Pedestrians pass by a vacant building, at the corner of Fremont and Sixth streets in downtown Las Vegas, where billionaire Poju Zabludowicz hopes to build a new art museum. (Photo by Steve Marcus)

A European billionaire and contemporary art collector wants to convert an old fingerprinting station on East Fremont Street into a museum that would house his extensive collection. The Finnish born billionaire Poju Zabludowicz owns one of the largest collections of contemporary art in the world and already initiated and funded Project Space 176 in London’s East End.

His proposal for a 23,000-square-foot Las Vegas Museum of Contemporary Art also includes a club and restaurant. Terry Murphy, a local consultant representing Zabludowicz (pronounced “zah-blue-DOH-vich”), said the museum would help the city move toward its goal of developing a vibrant downtown and reversing its image as a cultural wasteland.

Read more (Las Vegas Sun, October 10, 2008)

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