Tech Cocktail and Downtown Project cordially invite you to join us this evening for Tech Cocktail’s Sessions Speaker Series, a monthly speaker featuring a number of guests giving short talks about projects or topics they are passionate about. Sessions speakers bring their experiences as successful entrepreneurs to our community, in hopes that sharing their stories (and having them answer your questions) will help [...]
Tech Cocktail Speaker Sessions at the Construction Zone, Tonight at 6:00 pm
June 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Tech Cocktail Announces Plans for Celebrate
June 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Tech Cocktail Celebrate launched tickets sales today for their national startup competition and conference on October 23rd-25th in Downtown Las Vegas. They’ll be bringing startups from around the country to celebrate all things tech and along with top-notch speakers who will share their experiences as entrepreneurs. Early bird tickets are $99. Or get Tech Cocktail [...]
Live Music All Weekend at Gold Spike
June 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Gold Spike is excited to announce live music weekends kicking off tonight, Thursday, June 6th, with American Cream (Unplugged), a four piece rock and roll band originally from Las Vegas. American Cream seeks to resurrect the classic rock and roll sound of the sixties and seventies and combine it with the unforgettable and timeless indie [...]
Life is Beautiful Lineup Announced
June 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Life is Beautiful Festival celebrated a major milestone by announcing their official inaugural lineup at a private event held in Downtown Las Vegas last night. Hundreds of Downtowners were on hand, along with team members of booking partner Another Planet, executives from a number of Strip hotel properties, and executives and brand representatives from sponsor [...]
Our Las Vegas Exhibitions Downtown
May 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Greet a variety of artists participating in the “Our Las Vegas” exhibition Thursday, May 30th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Las Vegas City Hall Chamber Gallery, located on the second floor at 495 S. Main St. The exhibition will feature works from artists with studios and galleries inside Emergency Arts. The Chamber [...]
United Way Hosting Downtown Cleanup Day
May 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
People often ask how to get involved with what’s going on Downtown and the answer is generally something along the lines of “come Downtown to see what’s going on and see how you can contribute.” The United Way of Southern Nevada is giving Las Vegas residents another outlet though, through their Downtown Revitalization event on [...]
Pedestrian Safety Zone Proposed for Downtown
May 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Nevada State Senate Bill 179, sponsored by Senator Mark Manendo, is set to be voted upon later today in the Assembly. If passed, it will go back to to the State Senate for a final vote to approve amendments to the original bill. The purpose of the bill is to increase pedestrian safety in Nevada [...]
Neon Museum Celebrates the Moulin Rouge
May 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Neon Museum will host a special program commemorating the 58th anniversary of the opening of Las Vegas’ famed Moulin Rouge casino. The Moulin Rouge sign, designed by Betty Willis, is one of more than 150 neon signs preserved and viewed by thousands of visitors each year in the Neon Museum’s Neon Boneyard exhibition area. [...]
Downtown Gets School House Rockin’
May 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Not sure what to do with the kids on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th? Come hang for a day of School House Rock at the Downtown Project Construction Zone. The free event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A generation grew up watching these short animated music videos that helped teach grammar, [...]
FirebrandGroup Launches
May 17, 2013 by 4 Comments
VegasTechFund is launching a new program—FirebrandGroup – to invest in early ideas that simply need enough capital to allow the founders to go “heads down” and prove their concept. Firebrand will invest in pre-seed stage startups in increments up to $25,000 and, separately, is launching a three-month residential immersion program for those in whom they [...]