Joe Downtown

Lead Photo Joe Downtown: City’s four-day week has some Downtowners frustrated

Joe Schoenmann | Wed, Feb 6, 2013 (1:32 p.m.)

"Thursday is the new Friday," according to one Downtown businesswoman.

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Lead Photo Joe Downtown: Las Vegas becoming less a phase and more a home for many

Joe Schoenmann | Wed, Jan 30, 2013 (4 p.m.)

Most Las Vegans came from somewhere else, but feeling ownership of Las Vegas is on the rise.

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Lead Photo Joe Downtown: ‘Sorceress’ Sarah Nisperos and the origin of Tony Hsieh’s Downtown dream

Joe Schoenmann | Wed, Jan 23, 2013 (3:07 p.m.)

Get to know the person who steered the Zappos CEO to Downtown Vegas.

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Lead Photo Joe Downtown: Strange messages, a mysterious sender and mental health Downtown

Joe Schoenmann | Wed, Jan 16, 2013 (2:03 p.m.)

Joe meets the man who's been leaving him odd messages at the Beat.

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Lead Photo Joe Downtown: New-to-downtown doctor sets out to demystify medicine

Joe Schoenmann | Sat, Jan 12, 2013 (2 a.m.)

There may be no one better suited to configure a new way to practice medicine in Las Vegas than Zubin Damania, a Stanford-trained doctor who last year uprooted from the Bay Area and moved his family to Las Vegas. Joining an army of people lured downtown to try something new, Damania is dead serious about medicine — and he embodies a streak of witty silliness displayed on his website.

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Lead Photo Can housing keep up with the Zappos Downtown move?

Joe Schoenmann | Wed, Jan 9, 2013 (3:51 p.m.)

Later this year, 1,500 Zappos employees move into their new headquarters, boosting the number of people living Downtown. Trouble is, affordable living in relatively crime-free areas there is hard to find.

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Lead Photo State of change: East Fremont is a little street with a big future

Joe Schoenmann | Wed, Dec 26, 2012 (noon)

In nine months, 1,400 Zappos employees will start working Downtown. That's just the beginning. Hsieh has talked openly about all the plans he’s been working on for a year or more and how many of those will be unleashed in the next few months. People will see new businesses everywhere. Suddenly.

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Lead Photo Blood trails, cyber babes and Tech Cocktails in Downtown Vegas

Joe Schoenmann | Wed, Dec 19, 2012 (3:46 p.m.)

Finding the intersection of Internet businesses past, present and future.

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Lead Photo Prostitutes, anthrax and ‘real’ bars: 12 years of Downtown living

Joe Schoenmann | Wed, Dec 12, 2012 (6:42 p.m.)

In his debut, Joe Schoenmann recalls highlights from living Downtown.

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Lead Photo Our Downtown columnist offers friendly advice for the area as he prepares to move on

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Nov 28, 2012 (4:35 p.m.)

A last installment of Sun columnist J. Patrick Coolican's Neon Eden column.

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Lead Photo The battle for the Huntridge is waged in frustration and misunderstanding

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Nov 21, 2012 (midnight)

Will the wrecking ball arrive after all is said and done?

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Lead Photo Does Las Vegas need its own Mayor Daley?

J. Patrick Coolican | Tue, Nov 13, 2012 (11:12 p.m.)

Chicago's turnaround mayor is in Las Vegas this week for a Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

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Lead Photo After a tough stretch, Downtown’s Juhl has seen its fortunes rise

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Nov 7, 2012 (4:45 p.m.)

Some poor soul bought a two-bedroom, two-bath unit at the Juhl tower Downtown in 2009 for $465,804. The same unit sold earlier this year for $104,500. And yet, things are looking up at Juhl.

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Lead Photo Las Vegas’ mid-mod homes don’t just look cool — they were built for the desert

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Oct 31, 2012 (4:28 p.m.)

The retro homes were designed smarter than the track homes lining suburban streets.

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Lead Photo Should we turn the old Ambassador Hotel site into a Middle Eastern market?

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Oct 24, 2012 (5 p.m.)

The possibilities seem endless for the seven acre space.

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Meet five additions to Las Vegas nightlife and entertainment
Las Vegas adds yet another club to its nightlife ranks this weekend with the grand opening of Light at Mandalay Bay. The highly anticipated collaboration between Cirque du Soleil and nightlife operators The Light Group is just the latest addition to a slate of new nightlife and entertainment options that …
Photos: Old Vegas razzle-dazzle makes The Scintas a top act in Downtown …
Even without their sister Chrissi, The Scintas scored big at Wednesday night’s grand opening of their residency show at The D Hotel in Downtown …
Events guide: Memorial Day Weekend 2013
Memorial Day Weekend in Las Vegas means four days and nights of parties and club events; brace yourself.

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Cocktail of the Week May 15, 2013
by Sabrina Chapman

The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS

This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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