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The USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament is heading back to Las Vegas. Though the sport features an oblong ball and body hits, it’s not just football without pads and helmets. In five minutes, we’ll make you an expert on the game and the events accompanying the upcoming tournament.
weed slowly sprouting
Nevada’s nascent medical marijuana industry has been a slow starter, given the many layers of regulation to which dispensaries and card-seekers are subjected. But the state’s reciprocity laws have helped offshoot industries thrive. We explain Nevada’s rules and explore the likelihood of legalizing recreational pot in the state.
it’s march. game on!
The next month is loaded with sporting events in Las Vegas, including a major UFC fight, a NASCAR race and the USA Sevens rugby tournament, all within a three-day span. Throw in college basketball action, and even the most hard-core sports fanatic could have a tough time keeping up.
making the city immune to recession
John Guedry, chairman of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce executive committee and organizer of the Business + Education (BE) Engaged Conference, says leaders from the business and education arenas must work together if Southern Nevada’s economy is ever to become diversified.
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What the Nevada caucuses told us Yes, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were the winners, but the first political contest of the year staged in the West yielded more information than just the state’s delegate counts.
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finds a way. Death Valley may not be known for its colorful landscapes, but every so often, when conditions are just right, flowers can cover the desert floor.
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Solar house with bright ideas for the elderly For this year’s Solar Decathlon contest, UNLV’s entry will focus on end-of-life care.
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Prima past due for primo Vegas real estate It seems so simple to rename a street for a famous person. Unfortunately, as John Katsilometes has found out, it’s not.
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A firefighter descends from a pod on the High Roller observation wheel during a training exercise Feb. 24 conducted by Las Vegas Fire & Rescue and the Henderson Fire Department. (L.E. Baskow/staff)
Feb. 23
earn ‘em, keep ‘em The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that businesses can’t pool dealers’ tips. The court was responding to a lawsuit filed by dealers against Wynn Las Vegas.
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the show goes on Celine Dion performed her first concert since husband René Angelil’s death. “We will always be one,” Celine told the audience at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
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job filled Diane Chase was selected UNLV’s new provost, serving under President Len Jessup. Chase comes from the University of Central Florida.
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new name VegasTechFund, which began as part of the Downtown Project, announced it would change its name to VTF Capital to better reflect its focus on startups.
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std on the rise Health officials declared a syphilis outbreak in Southern Nevada. Cases have increased 128 percent since 2012.
1,900 Public bridges in Nevada. Of those, 1.8 percent were deemed structurally deficient, compared with 9.6 percent of bridges nationwide, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.
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the hopefuls and hopeless on the presidential scene The purplest of purple states, Nevada is a key battleground for Oval Office aspirants. Each week, we rank how the presidential candidates fared in the state and on issues important to its residents. Here’s who had a good week and a bad week.
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Trump left Nevada with a stranglehold on the Republican nomination, as neither Sen. Marco Rubio nor Sen. Ted Cruz made ground on him. Snicker all you want about Trump saying, “I love the poorly educated,” but get prepared to see his name on the ballot in November.
Despite Trump’s unorthodox campaign strategy, Clinton proved that some traditional rules of campaigning still apply. She laid more groundwork in Nevada and outworked Bernie Sanders here in the days leading up to the Democratic caucuses, and she won by a comfortable margin.
Rubio received only 23.9 percent of the Nevada vote but rebounded by getting good buzz for his performance in a GOP debate.
Sanders needed to finish in Nevada like he did in Iowa. He didn’t, and now he faces a lot of questions about whether he can win in any state that isn’t predominantly white. Considering Sanders isn’t expected to do well in Super Tuesday’s Southern states, he may be in real trouble.
After drawing only 3.6 percent of the vote in Nevada and finishing last behind Dr. Ben Carson, Kasich now has hit double digits in only one state — New Hampshire. The questioning is growing louder: Why is he still in the race? Does he just like the attention?
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CEO Tony Hsieh is shutting down Zappos operations on Leap Day to give every employee a day off. Company officials also launched a petition at change.org calling for Feb. 29 to be declared a national paid holiday.
Increase in foreclosure filings in Nevada from December to January. Filings were up 1.5 percent year-over-year, according to RealtyTrac.
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The UNLV basketball team is running out of players. The injury-riddled Rebels had just six scholarship players available for their 69-81 loss at Boise State. Post player Dwayne Morgan was the latest Rebel to go down, with a shoulder injury. Coach Todd Simon might add a big-bodied UNLV football player so the team has enough players to run practice.
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culinary vs. trump The Culinary Union used the Republican caucuses to draw attention to its efforts to organize workers at the Trump International Hotel. Union members rallied Feb. 22 at South Point, where Donald Trump spoke, and protested at the Trump hotel Feb. 23. Trump workers voted in favor of unionization months ago, but hotel officials challenged the election, arguing it wasn’t a fair process.
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Disabled vehicles the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Freeway Service Patrol aided in 2015 in Southern Nevada, 15 percent more than in 2014.
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Kurt Baker of New Zealand, middle, is tackled by Sam Myers of Australia, left, and James Stannard, right, during the World Rugby 7’s Series cup final Feb. 7 in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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more than a sport USA Sevens Rugby tournament brings international culture to Las Vegas
By Jesse Granger staff writer
Every March, USA Sevens Rugby brings one of the sport’s biggest tournaments to Las Vegas, and our melting pot of a city becomes even more diverse. Sixteen of the best national rugby teams in the world will square off March 4-6 at Sam Boyd Stadium, which will be invaded by fans from every corner of the globe. USA Sevens has planned a full week of festivities including a pep rally, a Parade of Nations on Fremont Street and an International Beer, Wine and Food Festival outside the stadium. “You can get anything from meat pies from New Zealand to sausages from South Africa,” said Rob Cornelius, vice president of business development for United World Sports, which stages the tournament. “We’ve had the food in the past; now we are adding beers from around the world. Maybe you’re not a rugby fan, but you
really get a flavor of the world with this event.” The influx of culture is perhaps even more apparent in the stadium itself. “The patriotic passion that is in the stands is unbelievable,” Cornelius said. “It is a place for everyone to meet up from around the country and the world, and it truly is more than a sport.” Last year, the event pumped an estimated $30 million into the Las Vegas economy. This year, organizers expect an even bigger haul. Of the fans attending, more than 95 percent are from outside Las Vegas and 30 percent are from outside the United States, Cornelius said. The tournament will be U.S. rugby fans’ last chance to see the top talent in the sport before players head to Rio de Janiero for the Summer Olympics. The favorites heading into the tournament are defending champion Fiji and the New Zealand All Blacks, who are coming off a Rugby World Cup title.
5-minute expert The schedule Wednesday, March 2 11 a.m.: Team USA pep rally with players, coaches and cheerleaders in the Monte Carlo Plaza between Double Barrel Roadhouse and Diablo’s Cantina 6 p.m.: Autograph signing by teams USA and South Africa at Todd English Pub at the Shops at Crystals 6 p.m.: Coaching development summit at the Westgate
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Thursday, March 3 8 a.m.: Las Vegas Invitational amateur tournament, which includes 300 rugby teams with players ages 14 to 50plus. Games will be played at Star Nursery Fields and the Silver Bowl Soccer Complex near Sam Boyd Stadium and Heritage Park.
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How Sevens Rugby is played Each team consists of seven players. Teams have five reserve players and can make three substitutions per game.
Each game lasts 14 minutes and includes two 7-minute halves. Play time is much shorter than in conventional rugby games, which consist of two 40-minute halves.
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Teams switch sides of the field at halftime.
Try (5 points) To score a try, a player must place the ball on the ground past their opponent’s try line, similar to a touchdown.
Conversion (2 points) After a try is scored, the scoring team gets to attempt a conversion by kicking the ball through the uprights, similar to a point after a touchdown attempt in football. In sevens rugby, the conversion must be attempted within 40 seconds of the try being scored and must be a drop kick rather than a place kick.
Out of bounds When the ball or a player holding the ball goes out of bounds, a lineout takes place between two or three players and the ball is thrown back into play.
Penalties Players can be penalized for violent play using elbows, punches or kicks, or for breaking rules such as not releasing the ball after being tackled. In sevens rugby, if a player receives a yellow card for a penalty, he is relegated to the sin bin — rugby’s version of a penalty box — for two minutes. In conventional rugby, the penalty clock runs 10 minutes. After a penalty, play is started with a scrum. Scrummaging takes place between three forwards from each team, who link arms, put their heads down and pack closely together to try to gain possession of the ball.
Friday, March 4 8 a.m.: Continued play of the Las Vegas Invitational 3 p.m.: Gates open at Sam Boyd Stadium. 4 p.m.: Men’s and women’s pool rounds one and two at Sam Boyd Stadium
Saturday, March 5 8 a.m.: Continued play of the Las Vegas Invitational 10 a.m.: Gates open at Sam Boyd Stadium. 11 a.m.: Men’s pool round three and quarterfinal matches at Sam Boyd Stadium
Sunday, March 6 9:30 a.m.: Gates open at Sam Boyd Stadium. 10:20 a.m.: Men’s semifinals and finals, and women’s finals at Sam Boyd Stadium 9 p.m.: Official wrap party at the Pub, the Plaza and Double Barrel, all at Monte Carlo
The United States’ Carlin Isles Students adopt is touted as the fastest rugby player Concerns about concussions and poa country on the planet. His 4.22-second 40tential long-term brain damage have Since 2011, USA Sevens yard dash time is faster than any plagued football for years. More recenthas partnered with the player timed at the NFL Scouting ly, rugby has come under fire. Clark County School DisCombine, and he has been timed Rugby players use less protection than trict to help teach geography, faster over 20 meters than football players — no helmets or pads — but history, culture and language gold medal sprinter USA Sevens officials say they do everything to students in the Las Vegas ValUsain Bolt. they can to promote safety. ley. For instance, rugby players are taught to keep The program starts in October, when their heads out of the way when tackling. Deliberate headselect elementary schools are assigned one to-head contact isn’t part of the game, as it is in football. of the 16 countries playing in the tournaMost bangs to the head in rugby are accidental, from stray ment. The students learn about the country knees or elbows, or falls. and its culture, write essays and design TIn fact, a Seattle consulting firm, Atavus, has worked shirts. with Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks, as well as UrPlayers from each team visit the school ban Meyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes, to try to change the week of the tournament. football tackling so it more closely resembles rugby tackDuring the Parade of Nations, winners of ling, to try to reduce head injuries. the T-shirt and essay contests are awarded “They are doing clinics on rugby tackling, on how to take prizes and are invited to walk with their the head out of tackling,” Cornelius said. “It is also proving team down a red carpet on Fremont Street. to be a more efficient tackle and gives teams the ability to The learning program culminates with keep those players healthy and on the field.” the almost 2,500 participating students atAtavus will be at the Westgate giving coaching seminars tending rugby games at Sam Boyd Stadium throughout the week. to root on their adopted country.
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BUD The flower at the end of the stem that typically is ingested
PISTILS These redorange hairs catch male pollen for reproduction. Pistils do not contain high levels of THC.
(FEMALE) MARIJUANA PLANT The standard source for buds
TRICHOMES Crystals or crystal resin covering a majority of the bud. Trichomes are high in THC. FAN LEAF The main purpose of these leaves is to collect energy from the sun. The fan leaf also is the universal image of marijuana. The leaves contain low levels of THC.
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POT • CANNABIS • WEED • GANJA • GRASS • HERB • REEFER • HASHISH • CHRONIC • MARIJUANA
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STALK The source of hemp; can be used to make fabric, rope, paper or hemp oil
SUGAR LEAVES When the flower is harvested, these leaves are trimmed and used to make edibles because of their fairly high THC content.
Reclining leather seats, a 42-inch television screen and stencils of bright red marijuana leaves illuminate the back of 420 Tours’ sport utility vehicle. The SUV, along with a 30-foot bus, are used by Nevada’s first cannabis tour company, which takes people looking for a medical marijuana card and legal pot from street corner to dispensary in less than an hour. ¶ Using the app EaseMD, 420 Tours founder Drew Gennuso connects pre-screened passengers who have a California ID or U.S. passport with a California doctor, live over video chat, in the back seat of the “Cannabus” SUV. The patients, frequently picked up on the Strip, describe their symptoms, receive a doctor’s recommendation printed on the spot and are taken to a Las Vegas dispensary of their choice. ¶ “It’s a way to impact and support the medicinal cannabis industry,” Gennuso said. “We just want to educate people and make them aware of the options available.” ¶ And it’s perfectly legal. ¶ Nearly three years after landmark legislation legalized medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada, both patients and licensed business owners remain trapped in a grueling application process that keeps legal pot unattainable to many in the state. ¶ And while Nevada patients and retailers stumble through the state’s red tape, entreprenuers are cashing in on Nevada’s reciprocity laws, which allow out-of-state patients to play here by their own states’ more lenient rules. MARIJUANA TOURISM
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The Nevada Legislature legalized medical marijuana dispensaries in 2013. Although lawmakers undeniably had fiscal considerations in mind — the marijuana industry is incredibly lucrative — they wanted to make it easier for patients with cancer, AIDS, seizures and other serious conditions to find legal relief from pain and chronic suffering. Medical marijuana itself was legalized in 2000 in Nevada, but patients had to grow their own supply and had few legal options for obtaining seeds or clones. Despite the intent of the law — largely to help Nevadans — many marijuana entrepreneurs are targeting out-of-state tourists as their customers, not locals. Nevada residents looking for legal pot are subject to a four-step “cooling-off” process that takes months to complete. To receive a medical marijuana card, pa-
tients must complete paperwork from the state, obtain a prescription from a licensed doctor and wait months for their application to be approved. The process ends with a trip to the DMV. In other pot-friendly states, such as California, Washington and Oregon, patients need only a doctor’s note to load up at dispensaries, including those in Nevada. So while Nevadans wait months for medical marijuana cards, reciprocity laws mean tourists can walk right into any dispensary in the valley and buy legal pot. That has opened the door for weed tourists from across the country and has enabled businesses such as Gennuso’s to thrive. Nevada in 2015 became the first state to allow nonresident reciprocity, giving MEDICAL MARIJUANA, CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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PRODUCT SAMPLING SAMPLE PRICES, INYO FINE CANNABIS DISPENSARY
Strawberry Cough marijuana: $20 per gram
Double Chocolate Chunk Brownie Bites: $25 for two brownies
Honey Bear cannabis-infused honey, 500 ml: $35
JuJu Joints (pre-loaded cannabis oil vaporizer), 500 mg: $60
PATIENTS DELAYED Medical marijuana cards in Nevada are valid for one year, but because of the state’s lengthy processing time, by the time many patients receive their card, it often is valid for only eight or nine months. “Just in case you haven’t waited long enough for your card, you have that much less time before you have to reapply,” said Andrew Jolley, owner of the Source dispensary. Barbara Berg, 52, is one such patient. Berg, of Las Vegas, said she waited four months to receive her card from the state. An IT specialist in the casino industry, Berg said she smokes marijuana twice daily to treat a tumor on her pancreas. It’s a safer way to manage her pain than doctor-prescribed morphine, she said, and her tumor has shrunk in the four weeks since she started smoking. “It’s just unnecessary for people to wait that long when you’re using marijuana for medicine,” she said.
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medical marijuana cardholders from other states the legal ability to buy medical marijuana in Nevada. The reciprocity law, which has attracted “thousands” of out-ofstate patients, is part of a move to increase tourism, said state Sen. Tick Segerblom, who championed the medical marijuana cause in the Nevada Legislature. “We encourage the convention authority to promote that for our visitors,” Segerblom said. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, however, does not have medical marijuana in its marketing plans, spokesman Jeremy Handel said. “We focus on broadly marketing the general brand of Las Vegas,” Handel said. “We don’t normally trickle to that level.” Since opening Oct. 31, Gennuso’s business has skyrocketed. 420 Tours averages 10 to 15 passengerpatients per week. The number climbs during events and conventions. “CES, March Madness and the Champs Expo are the top three on our list,” Gennuso said. Oregon resident Sean Rhodes, 26, paid Gennuso $120 last month for a 420 Tours SUV ride from the Palms to Inyo Fine Cannabis Dispensary, 2520 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas. Though marijuana is legal recreationally in his home state, Rhodes didn’t want to risk sneaking pot through airport security. Plus, he wanted to try something new — marijuana grown in Nevada — during his three-day trip here. “I just wanted to smoke while I was down here,” Rhodes said. “We weren’t sure if it was legal or not to bring.” During a 5-mile ride from the Palms to Inyo, Rhodes told a California doctor he had back pain and was given a recommendation for medical marijuana. The entire process took about five minutes.
“You have to say some kind of pain or insomnia or something like that,” Rhodes said. “Just give them something.” At Inyo, co-owner David Goldwater greets patients at the door before leading them to a windowless room filled with more than a dozen showcases of chocolate-infused THC edibles and marijuana buds with names like Grape Stomper, Liberty Haze and Fire Alien Super Skunk. Goldwater said almost half of his clients are from out of state. “People just don’t want to travel with their meds because it’s still a federal crime,” Goldwater said. “Why take the risk when you don’t have to?” Brannon Zimbelman, owner of The Travel Joint, also relies primarily on out-of-state customers. Zimbelman runs a marijuanafriendly travel website where users can book flights, reserve hotels and find “420 accommodations” such as dispensaries. “Part of our job is bringing people to the front door of the dispensary,” Zimbelman said. “If people want to do the tour thing, they can.” Zimbelman, whose website includes menus from local dispensaries and interviews with dispensary owners, estimated that at least 95 percent of his customers come from outside of Nevada. “It’s big business when you can get the right people,” he said.
