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Here's an excerpt of their petition:
A request to rename the road dedicated as Debbie Reynolds Drive will return to the Clark County Planning Commission on Aug. 20.
Lorenzo Doumani is a developer seeking to change Debbie Reynolds Drive, asked the commission to hold his request for two weeks on Tuesday, when it was expected to be heard in front of the board, according to the county.
Doumani wants the roughly 1,000-foot street running between Convention Center Drive and Desert Inn Road to be renamed Majestic Plaza Place to reflect his planned and recently approved five-star hotel along the road — Majestic Resort and Spa.
This request by a developer to eliminate the name of a Las Vegas legend whose story is integral to the iconic status of our city must not go unchallenged.
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They urge people to email the commission at: zoning@ClarkCountyNV.gov
Here's what I wrote to them:
Please don’t change the name of Debbie Reynolds Drive!
In 1996, when I was 26 years old, I went out of my way during my second-ever Vegas visit because I wanted to see the casino/museum space that longtime Las Vegas entertainer Debbie Reynolds had created for the community. It was a beautiful attraction—featuring Hollywood memorabilia that Ms. Reynolds personally purchased at auction so could she could share it with movie fans in Vegas. I saw her show with my parents, and afterward she took photos with audience members and signed autographs—a true Las Vegas class act.
Her impact on Las Vegas must not be erased from memory. In my last Vegas trip, I stumbled upon Frank Sinatra Drive—Ms. Reynolds, who is a 2005 Gaming Hall of Fame inductee, deserves just as much recognition as Mr. Sinatra. Please don't change her street name. Thank you!
And the grandfather of the family, Malick Doumani, came to North America from Lebanon on a ship called "Majestic"—so my guess is a casino is in the works.
https://majesticlasvegas.com/
I've been looking for a street map of 1930s/40s Vegas for awhile without much success.
Quote: DocMy naive impression is that the streets did not exist prior to the casinos. There was a highway toward LA, and casinos were constructed along it. Cross roads were constructed to give access to loading areas, parking areas, etc., and the neighborhood boomed from there. Of course, I just made that up in my head, but it is what I surmised about how a string of casinos was developed out in the desert. Build your own casino, build the roads around it, and name them whatever you like.
If you drive east on any of those streets, you'll find neighborhoods that predate the casinos. I have to assume the roads were there first.
Quote: DRichI am all for changing it. Look to the future, not the past.
Frank and Dino have their streets, they're from the past and I don't think we want to change those streets. I vote for keeping Debbie around. She was just as "Vegas" as Frank and Dino.
According to a message from Clark County lobbyist Jay Brown to Eat More Art Vegas: "the applicant is holding this matter for 6 months so we can work with the County to find another location suitable to have the Debbie Reynolds name. After the new location has been approved, we will go forward with the name change at this location."
Quote: DRichI am all for changing it. Look to the future, not the past.
The past is interesting. Though, I suppose I'm in the minority here. But, the future and the past are part of the same story.
There's a big street in Vegas called Lamb. When I found out it was named for the old school Shariff who used to do things like randomly beat the crap out of guys in the mob and tell him to get the f out of his town, it made Vegas a little bit richer of a place to be for me.
To me, a street named after an entertainment icon of past generations is a lot more interesting than some soulless, generic name a developer came up with.
Actually reminds me, when I did ride share and stuff... I never realized how bad these people are at naming streets. It is like a comedy sketch. American Freedom Eagle USA #1 Drive. One area, all of the streets are different kinds of coffee. Not only painfully lame, but also confusing.
One I've always noticed is when they try to make it easier by clumping a bunch of similar sounding streets together. Like, it's supposed to make it EASIER to find someone's house because it is an area where the street names are Rider, Riser, Rainer, Rainman, Raymon, etc.
Quote: RigondeauxThe past is interesting. Though, I suppose I'm in the minority here. But, the future and the past are part of the same story.
There's a big street in Vegas called Lamb. When I found out it was named for the old school Shariff who used to do things like randomly beat the crap out of guys in the mob and tell him to get the f out of his town, it made Vegas a little bit richer of a place to be for me.
To me, a street named after an entertainment icon of past generations is a lot more interesting than some soulless, generic name a developer came up with.
Actually reminds me, when I did ride share and stuff... I never realized how bad these people are at naming streets. It is like a comedy sketch. American Freedom Eagle USA #1 Drive. One area, all of the streets are different kinds of coffee. Not only painfully lame, but also confusing.
One I've always noticed is when they try to make it easier by clumping a bunch of similar sounding streets together. Like, it's supposed to make it EASIER to find someone's house because it is an area where the street names are Rider, Riser, Rainer, Rainman, Raymon, etc.
I’m fine with any name as long as it isn’t also a direction. What good does South Street do anyone? And double potholes to cities that add quadrants to addresses: 111 W. Oak Street Northwest.
Chicago does it best. Letters one way and numbers the other.
Quote: smoothgrhTen-day-old news:
According to a message from Clark County lobbyist Jay Brown to Eat More Art Vegas: "the applicant is holding this matter for 6 months so we can work with the County to find another location suitable to have the Debbie Reynolds name. After the new location has been approved, we will go forward with the name change at this location."
And this is the right thing to do, imo.
Many hotels have drives named after them. But I do agree Debbie Reynolds still deserves a street name as well.
When in Miami, you can take a drive on North West South River Drive!Quote: AyecarumbaI’m fine with any name as long as it isn’t also a direction. What good does South Street do anyone? And double potholes to cities that add quadrants to addresses: 111 W. Oak Street Northwest.
Quote: rxwineI really never understood the appeal of Jimmy Durante, but there is a road in Vegas named after him.
Jimmy in Frosty the Snowman was a great childhood memory.
Quote: Ayecarumba
Chicago does it best. Letters one way and numbers the other.
That is how every place should do it.
Quote: billryanDoes anyone know what Tropicana, Flamingo and Sahara were known as before the casinos?
I've been looking for a street map of 1930s/40s Vegas for awhile without much success.
Sahara used to be San Francisco Street, and Flamingo used to be Dunes Road (Then Dunes-Flamingo for a time).