The design honors the 58 victims who were murdered on October 1, 2017 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, the most deadly mass-shooting in American history. The site is a 2-acre portion of the concert venue, adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip.
The large-scale monument expresses the magnitude of the tragedy and the strength of collective action taken in response to the violence, and it withstands the spectacle of the Strip. An open-air sanctuary, the commemorative “winged pavilion” in a garden remembers the 58 victims who died that evening in the architectural figure expression of Angels’ wings, an echo and homage to how the community of families of lost loved ones, survivors, first-responders, emergency responders refer to these innocent victims. The memorial also commemorates the courage of first-responders, law enforcement, fire fighters, and emergency medical teams—all as Guardian Angels who saved many lives, and the hundreds of wounded concertgoers. The singular monument expresses the qualities of unity, strength, peace, family and remembrance that embody the feelings and values conveyed through direct dialogue with stakeholders during the design process.
