The Mob Museum is astir to get bigger. Otherwise known arsenic the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, the depository has announced the acquisition of the Downtown Transit Center spot located astatine 300 N. Casino Center Blvd.
The 2.74-acre parcel located northbound and westbound of the museum’s existing gathering volition assistance the depository with semipermanent plans for growth: enhancing visitant experiences, expanding exhibits and programming and creating abstraction for assemblage events and engagement. It volition adhd to the museum’s existing building, the archetypal national operation built successful Las Vegas successful 1933 that erstwhile housed a national courthouse and station office.
“As the Museum looks toward its 15th day successful February, we stay focused connected delivering a unique, world-class acquisition for Southern Nevadans and our nationalist and planetary visitors,” said Jonathan Ullman, President and CEO, The Mob Museum. “This onshore acquisition exemplifies our nonprofit’s ongoing reinvestment successful our historical determination and unlocks a wide scope of breathtaking possibilities arsenic we illustration the aboriginal of The Mob Museum.”
The land, which was acquired from erstwhile proprietor of the Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino, CIM Group, Inc., volition adhd to a 2022 acquisition of astir 30,000 quadrate feet eastbound of the main building, expanding its footprint on Stewart Avenue and Fourth Street. That enlargement presently serves arsenic the Starlight Plaza outdoor lawsuit space.
The announcement comes arsenic the depository approaches its 15th day successful February 2027. The Museum has welcomed much than 5 cardinal visitors portion becoming an American Alliance of Museums accredited institution.
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