How Zappos revitalized downtown Vegas

I went to a conference last week featuring the ceo of Zappos, Tony Heseih. I knew there was some investment on his part into Fremont East...but I never knew the degree. He went into great detail about his downtown project based upon getting the community to congregate to common areas.

Things he is largely responsible for:
- The COntainter Park - including startup cash for all the entrepreneurs in there
- The Restaurant "Eat" Downtown. He funded the lady who now owns, operates, and heads the kitchen in arguably the best lunch spot downtown.
- Gold Spike Hotel is now a community bar/hangout/open mike /free wifi cafe.
- Free seminars for locals by guest speakers flown in from all over the country. The Inspire Theatre.
- other stuff

Wired has a good article on it....
https://www.wired.com/2014/01/zappos-tony-hsieh-las-vegas/

And here is a keyed map of his investments:

He's "invested" a magnificent amount of money. I don't think he's doing it to make a profit, but instead he's truly interested in turning the area around, creatinh jobs, and do something good. He's also been funding tech start up companies in a great way.