LAS VEGAS — Fifty-eight towering, candlelike beams will cast a blanket of warm light on visitors in the design concept chosen Wednesday at an emotional meeting of a committee tasked with creating a permanent memorial at the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
FILE - This rendering provided by Clark County, Nev., on June 2, 2023, shows one of five potential designs for a permanent memorial to be built on the Las Vegas Strip in honor of the victims, survivors and first responders of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting that left 60 dead and hundreds more injured at a country music festival in Las Vegas. The rampage was the deadliest mass shooting in modern America. On Wednesday, July 26, the Clark County 1 October Memorial Committee announced a final design for the permanent memorial. It's depicted in this rendering, which features 58 towering beams designed to look like candles. (Courtesy of Clark County via AP, File)
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FILE - Route 91 Harvest festival shooting survivors, from left, Sue Nelson of Lake Havasu, Ariz., Sue Ann Cornwell of Las Vegas and Alicia Mierke of Henderson, Nev., check out a model by 1 October Memorial finalist JCJ Architecture on display in the rotunda at the Clark County Government Center in Las Vegas, June 5, 2023. On Wednesday, July 26, the Clark County 1 October Memorial Committee announced a final design for the permanent memorial. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
FILE - A model by JCJ Architecture, one of five finalists for the permanent 1 October Memorial commemorating the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, on display in the rotunda at the Clark County Government Center in Las Vegas, June 5, 2023. On Wednesday, July 26, the Clark County 1 October Memorial Committee announced a final design for the permanent memorial. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
FILE - This rendering provided by Clark County, Nev., on June 2, 2023, shows one of five potential designs for a permanent memorial to be built on the Las Vegas Strip in honor of the victims, survivors and first responders of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting that left 60 dead and hundreds more injured at a country music festival in Las Vegas. The rampage was the deadliest mass shooting in modern America. On Wednesday, July 26, the Clark County 1 October Memorial Committee announced a final design for the permanent memorial. The alternate design that will be submitted for consideration, depicted here, features 15 large horse statues. (Courtesy of Clark County via AP, File)
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