Your Daily Guide

🔍 Shooting Brings Scrutiny To City’s Policies

A monthslong feud between two Las Vegas maintenance workers ended in tragedy last week when one of them allegedly shot and killed the other at a city maintenance yard. Under Nevada law, Las Vegas city employees are allowed to carry guns at work with a concealed carry permit. But the real issue may not be gun policies. The two had reportedly gone to HR five or six times over their disputes with a plan in the works to move the men to different locations. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

• Today on City Cast Las Vegas, the team discusses the shooting and if the city’s HR department missed the warning signs, plus questions about the need for wildfire insurance and a parking problem at the A's new stadium. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🏀 Golden Knights Owner Eyes NBA

Vegas Golden Knights majority owner Bill Foley officially put together a bid to bring an NBA team to Las Vegas with league expansion fees expected to reach as high as $10 billion. The plan involves $300 million in upgrades to T-Mobile arena to make it NBA ready. [KNSV]

☀️ Clearing a Major (Solar) Hurdle

The Bureau of Land Management issued a final environmental review for the Purple Sage Energy Center south of Pahrump in Clark County. Slated for 4,500 acres of public lands, the 400-megawatt solar and battery project is expected to power 100,000 homes when it goes online. [Nevada Current]

🚕 Next Stop, UNLV

The Vegas Loop is coming to campus. The Nevada System of Higher Education regents granted Elon Musk’s Boring Company the green light to build an underground station for its transit system at UNLV. Under the deal, the university will own the station, while the Boring Company will cover the costs to build and operate it. They’ll share revenues from related parking. [KSNV]

💵 1 October Memorial (Slowly) Moves Forward

It’s been a long journey, but a permanent 1 October memorial will finally break ground this October. After years of planning and fundraising, construction for the “Forever One Memorial” is moving forward — despite still needing to raise an additional $7 million — to provide the community a place of healing. [Nevada Independent]

• Timeline of Public Grief: Building a permanent monument to a mass casualty event is a notoriously slow and complicated process. A permanent Pulse Nightclub memorial is still stalled by logistical and funding hurdles a decade after the Orlando mass shooting. [WESH]
• What the Memorial Will Look Like: It will be a place to grieve and remember those killed on Oct. 2, 2017. Featuring an infinity loop footprint when viewed from above, each of the 58 vertical bronze columns have the name, photo, and story of a victim. [Forever One Memorial]
• The “1 October” Moniker: While outsiders usually call it the Las Vegas shooting, locals refer to the 2017 tragedy as 1 October — a name coined by the Clark County coroner and the FBI to keep the city’s name and the concert venue from being permanently defined by the violence. [LA Times]
• Closing the Gap: The Vegas Strong Fund has raised $27 million of the $34 million needed for completing the memorial. Organizers continue to raise funds from public and private sources with plans of opening the memorial in time for the 10th anniversary of the tragedy. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]