{"id":101627,"date":"2025-11-06T06:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/update-vegas-officials-green-light-parking-garage-right-next-to-airport-fuel-tanks\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T06:37:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:37:02","slug":"update-vegas-officials-green-light-parking-garage-right-next-to-airport-fuel-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/update-vegas-officials-green-light-parking-garage-right-next-to-airport-fuel-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Vegas Officials Green-Light Parking Garage Right Next to Airport Fuel Tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"


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UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Las Vegas officials voted on Wednesday to approve the construction of a six-story parking garage next to eight large fuel tanks at Harry Reid International Airport. The Clark County Commission said the garage can be built if developers meet safety and security requirements imposed by the Clark County Department of Aviation.<\/p>\n\n

EARLIER:<\/strong> <\/em>The Clark County Commission is scheduled to vote on Wednesday, November 5, on whether to approve a controversial proposal for a new parking garage at Las Vegas\u2019 Harry Reid International Airport. The proposal raises safety concerns due to its proximity to eight large jet fuel tanks, the nearest being less than 100 feet away.<\/p>\n

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This aerial photo shows the distance between a proposed six-story parking garage, currently occupied by a Sky Chefs building, and the Las Vegas Airport\u2019s east-side \u201cfuel farm.\u201d (Image Google Earth)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2,200-car structure would be situated on 3.8 acres just north of Terminal 1, a space currently occupied by airline food supplier Sky Chefs, whose building is slated for demolition. Terminal 1 is home to Las Vegas\u2019 busiest airline, Southwest.<\/p>\n

The garage is being proposed by land American Nevada Co., a legacy developer known for master-planned communities and commercial developments throughout Las Vegas. It was founded in 1972 by Hank Greenspun, the late publisher of the Las Vegas Sun <\/em>newspaper, and his wife, Barbara.<\/p>\n

According to a county staff report obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal,<\/a> <\/em>the Clark County Department of Aviation, which runs the airport and would also need to approve the project, has raised \u201cnumerous safety and security concerns.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A rendering of the parking garage proposed by American Nevada Co. (Image: TRC Parkitects)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The main one is that the new structure would provide an \u201celevated, direct line of sight\u201d to the tanks.<\/p>\n

According to the staff report, the developer will be required to build a solid wall obscuring views to the tanks and airfield from any part of the parking structure \u2014 especially its roof. In addition, the garage must be surrounded by a \u201cvehicle crash mitigation rail\u201d capable of stopping a 15K-pound vehicle doing 50 mph.<\/p>\n

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A fuel tank on the west side of the airport was targeted by Stephen Paddock during the Route 91 Harvest Music festival massacre that claimed 58 lives on the night of Oct. 1, 2017. Two bullets, fired from the gunman\u2019s perch on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay, hit the tank but caused little visible damage, according to reports at the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hank Greenspun\u2019s descendants maintain close ties to local politics. Clark County Commission chair Jim Gibson was the president and CEO of the online travel agency Vegas.com from 2010-2013, when it was owned by the Greenspun Corporation.<\/p>\n

A public comment session is scheduled to be held at the commission meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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