LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Strip is set to dim arguably its most famous feature — those ever-present lights — to honor legendary UNLV men’s basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian who died Feb. 11 at the age of 84.
Every major Las Vegas Strip casino-hotel plus a few off-Strip properties and local casinos plan to have their exteriors go dark in some way for three minutes starting at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Some lights will remain on for the sake of safety.
It’s a tribute the destination has only made for several other people including Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr. and two former presidents.
And it follows UNLV’s first home basketball game since Tarkanian died. A pre-game tribute is planned and commemorative towels, the kind Tarkanian famously chewed from the sidelines, will be provided.
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