THE WAITING GAME Some dispensaries, such as the Source, 2550 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas, rely mostly on Nevada cardholders as customers. Owner Andrew Jolley said about 80 percent of his clients are local. But Jolley said the dispensary, which opened Dec. 10, gets at least five to 10 prospective Nevada patients who walk in each day, asking how to apply for a medical marijuana card. When a staffer hands the person a flyer describing the process of obtaining a card, many
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of the potential customers walk away dejected, Jolley said. “You have a patient who wants to get medicine, they have a qualifying condition, they meet the rules, yet they’re discouraged from getting a card,” Jolley said. “It’s so lengthy and complicated. You can see they’re just deflated.” “I think making people go through all of these hurdles, ending in a trip to the DMV, is despicable,” he added. Inyo’s Goldwater sees a similar pattern. As many as a 10 prospective patients without cards walk through Inyo’s doors each day hoping to buy legal weed, Goldwater said. Nevada’s medical marijuana laws are modeled after Arizona’s. There, patients must obtain a doctor’s recommendation and file an application with the state Department of Health Services to receive a medical marijuana card. But Arizona residents can submit their doctor’s note online, and patient cards are mailed within seven days. Nevada law requires two additional steps and takes nearly three months longer to complete, at minimum. While Nevada law states that a medical marijuana patient’s application should be processed in fewer than 30 days, it almost always takes longer, said Pam Graber, a spokeswoman for the state Division of Public and Behavioral Health. The process, which includes a background check, often takes state officials 33 to 35 days to finish, Graber said. And that’s for only a portion of what’s required. That timeframe doesn’t include the time needed to process a prospective patient’s original application request to the state, nor does it account for getting a signed physician statement or making a trip to the DMV. “The difference is Arizona has so little overhead,” said Dr. Suzanne Sisley, an industry researcher and former professor at the University of Arizona. “There are very few hu-
man beings involved in the process, because it’s all online. Nevada does just the opposite, and it takes much longer.” Segerblom said expediting Nevada’s card application process was a priority. He said he hoped an online system would be in place by the end of March. “When people get their cards faster, it brings in more tax revenue,” Segerblom said. “Spend a few bucks on it now, it’ll come back tenfold in the future.”
SETTING THE STANDARD Segerblom said Nevada’s “structured” state processes of issuing medical marijuana cards and business registration certificates were made difficult by design. “That’s the whole purpose, to make sure we have people with genuinely enough resources so they don’t do something wrong,” Segerblom said. “We don’t want the mafia getting involved in this.” But Segerblom, a Las Vegas attorney, admitted that inadequate funding at the state level has left people waiting too long for patient cards. “It’s a multistep process, and it’s a nightmare,” said Segerblom, a Democrat. Three full-time staffers and four contracted employees process medical marijuana card applications at the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, and an additional eight part-time contractors were hired to help with a surge in card requests last year, Graber said. A total of 13,561 Nevadans had medical marijuana cards at the end of 2015, compared with 8,055 in 2014. Still, Segerblom said he wished the process were faster and more digital. Above all, the senator wants to allow patients to submit their application request form and doctor’s recommendation online. MEDICAL MARIJUANA, Continued on page 16
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A Four-Step Process While some states allow patients to buy medical marijuana with just a doctor’s note, residents of Nevada must complete a four-step process that can take as long as four months to complete.
Step 1 Print, fill out and mail a Nevada Medical Marijuana Registry request form. The application can be obtained online at the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health website but must be mailed back to the agency with a $25 check. There is no email or online registration option.
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Wait for health division to mail back your form. If it’s approved, make an appointment with a doctor for a physician’s recommendation.
Mail back the completed, approved Nevada Medical Marijuana Registry form to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health with a $75 check. The state will process the form after running a background check and mail it back to you.
If you were approved for a patient card, take your letter of approval to a state Department of Motor Vehicles office. The DMV will process your application and mail your medical marijuana card to your home.
LENGTHY PROCESS for BUSINESS OWNERS Medical marijuana business license holders say the process to receive state and local medical marijuana certificates is grueling. “Literally thousands of pages and it took a year to complete,” Las Vegas dispensary owner Andrew Jolley said. Alicia Darrow, chief operations manager of the Oakland-based Blum dispensary, which has state-issued certificates to open three Southern Nevada stores in 2016, said it cost more than $20,000 just to print the necessary paperwork for Blum executives to file company applications in Nevada. David Goldwater, co-owner of the Inyo Fine Cannabis Dispensary, said he and his business partners also spent tens of thousands of dollars on paperwork — “a stack of papers that if placed on the floor, would probably stack chest-high,” Goldwater said. With at least $250,000 in capital required by law for each state medical marijuana establishment registration certificate, securing a stake in Nevada’s marijuana industry requires both a hefty bank account and plenty of patience. Dispensary owners described a process that lasted at least 18 months from the time they started their application to when they opened for business. Despite the time commitment, finances and bureaucracy, the owners said they appreciated the process, and even more in retrospect. “It was a grueling process, but at the end of the day, it washed out a bunch of people who were not qualified to operate one of these businesses,” Jolley said. “It’s a lot of work,” Darrow added. “But it’s important to make sure businesses in this industry know what they’re doing.”
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WHAT’S NEXT With a petition on the 2016 ballot to make recreational marijuana legal in Nevada, the problem soon could resolve itself. On Nov. 8, Nevadans will vote on Initiative Petition 1, which would allow state residents age 21 or older to buy one ounce or less of marijuana for recreational use. If passed, the law could wipe out the need for medical marijuana cards and the waiting that comes with them. The measure would go into effect by Jan. 1, 2018. Many in the medical marijuana industry say they hope and believe the proposal will pass. “If you look at the direction our country is going, I think it’s very likely that Nevada will allow for adult use,” the Source’s Jolley said. “I really think it’s going to happen,” Republican state Sen. Patricia Farley said. “You look at national polls, and it’s very popular in Nevada.” UNLV political science professor David Damore, who has no stake in the industry, predicted the measure had a “pretty good” chance of passing. With initiatives regarding background checks and firearm sales also on the ballot this year, 2016 will be a litmus test for a Nevada’s transition to a more socially liberal state, Damore said. “Nevada hasn’t always been open to that hippie culture,” he said. “But recreational marijuana could help change that.” Nevada’s pot industry, worth at least $100 million now, would sky-
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rocket with recreational adult use, Segerblom said. “It’s hard to say how much, but there’s no question it’ll bring in big money for the state,” Segerblom said. If passed, the measure initially would limit recreational business licenses to owners of existing medical marijuana facilities. But after 18 months, more licenses would become available, allowing new dispensaries and business owners to enter the industry. “The goal is to eventually regulate marijuana like alcohol,” Segerblom said. Regardless of whether marijuana becomes legal for recreational use in Nevada, the current medical-only setup is poised for its biggest year of growth. With dozens of medical marijuana business licenses pending in Clark County, Las Vegas and Henderson, the number of legal pot establishments in the valley easily could quadruple by the end of the 2016, Segerblom said. “There’s only about 20 percent of the available licenses actually being used for open businesses at this point,” Segerblom said. “It’s just getting started.” And while the medical marijuana industry thrives, those in favor of legal recreational pot are salivating at its potential, especially in Southern Nevada. Las Vegas “will soon be the marijuana capital of the United States,” said Zimbelman, owner of the Travel Joints. “We have everything, from the Strip to all-youcan-eat buffets. Las Vegas is built for it.”
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Nevada law, in addition to local ordinances, requires medical marijuana facilities to maintain a minimum distance from schools, community centers, churches and other facilities, including:
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300 ft. from the nearest recreational facility
300 ft. from the nearest worship house 300 ft. from the nearest park
How hard is it to meet the requirements? Andrew Jolley, owner of the Source dispensary in Las Vegas, said he bought an entire 20-store strip mall to accommodate his dispensary and the legal requirements. He leases the space he doesn’t need. “It was really difficult for everyone to find suitable locations,” Jolley said.
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What the caucuses told us By Megan Messerly | staff writer
With Nevada caucuses behind them, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — the two clear victors in the state — have turned their attention to Super Tuesday, the biggest single day for presidential candidates to receive delegates. Residents of 12 states and one U.S. territory will vote March 1 to decide 595 Republican deligates and 1,004 Democratic delegates. The Republicans need 1,237 delegates to win the party’s nomination. The Democrats, 2,383. ¶ In case you missed the political fever sweeping Nevada over the past couple of weeks, here’s recap of what happened and what it means for the presidential candidates moving forward.
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A close but decisive win for Clinton Clinton didn’t win by the 23-point landslide that once was projected. Nevertheless, she had a decisive victory here, winning 53 percent of the state delegates versus Sanders’ 47 percent. That translates to 20 delegates for Clinton and 15 delegates for Sanders from Nevada when they reach the Democratic National Convention in July. The win boded well for Clinton heading into South Carolina’s primary, where polls placed her about 24 points ahead of Sanders. “She has got to be feeling good,” UNLV political science professor David Damore said. “She’s going to do well, presumably with back-to-back wins.” The big question for Sanders will be: Can he expand his appeal to Super Tuesday states? “He’s not going to have the luxury of competing in small states where you can bring in thousands of troops,” Damore said. “It’s a different kind of animal.”
Turnout less than in 2008 but still sizable It wasn’t the 117,000-person turnout seen for the Obama-Clinton faceoff in 2008. Still, nearly 84,000 Nevadans participated in the Democratic caucuses. What remains to be seen is exactly how many new voters Democrats registered at the caucuses. State party officials estimated that 14,000 Nevadans registered to vote that day. About 65 percent of the Nevadans who caucused were first-time caucus goers.
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Trump keeps ‘winning, winning, winning’ As expected, Trump handily won Nevada’s Republican caucuses. “A couple of months ago, we weren’t expected to win this one, you know that, right?” Trump asked a crowd of supporters at Treasure Island. “Of course, if you listened to the pundits, we weren’t expected to win too much, and now we’re winning, winning, winning.” The biggest surprise in Nevada was how much Trump won by: He finished 22 points ahead of Rubio for a third consecutive win and by the largest margin so far. In New Hampshire, Trump finished 20 percentage points ahead of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and in South Carolina, 10 points ahead of Rubio. (Trump lost Iowa narrowly to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, by about 3 percentage points.) Trump’s secret weapon: balking at the traditional campaign model of policy advisers, a fundraising strategy and a strong ground game. The question now is what — if anything — Rubio and Cruz can do to knock Trump off his game. “I think it’s too late,” Damore said. “I think the time we had to take him
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out of the race was in the summer, when you could write him off as a joke. Now if there’s a concerted effort against him, all he has to do is give a speech.” Higher turnout than expected One of the most surprising aspects of the Republican caucuses was the high turnout. More than 75,000 people participated, essentially the same number who turned out in 2008 and 2012 combined. In those races, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was considered almost a sure bet, and other candidates mostly skipped campaigning in the state. This year featured a much larger field of candidates who campaigned in Nevada leading up to the caucuses. But Republican political consultant Greg Ferraro also points to “the Trump effect” as a contributor to the high turnout. “I couldn’t have in any way predicted it would double,” Ferraro said. “You can attribute the doubling to that extra enthusiasm that’s just Trump.”
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Death Valley is the eighth-lowest place on Earth, with some areas 282 feet below sea level. Unlike other low spots, the park’s depth is caused by fault shifts rather than river erosion.
what causes a super bloom? Seeds sit dormant, waiting years for enough rain — a halfinch or more at once — to wash off their protective coating and stimulate growth. This time, that heavy rain took place in October. Then, during the fall and winter months, sufficient warmth from the sun, evenly spaced rain showers and a lack of dry wind created super bloom conditions.
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Death Valley National Park’s arid land and unbearably high temperatures normally make it difficult for plants and wildlife to flourish. But once a decade, the hottest place on Earth surprises us with a rare super bloom, brought on by a perfect mix of weather conditions and seeds that have been lying dormant. ¶ El Niño weather patterns and heavy October rainfall nourished the soil just enough to invite millions of seedlings to the surface for the first time since 2005. ¶ If weather permits, the bloom could last through March. But dry, hot air can cause the flowers to wither to seeds in just a matter of days, so pack some water and your camera, and plan a day trip west.
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another bloom in the southwest Flowers and Joshua trees are blooming in the northwest corner of California’s Joshua Tree National Park. Visit nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/blooms.htm for more information.
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What kinds of flowers will i see? There are dozens of varieties visible throughout the park. Here are just a few in bloom right now:
IF YOU GO Wildflowers are abundant throughout Death Valley National Park with hotspots along Badwater Road, off Highway 190, near the entrance to Natural Bridge Road. Furnace Creek
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When to go: Now. The super bloom can last through March if weather permits, but the flowers are delicate, and a lack of rain or sudden high temperatures can cause them to go to seed early. Mohavea Also known as the golden desert snapdragon, this plant has hairy leaves.
Caltha-leaved Phacelia Be careful when handling this bloom; secretions from its heart-shaped leaves and stem can cause a poison ivy-like rash.
Gravel Ghost Flower This plant thrives in gravel, hence its name, and can grow up to 3 feet tall.
What else is there to see? A lot. Death Valley is home to spectacular rock formations and the darkest skies visible to stargazers in the lower 48. Other key destinations within the park include Badwater, Dante’s View, Ubehebe Crater, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes and the Racetrack. Tips: Before you make the drive, visit nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/wildflowerupdate-2016.htm. The site offers information about where specifically to go in the park for optimal viewing since flower growth and weather fluctuate. Also, bring plenty of water and sunscreen, and be prepared for spotty cellphone service.
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UNLV’s solar house has bright ideas for elderly The school’s team placed second in this contest in 2013; this time, its focus will be on end-of-life care By Ian Whitaker staff writer
Instead of being sent to a nursing home, what if the population of elderly who would be institutionalized could live the remainder of their lives in the comfort and security of their own homes? That’s the question a group of UNLV students is trying to answer in time for next year’s Solar Decathlon, staged by the U.S. Department of Energy. The contest challenges teams from universities around the world to design, build and market energy-efficient houses. UNLV was picked in January to participate for a second time. In 2013, the UNLV team came in second with DesertSol, an ultra-efficient house that’s now on exhibit at Springs Preserve. The theme of the 2013 competition was vacation homes. While the parame-
An artist’s rendering depicts a home being designed by the UNLV Solar Decathlon team that could be “the last home you’ll ever buy.” (courtesy)
ters of next year’s competition are under wraps for now, the UNLV team already knows what direction it wants to go with its theme. “Instead of marketing the first home you’ll ever buy, we want to market the last home you’ll ever buy,” said David James, a UNLV engineering professor and adviser to the team. The concept is called aging in place. Traditional approaches to end-of-life care for seniors include group homes and assisted-living facilities, but both come with downsides. Elderly people in nursing homes often suffer a loss of independence, can be cut off from family and are separated from homes many have lived in for years. At the same time, families often worry about elderly relatives living alone because of health risks. If Grandma were to fall, nobody would be around to help her. But what if homes were designed with old age in mind? James’ own experience helping his aging parents inspired him to focus on the issue from an engineering perspective. Census data predict a 70 percent increase in the senior population by 2020, a phenomenon known as the Gray Tsunami. Millions of baby boomers will become elderly and could
put a strain on the health care system. The UNLV team hopes to integrate telemedicine technology into a home design that will enable seniors to remain at home while dramatically reducing the risk of accidents. That means modifying homes to include motion sensors, webcams and railings, and generally making them easier to navigate. “What we’re trying to do is combine all that with a sustainable home,” James said. To better understand the risks the aging population faces, the team is partnering with UNLV’s health sciences department to design the home. But they have a long way to go. The competition is about a year and a half away, and the team has to raise close to $1 million just to fund construction and shipping costs. The students will build the house in Las Vegas, then ship it to the competition site, which hasn’t been announced. Judges score each home on such factors as market appeal, comfort and affordability. Teams are free to use innovative architecture and construction materials, but they must stick with offthe-shelf appliances and utilities. The 2013 UNLV team brought together about 60 students from multiple disciplines to design, build and market the home. It beat out every other American team but fell short of the top prize, which was captured by a team from Austria. Next year, it will compete for $2 million in prize money.
