Las Vegas City Council Gives Cleveland Clinic 4.5 Acres Downtown
Cleveland Clinic received the green light from the Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday for a proposed downtown medical facility. The Council unanimously agreed to donate 4.5 acres of vacant land in downtown Las Vegas to the nonprofit medical group for the construction of a specialized medical treatment and research center in Las Vegas.
The land is adjacent to the under construction Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health located at the site of the old railway yard behind the Union Plaza Casino and across the street from the World Market Center and Clark County government complex. Council members expressed hope that a Cleveland Clinic Center would bring world class medical facilities and treatments to the Las Vegas area thus voiding the need to travel outside the valley for specialized medical treatment.
Cleveland Clinic already operates the Lou Revo Center for Brain Health and is ranked as the No. 1 U.S. medical center for heart care for the past 15 years by U.S. News & World Report. Plans for the center are expected to be available by January, 2010; although, no time table for completion has been released. An option for an additonal 7.7 acres has been offered to the Cleveland Clinic Group.
