an anti-Semite<\/a>.<\/p>\nLas Vegas, however, is pretty good at compartmentalizing. For example, we glamorize killers like Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Tony Spilotro and Benny Binion.<\/p>\n
In fact, there’s already an homage to Evel Knievel in the form of a pizza restaurant, Evel Pie, on Fremont Street.<\/p>\nFun fact: Evel Pie doesn’t serve, you know, pie. The pizza, however, is awesome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEvel Knievel made a lasting impact on our culture, as well as more than a few landing ramps, so we look forward to seeing this new downtown offering when it arrives in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
The museum space will also include a restaurant, which had better mean there will also be a bar. So, yeah, we’re ready to take the leap.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A museum devoted to daredevil and occasional asshat Evil Knievel is moving from Topeka to Las Vegas. The museum will reportedly be located in downtown’s Art’s District (1001 S. 1st Street), courtesy of Las Vegas developer J. Dapper, who seemed like a cool guy that time we met him. Hear more from Dapper on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,8],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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