOWNTOWN OF LAS VEGAS.THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW ENTERTAINMENT BASED ON HUMANISTIC VALUES.

THE THIRD RING OF LAS VEGAS WILL BE A NEW UNIVERSITY FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

 THE NEW LAS VEGAS UNIVERSITY WILL BE AN URBAN UNIVERSITY THAT EXCELS  IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, ASIAN STUDIES, GLOBAL HUMANITIES,  FUTURISTIC STUDIES, FILM STUDIES AND BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY.

 THE MOST INNOVATIVE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN AMERICA IS ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.  THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS NEEDS TO USE THE ASU MODEL FOR ITS DOWNTOWN AREA.

 THE UNIVERSITY WILL HAVE A HOLLYWOOD GRADE  FILM STUDIO AND DEVELOP NEW TALENT AND NEW FILMS.

 THE UNIVERSITY WITH HAVE AN INTERNET REACH INTO MILLIONS OF HOMES WITH HIGH TECH STUDIOS FOR TEACHING COURSES ON-LINE. ALL DEGREES WILL BE AWARDED AT THE HOME CAMPUS OF LAS VEGAS UNIVERSITY.

 WHY NOT HAVE AN OPEN ADMISSION UNIVERSITY AT A VERY LOW TUITION AND BOOKS? THE LAS VEGAS UNIVERSITY WILL ATTRACT A LARGE STUDENT BODY TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE LAS VEGAS UNIVERSITY WOULD BE CERTIFIED TO ISSUE B.A. M.A. MBA AND PH.D.

  THE OLD MOTELS CAN BE CONVERTED INTO STUDENT DORMS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW SPORTS ARENA. THE INCREDIBLE CREATIVE ENERGY OF THE MILLENNIAL STUDENTS WILL UNLEASH AN AVALANCHE OF BUSINESSES.

THE EXTERIOR RING WILL BE A  SERIES OF RESEARCH INSTITUTES, MEDICAL LABORATORIES, SPACE LABORATORIES, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, NEW LIBRARY AND PAVILION. THE INTEGRATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS WITH STATE PROJECTS AS BEEN A LAS VEGAS TRADITION.

THE FOURTH RING WILL BE SERIES OF COMMUNITY VILLAGES WITH NEW AVANT- GARD FACTORIES DESIGNED WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.

 THE NEW TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WILL CREATE NEW WORK CENTERS AND EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS FROM THESE WORK VILLAGES.

THE ZAPPOS WORK VILLAGE CONCEPT IS A FUNCTIONAL MODEL FOR THIS BOLD REFORM INITIATIVE. HIS EMPLOYEES CAN WORK ON THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES AT THE NEW URBAN LAS VEGAS UNIVERSITY. THEY WOULD RECEIVE UNIVERSITY LEVEL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION WITH TUITION CREDIT.

  THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS NEEDS TO CONVERT WEST LAS VEGAS INTO A RENAISSANCE VILLAGE. WE NEED TO SET A NEW HUMAN RELATIONS STANDARDS  AND END THE TRADITION OF AMERICAN  RACISM IN LAS VEGAS.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE DOWNTOWN CASINOS? THE PLAN IS TO  RE-PURPOSE THE CASINOS TO THE FIFTH RING.  THEY CAN BE RE-DESIGNED  INTO A NEW HIGH TECH CASINO FANTASY VILLAGE.  THESE NEW CASINOS WILL APPEAL TO THE MILLENIAL GENERATIONS. WHY NOT TURN THE FREMONT EXPERIENCE INTO A HIGH TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE?

 THE FREMON EXPERIENCE NEED TO REPLACE THE OLD WORN OUT STORES WITH NEW INNOVATIVE STORES FROM PACIFIC RIM  AREA. WHY NOT HAVE STATE OF ART COMPUTERS, NANO-TECHNOLOGY TOYS, ROBOTS, INTERNET CAFES, FINANCE ACADEMIES, AND MEDIA SHOPS?  THEY NEED TO RE-BRAND THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE TO MATCH THE TECHNOPOLIS MODEL.

 EVENTUALLY, USING PEOPLE MOVER TECHNOLOGY WITH DRIVERLESS CARS AND HYPERLOOPS FOR THE AREA.  THEY WILL HAVE SPECIAL TAX INCENTIVES AND RE-CREATES A NEW  LAS VEGAS FANTASY VILLAGE  FOR THE YEAR 2050.

 THE DOWNTOWN CASINOS WILL RECEIVE INCENTIVES TO  RE-DESIGN AND TAX CREDIT INCENTIVES.  THE RAILROAD AREA WOULD BE DISMANTLED AND TURNED INTO A NEW INNOVATIVE AREA. THE HOMELESS AND DISLOCATED WILL BE RE-LOCATED INTO A ESALEN VILLAGE.

WHY NOT USE THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS TO CREATE A NEW CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS.  WHY ARE THESE SKILLED INDIVIDUALS NOT EMPLOYED TO SOLVE PRACTICAL SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN LAS VEGAS?

WHY NOT SET UP INNOVATIVE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS IN THE WESTSIDE AND SOLVE THE RACIAL DIVIDE?

WHO WILL PAY FOR THE NEW TECHNOPOLIS?

THE ISSUANCE OF TECHNOLOGY BONDS AT 9% INTEREST RATES, TAX INCENTIVE, SPECIAL REDEVELOPMENT TAX ON CASINOS, AIRPORT TAX, FEDERAL GRANTS, INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. THE STATE OF NEVADA CAN CREATE A SPECIAL LOTTERY TO FINANCE THE NEW CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

 THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS CAN BORROW FROM WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS LIKE WARREN BUFFET AND CARLOS SLIM AND COLLATERALIZE
THEIR POTENTIAL INVESTMENT WITH 30 YEAR U.S. TREASURY BONDS.

 THE APPLE CORPORATION CAN USE ITS $200 BILLION TREASURY TO SECURE GLOBAL FINANCING FOR THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS.

BILL GATES MICROSOFT CORPORATION CAN BECOME  AN INNOVATIVE LEADER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

THE FUTURE OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THE 21ST CENTURY WITH AN AGGRESSIVE  PROGRAM OF CREATING A CITY OF THE FUTURE.

 WHY NOT TURN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS INTO A TECHNOPOLIS ATTRACTING BUSINESSES FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD?

 WHY NOT MODERNIZE AN OBSOLETE MODEL FOR A NEW CITY?

WHY NOT BUILD SOMETHING OF VALUE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS?