Sisolak took a flight to Las Vegas from Carson City to attend the event, marking the last trip he would take to the airport with the McCarran name. He previously attempted to get the name swap process started at the state level during his time as a state senator. Segerblom led the push to rename the airport at the county level, which resulted in the unanimous approval by the Clark County Commission in February. We are a very multicultural, diverse, a multiracial, a multi-ethnic city.” “To remove his name from what is now the multicultural center of the United States is very important. McCarran in retrospect was not a perfect human being and did a lot and said a lot of bad things,” Segerblom said. Segerblom led a years-long push, highlighting McCarran’s controversial history, one that included racist, anti-Semetic and xenophobic stances. Tuesday was a long time coming for Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom, who played a vital role in the renaming process. Reid was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018. Home means Nevada, and for me, the airport long ago became synonymous with home.”Ī person close to the situation said the 82-year-old Reid and his wife decided not to attend the event because of the ongoing threat of COVID-19.
During my 35 years in Washington, I was here a lot. “This airport has been my gateway to the world. “For my whole life I’ve been coming and going from McCarran Airport, since the first time I ever got on a plane, back in 1958,” Reid said in the statement. Reid, serving from 1987-2017, wasn’t able to attend the ceremony, but released a statement about what the monumental occasion meant to him. Catherine Cortez Masto sent a recorded video message. Jacky Rosen chimed in via video while Sen. Steve Sisolak, members of the Reid family and Carlos Monje, undersecretary of the U.S. senator in Nevada history was made official at a ceremony Tuesday morning that included dignitaries such as Gov. The name change in honor of the longest serving U.S. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) new era in Las Vegas took flight Tuesday as McCarran airport was officially rebranded as Harry Reid International Airport. Harry Reid was a longtime senator and senate majority leader from Nevada. Steve Sisolak checks out new branding for Harry Reid international Airport after a ceremony renaming the Las Vegas airport Tuesday, Dec.
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