Because this class studies two very dynamic cities which are constantly changing, the class itself varies each year.  We come to Vegas in 2011 three years after a real estate bubble burst and financial meltdown.  Vegas has been particularly hard-hit, with over 10% of homes in default on their mortgage, a gigantic 8 Billion dollar casino-hotel-condo project in the center of the strip (City Center) which has neared bankruptcy on several occassions, dramatically affected its parent company MGM's stock and which currently has sold 100 of its 2500 condos.  Yet Vegas continues to be an icon for American hope and adventurous living, a dynamic center of American creativity and ingenuity. 

Schedule for the Course 2011 (events are tentative, dates are not):

Sunday March 6th Arrive in Vegas by air by 6PM so we can regroup and talk. 

    Gustafson picks you up at airport, or you take shuttle to South Point Casino.  

Monday March 7th

            930 AM Mayor Oscar Goodman

            11am Venetian

            3pm World Market Building C  Andrew Maiden 888 416 8600

Tuesday March 8th Las Vegas

            Bank in Suburbs 9am

            Redrock Casino11am

            2pm Commercial Real Estate Brooker

            John Obrien (Creighton Alum) 7pm

 Wednesday March 9th

        9am Priest on the Strip

        11 Catholic Workers House in North Las Vegas

Thursday March 10th Hoover

Boulder City Mayor of Boulder City

Solar 1

Friday March 11th

            9am Zappos

      Wynn  and Encore Chris 12-2

Fly home anytime after 5pm (there are flights departing at 5:20 and 6:35.  We can get you to the airport by 4pm.

IF YOU WANT TO STAY ON UNTIL SATURDAY, THAT IS FINE.  Creighton can cover Friday night at SouthPoint.