LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — New Orleans Square at Commercial Center has long been a staple of Las Vegas history, but the decades-old property is now facing an uncertain future as Clark County weighs whether to spend tens of millions of dollars to renovate it or demolish it altogether.
Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom said the county uncovered extensive problems with the building after its purchase.
“We discovered all these issues that we have to, basically, rehab the whole thing,” Segerblom said.
Clark County paid $6.5 million to buy New Orleans Square and could spend as much as $25.3 million to renovate the property. The decades old building, naming the Rat Pack and Elvis Presley as frequent visitors, now has a growing list of repair needs, including several reported leaks and holes in the roof…