Negative Space: Las Vegas
- How do we keep this from happening again?
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Whenever there’s a tragedy, there is a small cadre of people who frantically push solutions that never worked in the past and wouldn’t have stopped the current tragedy. They’re in a hurry to act before the facts come out that would let us craft a real response. Real prevention means solving real problems. That means waiting for the facts.
- The Star Trek Experience: Stanley Jaffe was right
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In 1992, Paramount executive Stanley Jaffe single-handedly killed an audacious, innovative, one-in-a-million Las Vegas attraction. Because that’s what he was hired to do.
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- Sunday Night Horror in Las Vegas—Politicizing Tragedy
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“The bodies weren’t even cold yet before Bloomberg Politics was predicting that ‘the mass shooting in Las Vegas will refocus attention on the political stalemate over gun control laws.’ You could almost see them rubbing their little hands in evil glee that yet another senseless act of murder will give them ammunition to demand more restrictions on the rights of law abiding citizens.”
- Now it can be told: the “Star Trek” attraction that almost came to life in 1992
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“Gary Goddard looks back on what really happened back in 1992 when the Downtown City Fathers were looking for a way to revitalize the downtown core and attract more visitors.”
