Will a notorious fiery sculpture add to downtown’s flame and fortune? Downtown is turning up the heat and expanding its carbon footprint with giant flame-throwing art — and it’s considering putting control of the fire at the public’s fingertips. “This is groundbreaking. There is no guidebook to what we are doing,” says Cory Mervis, the cultural attache between the Las Vegas’ Downtown Project and counterculture art event Burning Man. “It is all in flux right now ...
June 20, 2013 - Las Vegas CityLife