LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Las Vegas City Council has approved a temporary reopening for Cork and Thorn, a nightclub in the Arts District that was shut down following a fatal stabbing in a nearby city-run parking lot in September.
Dozens of supporters, including patrons, performers and employees, attended Wednesday’s City Council meeting to advocate for the club to reopen.
Stabbing led to closure
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said its communications team received a report just before 3 a.m. of a stabbing in a parking lot at a business in the 70 block of West Imperial Avenue, near Commerce Street. Arriving officers found a man lying in the parking lot suffering from a stab wound. Medical personnel transported him to a local hospital, where he later died.
Cork and Thorn, located across the street from the lot, was the business that was shut down following the incident.
Supporters speak out
William Taylor, a Las Vegas poet who performs as “360 the Poet,” told Fox5 he and his wife have been curating artist showcases with Cork and Thorn since 2016, following the business from Summerlin to its current location in the Arts District…