LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Changing signs at Harry Reid International Airport is proving more expensive than planned, and the total price tag is now up to $7.68 million, documents show.
On Tuesday, Clark County commissioners approved $4.77 million to fund the most expensive part of the project. “Marquee – Landmark Signs” on Tropicana Avenue had an original budget of $1.95 million and now are estimated to cost an estimated $2.82 million more than planned.
Those signs on Tropicana — one at Koval Lane and one at Paradise Road — will be built where temporary signs have already been changed to reflect the Reid name.
The funds come from an account set up by Clark County to hold private donations that are paying for the name change.
When the project began in October 2021, $4.2 million in private donations was raised to fund the project. Total estimated costs have grown to $7.68 million.