LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Plans have been filed with Clark County to briefly flip an empty parking zone close to the Strip into an annual mild present.
The 12-acre web site is on the nook of Sahara Avenue and Paradise Highway. It’s owned by the World Buddhist Affiliation, based mostly in Pasadena, California. Planning paperwork name for the “Zenith Lights” to deal with “traditional Chinese culture” with mild shows, meals cubicles and a e book retailer.
The competition will final roughly three months. (Credit score: World Buddhist Affiliation)
This can be a rendering of an exhibit known as Life Shade. (Credit score: World Buddhist Affiliation)
The proposed structure of the Buddhist Mild Pageant. (Credit score: World Buddhist Affiliation)
In a letter to Clark County planners, World Buddhist Affiliation says the sunshine competition will final three months, together with setup and tear down. Land homeowners additionally wish to “host other temporary commercial events” throughout the remainder of the yr.
Emails to the World Buddhist Affiliation and Kaempfer Crowell, the native firm representing it, weren’t returned Wednesday.
World Buddhist Affiliation first purchased the Sahara web site in 2018 to construct a temple. Nonetheless, the challenge has by no means began. In 2020, it sued to cease the LVCVA from shopping for the Las Vegas Monorail. The monorail line runs across the property.
