Since 1997, Broadacres Marketplace has been a staple in North Las Vegas. A place where families gathered, music played and small businesses thrived.
But today, its gates are shut. The sounds of music and bustling crowds have vanished. In their place: silence, uncertainty and over 1,100 vendors left without a place to sell or a clear path forward.
The closure came suddenly on June 21. That day, Broadacres management issued a brief statement attributing the shutdown to “fear and uncertainty” in the immigrant community amid a reported increase in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the area. Since then, the once-busy marketplace has remained closed with no timeline for reopening…