LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A man’s passion stretching more than a decade, comes to a devastating and very costly loss.
“I didn’t think I would be coming back with nothing and a lack of money. I didn’t think in a million years this is how the weekend would end,” said Sneaker collector, Brandon Eveson after hundreds of his sneakers were stolen.
Eveson, who’s been collecting sneakers since the age of 14 and for the past 15 years says while in town this past weekend showcasing his collection at Sneaker Con at the Mandalay Bay convention center, hundreds of shoes in his prized collection were stolen.
“I was gutted. It definitely felt like an invasion of privacy, not just of privacy, but it just felt like I was violated,” Eveson said.
Eveson says his collection of around 350 pairs of sneakers he brought to Las Vegas quickly dwindled after he says thieves took off with more than 200 pairs of shoes stored inside his vehicle outside of his hotel.
“On Sunday morning when I went to leave to head over, that is when I noticed that my displays were there in the van, my dolly was there in the van, the totes that had no boxed shoes; all kind of put together were there, but the 250 pairs that had boxes; everything was labeled that is when I realized all of those were gone,” said Eveson.
An even bigger hit Eveson says adds to the upwards of $75,000 loss is the security fee he paid during his stay at that hotel; the Residence Inn near Dean Martin and Russell.
“It was frustrating because I did pay the hotel for security or I paid a fee per night to park a car, but the fee went to security and security had failed. I know, don’t leave valuables in your car, you never should, but with security, there is some sort of liability where I paid for security and they were there for a while just transferring shoes,” Eveson said.
Since filing a police report, Eveson says he’s been left in limbo waiting to hear from police investigators on a potential lead, but says right now there isn’t one.
“It discourages me because you are like you really can’t trust anyone. As nice as I can be, Is it someone I talked to at Sneaker Con? Is it someone who saw us loading up? Is it someone from the hotel or some sort of inside job there? It’s just frustrating. I just want them to find peace in their lives and stop destroying other people’s livelihoods,” Eveson said.
Now as he awaits to hear from Las Vegas Metro Police investigators, Eveson says he is offering a cash reward to anyone with information leading to the recovery of his sneaker collection.