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# Downtown Santa Monica the next Vegas strip?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/downtown-santa-monica-the-next-vegas-strip-editor/
- Published: 2005-01-10T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:59:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Downtown, #archive-import

*By Ken McCrae Santa Monica*

Of course, the City Council should welcome the Santa Monica Place towers with open arms. As with the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, they will make it much easier to locate the downtown area of the city against the skyline, so we know what part of town to avoid.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 10, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011005.pdf?ref=smdp.com)