SCANDAL ROCKS SIN CITY as Las Vegas officials greenlight a MASSIVE $200 MILLION taxpayer-backed vanity project—a “museum” that CRITICS are blasting as a CULTURAL COLONIZATION of the iconic Strip. The design, by Burkina Faso-native Diébédo Francis Kéré, is being FORCED onto the cityscape, with insiders calling it a “WOKE WASTELAND” that SPITS on Las Vegas’s legendary glitz and glamour.
“How can I use what is surrounding Las Vegas to create something open and welcoming?” Kéré asked. The answer? A jarring, BLOOD-RED fortress of stone that DELIBERATELY IGNORES the city’s iconic neon heritage in favor of a “canyon-inspired” aesthetic. This is NOT a celebration of Vegas; it is an ERASURE.
Even more SHOCKING is the backroom deal with Los Angeles’s LACMA to share its collection—a move labeled a “brain drain” that turns Vegas into a second-rate satellite gallery for West Coast elites. “This is a very 20th century idea,” sneered LACMA director Michael Govan, as he offloads art while local artists are IGNORED.
The museum’s board, including the late billionaire Elaine Wynn, orchestrated exclusive tours for Kéré, funneling resources into a pet project while the city’s schools and infrastructure CRUMBLE. They claim it’s for the “community,” but this 60,000-square-foot monument serves GLOBAL TOURISTS and the ULTRA-WEALTHY, not the struggling residents of wards 3 and 5.
Is this the future of American culture—a soulless, PRICELESS compound designed by a foreign architect, bankrolled by billionaires, and sold to the public as “progress” while the true heart of a city is SOLD OFF and SANITIZED? The desert is getting a new monument, but it’s a tombstone for authentic Vegas.
