🌱 Unsafe Discharges On An Upward Trend + LVCVA Terminates $120M Deal

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Here are the top three stories in Las Vegas today:

1. According to Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance reports, the Centennial Hills Hospital has seven admissions, discharge, and transfer rights allegations. Five of the allegations are related to discharging patients. One recent lawsuit was about an unsafe release of an 87-year-old woman in January 2021, claiming the woman was sent home in a Lyft by hospital staff who never notified family or caretakers. (News3LV)
2. Las Vegas hosted the 16th annual World-Sign Spinning Championship on Saturday. The unique competition welcomed spinners from 40 U.S. cities and 10 international cities who were judged on style, execution, and technical sign-spinning abilities. The winner has not been announced. (News3LV)
3. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) terminated a $120 million deal that would've built a 50-story, 2,000-room resort on the Strip. Claudio Fischer, a Chilean billionaire, decided not to commit to the purchase after the rise in interest rates over the past year. The LVCVA gave Fischer plenty of leeway with contract extensions with a long development runway – he didn't need to break ground until 2031. The deal ultimately fell through, and the 10 acres are on the market again. (Subscription: Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Today in Las Vegas:

• Comedy A La Carte: The Rant At Mom's Basement Theatre (7:30 PM)
• Cirque Du Soleil: Mad Apple At New York-New York Theater (9:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• The LGBTQ Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas invites the community to attend an event celebrating National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Feb. 4. "Saturday Night Life" will offer free HIV testing to attendees and feature speakers, food, performances, vendors, and community building. Visit the center's website to RSVP for the event. (KTNV 13 Action News Las Vegas)
• Five new homes have been listed for sale in the Las Vegas area. Available properties range from a 2,257 square-foot, four-bed, three-bath home for $399,999 to a $1.06 million home with four beds, five baths, and 3,149 square feet. Get all the property details at the link. (Las Vegas Patch)
• The United Way of Southern Nevada is celebrating 65 years of giving hope across the Las Vegas Valley and has supported over 260,000 community members from July 2021 to June 2022. (Nevada Business Magazine)

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— Lauren Kubiak

About me: Lauren is a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. She graduated from Rowan University with a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism. She is a full-time editor at an association management firm, editing peer-reviewed nursing journals, textbooks, and newsletters.