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Louis Prima, above, was a pioneer in the golden age of the Las Vegas lounge. His son, Louis Prima Jr., left, carries on his brass-blowing legacy these days. In 2010, he was present for a ceremony honoring his father with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Staff file)
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oday we remember Louis Prima, in a most genuine sort of way. Prima was the earliest king of the lounges in Las Vegas, taking over the Casbar Lounge at the Sahara in 1954 with his wife and partner, Keely Smith, and their backing band, the Witnesses. When you hear about Strip headliners, in particular the Rat Pack and Jerry Lewis, hitting a lounge after showroom gigs, the Casbar, with Prima playing, usually was the destination. Prima’s son, Louis Jr., still performs occasionally in Las Vegas, most recently at the Lounge at the Palms. He keeps his father’s name and legacy vibrant with his own horn-powered act. But another means to keep the Prima name front and center is to name a street in Las Vegas for Prima the elder. Such an effort was made in 2010, the 100th anniversary of Prima’s birth in New Orleans. I recently was reminded of that unrealized dream when it was revealed that Riviera Boulevard will be renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard. That stretch of asphalt runs from Las Vegas Boulevard to Paradise Road, just north
Prima was started by Las of the closed Riviera. It Vegas entertainment mancommonly is used as a ager Seth Yudof, founder of shortcut from Paradise to the UD Factory. Yudof repthe Strip and is a busier resents Louis Prima Jr.’s street than you might band and six years ago realize. embarked on a mission to There’s no timeline for name a road in honor of the renaming the street, but elder Prima. it is expected to coincide John Yudof’s conversations with the razing of the Riv Katsilometes with Clark County officials, next year to make way for however, made it evident a Las Vegas Convention that this is something you Center expansion. can’t just do. It seems so simple to “It’s daunting,” Yudof said. rename a street for a famous person. It isn’t as if Prima is not a worthy We have seen it happen repeatedly subject. With Keely, sax great Sam in Las Vegas, with Frank Sinatra and Butera and the Witnesses, Prima largeDean Martin drives west of Las Vegas ly is credited with inventing the lounge Boulevard on what once was Industrial vibe in casinos, where live entertainRoad, and Mel Torme Way leading from ment can be enjoyed for free. Sending Dean Martin Drive to Spring Valley the horn section of a band on a parade Road. Jerry Lewis Way meets Dean through the audience, what we now Martin Drive, and Sammy Davis Jr. was call “immersive entertainment,” was honored last September with his own brought to the Strip by Prima. He also stretch of what once was Industrial was the first lounge performer to sign a Road. Current Strip performer Frank $1 million-per-year contract, with the Marino of “Divas Las Vegas” has a Sahara in 1962. street named for him on the city’s west Don Rickles, Shecky Greene, Wayne side. and Jerry Newton, and Bobby Darin all The campaign to name a street for
say they were inspired by Prima’s rollicking stage show. Even today, Prima’s list of fans is impressive: Jerry Lewis, Steve Wynn and Tony Bennett are among them. But it was far easier to arrange and perform “Just a Gigolo” and “Jump Jive an’ Wail ” in the 1950s than it is to have a street renamed today. First, applicants must work with nearby businesses and compensate business owners for renaming expenses such as new business cards and stationery, and the general headache a name change presents. The fee is flexible but can run several thousand dollars. (The application fee to rename a street is $300.) Step one alone could delay or derail an attempt. Important in the process is public support, of course. Moreover, the Planning Commission is far more likely to approve renaming a road if constituents are fired up about it. Prima certainly deserves such a permanent tribute, given his historic significance in this city. And he’d fit well, hanging with the likes of Martin and Lewis. It would be just like the old days.
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the nicu takes special care of infants who need it Caring for sick or underdeveloped newborns is a difficult process technically, mentally and emotionally, but staffers in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) are dedicated to taking on the task. “People have this idea that the NICU is just like an extended nursery, but it’s not,” said Linda Rankin, BS, MSN, MBA, MJ, director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Sunrise Children’s Hospital. “It’s a full-fledged intensive care unit that specializes in treating critically ill newborns.” While the urgency and importance of the work that takes place in an NICU is undeniable, it’s all done with tenderness and consideration for the tiny patients. Who does the NICU treat? NICUs accept infants 30 days old or younger, most of whom come straight from the delivery room and stay anywhere from a couple of days to 13 months. Low birth weight is the most common reason babies are sent to the NICU, but any critical illness, injury or condition such as a birth defect, sepsis or breathing problems are reason to be admitted.
Many infants in NICUs are “preemies,” born prematurely and in need of different care than newborns carried to full term.
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Being a nurse in the NICU can be both challenging and deeply rewarding. “On demanding days, the NICU can be a difficult place to work, but our nurses are drawn to that challenge and want to make a difference,” Rankin said. “Once they finish registered nursing school and are licensed, they must complete additional and ongoing training to work in the NICU.” Every nurse, doctor and counselor is given specialized training on how to care for neonatal patients. Furthermore, advanced medical technologies are required for treating such small patients. “Treating babies who are a normal size and weight can be difficult enough, but we see infants who are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, so we have to use special tools that are able to accommodate even our tiniest patients,” Rankin said.
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What does the NICU do? The NICU provides 24/7, one-on-one care for every patient in the unit, employing special nurses who stay at children’s bedsides around the clock to tend to them and monitor their vital signs and behavior. “It really requires a special eye and attention to detail,” Rankin said. “The baby can’t tell you how they’re feeling or what hurts. The attending nurse has to be able to decipher small changes in symptoms and behavior, and come to conclusions about what those things mean in tandem with the baby’s vital signs.” NICU nurses work closely with physicians, called neonatologists, when creating a treatment plan for the infant. “The nurses relay any of their diagnoses and interpretations to the neonatologists, so it’s really pivotal that they know exactly what’s going on with the infant at all times,” Rankin said. Depending on the severity of the case and the individual needs of an infant, respiratory specialists, developmental specialists, feeding specialists, social workers and neonatal surgeons also may be involved. In addition to administering treatment, NICU staffers work with families to explain the baby’s condition, set expectations for what’s to come and prepare the families for any ongoing care that may be necessary once the infant is discharged. “Many of our nurses develop strong bonds with the infants and their families, especially when they’re there for an extended stay,” said Mo Aslam, BSN, RN, NICU manager at Sunrise Children’s Hospital. “Some parents bring the child back for visits even after being discharged, which is amazing for us to see how they’ve been able to grow and change since they were babies.”
NICU Transport Team The NICU at Sunrise Children’s Hospital is the largest Level 3 NICU in the area, so it’s common for babies to come there from other hospitals for treatment. Given the critical and time-sensitive nature of NICU cases, the transport team works to ensure that any infant in need receives timely and appropriate care. The transport team picks up neonatal patients from hospitals in the Las Vegas Valley, other cities in Nevada and nearby states, and brings them to the NICU at Sunrise for treatment. The transport team includes NICU nurses who have been specially trained to deal with transport, a respiratory therapist and a neonatologist. Depending on the distance being traveled, the team drives or flies to the destination, stabilizes the patient, prepares him or her for transport, then brings the baby to Sunrise for continued treatment. “Most often, the infants we’re transporting are coming from hospitals that don’t have the resources to deal with the critical circumstances,” Aslam said. “In some cases, we’ll know if it’s a high-risk delivery ahead of time, and we’ll be there in advance to transport the infant. In other cases, we’re called in after the fact.”
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CHICKEN & SAUSAGE GUMBO
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Courtesy of Zydeco Po-Boys
Winter ends this month, but as long as the weather is cool, a pot of gumbo is like a warm blanket for soul food lovers. This comfort food, which sells for $5.50 to $8.50 at the downtown Las Vegas location of Zydeco Po-Boys (add a scoop of potato salad for an extra $1.50 to make it “Zydeco style”), can be re-created by ambitious home cooks in just over an hour.
ingredients
Directions
(makes 12 8-oz servings)
1. Place the oil and flour in a heavy pot and mix well over low to medium heat to make a roux. Stir constantly until the roux browns to a milk chocolate color.
1 cup flour
/4 cup + 2 tbsp vegetable oil 3
1 cup onions, chopped
/2 cup red bell peppers, chopped 1
/2 cup celery, chopped 1
1 1/2 garlic cloves, finely diced
2. Remove from heat and continue to stir until the roux has cooled. 3. In a heavy, 8-quart pot, cook the Cajun sausage until it begins to crisp. 4. Add the vegetables and sauté until they are soft.
1 1/2 bay leaves
3 chicken breast halves, cut into bitesized pieces
1 1/2 cups chopped Cajun sausage
1 /2 tsp Cajun seasoning
1 1/2 quarts chicken stock
5. Add the chicken, stock and bay leaves, and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and slowly add the roux. 6. Continue to simmer for one hour, adjusting seasoning to taste. Serve over long-grain rice.
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The only verified example of a family producing three consecutive generations born on Feb. 29 is the Irish-English Keogh family: Peter Anthony Keogh (1940), son Peter Eric Keogh (1964) and granddaughter Bethany Wealth (1996).
A special day they can share Grandfather will celebrate his 16th birthday on the day his grandson turns 16 By Chris Kudialis staff writer
There’s a 1 in 1,461 chance that a person will be born on Leap Day. That’s more rare than catching a foul ball at a baseball game, being shot or having 11 fingers or toes. Now imagine the odds of a grandfather and grandson both being People born born on Leap Day. on Feb. 29 are That’s exactly what hapcalled leaplings pened for one Las Vegas famor leapers. There ily. Chris Davis, 63, and his are about 5 million grandson Braxton Tonks, 15, leaplings both were born Feb. 29. worldwide. Tonks’ mother, Neysa Tonks, hoped to have her child on the same day her father was born, and luck helped deliver her dream. Braxton arrived via natural birth a week before his March due date. “It barely happened — 11:45 p.m.,” Neysa Tonks said. “We were like, ‘How cool is this?’ ” This year, like every year, Davis, who turns 64, and Braxton, who turns 16, will celebrate their birthdays together at Davis’ northwest valley home. And while Davis jokingly says his birthday occurs only once every four years, Tonks celebrates on Feb. 28 during nonleap years. Do the math, and Chris Davis, top left, and his grandson Braxton Tonks were born Feb. 29. Davis that means both will “turn” 16 this year. holds a stuffed frog, a symbol of the leap year. Above, a collection of more frog “Maybe if I’m lucky, I’ll get a new car,” statues are displayed at Davis’ home. He estimates he has at least 100. Davis joked. (STEVE MARCUS/staff writer) For Tonks, a sophomore wrestler at home for the entire year. The rest are of porcelain and stuffed animal frogs Palo Verde High School, sharing a birthbrought out for the end of February. throughout Davis’ house and backyard. day with his grandfather is special. The Davis and Braxton see Feb. 29 as a Davis works as vice president of Acosta two always have had a close bond, he lucky day. Food Service in Las Vegas. said. “We look we at ourselves as special peoBecause he’s a leap-year baby, Da“He has been an awesome grandpa, ple born on a special day,” Davis said. “Not vis said friends and family have often and I’ve always looked up to him,” Braxmany people around the world are born brought him frogs as gifts from vacaton said. “He has been there for me.” on the 29th, and even fewer people can tions. He estimates he has at least 100, To celebrate, the family has embraced share it with a member of their family.” some of which remain on display in his a “leaping” frog-theme, placing dozens
Why every four? Leap years exist to keep the calendar year in sync with the astronomical year. The extra day is vital because it takes the Earth slightly longer than 365 days to complete an orbit around the sun. The extra 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds are made up every four years with an extra day. Before Julius Caesar came to power, most people observed a 355-day year with an extra 22-day month every two years. Caesar ordered his astronomer to simplify the system, and the astronomer came up with leap year and the 365-day calendar.
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The Animal Foundation and the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are shelters dedicated to finding homes for dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, turtles and more. Each week, we feature a selection of animals available for adoption.
Ranger (A723682)
Morris (A884028)
Duke of Earl
Jenny
Age: 5-year-old neutered male Breed: Chihuahua Description: Ranger has a heart as big as his ears. He can be a bit shy but is sweet once he falls in love. Adoption fee: $155
Age: 3-year-old male Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Morris is a social and easygoing boy. He craves attention and loves to be stroked. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 2-year-old neutered male Breed: Chihuahua Description: Duke of Earl, a 6-pound lovebug, politely asks for your consideration. He is sweet and gets along well with other dogs. Adoption fee: $50
Age: 1-year-old spayed female Breed: Domestic mediumhair Description: Jenny is blessed with tremendous grace. She is fine with other cats and enjoys perching near windows to soak up the sun and watch birds. Adoption fee: $40
Osiris (A877387)
Buddy (A769129)
Hera
Nikki
Age: 5-year-old neutered male Breed: Domestic longhair Description: Osiris is shy but sweet. Give him some time, and he will greet you with purrs and cuddles. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 4-year-old neutered male Breed: Terrier Description: You won’t find a buddy who will love you as unconditionally as this one. He craves attention and wants to spend all his days with you. Adoption fee: $200
Age: 1-year-old spayed female Breed: Torbie tabby/white shorthair Description: Hera warms easily to gentle people with soothing voices. She adores other cats and asks for a peaceful home environment where she can grow her confidence. Adoption fee: $40
Age: 2-year-old spayed female Breed: Miniature pinscher/Chihuahua Description: Nikki thrives with routine, order and stability. She is a pensive and devoted girl, house-trained and crate-trained, and compatible with cats and dogs. Adoption fee: $50
Hurley (A883949)
Rocky (A804809)
Sally
Orville and Wilbur
Age: 1-year-old neutered male Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Hurley is a feisty boy who likes to take things slow. Give him some time to get to know you, and he’ll be an ideal playmate. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 3-year-old male Breed: German shepherd Description: Rocky is loyal and friendly. Long walks and playtime are the way to his heart. Adoption fee: $200
Age: 5-year-old spayed female Breed: German shepherd Description: Sally delights in pleasing the people she loves. She is intelligent, friendly and house-trained, and compatible with mature children. Adoption fee: $50
Age: 1-year-old males Breed: Abyssinian guinea pigs Description: Orville and Wilbur are sweet brothers who are bonded for life. They are drawn to kind people but may be afraid of young children due to experiences in a previous home. Adoption fee: $20 for the pair
Animal foundation 702-384-3333 x131 | animalfoundation.com/adopt Animals are assigned a color next to their names indicating location: 655 N. Mojave Road, Las Vegas 286 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson
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it’s march. game on! By Case Keefer | staff writer
the main event
The first weekend in March is an example of why Las Vegas belongs in any conversation about the best sports cities in the country. ¶ No other city has the privilege of hosting a trio of events with the prestige and breadth of the big three scheduled here March 4-6. A sports fan conceivably could witness world-class competition at UFC 196, the Kobalt Tools 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race and the USA Sevens Rugby tournament — all within 48 hours. ¶ Attending all three would prove awfully costly, though. Luckily, there are ways to take in the flavor of each at a more economical price: $0. ¶ Free events are scheduled throughout the week. Enjoy. KEY UFC Rugby NASCAR Basketball
MARCH 2, 11 A.M. If you’re a fan of Team USA, America’s professional rugby players will start the free festivities at 11 a.m. March 2 with a pep rally outside the Monte Carlo.
6 P.M. At 6 p.m., the team will have an autograph signing at Todd English Pub.
Fans have two chances to catch a glimpse of stars Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Holly Holm and Miesha Tate before they step into the octagon March 5. UFC, the world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion, which is based in Las Vegas, is inviting the public to two of its pre-fight activities.
March 2, 12:30 p.m. At 12:30 p.m. March 2, McGregor, Diaz, Holm and Tate will work out at the Jabbawockeez Theater at the MGM Grand. Fighters often greet fans and sign autographs after going through a basic training routine and giving media interviews.
Vegas Sevens rugby Catch a fast-paced variation of rugby — with seven players on each side instead of the traditional 15 — in one of the sport’s biggest events. Teams from 16 nations, grouped into four pools, will play a round robin to get to eight teams. The final eight then will compete in a single-elimination tournament to crown a champion. South Africa has won three of six titles since the event moved to Las Vegas, while Samoa has captured two and Fiji won last year. Rugby will make its Olympics debut this summer in Rio de Janeiro. March 4-6, Where: Sam Boyd Stadium To go: usasevens.com, $30-$1,111 To watch: 9 p.m. March 4, NBC Sports Network; 5:30 p.m. March 5, NBC Sports Network; noon March 6, NBC Learn more: usasevens.com
march 3, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
MARCH 3, 6:30 P.M.
If you’re more interested in the driving than the personalities, head to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 3, the track will be available to race teams for open testing. All of the teams competing over the weekend are free to use the track, and fans are welcome to watch.
At 6:30 p.m. March 3, the Fremont Street Experience will turn into a center of multicultural celebration. All 16 of the nations represented in the weekend USA Sevens Rugby tournament will participate in a parade and opening ceremonies. Fans can head downtown after attending the Las Vegas Invitational amateur rugby tournament.
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WEST COAST CONFERENCE As if mixed martial arts, stock car racing and rugby weren’t enough, Las Vegas also begins next weekend its annual two-week tenure as the hub of college basketball. The West Coast Conference will start its men’s and women’s postseason basketball tournaments March 3 and 4, respectively, at the Orleans Arena. It’s the opening act of sorts for the Pac-12, Mountain West and Western Athletic conferences, which come to Las Vegas the following weekend to
crown tournament champions. The Gonzaga men are one of the most consistent programs in college basketball and have won the West Coast Conference tournament in five of the seven years it has been contested locally. Saint Mary’s won the other two. The schools may be on a collision course again this year, having sat at the top of the conference standings for most of the year. But BYU, which always is well represented in Las Vegas, may get in the way.
Gonzaga forward Kyle Wiltjer
Have a favorite driver traveling the world’s highest-level auto racing circuit? Chances are, he or she will make an appearance somewhere in Las Vegas the first week of March. For a full list of events, visit lasvegassun.com.
The WCC championship game tips off at 6 p.m. March 8.
the main event
UFC 196 Conor McGregor, UFC featherweight champion, tried to become the first man to hold two championship titles simultaneously by challenging Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight belt, but dos Anjos pulled out due to a foot injury, so McGregor will face Nate Diaz. UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm will look to defend her belt for the first time against Miesha Tate in the co-main event.
Japan’s Teruya Goto
March 5, MGM Grand Garden Arena To go: Ticketmaster.com, $200-$2,000 To watch: 7 p.m., pay-per-view; 5 p.m., Fox Sports 1 preliminary card Learn more: ufc.com
March 4, 4 p.m.
Amateur rugby games take place March 3-5 and are at the Star Nursery Fields at Sam Boyd Stadium. No tickets are required to attend.
