Las Vegas Cleans Up the Strip

Though large areas of Las Vegas Boulevard are private property, Clark County, where Las Vegas resides, hires contractors for custodian services on pedestrian bridges, elevators, escalators, bollards, and sidewalks in addition to wheelchair ramps, curb line/gutter/drop inlet grates, and newsstands along the Strip, a local news affiliate reported.

According to Clark County Commission documents, a current contract appropriates US$13,400 a month for evening shift cleaning on Fridays, Saturdays, and holidays. To mandate nightly cleanings including holidays, an amended contract would raise costs to $21,000 a month.

The funds would come from “dedicated resort corridor maintenance funds,” used for the sole purpose of Strip maintenance, the county said. The amended contract item will be presented soon to the county’s board of commissioners.

“We are focused on ‘heads in beds’ and making sure that we have midweek business here,” Michael Naft, Clark County Commission chair told FOX5. “I need our trash cans emptied on every day of the week. I need our elevators cleaned and maintained and swept and our escalators, our sidewalks, and our bridges to be cared for every single day of the week—so making sure that that contract is accountable, has strong oversight, is something that I think is critically important to the overall maintenance of Las Vegas Boulevard.”

According to a recent CMM report, Las Vegas was also found to be one of the lowest-ranked North American destinations for hotel cleanliness.