It was established by what was in what was the Union Pacific railroad then it was the los angeles, salt lake and san pedro railroad. They bought a ranch from a woman named Helen Stewart and decided they were going to lay it out on here. This is the original map from that auction. I want to buy land on lot 22, i want this piece of land, and that is what this map is. Generated by a railroad. The original site plan had las vegas divided into 40 blocks. They needed a place with a cult vice, which was a classic wild west vice, drinking, gambling and prostitution. Heres the thing. Las vegas was going to be a respectable town. The railroad, a respectable railroad. So you couldnt have it on fremont street. So they called one of the blocks block 16, this is the red light district. And it was elizabeth away from the translation, just one block off fremont. If you walked down a block, turned left and walked down another block from the train station, thats right where it is. So if a man comes to l
Down at once is pretty cool. Mike newcomb says with the addition, revenue will increase by a Million Dollars per year. Just to start. And unlv is already saving money. Compared to past year just by updating 30 year old electrical outlets and heating and cooling systems. And thats good news for the school. All our money goes back into the university, so all the money we make funds the events on campus and a portion of athletics so it benefits the Community Back through unlv. Now again this was a 72. 5 Million Dollar project. But not all that money went into the room i just showed you. They added restrooms. Widene d the concourses inside. Provided additional lighting outside for safety purposes. Purchased a new sound system. And maybe best of all. Improved cell Service Inside the building. From the thomas and mack. Im vince sapienza. 16 Law Enforcement agencies teamed up today for a type of training thats a first for nevada. The jointexercise prepared officers for what they say is one of
Tonight we have an update on a story we bright you last fall. The Desert Research institute in reno has been working on its very own weather model for a while now. Since september, its been able to test the model for accuracy to help refine it. Angela schilling joins us live in the newsroom with more. Angela . Kristen, while the folks at dri have a long ways to go, they i last spoke with them in the fall. Both on a Business Front and Research Side of the project. The model indeed looks a little bit different now. If all goes well, they hope to have a Business Partner within the next few months. Brian speicher Everyone Wants to know first and foremost how accurate you are. Especially when your new model forecasts the weather. Brian speicher over about a four month time we looked at the performance of the model over reno and las vegas and compared to really recognizable names. In weather. In december the results came in, showing their in house model could compete with the rest. The test
It is fat tuesday. This is the day that you are supposed to indulge. Get it all out. Yes. Indulge before lent starts tomorrow, so a big party down south in louisiana and new orleans and up here as well. Weve got some events going on, all for a good cause. Kind of coinciding with that tuesday. We will check in with alex with more on that. First though, lets talk about the having. Is the perfect way to say it. Temperatures on the way keeping in mind that it renosparks average high this time going for the low to mid 60s over the next several days. Record highs to show you just close we are. The first couple days today and tomorrow are not all that close to record highs, but still very warm nonetheless. Thursday only 3 degrees away from that record, and friday 1 degrees away. 66 is the forecast high for friday. The record of all time on fridays date stands at 67 degrees. Only 1 degree away. We could be threatening that record area 61 in town for the high later today. 50s in carson city, an
Candidates could drop out of the race. 3 both Hillary Clinton and donald trump are coming off wins in nevada and South Carolina. But todays results will truly show us which candidates are taking the lead. Up to this point president ial hopefulls have been able to put all their focus on winning over one state. However 12 states are in the game today. Some of which include oklahoma, massachusetts, and arkansas. Tmcc Political Science professor fred lokken says todays voting will test the strength of each candidates campaign. 3 lokken now in one day 12 primaries, caucuses across the south and now a few other regions. Thats huge. And its a real game changer. It literally casts the medal of poorly organized campaigns and weve often seen on super tuesday when we start to see major washouts of candidates. 3 alex we will have continued coverage of todays polls here on news 4 as well as on our website. Stay with us for the very latest. Back to 3 bill and samantha lets take a quick look outside.