At 4 p.m. March 4, every fighter on the pay-per-view will weigh in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The UFC makes a production out of its weigh-ins, and the last two involving McGregor attracted capacity crowds.
the main event
Kobalt Tools 400 Coming off the Sprint Cup championship last year, local Kyle Busch leads a list of stars set to compete in the third race of this season. Busch hasn’t won on his home track since 2009, while older brother Kurt Busch seeks his first victory here. The most successful Las Vegas Motor Speedway driver, Jimmie Johnson, who has four victories, also is in the field, along with reigning winner Kevin Harvick. March 6, Las Vegas Motor Speedway To go: lvms.com, $89-$245 To watch: 12:30 p.m., Fox Learn more: lvms.com
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CASINO PROMOTIONS SILVERTON
Leap Year kiosk game Date: Feb. 29 Information: Loyalty card members who earn 300 points on Feb. 29 can play a Leap Year kiosk game to win up to $1,000, slot play and other prizes.
PALMS
Gift giveaway Date: Feb. 28 Time: 12:01 a.m.-6:59 p.m. Information: Earn 100 base points on video slots or 500 base points on video poker. Swipe your card at a kiosk to redeem your receipt for a cleaning kit. Million dollar match Date: Through April 30 Time: Drawings on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:15 p.m. Information: Five players will be selected to participate. Win up to $1 million. Earn 2x entries from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. Must have a loyalty card to participate. Play for Prizes — Something Fresh Date: March 7-18 Information: Points earned Monday through Friday may be combined and redeemed for gift cards for Albertsons. Participants keep their points. Play for Prizes — Keep the Cash Coming Date: March 21-April 1 Information: Points earned Monday through Friday may be combined and redeemed for up to $190 in cash per day. Participants keep their points. Great March Gifts Dates: March 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 Information: Earn 100 base points on video slots or 500 base points on video poker each gift day between 12:01 a.m. and 6:59 p.m. Swipe your card at any promotional kiosk and redeem your receipt for these gifts: March 5 — sauce pan; March 6 — dish towel set; March 12 — Panasonic batteries; March 13 — padlock; March 19 — stainless steel flask; March 20 — folding step stool; March 26 — Palms hoodie. Pot o’ Gold multipliers Dates: March 16 and 30 Information: Earn 10x points on select slots and 2x points on select video poker machines. March Mystery Point Multipliers
Date: Feb. 29-March 4 Information: Swipe your card at any promotional kiosk and get a random multiplier up to 15x points on select slots and up to 3x points on select video poker machines. $20,000 Lucky Charm Swipe & Win Date: Thursdays Information: Earn 25 points on slots or 100 points on video poker to be eligible to play a kiosk game. Win up to $100 in slot play and more.
ALIANTE
$42,000 Chrysler 300 giveaway Date: Feb. 28 Time: 7:15 p.m. Information: Earn entries into the drawing. The top five entry earners will automatically be in the drawing and will receive $500 in slot play.
Tuscany
Point multiplier Date: Feb. 29 Information: Receive 12x points on slots and 6x points on video poker. Puzzle prizes Date: Feb. 28 Information: Earn 250 base points and receive one puzzle piece. Earn a maximum of four pieces per day. Redeem at players club.
STATION CASINOS
MyGeneration Wednesdays Date: Ongoing Locations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson and Fiesta Rancho Information: For loyalty card holders 50 and older. Swipe your card at a kiosk to earn up to 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker, and discounts on dining, movies and bowling. Slot tournaments from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with a top prize of $1,000. The first entry is free; receive up to four additional entries by earning 50 additional base points for each.
EMERALD ISLAND
Wheel spin bonus Date: Ongoing Information: Get a win and spin the wheel for cash prizes. Earn a spin for the following: Win $75 or more in a bonus round on penny reels anytime on Sundays, 2-10 p.m. on Mondays or 4-10 p.m. on Wednesdays; hit all numbers on Keno when six or more are picked with a minimum bet of 20 cents; hit six four-of-a-kinds on video
poker with a minimum 25-cent bet on Sundays or Mondays; hit a jackpot of $400 or more on video slots on Tuesdays or Saturdays; get a natural royal flush worth $200 or more on single-hand video poker on Fridays; or earn 1,500 base points until 11 p.m. on Thursdays. Super bonus multiplier Date: Fridays Information: Get a natural royal flush worth more than $1,000 on singlehand games to spin the wheel for a chance to win $1,100. Cash Back Tuesdays Date: Tuesdays Information: Redeem 700 base points for $10. Earn up to $20. Video reel double-double bonus Date: Fridays and Saturdays Time: 4-8 p.m. Information: Win $75 or more in the bonus round on a penny slot for a tournament spot. Win up to $200. Monthly Wheel of Cash drawings Date: Fridays and Saturdays Time: Begins at 7 p.m. Information: One player will be chosen every half-hour to win up to $3,000. Graveyard high-jackpot competition Date: Mondays through Saturdays Time: 11 p.m.-7 a.m. Information: Jackpot winners will earn up to three wheel spin certificates. Gift giveaway Date: Thursdays Information: Earn 200 base points and receive a gift.
DOWNTOWN GRAND
Grand Seniors Date: Tuesdays Information: For players 60 and older. Receive 6x points from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monthly 60,000-point drawing.
Golden gate and the d
Reelin’ Your Way to Mexico Date: Through April 30 Information: Loyalty card members can earn drawing entries playing blackjack, keno, slots or video poker. Drawings at the D will be at 8 p.m. March 31. Drawings at the Golden Gate will be at 8 p.m. Feb. 29 and April 30. The grand prize is a cruise July 17-21 to Mexico.
The D Las Vegas Win Derek’s Shelby GT Date: Sept. 17 Time: 6 p.m. Information: Loyalty card players can earn drawing entries by playing blackjack, keno, slots or video poker. Contest begins March 1, and 10 p.m. monthly qualifier drawings begin March 26. Grand prize is a four-passenger 2016 Shelby GT sports car.
SOUTH POINT
50+ weekly slot tournament Date: Thursdays Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: Open to Club Card members 50 and older. The first entry is free with a swipe at a club kiosk; collect a second by earning 250 points and a third by earning 500 points. The top prize is $1,500; the total prize pool is $5,200.
ARIZONA CHARLIE’S
Leap into Cash Date: Through Feb. 27 Time: Grand prize drawing is 8:15 p.m. Feb. 27 Information: Players who earn 1,000 base points will receive dining credit or up to $1,000 in slot play. Additionally, guests will receive a drawing entry. Five names will be drawn; the top prize is $10,000.
Rampart Casino
50-plus party Date: Tuesdays Information: Loyalty card players 50 and older can earn $100 in free slot play on all video reel machine jackpots over $1,200, a free kiosk swipe for earning 50 points, a second kiosk swipe for earning 500 points, a bingo coupon for a free small electronic unit rainbow pack (minimum buy-in required), a $5 lunch buffet and a free round in a slot tournament from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Summerlin and Elite players may receive an additional round. The best score will be used in the tournament, with 12 winners selected each week. The top prize is $1,000. A $15 free slot play bonus will be given to everyone who wins a round. Pirate’s Treasure progressive drawings Date: Last Wednesday of the month Time: 6:15 and 8:15 p.m. Information: Ten winners will be chosen at each drawing. The progressive jackpot increases every month it
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doesn’t hit. $6,500 Galleons of Gold mid-month drawing Date: Second Wednesday of the month Information: Players who earn 2,000 base points during the previous calendar month can participate in the following month’s drawing. Ten winners will be chosen.
SUNCOAST
Point multipliers Date: February Information: Receive 15x points on Buffalo games on Sundays. Receive 15x points on penny slots, 11x points on other slot machines and 7x points on video poker on Feb. 29. February Fortunes drawings Date: Feb. 27 Time: 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. Information: Win up to $1,000. Ten names will be picked at each drawing. Earn 10x entries on Mondays and Thursdays.
Silver sevens
$10,000 double action bingo jackpot Date: Ongoing Time: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 3-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m. Information: Three $10,000 jackpots are available daily. A minimum $4 buy-in with an additional $1 activation fee is required.
REAL GAMING online poker
$500 deposit match Date: Ongoing Information: Deposits will be matched up to $500. Quadzilla Date: Ongoing Information: Win cash every time you get a four-of-a-kind.
GOLD COAST
Point multipliers Date: Feb. 29 Information: Receive 15x points on penny slots, 11x points on other slot machines and 7x points on video poker.
Eldorado
Point multipliers Date: Wednesdays and Thursdays Information: On Wednesdays, receive 11x points on slot machines and 7x points on video poker or multigame machines. On Thursdays, receive 20x points on slot machines (on your first 500 base points) and
7x points on video poker or multigame machines. Lucky Leap Year Loot Date: Feb. 29 Times: 1-8 p.m. Information: Win $29 in slot play during the Hot Bank giveaway. Get $10 Date: Feb. 28 Information: Earn 600 base points and receive $10.
BINION’S Mother Lode swipe and win Date: Ongoing Information: Club members can win up to $2,500 daily. Earn points for chances to swipe the prize machine, with a maximum of three swipes daily. Earn five points for a chance to win $50, 40 points for a chance to win $100 and 300 points for a chance to win $2,500.
GOLDEN NUGGET New player rewards Date: Ongoing Information: Sign up for a players card and earn 20 points to spin. Win up to $1,000 in play.
ORLEANS Point multipliers Date: Feb. 29 Information: Receive 15x points on penny slots, 11x points on other slot machines and 7x points on video poker.
EL CORTEZ February Jackpot Jackets Date: February Information: Players who hit a qualifying jackpot of $200 or more will win a commemorative El Cortez jackpot jacket. Saturday Point Fever – The 1 Million Point giveaway Date: Feb. 27 Information: Ten Club Cortez members will be selected randomly for the opportunity to win 100,000 points. Players will receive one virtual drawing ticket for every 200 points earned each day during the week.
SLS Parini Cookware giveaway Date: Thursdays and Fridays Time: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Mail recipients and players who earn 500 slot points or 1,000 video poker points can receive a nine-piece cookware set.
$5,000 Manic Monday slot tournament Date: Feb. 29 Time: 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Information: Loyalty card members can activate a slot tournament by playing their card in any slot machine. The top three players will win $2,000, $1,000 and $500 in play, respectively. Point multipliers Date: Sundays Information: Receive 3x points on video poker and 10x points on slot machines. BMW and free play giveaway Date: Fridays and Saturdays in March Time: 8 and 9 p.m. Information: Players have a chance to win a three-year lease on a 2016 320 BMW or free play. To receive a drawing entry, players must earn 25 slot or 50 video points or have an average bet of $5 for one hour on a table game. Double entries can be earned Mondays through Thursdays.
SAM’S TOWN
Point multipliers Date: Feb. 29 Information: Receive 15x points on penny slots, 11x points on other slot machines and 7x points on video poker.
PLAZA
Spin2Win Date: Daily Time: 8:15 p.m. Information: Earn chances to spin the wheel by playing slots and blackjack. Must have a loyalty card. Win up to $1,000 in slot play.
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added to their account. Cash grab Date: Feb. 28 Time: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Information: Coupons to participate will arrive in the mail, or earn 300 base points on Feb. 28 to participate. Lucky Leap Year Loot Date: Feb. 29 Times: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-9 p.m. Information: Win $29 in slot play during the Hot Bank giveaway. Take It or Trade It Date: Feb. 27 Time: 6-10 p.m. Information: Cash giveaway with a top prize of $1,000.
WILDFIRE
MyGeneration Mondays Date: Ongoing Information: Players age 50 and older earn 6x points on slot machines and video poker and receive discounts on bowling and dining.
MAX CASINO AT THE WESTIN
Happy hour specials Date: Daily Time: 6-8 p.m. Information: Select tables will offer $3 craps and 25-cent roulette
HARD ROCK HOTEL
$320,000 Match Madness giveaway Date: March 1-25 Information: Earn entries based on machine and table play. Win slot play, cash and more.
Birthday free slot play Date: Daily Time: 8 a.m.-midnight Information: Loyalty players can receive up to 3x their age in slot play.
Million Points Leaping Leap Year Date: Feb. 29 Information: Earn 250 base points to play a kiosk game.
$500 on us Date: Daily Time: 8 a.m.-midnight Information: Sign up for a loyalty card to receive up to $500.
Bonus Play Sundays Date: Sundays Information: Receive $5 in slot play for 250 base slot points. Receive $5 in match play for 500 base table points.
777 slot tournament Date: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays Time: 10 a.m., noon, 2 and 4 p.m. Information: Earn 2,500 points or pay $10 per session. The top prize is $350 in slot play.
45+ Classic Rockers bonus days Date: Wednesdays Information: Players 45 years and older receive 15x points on reel machines and 5x points on video poker.
Jokers Wild
Play $5, Get $5 Date: Wednesdays Information: Loyalty card members who play $5 will receive $5 in play
Club Fortune
Top of the Hill daily slot tournament Date: Wednesdays and Thursdays Time: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Information: First place is $500.
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t’s a pretty sure bet that when President Barack Obama in 2012 was returned by voters to another four years in the White House, he and the rest of the country assumed he’d serve the entire term into January 2017. And why not? It’s not only the constitutional expectation, but Obama had the support of the majority of the nation’s voters who certainly expected him to put in the full four years of his second term. In fact, Obama is one of only six presidents who received a majority of the popular vote in two presidential elections. (A seventh president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, accomplished the feat in all four of his elections.) Any suggestion that Obama should walk away prematurely from the job he was elected to perform — or any part of it, including meeting his constitutional obligation to appoint a Supreme Court justice — could be conjured only by his political enemies, the leadership and presidential candidates in the Republican Party.
This nonsense began about an hour after confirmation that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declaring that the next president, not Obama, should fill the vacancy. “The American people should have a voice” in the matter, McConnell said. To that end, the Senate Judicial Committee’s Republican majority has pledged to ignore any nominations from Obama. “This nomination,” McConnell said, “will be determined by whoever wins the presidency in the polls.” The obvious retort: The American people have a voice; they elected Obama and the members of the Senate who will confirm, or not, Obama’s choice. The Constitution has no asterisks, no exceptions and no footnotes about a sitting president yielding the task at hand to someone not yet elected. This nakedly political move — McConnell hoping a Republican would be elected president and appoint a
conservative to the bench — is embarrassing to witness, especially given such hypocrisy in McConnell’s position. This is the same man who wrote in the Kentucky Law Journal in 1970: “The president is presumably elected by the people to carry out a program, and altering the ideological directions of the Supreme Court would seem to be a perfectly legitimate part of a presidential platform.” If McConnell now fears that Obama’s criteria in nominating a justice for the highest court may not echo his own, so be it; McConnell himself blessed that strategy 45 years ago. Instead, he is now leading his fellow obstructionists down a road of unprecedented legal consequences. That a parade of Republican senators, including two who are running for president as well as our own Republican Sen. Dean Heller, are calling on Obama to shirk his duty speaks volumes about men who fancy themselves strict adherents to the Constitution. Apparently, that’s only the case when
it’s convenient for them. We had hoped that Heller would demonstrate the courage to do the right by the constitutional thing. Perhaps he will change his mind. The very people who — for pandering purposes — brag about carrying the Constitution with them at all times should take the document out of their pockets and actually read it. No one says they have to vote for the nominee. But the Constitution does say a co-equal branch of government should have nine justices, and these folks have the solemn obligation to participate in the process that protects the one branch of government that is supposed to be above politics. We would have hoped Senate Republicans would not have tried to bully Obama into walking away from the duties of his constitutional role. Republicans can’t have it both ways. They have sworn to uphold the Constitution. That means allowing the president to fulfill his responsibility and for them as senators to follow suit.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, February 28 Native Son Read-a-thon: Join Al Gourrier and Rodney Smith as they read literature by black authors and discuss black history. 2 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3989. African-American Women in Pop Culture: Singer, songwriter and choreographer Keaira LaShae will talk about growing up with dreams to succeed in music and dance. The talk will be followed by a performance and a book-and-CD signing. 3:30 p.m., free, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3631. Oscar viewing party: “Variety Salutes Hollywood”: Watch the Oscars and meet local celebrities. Proceeds will benefit Variety, the Children’s Charity, a nonprofit organization that helps children with special needs. 4 p.m., $25-$250, Brenden Theaters at the Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, varietysn.org. Singin’ and Swingin’: Enjoy dinner and drinks as Elisa Fiorillo and the Bruce Harper Big Band perform. 8 p.m., $25, Italian American Club, 2333 E. Sahara Ave., 702-457-3866.
Monday, February 29 Legendary Queen of Swing: Dancer, actress and comedian Norma Miller will share her journey as the “Queen of Swing.” A book-and-CD signing will follow. 7 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3989.
Tuesday, March 1 El Chapo’s Great Escape: Learn more about El Chapo (Joaquin Guzman Loera), the world’s most notorious drug trafficker and an infamous escape artist. This temporary exhibit will feature a video telling El Chapo’s story and a scale model of the Mexican prison and tunnels he used in his escape. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., free with museum admission, the Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Ave., 702-2292734.
Wednesday, March 2 Peter Fletcher in concert: The classical guitarist will perform selections from his holiday CD. A CD signing will follow. 2 p.m., free, Jewel
Gonzaga’s Domantas Sabonis, left, and BYU’s Nate Austin go after a rebound during a game in Spokane, Wash. The teams will take part in this week’s West Coast Conference basketball tournament in Las Vegas. (associated press)
Box Theater at Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3458.
