Petition filed with county wants to stop demolition of Vegas hotel and casino.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s legal team is keeping an eye on an initiative petition drive filed with the Clark County registrar of voters attempting to block demolition of the shuttered Riviera hotel-casino.
“At this time, we have not decided on a path to take regarding the petition,” a spokesman for the authority said Friday. “We are still reviewing options with outside counsel, but we will take all actions necessary and are in the process of conducting the due diligence regarding the petition.”
The LVCVA’s legal counsel, Luke Puschnig, told the authority’s board of directors last week of the petition, filed by Henderson resident Kelden Engel, a student at Nevada State College.
The authority acquired the 60-year-old, 23-story property in February 2015 for $191 million, which included $8.5 million in related acquisition costs.
Since buying the property, the authority’s owner representative, Cordell Corp., has conducted a detailed investigation of hazardous materials on the site and how to remove them before imploding the two Riviera towers.
The Cordell investigation determined that there is asbestos within the stucco finish of the Monte Carlo tower. As a result, workers with W.A. Richardson Builders LLC, the company that won the Riviera demolition contract with its $42 million bid, will have to wrap the building in plastic and chisel away the finish and haul the debris away to prevent asbestos particles from becoming airborne during a planned implosion.
Two implosion events are planned in June and August.
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