Las Vegas’s Broadacres Marketplace Closes, Citing Fear of ICE Raids | Eater Vegas
"Operating since 1977, this sprawling open-air market in North Las Vegas is a beloved weekend destination—open Fridays through Sundays—for street food, live Norteño and banda music, and bargain shopping. It hosts more than 1,100 small-business vendors who serve a largely Latino community (North Las Vegas is roughly 41% Latino) and draws about 20,000 visitors on weekends with offerings that range from handmade pupusas and birria tacos to mango chamoy snacks. The market temporarily closed on June 21 "out of an abundance of caution," citing intense fear and uncertainty among immigrant vendors, customers, and staff amid recent federal immigration raids; organizers said they did not want the site to become a focal point for enforcement and provided no reopening date. The pause underscores widespread unease in immigrant communities and has prompted public criticism from Nevada’s U.S. senators, who called the enforcement actions indiscriminate and economically damaging." - Janna Karel
