The document summarizes the vision and development plan for downtown Las Vegas. It discusses the history of downtown Las Vegas and how the area has shifted from the original gambling district to recent revitalization efforts. The development plan proposes creating "transit hubs" around downtown to concentrate mixed-use development and amenities. It outlines goals and concepts for land use, mobility, open space, economic development, and community character to make downtown Las Vegas a vibrant urban center.

1. DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS
-ROHITH SAI REDDY
B.ARCH/10038/2015

2. INTRODUCTION
• Downtown Las Vegas (commonly abbreviated as DTLV) is the central business district and
historic center of Las Vegas, Nevada
• It is the original town site and was the gambling district of Las Vegas prior to the Strip, and
the area still incorporates downtown gaming

3. HISTORY
• Gambling legalized in 1960s
• The face of Las Vegas changed with the construction of ‘The Mirage’ in 1989
• The result being the slow tourist pull away from the original core city
• In 1995, the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas’ downtown area was opened
• Due to years of revitalization efforts, 2012 was dubbed “The Year of Downtown.”
• In 2018, plans for a new downtown expo center were announced, replacing and
expanding on space previously provided by the Cashman Center

4. Map showing the city of Las
Vegas and DTLV

5. VISION
‘A creative collaboration between residents, businesses, and visitors, it welcomes
diversity and entrepreneurship, and fosters pride, always looking toward the future’

6. THE THREE C’S
• COLLISION
• CO-LEARNING
• CONNECTEDNESS

7. COLLISIONS
• Development in a way that is meant to maximize “collisionable hours,” meaning the
number of hours that someone is out and about in the neighbourhood in a public
or semi-public way (for example, sidewalks, parks, bars, restaurants, or cafes) that
creates an opportunity for serendipitous interactions

8. CO-LEARNING
• Invested in businesses that maximize the number of hours when people in the
neighbourhood are learning from each other, through traditional mentorship,
classes, talks, or workshops, as well as through an increased opportunity for daily
collisions

9. CONNECTEDNESS
• Maximize the number and the depth of connections between people in the
neighbourhood. That connectedness is developed through repeated, positive
interactions within the neighbourhood that create a personal and emotional
connection to the place itself

10. GOALS
• Urban environment
• Accessible services
• Vital places
• Seamless connections
• Community resilience
• Green network
• Diversified economy
• Abundant entertainment & culture
• Smart management

11. DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO
Based upon outreach from online polling and face-to-face interactions, the preferred
scenario combines the transportation framework of “lifestyle hubs” with the
investment strategies of “centers of excellence”

12. DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENARIO
• Emphasize mid-rise residential and vertical mixed use development at transit hubs.
• Incorporate basic needs and desired amenities that support urban lifestyle
• Include convenience shopping, local entertainment, social services, and parks and
open space
• Integrate institutional and industrial drivers that will emerge as “Centers of
Excellence”
• Support preferred development with multi-modal transportation network

13. COMMUNITY BENEFITS SUMMARY

15. LAND USE & HOUSING
Downtown aims to achieve a compact, vibrant urban environment, focusing higher
density mixed-use development around transit hubs and transforming them into
nodes of activity, delivering an energetic urban lifestyle and high-quality physical
environment to locals and tourists
Land use concept divisions:
• Residential
• Commercial & employment
• Mixed use
• Civic & institutional
• Open space

17. TRANSIT HUB CONCEPT
The Plan proposes 10 transit hubs in the Downtown area along the transit corridors
and categorizes them into three major types
1) Lifestyle Hubs
2) Employment Hubs
3) Cultural and Tourism Hubs

19. COMMUNITY
AMENITIES &
SERVICES CONCEPT
For each of the proposed
transit hubs in Downtown,
the Plan calls for
incorporating basic services
and urban amenities
associated with new
housing/office
developments within 5-min
walking radii around transit
stations

20. COMMUNITY CHARACTER &
DISTRICT IDENTITY
Downtown aims to present a legible, vibrant city image to tourists and residents,
creating vital places to attract new investments and growth. Strengthening
Downtown’s identity and Districts’ characters includes promoting community design
guidance, historic preservation and adaptive reuse, and public realm enhancement, as
well as establishing a wayfinding system with signage, lighting, and public art

22. DOWNTOWN DISTRICT CONCEPT
Twelve districts with unique characteristics are identified in the Downtown area. Six
districts are within the Downtown core inhabiting the traditional grid structure of
Downtown and accommodating activities of tourism, government uses, business and
professional offices; while the other 6 districts are at the peripheral of Downtown

23. DOWNTOWN CORE DISTRICTS
CIVIC & BUSINESS DISTRICT
RESORT & CASINO DISTRICT

24. DOWNTOWN CORE DISTRICTS
18B LAS VEGAS ARTS DISTRICT SYMPHONY PARK DISTRICT

25. DOWNTOWN CORE DISTRICTS
FOUNDERS DISTRICTFREMONT EAST DISTRICT

26. DOWNTOWN PERIPHERAL
DISTRICTS
• Cashman district
• Gateway
• Las Vegas medical district
• Historic Westside district
• Market corridor district
• Design district

27. MOBILITY
Downtown will achieve seamless connections throughout by incorporating multi-
modal transportation system to move people and goods with higher efficiency and
lower economic and environmental cost. Improving Downtown’s mobility system for
the establishment of an innovative district in the long term includes expanding the
transit and bicycle network, promoting car share / bike share, enhancing pedestrian
linkages, and applying smart mobility technology

29. LAYERED STREET CONCEPT
• The complete street approach recognizes that it is difficult to accommodate all
transportation modes (auto, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian) suitably on a single
street. Alternatively, a layered street network, in which various streets are designated
as having an emphasis on a particular travel mode (i.e., auto, transit, bicycle, and
pedestrian), could achieve better mobility performance
• The Plan calls for a layered network concept in the Downtown area, allowing for an
easier process of prioritizing improvements and serving all modes across the
network

32. ENVIRONMENT & OPEN SPACE
• Downtown will create a desert oasis establishing a green infrastructure network
consisting of parks, plazas, tree lined streets, and various passive recreational
facilities
• The green network will provides visitors, workers, and residents with an appealing,
thermally comfortable environment, multifunctional spaces for social gatherings,
events, and activities
• Creates connections that link Downtown districts, amenities, and natural resources
in the region

33. DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY
• Downtown will establish a diversified, sustainable economy, enhancing Downtown’s
economic competitiveness, as well as drawing new investments, business and
talents, from the region and the state to the area
• Creating Centers of Excellence associated with educational opportunities and
potential economic drivers concentrate human capital around new industries,
attracting start-ups and fostering long-term prosperity

34. ENTERTAINMENT & CULTURE
• Downtown will celebrate its history and culture through new and expanding cultural
attractions, fostering arts and entertainment roots, and programming abundant
events and festivals
• A new art museum will act as an anchor for the area bringing a steady daytime
population
• Live concerts, as well as various cultural festivals, will take place in Downtown year-
round, entertaining locals, tourists, and attracting patrons to Downtown

35. QUESTIONS
• What are the advantages of the ‘Centres of Excellence’ or ‘district hub’ system?
• If you were the planner for Booty more area what ‘centres of excellence’ would you
incorporate here?

36. LIST OF VARIOUS TYPES OF
DISTRICTS
• City Centre
• Holy Site
• Educational hub
• Encampment
• Harbour
• Commercial Hub
• Cultural hub
• Entertainment hub
• Industrial Zone