$10M earmarked as EDC owner eyes event center redevelopment project

Ten million dollars has been earmarked for the redevelopment of the Sahara Event Center at 800 Liberace Avenue. The Clark County Commission allocated the funds to Insomniac, the organization behind Electric Daisy Carnival, for the project. The measure was approved during Tuesday’s meeting, with disbursement contingent on a formal statement from the county’s Redevelopment Agency. Commissioner Tick Segerblom said Insomniac will contribute an additional twenty million dollars toward renovations. Segerblom noted that the commission has long been working on plans to revitalize the Commercial Center corridor. During the meeting he revealed that the committee had engaged consulting firm Gensler, paying it “about fractional a cardinal dollars” to develop proposals for the area, one of which calls for renovating the events center. Several residents spoke at the gathering. Alan Stamm, a member of the Las Vegas Country Club Estates Homeowners Association, said the committee has not consulted the neighborhood about its “visions” for the site. He characterized the redevelopment as “hasty” and “premature” and urged that the matter be tabled. The Las Vegas Country Club lies just south of the Sahara Event Center, roughly 150 feet from nearby homes. Another area resident, Jay Pleggenkuhle, argued that the planned venue is not “appropriate to make community.” He warned, “This venue that is projected is going to disrupt our prime of life,” and added, “I don’t think any of you would like this in your backyard.” Segerblom emphasized that the commission has worked “religiously” to secure the district, which he described as previously viewed as unsafe. “We’re trying to work with you to make sure the area to the north of Las Vegas Country Club is simply a safe area,” he said. “But to do that, we have to have businesses who are progressive and people who are progressive there.” The Redevelopment Agency has already invested millions in the corridor, including the purchase of New Orleans Square, a shopping center adjacent to the lawsuit center, in 2024. The funding allocation was approved unanimously by the commissioners.