With Las Vegas drawing the Super Bowl, Las Vegas Grand Prix and more large events in recent years, Clark County commissioners moved to create a more uniformed structure regarding the approval of such happenings.
On Tuesday, commissioners unanimously approved amending a county ordinance to create a sports and special events department aimed at creating a preliminary review and approval process for proposed high-impact special events.
Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick said no one event sparked the idea behind the new department; she began the process of developing what it would entail in 2019, just before the pandemic impacts were felt in early 2020.
