More than $32 million was raised for victims in the immediate aftermath of the 1 October mass shooting in 2017, from multimillion-dollar checks from major corporations to thousands of donations as small as $5 on a viral GoFundMe.
But finding funding for a permanent memorial to honor the 58 people killed and hundreds injured during the Route 91 Harvest musical festival has been a challenge.
The initial price tag for the memorial — first proposed as an infinity-shaped monument with a 58-foot glass tower of light recognizing the people who died in the shooting — was closer to $70 million, but has been whittled down to around $34 million.
More than 70 community members — EMTs, law enforcement and survivors — went to Carson City last May to ask for funding for the memorial, but were rebuffed.
