Lights Dimmed In Las Vegas
The late UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian is getting an honor afforded to less than a dozen people in history. On Wednesday night, after the Runnin’ Rebels’ game against Boise State finishes, the lights of the Las Vegas strip will dim to pay tribute to the coach who put Vegas on the college basketball map.
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Tark’s UNLV teams embodied the the city’s eventual slogan — “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” — so it’s only natural that he’s sent off with a classic desert tribute. Tark, who died last week at age 84, was a throwback — a great sporting character everybody had a favorite story or quote about.
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1953 Press Photo Lights dim in Las Vegas, Nevada, after atomic explosion test This is an original press photo. Las Vegas, Nevada. Lights in downtown Las Vegas were momentarily dimmed today by the second atomic explosion in the AEC's spring series. Pic was taken with cameraman's back to blast using only light of flash for illumination. The lights of Las Vegas dimmed for 11 minutes to honor the victims and heroes of last week’s tragic event. The digital marquees along the iconic Las Vegas Strip and throughout the Las Vegas. The late UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian is getting an honor afforded to less than a dozen people in history. On Wednesday night, after the Runnin’ Rebels’ game against Boise State finishes, the lights. In all, 60 businesses around the Las Vegas Valley agreed to turn off marquees and dim other lights to honor the victims. Many properties on the Strip left building facade lights on. Stephanie Leier.
Lights Dim In Las Vegas
Mine: “I always like to get transfers, especially from the Pac-10. They already have their cars paid for.”
Tark’s 1991 Rebels were defending national champions and one of the most dominant teams in college basketball history. The Larry Johnson-led squad is still the last since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers to enter the Final Four with an undefeated record, but a shock loss to Duke ended hopes of a back-to-back title and a historic undefeated season. In those two years, Tark’s Rebels won 13 tournament games. In the 23 years since, the Rebs have three tournament victories.
Lights Dimmed In Las Vegas
Other people to get the honor of a dimmed Vegas strip are Elvis Presley, Rat Packers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., Vegas staple George Burns and Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. (The strip has been darkened for other events, such as 9/11.)
Lights Dimmed In Las Vegas
What’s happening Wednesday is a tremendous honor, but it’s too bad they couldn’t turn the wattage up on all the neon, brightening the city like Tark did when he was the NCAA’s lone wolf out in Vegas for 19 years. Or they could have draped a white, terry cloth towel over the city, if only for a moment.