{"id":8011,"date":"2014-09-15T00:50:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T00:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/09\/15\/las-vegas-strip-eyesore-news-racks-along-strip-to-be-replaced-by-county-owned-uniform-racks\/"},"modified":"2014-09-15T00:50:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T00:50:49","slug":"las-vegas-strip-eyesore-news-racks-along-strip-to-be-replaced-by-county-owned-uniform-racks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/09\/15\/las-vegas-strip-eyesore-news-racks-along-strip-to-be-replaced-by-county-owned-uniform-racks\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Strip: Eyesore\u2019 news racks along Strip to be replaced by county-owned, uniform racks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i62.tinypic.com\/s1245d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 185px\">A man checks out a newsrack on the Strip near Spring Mountain Road containing magazines advertising female entertainers who will travel to homes and hotel rooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\tBy Conor Shine (contact) Conor Shine<\/p>\n<p>\tClark County Commissioners voted unanimously today to replace privately owned news racks on the Las Vegas Strip with new county-owned structures.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe decision affects 288 news rack locations on the Strip. Commissioners have called the racks eyesores that clog sidewalks. Many of the current racks display adult-themed publications that feature scantily clad models and advertise escort and other adult services.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe commission attempted to ban the news racks outright last year but stopped after threats of a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe plan approved today isn\u2019t expected to face a legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe county will replace the various news racks currently on the Strip with racks with a uniform appearance. County staff also will be able remove racks from congested areas, something they couldn\u2019t do previously.<\/p>\n<p>\tCommission Chairman Steve Sisolak said the change will improve the aesthetics and accessibility of the Strip.<\/p>\n<p>\t\u201cThere\u2019s going to be uniform news racks moving forward. &#8230; It will be more appealing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe switch to county-owned boxes is expected to cost $300,000 and be completed by the end of the year. It will be paid for using hotel room tax funds.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe county plans to spend $2.3 million on pedestrian improvements along the Strip this year. That includes moving obstructions, such fire hydrants, utility boxes and light poles, and improving wheelchair access.<\/p>\n<p>\tCurrent private owners will get to keep their news racks; they just won\u2019t be able to place their racks on the Strip. Those owners will receive permits allowing them to distribute publications through the county-owned racks.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe Strip is situated outside the city limits of Las Vegas in an unincorporated portion of the county, which gives the county commission jurisdiction over the tourist mecca.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<p>No replies were posted for this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man checks out a newsrack on the Strip near Spring Mountain Road containing magazines advertising female entertainers who will travel to homes and hotel rooms. By Conor Shine (contact) Conor Shine Clark County Commissioners voted unanimously today to replace&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-casino-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}