Submitted by HollyJoy, Casino Online
The controversial Las Vegas Museum of Organised Crime and Law Enforcement, otherwise known as the “Mob Museum”, may receive a further $7 million in funding. Steve Miller, the reputable Las Vegas journalist, who has previously shared his stories about mob rule in Sin City, as part of our series of articles on crime in Las Vegas, released details of the proposed funding, which is set to be approved by the City Council on Wednesday. So far, the Mob Museum has received over $13 million in funding, but the project, which is strongly backed by Mayor Oscar Goodman, seems to need a further $7 million in order to go ahead. The Mob Museum will focus on the battle between mobsters and law enforcement in Las Vegas and is set to open in 2011.
According to Miller, the last thing Las Vegas needs at the moment is for more funding to be poured into the Mob Museum. Miller suggested that Las Vegas is currently facing an $80 million budget shortfall, with an expected deficit of $50 million in 2011. The Vegas writer observed that Las Vegas residents "would rather…city leaders do everything in their power to attract new, clean, high tech industry". Unfortunately for residents, "with the city's official priority being given to a museum that honors the scum of the earth, owners of high tech businesses outside Nevada are not taking…(Las Vegas) seriously, and are looking elsewhere for new locations in which to set up shop".
It’s believed that Las Vegas City Council will decide whether to allocate a further $7 million in funding to the Mob Museum on Wednesday 7th July.
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