Thursday, March 3 Know Nevada Insects: Common Garden Pests and Beneficial Arthropods: Spend time with an entomologist collecting and identifying insects and learning how to pin them. Educator Joy Paterson will answer questions about bugs and identify the least toxic methods to reduce them in your garden. 8 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m., free, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Demonstration and Test Gardens, 8050 Paradise Road, 702-257-5555. Hospitality hiring event: Meet with hiring representatives from dozens of employers in the hospitality and leisure industries. Companies include the Palms, Cannery, Trump Hotel and more. 9 a.m., free, Nevada Partners, 710 W. Lake Mead Blvd., visit nvcareercenter.org Income tax assistance: Volunteers from AARP’s tax-assistance program will provide tax preparation for seniors with low or no income. Tickets will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis, starting at 10 a.m. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., free, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3459. *Also: March 10, 17, 24, 31 West Coast Conference Championships: Watch BYU, Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, Saint Mary’s,
Santa Clara, San Diego, Portland and the San Francisco compete in men’s and women’s basketball. $33-$648, noon, Orleans Arena, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-284-7777. *Also: Noon March 4; 1 p.m. March 5; noon March 7; 1 p.m. March 8. Sippin’ for Shoes: Enjoy wine, beer and appetizers while helping to provide new shoes to low-income Clark County students. 5:30-7:30 p.m., $40, Vintner Grill, 10100 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-528-0366. ABC’s of Gardening: Learn the ins and outs of gardening in Southern Nevada. 6-8 p.m., $10-$15, Springs Preserve, Botanical Garden, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-822-7700. World Wildlife Day Film Fest: Be the first to see films that made it to the final selection of the Jackson Hole Film Festival’s International Elephant Film Competition. Celebrate World Wildlife Day, eat popcorn, drink wine and socialize with other nature lovers. 7-9 p.m., free, 18+, Innevation Center, 6795 S. Edmond St., RSVP to stacy@ dazzleafrica.org.
Friday, March 4 USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament: The HSBC Sevens World Series is an annual, elite-level competition between nations. 3 p.m., $15-$250, Sam Boyd Stadium, 7000 E. Russell Road, 1-888-784-2977. *Also: 10 a.m. March 5; 9:30 a.m. March 6
First Friday: Enjoy a night of art, with food trucks, live music and street performers. 5-11 p.m., free, Downtown Arts District, 6593 Las Vegas Blvd. South, ffflv.org. A.K.A. Exhibit: This exhibit will feature emerging local artists who go by aliases. Artists Steve Moffett aka Mowgli, Justin Lepper aka Dr. Lepper, Nikki Bray aka Norma Jean and Isaac Zevalking aka Recycled Propaganda will be showcased. Works include street-inspired stencil art, sculptural paintings and live body painting. 6-9 p.m., free, Skin City Body Painting Studio at Downtown Spaces, 1800 S. Industrial Road, skincitybodypainting.com. Evening of Hope: This fundraiser will feature a children’s art gallery and auction to raise awareness and money for the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation. Celebrate childhood cancer heroes while dining and enjoying a panoramic view of the city. Artists will create a piece of live art to be auctioned that evening. 6:30 p.m., $50-$75, World Market Center, Building B, 16th floor, 475 S. Grand Central Parkway, candlelightersnv.org. “Piaf: Love Conquers All”: Celebrate French actress and singer Edith Piaf’s 100th birthday with a live musical drama about her life. This off-Broadway hit stars Naomi Emmerson as Piaf. 7 p.m., $25-$30, Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340. *Also: 1:30 p.m. March 5
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Vocal Jazz solo nights: The College of Southern Nevada Jazz Singers will perform jazz standards, blues and musical theater selections. 7:30 p.m., $5 for students and seniors, $8 for adults, CSN Cheyenne Campus, Department of Fine Arts Recital Hall, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-5483. *Also: March 5
Parkway, 702-207-4261.
Saturday, March 5
5K RunDead: Escape zombies and survive the course, or transform into the undead and chase as many people as you can. Proceeds will pay for research to help treat and cure Alzheimer’s disease. Race begins at 4 p.m., but free zombie makeovers, vendors and DJs start at 2 p.m., free for spectators, $65-$70 for participants, Craig Ranch Regional Park, Cottage 7, 628 W. Craig Road, 5krundead.com.
Family Fishing Derby: Enjoy a day of fishing and prizes at Lorenzi Park. Children can win prizes for catching the first fish of the day, the largest fish and the smallest fish. There also will be demonstrations on backyard casting, knot tying, fly fishing and how to clean fish. 8-11 a.m., free, Lorenzi Park, 3333 W. Washington Ave., 702-229-5443.
Spring Bridal Show: Say “I do” in style with ideas from this bridal open house and tasting. Attendees will have a chance to win a groom’s ring in a cake-dive contest. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., free, RSVP encouraged, Aliante resort, 7300 N. Aliante Parkway, 702-692-7360.
All-Star Dodgeball Tournament: Dozens of teams will compete to support underprivileged children in Southern Nevada. Proceeds will benefit After-School All-Stars Las Vegas. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., free-$40 to watch, $250-$500 per team to play, UNLV Mendenhall Center, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-770-7601.
“Cabrera Conducts Mozart”: The Las Vegas Philharmonic will perform pieces written by Mozart. Concertmaster De Ann Letourneau will make her violin solo debut. 6:30 p.m., $26-$96, Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Reynolds Hall, 361 Symphony Park Ave., thesmithcenter.com.
Free Ancestor Search Day: Discover long-lost ancestors. Speak to experienced genealogists who will help you find out more about your family history. 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., free, Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley
Tuff Hedeman Vegas Shootout: Watch cowboys try to stay atop a bucking bull during this Championship Bull Riding event. 8 p.m., $18-$41, South Point Arena and Equestrian Center, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 866-791-7626.
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John Guedry is the new chairman of the executive committee at the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce. (l.e. baskow/staff)
‘We’re not recession-proof ’ Chamber board chairman: Leaders from business and education arenas must work together By Julie Ann Formoso | STAFF WRITER
John Guedry stared at the couple. He was just 24 years old, too young to have felt the heartache of losing a business or home. Yet he was about to take away the couple’s beloved farm in Stockton, Calif. The property had been in the family for three generations. ¶ At the time, Guedry worked for a lending company. It was the 1980s, and the U.S. economy guedry, Continued on page 53
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Jobs that could be created if 2050 Motors, an electric vehicle company based in North Las Vegas, expands.
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Amount the Army Corps of Engineers budgeted for the Tropicana-Flamingo Washes Project in Clark County. Money will be used to repair flood-control features damaged in 2014.
Amount of a grant SolarCity received from the governor’s economic development office, part of an incentive package agreed upon by the solar firm and the state.
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EDITORIAL
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The vice president and chief marketing officer at Las Vegas Monorail talks about the challenges and rewards of public transit in Southern Nevada, the importance of addressing education, water and mental health crises, and her acumen as a dog walker. THE NOTES People on the move, P46
MEET: REDEFY REAL ESTATE
Most real estate brokers charge a 3 percent fee to sell a home. Redefy, though, is trying to reshape sellers’ expectations of their brokers by charging a flat fee for their full service. TALKING POINTS Pools are a hot part of the Vegas experience but must continue to evolve, P49
DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION A listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits. MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWS Calendar: Happenings and events, P55 The List: Manufacturers, P60
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VINTAGE VEGAS: COMPANY STILL GOING STRONG 107 YEARS LATER Cragin & Pike Insurance has operated in Southern Nevada for more than a century. Founder Peter Buol opened Real Estate and Insurance Office in 1909, then sold it to Ernie Cragin and William Pike, who rebranded the firm with their own names. Cragin was well known — he was mayor of Las Vegas for 12 years — and Pike was instrumental in building Hoover Dam and legalizing gambling. Business partners Paul McDermott and
Frank Kerestesi took over the firm after Cragin and Pike died but decided to keep the name intact. Pictured here are Kerestesi, left, and McDermott, right, in August 1959 at the groundbreaking of a new Cragin & Pike Insurance building at 320 S. Third St. in downtown Las Vegas. The business since has moved and now is on West Charleston Boulevard. — REBECCA CLIFFORD-CRUZ
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The Firm hired Sarah Harper as assistant public relations specialist and promoted Annie waggoner harper Waggoner to public relations specialist. The agency also promoted Lindsey Stull to senior stull scott public relations specialist. In addition, senior public relations specialist Jesse Scott was selected by PR News as one of its Rising PR Stars 30 and Under. Karen Panzer, MandyLynn Suyat and Kevin Amodt are member services representatives at the Clark County Credit Union. Richie Smith is an auto buyer/ broker.
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The Valley amodt smith Health System is adding eight residency programs among four hospitals. The programs are in emergency medicine, family medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedic surgery, psychiatry and the transitional/ internship year. Dr. Andrew Eisen, chief academic officer of the Valley Health System, will oversee the programs. The residents will be based at Centennial Hills, Desert Springs, Spring Valley and Summerlin hospitals. In addition, five pharmacies opened at Valley Health System hospitals: Centennial Hills, Desert Springs, Spring Valley, Summerlin and Valley.
The National League of Cities reappointed Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen to its finance, administration and intergovernmental relations committee. Councilwoman Gerri Schroder was named vice chairwoman of the community and economic development committee and vice chairwoman of the Western Municipal Association. Dave Otto is head brewmaster at PT’s Brewing Company. New member companies of the Las Vegas Hospitality Association include Artisan Hotel, Jeff Ermilio, outside sales manager; Bell Trans, Laura Villafana and Tannia Valenzuotto ela, program managers; Canyon Ranch Spa, Janine Coughlin, sales manager; Champagne Life, Danielle Heyman, owner and CEO; Cut and Taste, Alex Barnett, partner and chief marketing officer; Events With A Twist, Jennifer Colacion, owner; Killer Shrimp Las Vegas, Alicia Rowan, general manager; Meetings.com, Ed Gillis, vice president; Renaissance Las Vegas, Shannah Gribben, catering sales manager; and Sjodin Photography, Camilla Sjodin, owner/photographer. Sight & Sound Events CEO Jodi Harris was awarded “Member of the Year 2015” by the Las Vegas Chapter of NACE (National Association for Catering and Events). Michael Quartieri is executive vice president, chief financial officer and secretary of Scientific Games.
Shawn Willis is Las Vegas director of the Jewish National Fund. Amber Stidham is director of government affairs at the Henderson Chamber of Commerce. Crescent Technology Soluwillis tions, a technical and IT staffing service, changed its name to Taurean Consulting Group. The City of Henderson broke ground on a $16.8 million project that includes widening Volunteer Boulevard to four lanes from Executive Airport Drive to Las Vegas Boulevard. The project will add bike lanes, include drainage improvements to help prevent flooding and standing water and resurface Executive Airport Drive to St. Rose Parkway. The project is expected to create about 91 jobs. The U.S. Department of Education awarded the Moapa Band of Paiutes $365,000 for vocational rehabilitation services that will help Paiutes with disabilities get jobs. Lumas opened a flagship store and gallery at the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian and the Palazzo. Hong Kong Café opened at the Palazzo.
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South Point Arena and Equestrian Center is partnering with Triple Crown Nutrition and Stotz Equipment. Triple Crown Nutrition will sponsor the arena’s VIP stalls; Stotz Equipment will sponsor the facility’s barn equipment. The 8th Judicial District Court received $325,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for adult drug court.
Richard Yao is Nevada State College dean of students. He has been a faculty member for 10 years. Lynn Myers is tax director at Houldsworth, Russo and Co. Nikki Neu is public relations manager and Alyssa Egeskov is account coordinator at Vox Solid Communications.
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Tiffany James is marketing director at homebuilder Touchstone Living. Nina Radetich is director of marketing and communications at the Animal Foundation. Amy Jensen will manage the Ikea scheduled to
Western Governors University launched a masters of science in integrated health care management. The degree focuses on policy areas including affordable care, patient protection and quality assurance. In collaboration with the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce, WGU Nevada is offering more than $30,000 in scholarships to chamber members. The WGU Nevada Otto Merida Scholarship was created in honor of the founder and longserving CEO of the Latin Chamber. GameCo Inc. partnered with engineering and manufacturing firm Suzo-Happ to design and develop controllers for its video game gambling machines.
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Q&A with ingrid reisman
One by one, Las Vegas can address all of its troubles Ingrid Reisman, vice president and chief marketing officer at Las Vegas Monorail, recently joined the board of trustees for Green Chips, an organization that brings together private, public and not-for-profit resources to promote sustainability, clean energy and environmental conservation. our house doesn’t look bad.”
Tell us about your interest in Green Chips. Because the Monorail operates zero-emissions trains and has a net positive annual air-quality impact, it makes sense to be a part of this organization and participate in even more efforts to increase and expand the sustainability voice in Nevada.
If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be? I love to travel and thoroughly enjoy my beach vacations, but I’m a Nevada girl.
What is the best business advice you’ve received? I was 22 and working as the assistant to the vice president of an advertising agency. Late one day when I was stressed, my boss said very simply in her Houston drawl, “It’s just like eating an elephant. You do it one bite at a time.” Ingrid Reisman, vice president and chief marketing officer of the Las Vegas
What’s the biggest issue facing Monorail, says she sees a connection to McCarran International Airport within 10 Southern Nevada? years. (STEVE MARCUS/Staff) There isn’t just one. Our education express routes and high-frequency as part of the Regional Transportasystem is ranked one of the worst routes have significantly improved tion Commission’s Transportation in the nation. We have a serious waservice for thousands of commuters Investment Business Plan. ter resource issue facing our desert and made transit relevant to many Third, the Monorail has always community that we have to address. residents who otherwise might not been an unusual system in that it has Given the heightened awareness of have considered it as a travel mode. always covered its operational costs the potential threats cities like ours We should support expanding those and some of its capital costs. We were face, the ratio of police officers to services and augment them with othfaced with a challenge to create a susStrip tourists is frighteningly low for er options, including light rail when tainable business model that would a corridor that is the economic driver and where it makes sense. allow the system to cover all of its of our state. We are lacking in mencosts. So we made some changes in tal health resources and expertise in What are you reading? 2015 in how operations are managed, specialty care, and although UNLV “The Reason I Jump,” “Their Eyes which created significant savings is adding a medical school, we still Were Watching God,” a book of Alice and put the system in a positive longlack significant quality health care Munro short stories and a couple of term financial situation. resources for a community our size. books on executive functioning and executive skills in children. Where do you see the Monorail What challenges has the Monoin five years? rail faced, and how did the orgaDescribe your management style. I expect the system will be connization overcome them? I think I empower. I’ve been fortunected to Mandalay Bay and Sands The Monorail has always been an nate in my career to have been given Expo. I also envision we will have levimportant part of the resort corridor the opportunity to create: departeraged those connections to further and has provided mobility to millions ments, structures and programs — integrate the system into how meetof leisure and business visitors, but things that didn’t exist before — and ing and convention organizers plan it has not always been perceived that to test and stretch myself and my and conduct events. way. That has been a challenge. We play skills. It has kept me passionate and In 10 years, we will have leveraged an important role in the mobility of the engaged. I try to allow those same our connections to conventions to resort corridor during events and conkinds of opportunities. also be connected to the airport. ventions. Another challenge has been how to What is your dream job, outside What can we do to encourage capitalize on our existing station conof your current field? Why? the use of public transit? nection to the Las Vegas Convention I polled my kids: My son said I have Our bus system is one of the most Center and how to use it as a catalyst skills to be a good pastry chef or dog efficient public transit systems in to connect to the destination’s other walker, and my daughter voted for the United States. Still, we can altwo major convention centers. Those pianist or interior designer “because ways improve on what we have. The connections now are recommended
Whom do you admire? My mom and my kids, equally. My mom was a single mom who sometimes worked two jobs. She always made time for our music lessons, sports activities and school events. I was an adult before I found out she lived on little sleep and sometimes had $5 to her name. As kids, we never had a clue. We always thought we were boringly middle class. My kids, Lily and Lucas, make me proud every day. We have a “neurologically diverse” household, and both my kids spend a lot of energy to fit into the expectations of a sometimes-narrow definition of normal. They never give up and never complain. It continually inspires me. Lucas is also becoming quite a self-advocate and learning to explain what it means to have autism. I see how that has empowered him. On top of it, they’re just good people: kind, compassionate and funny. What is your biggest pet peeve? The piles of paper that seem to reproduce overnight on my kitchen counter and desk. Staying organized and on top of appointments, activities and commitments is a perpetual work in progress. Where do you like to go for business lunches? If given the opportunity, I’ll pick sushi for every meal. What is something people might not know about you? My mother and the woman who babysat me until I was in school both are German, so I learned English the way a native German speaker would speak it. I still have to focus on my “r” when I say some words; specifically, the word “regional.” I worked for the Regional Transportation Commission for seven years and had to say that word a lot.
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by the numbers
10 years
Time Elon Musk waited to get the tesla.com domain name. The domain had been owned by a Silicon Valley engineer since 1992. While waiting, Musk settled for teslamotors.com.
$3 billion
Estimated cost of the MGM Cotai in Macau. MGM Resorts International officials recently announced the resort won’t open until 2017 because of the region’s struggling gaming industry.
$3 million
Amount Jon Steinberg, former president of BuzzFeed and CEO of Daily Mail U.S., raised to fund a small startup called Cheddar. The media company’s target audience is business-minded millennials.
$12 billion
Amount of money Google moved through the Netherlands to Bermuda in 2014 as part of a structure that allows it to earn most of its foreign income tax-free.
75 percent
Share of Tesco customers who say they prefer eating croissants that are straight in appearance. As a result, the British supermarket giant stopped selling curved croissants because their shape made it difficult for consumers to spread jam on them.
43 percent
Drop in the value of Prada shares over the past 12 months. The luxury handbag company recently announced Chief Financial Officer Donatello Galli is resigning.
2.2 percent
Increase in consumer prices, excluding food and fuel, from January 2015 to January 2016, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
15 percent
Share of Yahoo staff that will be terminated. Yahoo also announced it would shut down seven digital magazines.
Chuck Maxfield is general manager of Redefy Real Estate, which charges a flat fee to people trying to sell homes. (christopher devargas/staff)
Aiming to redefine real estate norms Describe your business.
Redefy Real Estate is a national real estate brokerage that provides a flat-fee, full-service process for people looking to sell their homes. How does a flat fee benefit clients?
redefy real estate Address: 8925 W. Post Road, Suite 120, Las Vegas Phone: 702-359-0605 Email: cmaxfield@redefy.com Website: redefy.com Hours of operation: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday In business since: 2012
In Las Vegas, the average price of a home is $192,900, which equates to a 3 percent brokers fee of $5,787. Compare that with Redefy’s flat fee of $2,500, and you get an average savings of $3,287 without losing any of the services that are provided by traditional real estate agents. Redefy is based in Colorado but recently expanded into Southern Nevada. Why Las Vegas?
Las Vegas is poised to meet or exceed the growth enjoyed by this market for 90 percent of the past 30 years. A low cost of living, nice weather year-round and being one of the top destinations in the world to visit all point to an environment that is on the brink of sustainable growth and real estate-related activity. It also is Redefy’s goal to operate in every major metropolitan area that has a population greater than 1 million. What is the hardest part about doing business in Las Vegas?
Educating home sellers that they have a choice. Things have been done a certain way for so long that most people don’t realize they have options when it comes to selling a home. There is a lot of disruption in the real estate world, and Redefy is our version of what the future of selling homes is going to look like.
What is the best part about doing business in Las Vegas?
The huge demand for our business model and the cultural fit. Las Vegas is all about fun. The people you meet in Las Vegas are from all over the world; their perspectives, experiences and lifestyles ensure that we never have a dull moment. The same could be said about the culture at Redefy.
Why do you think this concept will be successful here?
People want to be treated like a VIP, and they demand and deserve quality representation for a fair price. We pride ourselves on quality of service and are able to do it much more efficiently than some of our competition. What are the biggest impediments to getting a home sold today?
Getting the right price for your home is probably the biggest barrier. Price is determined by several factors: market demand, the price of other recently sold homes in the area and, to a lesser extent, the location and the condition of the property. In “hot” markets, it is not uncommon for home sellers to have unrealistic price expectations based on conditions they may have heard about but that may not be specific to their property. How can Nevada improve its business climate?
While tourism, gaming, mining and ranching are the state’s largest industries, we should continue looking to diversify and bring in industries that focus on technology and innovation to build a stronger economy.
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On J.D. Morris’ vegasinc.com story “Wynn Plaza shopping center to open in fall 2017”: The majority of the visitors to Las Vegas are not economically in the top 1 percent. How about a Macy’s or something a little less elitist? — kewlbreezes All luxury malls everywhere have the same stores, but I guess Wynn’s betting rich, discerning shoppers will want to come to Vegas for their stuff. — Ken Nari On Daniel Rothberg’s vegasinc.com story “Drop-off in Nevada rooftop solar applications sends ripple through industry”: The solar salesmen did a number on 20,000 people in Nevada. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. The solar website has a disclaimer not guaranteeing rates. — Longbeard On the lasvegassun.com story “Cox cable rates going up in Las Vegas over rising programming costs”: Cox has been doing this for years. I finally had enough and cut the cord. — VegasBlur Time to just use an antenna for local news and programming, and subscribe to Internet movie providers that allow you watch what you want and pay as you go. — SolarDude
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guest column: up for success by utilizing their vast real s the winter blues begin to fade michael sullivan estate to allow large numbers of people to and Las Vegas starts to heat up, congregate in the same area while enjoying revelers have a fun trend to look the atmosphere of a party during the day. forward to in the Entertainment Las Vegas goes unchallenged in offering Capital of the World: daylife parties. the ultimate daylife experience, and the numbers prove Just in time for spring break, the season kicks off in it. A few popular dayclubs generate double the revenue of March, Vegas’ busiest visitation period, which attracts an nightclubs in the city. average of 3.6 million tourists seasonally. Increasingly one The trend is feeding back into nightlife as well during the of the biggest draws for visitors, these over-the-top pool off-season. Indoor nightclubs are starting events earlier by parties and indoor festivities add to the entertainment exadding daylife parties to their repertoire. Lavo inside the perience of world-famous nightclubs and VIP services. Palazzo, for example, now opens for Lavo Brunch, blending Dating to 1995, the first pool to develop a see-and-be-seen culinary indulgences with European electronic music to daylife environment was the Rio, where hotel guests encreate an indoor dayclub scene. Hyde Bellagio throws themed joyed alcoholic drinks to upbeat pop music, poolside. Strip costume parties at its Hyde XIV events. GBDC: Ghostbar Daynightlife groups followed suit years later by embracing the club at the Palms infuses the Ghostbar vibe into afternoon growing trend and catering to the needs of daylife patrons, festivities, and Tao Group provides pool parties year-round throwing nightlife-style pool parties under the sun. With under the Marquee Dayclub Dome at the Cosmopolitan. resident DJs and performers, and luxurious poolside acTo sustain the success of dayclubs in Las Vegas, propercommodations, the concept allowed tourists to delight in ties on the Strip must continuously evolve and anticipate every moment and maximize their stay in Las Vegas. the growing trends in hosting A-list performers and updatDaytime partygoers now expect nightlife groups to proing luxury accommodations. Most important, they must vide such amenities. On top of having daytime entertainalways pay attention to what consumers look for in their ment, revelers also look for chic accommodations: modern ultimate daylife experience and set a new standard. daybeds, luxurious cabanas and five-star bottle service Michael Sullivan is director of industry relations at Nightwith cocktail servers attending to their every whim. The club & Bar Media Group. The Nightclub & Bar Convention cost of such an experience can range from complimentary and Trade Show will be March 7-9 at the Las Vegas Convenadmission to thousands of dollars per cabana. tion Center. Hotel pools and clubs in Las Vegas have set themselves
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Drop-off in Nevada rooftop solar power applications sends ripple through industry By daniel rothberg
“Quite honestly, I think the current regulation is not going to stand up,” he said.
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Not long after Nevada utility regulators voted to increase bills for residents and small-business operators using solar energy, Robert Lamore started getting calls from customers of his business. The callers were frustrated and concerned. Within days of the vote, Lamore would help cancel about 75 pending contracts for panel installations. For those customers, who had already applied for solar with NV Energy, it no longer made financial sense to go through with the installation. “It was such a flurry, and it was so fast,” said Lamore, CEO of Arizona Solar Solutions. When Nevada’s three-member Public Utilities Commission OK’d the bill increase, industry advocates declared the new rate structure a poison pill for the market. The commission tripled a fixed fee over 12 years and slashed the value of credits customers earn by generating excess electricity through net metering. The commission’s rationale for the new rate was that it would more accurately reflect the cost of having solar customers on the grid and prevent shifting that cost to other nonsolar ratepayers. The old rules, commissioners say, were created when solar was more expensive and when few solar customers were connected to the grid. But the industry said the move put a pin through the ballooning solar industry, in which customers rely on low utility bills to offset their investment in solar panels. Now, more than one month after the new rates went into effect, there remains uncertainty about the future of the rooftop solar industry in Nevada. Whether attributable to customer confusion, the new rates or the departure of solar firms, recent data appear to make one trend evident: Rooftop solar sales have dwindled to a trickle. And that trickle has sent ripples through the industry, affecting local installers and leaving customers confused. applications plummet In December, 1,311 residents in Southern Nevada submitted applications with NV Energy to start the process of installing and connecting solar
Vivint Solar employees install solar panels on a home. The company operates in 10 states. (courtesy)
panels. According to NV Energy data, that number fell to 90 applications in January . Lyndon Rive, CEO of SolarCity, the national solar company chaired by Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk, said the decrease was a reaction to the new rate structure. “It’s becoming increasingly clear that the (commission’s) rate hikes ended the rooftop solar industry in Nevada and took away citizens’ right to produce their own power at home,” Rive said in a statement. “Now that the state has seen the impact of the (commission) ruling, we hope they will reconsider this decision.” Part of the reason for the decrease in applications, others said, could be that at least six solar companies, including national giants SolarCity and Sunrun, have pulled their sales operations from the state since the new rates were instituted. A significant contraction of the market is not unprecedented after a regulatory decision, said Davide Savenije, a senior editor at the trade publication Utility Dive. He notes that when Arizona utility Salt River Project added a $50 demand charge, SolarCity reported a 96 percent decrease in applications. “You can see that those numbers are actually pretty similar,” he said. He said these metrics matter because regulators, utilities and solar companies across the nation were watching the effects of the decision here. “When a precedent is set in a decision like this, other people are paying
attention,” he said. “I think you are going to see the ripple effects of this decision in other states.” a changing market Before the commission issued its decision in December, Scott Shaw, an executive with local installer Go Solar, said the company had fielded more than 25 orders. After the decision, that number went down to two. The company, founded in 2010, performed one installation in December and one in January. Those customers said the value proposition still existed because they had smaller rooftop solar systems, meaning they had relatively low up-front costs and weren’t affected by the decrease in net metering credits because they weren’t expecting to generate excess power. The company laid off more than a dozen employees and is shifting its focus to other energy-efficient technologies. Frank Rieger, CEO of Las Vegasbased Sol-Up USA, said that before the regulatory process started several months ago, his company averaged about one order per day. In the past three months, he said it had sold two systems. Since the decision: zero sales. But he reasons that “even the worst regulation” is better than uncertainty. “The clients have a business model that they can at least work with,” Rieger said. However, Rieger said he expected the ruling to be challenged and overturned in court.
Customers in limbo As of Feb. 11, NV Energy reported 19,310 net metering customers statewide. But the number of people affected by the decision is larger. NV Energy had an additional 12,433 customers with pending applications. Customers typically sign contracts to lease panels or purchase solar energy through companies before their panels are installed. After the PUC decision, the companies allowed some of these customers to pull out of contracts if their panels had not been installed. Sunrun said close to 1,000 pre-install customers canceled contracts. But once the panels were installed, consumers were locked into the contracts, which generally last 20 years. Some faced other long-term financial obligations, such as bank loans. Henderson resident Manny Sayegh said the new rates altered the equation for paying off his system. Most solar customers get a lease because they believe lower utility bills will allow them to break even or profit on their payments to solar companies. “We’re stuck either way,” he said. Amid the turmoil over rates, Nevadans have sued NV Energy and SolarCity, and solar companies have vowed to restore the pre-ruling rate structure. A group backed by SolarCity is pushing a ballot measure that would effectively bring back the rates and is urging legislators to call a special session. The Alliance for Solar Choice also plans to challenge the commission decision in court. Because the bill increases will be gradually implemented over 12 years, the next increase will not occur until 2019, giving the Legislature an opportunity to take up the matter during its next session. “Most of the impact of the rate hikes will be felt after this year, which gives us time to fight on behalf of our customers,” Chandler Sherman, a spokesperson for SolarCity, said. “The majority of Nevadans disagree with the PUC’s decision, and we are confident that if the Legislature doesn’t do the right thing, the people will have a chance to overrule them.”
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Henderson’s luxury Domain apartments sell for $58.2 million Staff Writer
Houston real estate tycoon Gerald Hines is laying another bet on Southern Nevada. His namesake company has bought the upscale, 308-unit Domain apartment complex in Henderson for $58.2 million. Hines owns or manages property in 19 countries and has been developing apartment-rental buildings for about five years. But his purchase of Domain marks the company’s first acquisition of an existing apartment complex, spokesman Mark Clegg said. Clegg said the company had no development plans for the Las Vegas area, “but we’re always looking.” Management views Las Vegas as “one of the best markets in the U.S.” for apartments, said Senior Managing Director Doug Metzler, in a statement provided by Clegg. “With a strong jobs outlook and a growing and somewhat transient population, Las Vegas was the right market for this investment,” Metzler said. The company paid $188,961 per unit for Domain — more than double the average price in Southern Nevada. Apartment investors last year paid an average of $77,813 per unit, according to brokerage firm Colliers International. Domain, at 15.5 acres, opened in 2014 at Eastern Avenue and Coronado Center Drive. It’s 95 percent occupied, according to Hines, and loaded with amenities, including a pet park and pet wash, electric-vehicle charging stations and bicycle rentals. It also charges above-average rents. According to Domain’s website, monthly rent ranges from $970 (for a one-bedroom, 644-square-foot unit) to $1,399 (for a three-bedroom, 1,390-square-foot unit). The average rental rate in Southern Nevada is $910, according to Colliers. Domain is part of a wave of apartment complexes — many of which are amenity-heavy and charge higher prices — that have been built or are under construction in the Las Vegas Valley, amid a national apartment boom and slumping U.S. homeownership rates. Apartment-complex purchases soared a few years ago amid steeply discounted prices but have slowed as prices climb higher. Still, development has heated up, with rental properties making up one of the biggest sources of construction in the Las Vegas Valley. Investors are building almost entirely in the suburbs, primarily in the south-
west valley and Henderson, with just a few developments in urban neighborhoods. Hines has invested in Southern Nevada before. In fall 2012, when the economy was in worse shape than it is today, Hines teamed with Los Angeles investment firm Oaktree Capital Management to buy 1.1 million square
feet of offices in Summerlin, spread across 32 buildings, for $119.5 million. At the time, the portfolio reportedly was half-empty. Southern Nevada’s office market — vastly overbuilt during the bubble last decade and clobbered by the bust — had a 23.5 percent vacancy rate then, according to Colliers.
Hines and Oaktree listed their 18 remaining buildings, comprising more than 895,000 square feet, last fall. There was no asking price, but the portfolio was 92 percent occupied, according to the listing brokers. Overall, the valley’s office market now has a 17.8 percent vacancy rate, says Colliers.
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On the Strip, retail remains on the rise By J.D. Morris Staff Writer
The wave of retail development that has swept the Strip in recent years is showing no signs of stopping. Wynn Las Vegas proved as much when it announced plans for a twostory shopping center addition that will nearly double the amount of retail space already available at the resort and its sister hotel, Encore. Called Wynn Plaza, the new development will offer more than 75,000 square feet of luxury retail space inside a building designed with Paris’ Avenue Matignon in mind. It’s not clear exactly what the shopping options will look like, but the resort has promised “an assortment Wynn Las Vegas announced plans for a two-story shopping center addition that of prestigious retailers” that will of- will nearly double the amount of retail space available at the resort and its sister fer the same sort of “exclusive shop- hotel, Encore. (mikayla whitmore/staff file) ping experience for which Wynn is tourist spent $149.77 on shopping, And MGM Resorts International is known.” The resort also has said its up from $122.80 in 2010, accordset to open its $100 million Park, a new retail development would add ing to GLS Research. And tourists dining and entertainment district to the “iconic brands” that already spent an average of $281.88 each on between New York-New York and occupy Wynn and Encore, including food and drink in 2014, compared Monte Carlo, in early April. Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Alexanwith $256.82 in 2010. At the same Those developments don’t even der McQueen and Givenchy. time, the proportion of visitors who account for the CVS or Walgreens Clearly, then, Wynn Plaza will be gambled fell from 80 percent to 71 outposts that have sprung up in the firmly among the higher end of Strip percent. resort corridor, including at Treashopping experiences — more like As tourists have shifted more of sure Island and near SLS Las Vegas. Crystals than Miracle Mile Shops. their focus toward shopping, dining, Another CVS is under construction Still, the Wynn project will have drinking and entertainment, it’s not in front of Bally’s. plenty of big-name retail neighbors just the resort operators that have With so many places for Strip tourwithin walking distance, with both expanded their retail and restaurant ists to spend their dollars for shopFashion Show Mall and Grand Canal offerings; linchpins such as Fashion ping and dining, retailers have to Shoppes essentially across the street Show and Miracle Mile have made big work harder than ever to differentito the west and south, respectively. changes, too. ate themselves. Wynn Plaza also joins a lengthy list Fashion Show debuted a “Everything is becoming niched of retail-related additions that have 22,000-square-foot addition late out,” said real estate broker Matt come to the Strip the past few years. last year that made room for new Bear of CBRE Group. “The approach Caesars Entertainment Corp. restaurant spaces, retail cabanas has changed to provide more options about two years ago opened the Linq, and a “very lush, newly landscaped and better service, but give you more a $550 million promenade that inpathway” along the Strip, said mall reasons to come back to Las Vegas cludes a range of restaurants and spokeswoman Janet LaFevre. Fashbecause you didn’t try X, Y or Z resretail. Grand Bazaar Shops, another ion Show also gave the clothing store taurant or shopping center.” open-air shopping and dining area, Zara enough room to triple the size of In 2014, the average Las Vegas opened in front of Bally’s last year.
its location. Similarly, Miracle Mile has embarked on a 60,000-square-foot renovation that includes restaurant space and a makeover of the last exterior portion of the mall’s old North African-themed decor. A Buffalo Wild Wings has opened in the renovated space, and the mall signed a lease with Hot N Juicy Crawfish, but work is ongoing, according to Wendy Albert, Miracle Mile’s senior director of marketing. Albert said the mall hadn’t been squeezed by the proliferation of Strip retail. That’s because operators have done a good job making sure they’re all “offering something a little bit different,” she said. Wynn Plaza won’t be the last big shopping development that tries to find similar success, and it’s not clear at what point the market might become too retail-saturated. Local businessman Barry Fieldman, who developed Showcase Mall, said it could get there if companies were to build too much without adding a proportional amount of attractions to lure more shoppers to town. “If you take a bucket of water and you share it with four people, and you take the same bucket and share it with eight, everybody gets less,” he said. He said some developments have done that, but others haven’t — and that’s a risky move. The key to avoid killing the Strip’s “golden goose,” he said, is to “add to the pie” by also building things that attract new customers. He said MGM’s T-Mobile Arena should do the trick for the Park, and that even bigger developments — like a 65,000seat football stadium proposed by Las Vegas Sands — would work, as well.
Las Vegas sees uptick in homeowners refinancing their mortgages By Eli Segall Staff writer
For homebuyers, mortgage lending slowed in Las Vegas more than it did nationally in the final months of 2015 compared with a year earlier. But for homeowners looking to refinance, borrowing picked up faster locally than it did nationwide. A total of 6,298 home-purchase
loans were doled out in the Las Vegas area in the fourth quarter last year, down 4 percent from the same period in 2014, according to RealtyTrac. Nationally, roughly 601,600 homepurchase loans were issued in the fourth quarter, down 1 percent yearover-year. At the same time, 5,618 refinancing loans were issued locally in the fourth quarter, up 5 percent.
About 663,600 were issued nationally, up 2 percent. Easy credit fueled the doomed housing bubble the last decade, with some 26,000 home-purchase loans issued locally and more than 1.3 million nationally in just the third quarter of 2005, according to RealtyTrac data. Such lending has recouped more of its losses nationwide than it has in
Las Vegas, where the once-pummeled housing market has improved from the depths of the recession but still grapples with high rates of underwater homeowners, foreclosures, vacant houses and shabby personal finances. U.S. home-purchase loan totals are 54.5 percent below their 2005 peak, but in Las Vegas, lending volume is 76 percent below its peak.
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Banker driven by passion for education had plunged into a recession, which made foreclosing on farms a large part of Guedry’s job. Guedry had known the couple for two years and had tried to help them keep their home. Finally, he delivered the news the couple did not want to hear. The wife cried. She yelled. She blamed her husband for the foreclosure. The husband, through tears, apologized. It was the last time Guedry would foreclose on a farm. “I drove to a 7-Eleven and called my wife,” he recalled. “I said, ‘I’m done. I can’t do this anymore.’ ” Guedry returned to Las Vegas, where he had attended Chaparral High School and UNLV. He got a job at Valley Bank and thrived. Although at times he’s had to break bad news to clients, Guedry says he enjoys fostering relationships with ambitious business owners, particularly those who have weathered economic downturns. “I like learning from people who are risk-takers,” Guedry said. “In every case, whether it’s a good decision or bad decision, you can learn something.” Through the years, Guedry has developed a passion for education. In 2010, he ran against Dina Titus to represent Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, hoping to take a more active role in national issues. But after six weeks of collecting contributions, Guedry dropped out of the race. Republican Joe Heck won the seat, and Titus now serves in the 1st District. These days, Guedry is fighting for improvements to the state’s education system on a different front line. Now CEO of Bank of Nevada, he recently was appointed chairman of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber executive committee, where he has made helping the Clark County School District a priority. In March, the business and education communities will come together for the Business + Education (BE) Engaged Conference, a brainchild of Guedry’s. Under the guidance of schools advocate Elaine Wynn, participants will be encouraged to get involved with an educational advocacy group of their choice. “If we don’t have a strong education system, we won’t have a strong workforce,” Guedry said. “If there’s no correlation between us and the
“You have to have a workforce that is prepared not only for today, but for the future. We haven’t made that investment, and we’ve all seen firsthand what happens. — John Guedry
students who are graduating, then we have failed ourselves. We have failed to invest in the future of the business community in Southern Nevada.” VEGAS INC spoke with Guedry about his career in the banking industry and his hopes for Nevada’s education system. What do you find appealing about the banking industry? The one part that’s never changed, at least for commercial banks like the ones I’ve worked in, is you get to work with entrepreneurial people who have started businesses, grown businesses, failed businesses, succeeded in businesses. I get to work in hundreds of different industries and see different best practices. It’s fascinating to me. I get to see the dynamics of what makes a successful business owner and work with that. What advice do you give to clients? As bankers, we’re financial advisers for our clients. Sometimes that means we tell them things they don’t want to hear. The best part of the job is when a client comes back and thanks me for advice they took that kept them from making a huge mistake. For instance, at my last bank, a client had built a successful business in a particularly rich area. He decided he wanted to invest in a large real estate income property. He came to us to see if he could borrow money. The property would have produced enough cash flow to service the loan, but it would have taken virtually every dollar he had to put in the equity necessary to get the loan. The property had some challenges. It had leases that were relatively short-term. It wasn’t in a premier location. Based on our experience, it was too risky of an investment for us from a lending standpoint. And if it’s too risky for us, it’s likely going to be risky for the borrower. So we declined the loan. I met with him personally. He didn’t invest in the property. He banks with us now
at Bank of Nevada. He’s doing quite well. He called me one night when I took the job here and said the reason he will always bank with me is because I didn’t do what I thought was going to be good for the bank, I did what I thought would be best for him. What’s the riskiest thing a client of yours has done? A pattern I see is entrepreneurs who are successful believe that their success will transfer to anything they do. That’s not always the case. Sometimes, they are successful because they have a great skill set for a particular type of company or industry. But then they try something different, and it doesn’t go so well. I’ve seen people who have spent their entire life building companies with a net worth that most people would envy, and they risk it all. Some have succeeded, but others have lost everything. What are your goals as chairman of the chamber’s executive committee? First and foremost, I want the chamber to continue to be relevant. I would like the chamber to expand its role in solving the issues that challenge us. I would like to make sure we are addressing the threats to our business community. Education is one that is a high priority. That is the single biggest hurdle to get companies here. Tell us about the Business + Education (BE) Engaged Conference. The mission of the conference is to get 1,000 business decision-makers and owners to participate and hear firsthand from education advocacy groups. The business leaders will hear what the challenges are in education, what some of the solutions are and specific examples of ways the business and philanthropic community can support programs. We’re going to have Elaine Wynn challenge them to be a part of the solution and
not just sit on the sidelines. We’ve identified approximately 50 advocacy groups that are working to support public education. The groups all will submit a one-page summary of their initiatives, and each group will be categorized by topics such as literacy or at-risk schools. The business decision-makers will have to find an organization and ask how they can help advance its programs. It may be through voluntary efforts, expertise they can bring or a financial contribution. They will have to be part of the solution. They can’t just complain about the education system. As a member of the business community, I can tell you that I speak with a lot of business owners who would like to be part of the solution but don’t know how. We’re hoping to provide that road map. Why did you decide to organize this conference now? We just came out of the worst recession. I think we realize if we continue to rely on one industry, we’re going to continue seeing these cycles. For the first time, I think we realize we’re not recession-proof. We’re going to get hit again if we don’t diversify the economy. You have to have a workforce that is prepared not only for today, but for the future. We haven’t made that investment, and we’ve all seen firsthand what happens. What do you think the biggest issue in education is? Recruitment and retention of teachers. We have to have the ability to remove poor-performing teachers if they’re unable to raise the bar. I’m not talking about the teacher who is working really hard and may not be producing as much as she needs because of a lack of resources. Part of what creates low morale is when you treat everyone the same. If you can’t get rid of a bad performer, it’s like one bad apple affects the whole bushel. We need to make it less stringent to get rid of low performers. I think if we address that issue, recruitment and retention will improve. There’s the funding formula, too. It has to be addressed. It doesn’t address a lot of changes in our population. We have to make sure we have appropriate levels of funding to fit different demographics.
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Calendar of events Sunday, February 28 Las Vegas Mini Maker Faire Time: Noon-6 p.m. Cost: $8 in advance, $10 at the door Location: Henderson Convention Center, 200 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Visit makerfairevegas.com Connect with local business owners and innovators during this showcase of invention and creativity. Take part in panel discussions about patents, kickstarter campaigns and business creation.
Tuesday, March 1 Nevada Republican Men’s Club luncheon Time: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $30 for members; $35 for nonmembers Location: Cili at Bali Hai Golf Course, 5160 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit republicanmensclub.com This month’s business networking luncheon will include a discussion about Sheriff Joe Lombardo’s first year leading the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Learn about the police department’s goals.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 Strategic Business Development Time: 9 a.m.-noon Cost: Free Location: Urban Chamber of Commerce Business Development Center, 1951 Stella Lake St., Las Vegas Information: Email dmharris@lasvegasnevada.gov Learn about business and marketing strategies. UCC Benefits Breakfast Time: 9-10 a.m. Cost: Free
Location: Urban Chamber of Commerce, 1951 Stella Lake St., Suite 30, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-648-6222 Learn about the benefits of becoming an Urban Chamber of Commerce member over a complimentary breakfast.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3 “Five Key Metrics to Increase Profits” Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for Henderson Chamber of Commerce members, $25 for nonmembers, $35 for walk-ins Location: Henderson Business Resource Center Seminar Room, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call 702-565-8951 Kurt Trombetti, owner of Enviro Safe Pest Control, will discuss ways to identify lead sources and track marketing platforms and marketing returns on investments. Good Governance Committee Time: 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, 575 Symphony Park Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Information: Email jharrison@lvchamber.com Join Southern Nevada legislators, government officials, business leaders and other stakeholders to identify and discuss regional priorities for the 2017 legislative session. CREW luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $40 for members of Commercial Real Estate Women, $50 for nonmembers, $55 at the door Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas Information: Call Tara at 702-798-5156 Las Vegas City Manager Betsy Fretwell will
speak about city initiatives, including the Downtown Master Plan, the Las Vegas Medical District expansion, downtown mobility and Symphony Park. FundingPost roundtable Time: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $99 for entrepreneurs, $129 for investors or service providers, $700 for a vendor table Location: The Innevation Center, 6795 S. Edmond St., Las Vegas Information: Email scott@fundingpost.com Network and learn about what investors are looking for in the Las Vegas market. Early-stage investors will share their ideas.
FRIDAY, MARCH 4 Small Business Startup Steps Time: 9-11:30 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 S. Water St., Suite B, Henderson Information: Visit NevadaSBDC.org Learn how to grow a successful business. Advisers are available for free, one-on-one counseling.
SUNDAY, MARCH 6 Touro University gala Time: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Cost: $236 per person, $10,000 to sponsor Location: Four Seasons, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Email ritavaswani@lvicc.org Enjoy food, drinks, entertainment and a silent auction as Touro Awards of Distinction are presented. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy will give the keynote address. All money raised will support the Touro Scholarship Fund.
Conventions
expected Show Location Dates attendance
Medtrade Spring 2016
Mandalay Bay
Feb. 29-March 2
5,000
Limousine and Chauffeured Transportation International Limousine Charter and Trade Show
Mandalay Bay
Feb. 28–March 2
3,000
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Annual Conference and Exhibition
Sands Expo and Convention Center
Feb. 29–March 4
30,000
Incentive Travel Exchange
Delano Las Vegas
March 2-5
1,000
Ace Hardware Corp. Spring Convention
Mandalay Bay
March 3-5
5,000
WPPI Wedding and Portrait Photographers Conference and Expo
MGM Grand
March 3-10
11,000
Intelligent Content Conference
M Resort
March 5-10
500
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Records and Transactions Bid Opportunities THURSDAY, MARCH 3 2:15 p.m. Clark Place: Roof replacement Clark County, 603981 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov 2:15 p.m. Fire Station No. 22: Fuel station installation Clark County, 603931 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov 2:15 p.m. Silver Bowl Park: Restroom installation Clark County, 603993 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. Current production Model 100W trailer-mounted generator U.S. EPA emissions certified - Tier 4 final emissions compliant Clark County, 603988 Ashley Blanco at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. Professional engineering services for Laughlin-Bullhead City Bridge project Needles Highway in Laughlin to SR 95 in Bullhead City, Ariz. Clark County, 603974 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov
FRIDAY, MARCH 4 3 p.m. Treatment services - felony DUI court program Clark County, 603692 Jim Haining at jhaining@clarkcountynv.gov
Brokered transactions SALES $6,375,000 for 18,000 square feet, office Address: 2811 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Henderson 89052 Seller: Palomino Holdings-Henderson Seller agent: Tom Naseef and Jeff Naseef of Colliers International Buyer: CWRP DR MOB Henderson LLC Buyer agent: Stacy Scheer of Colliers International $1,297,000 for 41,375 square feet, self-storage Address: 3755 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas 89115 Seller: Robert H. Schoff Family LLC Seller agent: Roger Jefferies of Sun Commercial Real Estate Buyer: Did not disclose Buyer agent: Did not disclose
$1,150,000 for 6,804 square feet, office Address: 8816 Spanish Ridge Ave., Las Vegas 89148 Seller: UAG Property Sub 1 LLC Seller agent: Marc Magliarditi, Jason Brooks and Scot Prince of Logic Commercial Real Estate Buyer: 8816 Spanish Ridge LLC Buyer agent: Mathew Brady of ACRES
BUSINESS LICENSES Umana License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Mika’Ele K. Thrower Unlimited Wireless Corp. License type: Merchandise broker Address: 8426 Farm Road 130, Las Vegas 89131 Owner: Faiek Manni
$792,000 for 5,770 square feet, industrial Address: 4580 W. Hacienda Ave., Las Vegas 89118 Seller: Lucero Family Trust Seller agent: Roger Jefferies of Sun Commercial Real Estate Buyer: Hacienda LV LLC Buyer agent: Raydene Counts of Internet Realty
VE Construction LLC License type: Contractor Address: 6525 Contessing Way, Las Vegas 89108 Owner: Alfredo Velez
$592,961 for 8,870 square feet, industrial Address: 2542 Abels Lane, Las Vegas 89115 Seller: BDG II LLC and Dean V. Bordigiono Trust Seller agent: Zac Zaher of CBRE Buyer: Machining Specialist Buyer agent: Michael Brazill of Sun Commercial Real Estate Inc.
White And Associates Tax Service License type: Taxi service Address: 8430 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Juanita Roper
$575,000 for 4,030 square feet, office Address: 6140 Coley Ave., Las Vegas 89146 Seller: Richard B. Parnell Seller agent: Gino Vincent of Logic Commercial Real Estate Buyer: Five Star Healthcare LLC Buyer agent: Leonard Coronel of Desert Sky Realty $450,000 for 11 acres, land Address: 575 Commerce Circle, Mesquite 89027 Seller: Armed Forces Bank Seller agent: Mark Anthony Rua of Realty Executives Buyer: REV Recreational Group Buyer agent: Lisa Hauger of Sun Commercial Real Estate Inc. $260,000 for 2,610 square feet, office Address: 3608 Sunset Road, Las Vegas 89120 Seller: 3606 Sunset LLC Seller agent: Bridget Richards and Jason Lesley of Colliers International Buyer: Robert K. Torgenson Buyer agent: Did not disclose $200,000 for 2 acres, land Address: Northwest corner of Tropical Parkway and Linn Lane, North Las Vegas 89115 Seller: Peniston Family 2005 Trust Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Mosaic Six LLC Buyer agent: Vince Schettler of Colliers International
VE Construction LLC License type: Contractor Address: Did not disclose Owner: Omar Enriquez
Whole Foods Market License type: Natural and organic grocery store Address: 7250 W. Lake Mead Blvd. and 8855 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89128 Owner: WFM-Wo Inc. Yazoo Consulting Services License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Alfred F. Eaton Yolanda Agoto License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Yolanda Agoto Zaniab Luggage License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite G16, Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Fakhar Abbas 3rd Generation Electric LLC License type: Contractor Address: 5770 N. Park St., Las Vegas 89149 Owner: Did not disclose A New Perspective Consulting LLC License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Yvette Roberts A1 Answering Service License type: Business support Address: 5081 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 108, Las Vegas 89130 Owner: ABC’s In Communications Inc. Academy of Dental Careers License type: School
Address: 7720 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 114, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Academy of Dental Careers Inc.
Body Balance for Performance LLC License type: Instruction services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Arnel Gaspar
Acai to the T License type: Food services or cafe Address: 5635 Centennial Center Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas 89149 Owner: Acai to the T LLC
Bonnie S. Marshall License type: Real estate sales Address: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las Vegas 89144 Owner: Bonnie S. Marshall
AJCES License type: Sales/services Address: 1939 Falcons Lair Lane, Henderson 89012 Owner: Andy Russell Johnson
Botanica Encanto De Yemaya License type: General retail sales Address: 2081 N. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas 89108 Owner: Martin Angulo
ARC CNC License type: Property maintenance Address: 2492 Sturrock Drive, Henderson 89044 Owner: Patrick McGowan and Alba McGowan
Boutique Brows License type: Cosmetics Address: 7581 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Boutique Brows LLC
Audio Visual Advantage Inc. License type: General services Address: 6255 McLeod Drive, Suite 14, Las Vegas 89120 Owner: Travis Maxwell Back In Step LLC License type: General retail sales Address: 2820 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite D32, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Yee Lim Bahia Centro-America License type: Restaurant Address: 5000 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite D, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Rivas-Zelaya Inc. Barberry & Lace License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Barberry & Lace LLC Battleborn Home Repairs License type: Property maintenance Address: 546 Truffles St., Henderson 89015 Owner: Ryan A. Eakin Bell Trans License type: Limousine services Address: 1900 Industrial Road, Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Gerald K. Bell Jr. Best In Show Pet Grooming & Day Spa License type: General services Address: 8450 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 107, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: AMSM LLC Beta Consultants LLC License type: Professional services Address: 5606 Trilling Bird Drive, Las Vegas 89135 Owner: Nicole Omps Birdies Bath and Body License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Metal Head Productions LLC
Box Human Landscapers License type: Cosmetics Address: 430 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas 89145 Owner: Short and Curly’s LLC Bradley K. Lunde License type: Management or consulting service Address: 7340 Smoke Ranch Road, Suite A, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Bradley Lunde Bradshaw Construction License type: Contractor Address: 3714 Corpolo Ave., Las Vegas 89141 Owner: Bradshaw Construction LLC Bravo Store Systems LLC License type: General retail sales Address: 1865 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas 89134 Owner: Steven Mack Breakthru Beverage Nevada Beer LLC License type: Wholesale Address: 1849 W. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas 89030 Owner: Breakthru Beverage Nevada Beer LLC BRl’s Windows & Doors License type: Sales/services Address: 4310 Losee Road, North Las Vegas 89031 Owner: Building Resource Limited Building Blocks Pediatric Therapy License type: Professional services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Rebecca Keaton C&C Medical Plaza LLC License type: Medical company Address: 1640 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Carmen Espitia Calmness Within License type: Massage Address: 9532 Creedmoor Court, Las Vegas 89148 Owner: Chul Un
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Records and Transactions Carello Technology Solutions Inc. License type: General services Address: 3315 E. Russell Road, Suite A4297, Las Vegas 89120 Owner: Antonio Carello Carollo Engineers Inc. License type: Business consultant Address: 2200 Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas 89030 Owner: Carollo Engineers Inc. Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC License type: Manufacturing Address: 10025 Moccasin Road, Las Vegas 89143 Owner: Robert J. Capasso Cheer Systems License type: General services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Damon Morgan Clare Oharra License type: Independent massage therapist Address: Did not disclose Owner: Clare Oharra Construction Management Services LLC License type: Contractor Address: 2885 E. Quail Ave., Las Vegas 89120 Owner: Harelik Diversified Interests Inc. Core Academy License type: Community services Address: 701 S. Ninth St., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Lindsay Harper Cox Law LLC License type: Professional services Address: 8440 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 210, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Shane Cox Creative Business Resources License type: Business support Address: 6130 Elton Ave., Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Creative Business Resources LLC CTR Home Services License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Gabriel A. Cartier Daisy’s Ice Cream License type: Ice cream truck Address: 2850 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Celestino Martinez Daniela Vergara License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 2830 Floral Peak Drive, Henderson 89074 Owner: Daniela Vergara Deanna Wierzbicki License type: Independent mas-
sage therapist Address: 7753 Golden Peak Court, Las Vegas 89113 Owner: Deanna Wierzbicki Decatur Investment Group License type: Professional services Address: 2781 Tioga Pines Circle, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Decatur Investment Group LLC Direct Source Products Inc. License type: General retail sales Address: 10300 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 17, Las Vegas 89145 Owner: Pamela J. Dalton Don the Plumber License type: Contractor Address: Did not disclose Owner: Donald Kittell Downtown Crown British Pub License type: Pub Address: 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: SNP Entertainment Inc. DR Lawn Maintenance License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Rey D. Ramon Agustin Eagle Stone Handyman License type: Maintenance services Address: 2312 Oakwood Ave., North Las Vegas 89030 Owner: OMC Janitorial Service LLC East Side Pizza License type: Restaurant Address: 1000 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 7, Las Vegas 89145 Owner: Bebbb LLC Easy Life Catering License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 628 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas 89030 Owner: TN International Inc. Eisenberg Tax and Business Services Inc. License type: Business support Address: 1830 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 207, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Eric Eisenberg El’s License type: Nonfarm product vendor Address: 302 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas 89145 Owner: Ilia Angelov Elena Zanatta License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Elena Zanatta Elite Tax Service License type: Professional services Address: 3365 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas 89032
Owner: Rayfield Lane Jr. Erika Linn License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Erika Linn Eurest Dining Services License type: Food services or cafe Address: 2716 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Compass One LLC Events With A Twist LLC License type: Professional services Address: 495 S. Grand Central Parkway and 900 N. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas 89106 Owner: Jennifer K. Colacion Fairman Family Assistance Programs License type: Day nursery Address: 2620 Timid Tiger Ave., North Las Vegas 89086 Owner: Christopher Fairman and Kimber M. Wright-Fairman
Gm Home Services License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Gerson G. Matute
License type: Leasing company medical Address: 1691 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Henderson 89012 Owner: LTN Holding LLC
Gregory Alan Bradshaw License type: Real estate sales Address: 9525 Hillwood Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas 89134 Owner: Gregory Alan Bradshaw LLC
Hyperloop Technologies Inc. License type: Transportation Address: 13575 Apex Power Parkway, North Las Vegas 89124 Owner: Hyperloop Technologies Inc.
Grind Mode Arco License type: Professional services Address: 2901 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89108 Owner: Grind Mode 2 LLC
Imazishop.Com License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Sharon L. Aaron
Grown By People Inc. License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Dorothea Deley Grown By People Inc. License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Michael D. Maxwell
Fasi Sports License type: Martial arts instruction Address: 1725 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 105, Las Vegas 89108 Owner: Fasi Combat Sports Inc.
Gutierrez Mobile Service License type: Automotive services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Francisco Gutierrez
FBMI LLC License type: Wholesale Address: 118 Corporate Park Drive, Suite 113, Henderson 89074 Owner: FBMI LLC
Hamburger City License type: Food services or cafe Address: 2362 Lexington St., Las Vegas 89106 Owner: Universal Sound Entertainment LLC
Fenix Janitor Service License type: Janitorial services Address: 6641 Maple Mesa St., North Las Vegas 89031 Owner: Ramon Ortiz Fire Killer License type: Sales/services Address: 121 Industrial Park Road, Suite 105, Henderson 89015 Owner: Rock Hard Products International Fly Safe Travels License type: Travel and ticket agency Address: Did not disclose Owner: Jyothi Pulipaka Four Foods Group Stores LLC License type: Food services Address: 11271 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson 89052 Owner: FFG Henderson LLC Gel Nails License type: Cosmetics Address: 640 Deer Springs Way, North Las Vegas 89086 Owner: James Le Glace Cryotherapy License type: Cyrotherapy Address: 2541 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson 89074 Owner: Ice Enterprise LLC
Integrity Based Management LLC License type: Management or consulting service Address: 5715 S. Sandhill Road, Las Vegas 89120 Owner: Ishana Brandner J & J Landscape License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 8510 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Jose Mauricio Valle Jaime Enterprises Merchandise License type: Storage facility Address: 4222 Losee Road, Suite F, North Las Vegas 89030 Owner: Jaime S. Gomez Jane Whitaker Photography License type: Photography Address: Did not disclose Owner: Jane Whitaker
Handy Masters LV License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Tamas Szacsuri
Jazmin Lopez License type: Real estate sales Address: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Jazmin Lopez
Happy Hooves Pony Parties LLC License type: Riding horse rental Address: 8025 Bermuda Road, Las Vegas 89123 Owner: Cynthia Eddington
Jeff Computer Repair License type: General services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Haitao Ye
Harvey D. Roth & Associates LLC License type: Contractor Address: Did not disclose Owner: Harvey D. Roth Heram Tires License type: Express or delivery service Address: 336 Duke Ave., Las Vegas 89030 Owner: Heram Corp. Homero’s Dental Lab License type: Clinic or laboratory Address: 1830 N. Martin L. King Blvd., Suite 113, Las Vegas 89106 Owner: Homero Caldera Hunter Investigative Group Inc. License type: Professional services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Scott W. Hunter Hyperbaric Institute of Nevada
Jmar Construction LLC License type: Contractor Address: 8743 Villa Jeremiah Lane, Las Vegas 89147 Owner: Did not disclose JN Detail Mobile Wash License type: Automotive services Address: 3404 Lillis Circle, North Las Vegas 89030 Owner: Jose De Jesus Nungaray JNS Woodworks LLC License type: Property maintenance Address: 2567 Calanques Terrace, Henderson 89044 Owner: JNS Woodworks LLC John Pete Properties LLC License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 1660 S. Valadez St., Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Charles Rose
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Records and Transactions Judy’s Dance Shoppe License type: Sales/services Address: 2762 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson 89014 Owner: Bloch Retail Inc. Just Windows Inc. License type: Repair and maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Edmund Connelly Karina Braun License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 917 Primrose Lane, Henderson 89011 Owner: Get In Touch LLC Karl (Steve) Westheimer License type: Real estate sales Address: 1925 Village Center Circle, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89134 Owner: Karl Westheimer Kayci Cooley License type: Real estate sales Address: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las Vegas 89144 Owner: Kayci Cooley Kenneth R. Cartojano License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 6837 White Crane Court, Las Vegas 89139 Owner: Kenneth R. Cartojano King Auto Truck and Trailer License type: Maintenance services Address: 704 W. Sunset Road, Suite A13, Henderson 89011 Owner: King Auto Truck and Trailer LLC Kristina Bienek LLC License type: Real estate sales Address: 5 Morninglow Pass, Henderson 89052 Owner: Kristina Bienek LLC
- production 9934 Mountain Foothills Ave., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC $249,997, commercial - remodel 50 N. Gibson Road, Suite 170, Henderson Pereyra 1992 Living Trust $236,823, single-family residential - production 343 Nola St., Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $234,553, residential - custom 320 San Salvador Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $222,289, single-family residential - production 12009 Vento Forte Ave., Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $213,722, commercial - alteration 4340 Simmons St., North Las Vegas Casas Construction $186,518, single-family residential - production 7283 Ellington Park St., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $181,820, residential - production 1878 Galleria Spada St., Henderson Henderson Toll LLC $175,008, single-family residential - production 3272 Grayson Lake Court, Las Vegas Adaven Homes LLC $175,000, residential - incident repair 2068 Hidden Hollow Lane, Henderson Michael C. Sommers and Linda A. Sommers
$161,914, residential - production 137 Littlestone St., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $161,809, residential - new 904 Pine Vista Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $161,809, residential - new 909 Pine Vista Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $156,202, residential - production 135 Littlestone St., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $154,866, single-family residential - production 10813 Hammett Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $154,866, single-family residential - production 10831 Hammett Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $154,151, residential - production 1709 Moss Canyon Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $151,404, residential - new 3925 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $151,404, residential - new 5233 Golden Melody Lane, North Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $150,775, residential - roofing 6952 Cloud Circle, Las Vegas Walters Pamela Marie
$138,680, residential - production 395 Highspot St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada $136,185, residential - production 241 Cadence View Way, Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada LLC $136,185, residential - production 371 Gracious Way, Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada LLC $134,743, residential - production 696 Sunrise Cliffs St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $133,135, residential - production 2483 Venarotta St., Henderson KB Home Inspirada LLC $132,788, residential - new 1229 Arc Dome Ave., North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $131,315, single-family residential - production 6541 Dunns River St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $129,458, residential - new 1225 Arc Dome Ave., North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $128,699, residential - production 462 Fortissimo St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada $124,318, residential - production 3101 Berceto Court, Henderson KB Home Inspirada LLC $122,999, commercial - remodel 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 325, Henderson Parkway Medical LLC
$174,675, residential - new 5229 Golden Melody Lane, North Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.
$146,944, single-family residential - production 12242 Argent Bay Ave., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc.
$170,509, residential - new 3929 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.
$143,336, residential - new 908 Pine Vista Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada
$535,000, tenant improvement offices 8725 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Burke Construction Group Inc.
$169,621, residential - production 3146 Abetone Ave., Henderson KB Home Inspirada LLC
$143,336, residential - new 921 Pine Vista Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada
$114,171, residential - production 439 Fortissimo St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada
$481,464, retail sales 1504 N. Boulder Highway, Henderson O’Reilly Automotive Stores Inc.
$168,673, residential - new 905 Old Creek Way, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada
$114,171, residential - production 474 Fortissimo St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada
$317,279, single-family residential - production 7125 Grand Canyon Drive, Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC
$166,000, tenant improvement restaurant 2000 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite B03, Las Vegas Austin General Contracting
$141,198, single-family residential - production 10843 Beecher Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $139,900, residential - production 1326 Reef Point Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada LLC
$114,171, residential - production 441 Cadence View Way, Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada
BUILDING PERMITS $564,377, mechanical 4701 Mitchell St., North Las Vegas Carrier Corp.
$282,795, residential - custom 290 Sutton Hills Place, Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $251,695, single-family residential
$163,335, residential - new 3921 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.
$138,680, residential - production 403 Highspot St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada
$121,934, residential - production 261 Cadence View Way, Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada LLC $120,548, residential - production 1073 Tropical Sage St., Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada LLC
$114,171, residential - production 470 Fortissimo St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of
Nevada $113,617, residential - production 1130 N. Water St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada $113,617, residential - production 1106 N. Water St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada $113,617, residential - production 282 Divertimento St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada $113,501, residential - new 1221 Arc Dome Ave., North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $110,125, residential - new 4009 Eagle Glacier Ave., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $110,047, residential - new 909 Old Creek Way, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $110,047, residential - new 916 Pine Vista Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $110,047, residential - new 913 Pine Vista Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $107,295, residential - production 1116 Buckhorn Cove St., Henderson Beazer Homes Holdings Corp. $107,295, residential - production 1123 Jesse Harbor Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $107,000, public 2465 Kiel Way, North Las Vegas CG&B Enterprises Inc. $103,442, single-family residential - production 7601 Scarlet Tapestry Court, Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC $102,527, residential - production 676 Bollons Island St., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC $101,750, residential - production 1125 Jesse Harbor Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $101,750, residential - production 1119 Jesse Harbor Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. To receive a complete copy of Data Plus every week in Excel, please visit vegasinc.com/subscribe.
*Legal Notice* Advertisement for Proposals Sealed proposals will be received from prequalified bidders on behalf of Union Village for the Union Village off-site infrastructure and site improvements (Phase 2) at the new Union Village Master development site in accordance with NRS-338 on or before March 11, 2016.
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This work is being advertised, coordinated and supervised on behalf of Union Village by the PENTA Building Group. The PENTA Building Group will manage the trades and all bidders must be Union and all labor will be prevailing wage. Interested bidders must prequalify at www.pentabldggroup.com and click on the Contact/Forms tab. Please also contact Cynthia Moore at cmoore@pentabldggroup.com if you are interested in receiving drawings for this package. Drawings and specifications will be available no later than two weeks prior to the proposed bid date.
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Category: manufacturers (Ranked by number of employees as of Dec. 1)
Company
Year est.
Employees
Products
Top executive
Scientific Games 6650 S. El Camino Road Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-532-7700 • scientificgames.com
1989
1,300
Gaming machines, electronic table games, card shufflers, chip sorters
Gavin Isaacs, president, CEO
2
Creel 6330 W. Sunset Road Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-735-8161 • creelprinting.com and digitallizard.com
1953
450
Publications, catalogs, direct mail, newspapers, digital printing, on-demand printing, point of purchase, point of sale, commercial printing, Web and online solutions
Allan H. Creel, chairman of the board
3
Everi 2750 S. Tenaya Way Las Vegas, NV 89113 702-855-3000 • everi.com
1998
272
Integrated payment kiosks
Ram V. Chary, president, CEO
4
Konami Gaming 585 Konami Circle Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-616-1400 • konamigaming.com
1997
200+
Casino slot machines, management systems and technology
Steve Sutherland, CEO, executive vice president
5
Eagle Promotions 4575 W. Post Road Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-388-7100 • theeagledesigngroup.com
2001
190
Custom branded retail and promotional merchandise
Mario Stadtlander and Sean Ono, partners
6
Spacecraft Components Corp. 3040 Clayton St. Las Vegas, NV 89032 702-851-7600 • spacecraft.com
2004
130
Military electrical connectors
Craig Wiseman, president
7
JCM Global 925 Pilot Road Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-651-0000 • jcmglobal.com
1990
120
Bill validators, peripheral currency transaction equipment
Terry Izawa, president
8
Tronox LLC* 560 W. Lake Mead Parkway Henderson, NV 89015 702-651-2200 • tronox.com
2005*
101
Electrolytic manganese dioxide, boron tri-chloride, elemental boron
Rick Stater, plant manager
9
SCP Manufacturing 3040 Clayton St. North Las Vegas, NV 89032 702-851-76000 • spacecraft.com
2004
35
CNC machine shop
Craig Wiseman, president
Kiesub Electronics 3185 S. Highland Drive Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-733-0024 • kiesub.com
1972
30
LED lighting, custom cables and wire harnesses, engineering and design services, prototypes, 3D printing, electro-mechanical assemblies, turnkey projects
Mike Johnsen, director of manufacturing
Somers Furniture 6330 Polaris Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-837-1717 • somersfurniture.com
1989
15
Custom furniture - indoor and outdoor
Debbi Somers, president, founder
Unit Chemical Corp. 7360 Commercial Way Henderson, NV 89011 702-564-6454 • unitchemical.com
2005
10
Disinfectants, deodorants, degreasers and detergents
Raymond Chaplar, president
13a
Aviel Electronics LLC 3060 E. Post Road Las Vegas, NV 89120 702-726-8780 • avielelectronics.com
2000
5
Specialized coax connectors
Craig Wiseman, president
13b
Mil-Interconnect 3040 Clayton St., Suite 100 North Las Vegas, NV 89032 702-726-8780 • mil-interconnect.com
2004
5
Thermocouple contacts
Craig Wiseman, president
13c
Minutemen Press of Las Vegas 1994 2585 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 11 Las Vegas, NV 89121 702-451-0028 • lasvegas.intlminutepress.com
5
Printed materials and promotional items
Gary Goldberg, president
1
10 11 12
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