Carson Nugget redevelopment: Whats the hurry?
After reading Steve Neighbors’ lengthy defense of the $80 million Carson Nugget redevelopment project in last Sunday’s Appeal, I was left with an important question: What’s the hurry? “Trust us,” Neighbors asks (and I’m paraphrasing here). “We know what we’re doing and you should jump on board before the train leaves the station.” Well, I want to know where that train is going, and how it’s going to get there. Although we’re supposed to be super-enthusiastic about this ambitious and very expensive project, that’s not what I’m hearing from well-informed friends around town. I recall other instances where out-of-town developers and promoters had big plans to “save” Carson City, but those plans fizzled. Do you remember famous Hollywood personality, Max Baer Jr., who was going to build a multimillion-dollar hillbilly hotel/casino on the old Walmart site south of town? Whatever happened to him? And then there were the developers who were going to convert Fuji Park and fairgrounds into an “u
