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on the cover Tyme the Infamous is a Las Vegas makeup artist with a serious following tied to her YouTube channel. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
The desert tortoise is a symbol of the surprising biodiversity hiding in our harsh Southern Nevada landscape. The reptile is key to the balance of dozens of other species, so its threatened status is no joke — compounded by the fact that more than 1,000 pet tortoises are abandoned here every here. