Recession? Las Vegas, apparently, is in the money when it comes to anything related to the M-O-B!
Yep, we didn’t want to let this one get swept under the rug or becoming the cause for another concrete casting. (Sorry, a bad mob-ism.)
The Nevada Commission for Cultural Affairs in mid-March awarded a $220,000 grant to the new Mob Museum planned for Las Vegas. 
The commission allocated $3 million to 23 projects that week, with the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement by far getting the biggest single award.
State Historic Preservation Officer Ron James says there is an additional $97,000 in reserve that was allocated to the project.
The museum is set to open 2011. It has already received – are you sitting down? -$3 million from Nevada over the years.
We guess it doesn’t hurt the project if the current Las Vegas Mayor, Oscar Goodman, is a strong proponent and also a prior mob lawyer.
Don’t fret about the sifting off of your hard-earned money for a mob edifice: Officials from the Mob Museum have reportedly told the commission this is the last time they’ll ask for money from the state. Yeah, right.
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