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UNLV facelift comes at a cost
The University of Nevada Las Vegas plans to create a park-like gathering place to serve as a gateway to its campus. A glitzy student union with a food court and ballroom was completed in 2007. A second new building, with “UNLV” etched, prominently, on both sides of a tower, is set to open this summer. The plans, however, require ripping down most of Maude Frazier Hall, the university’s first building, and that has earned the urniversity the ire of local history buffs and regents including Thalia Dondero. They consider the looming demolition an insult to history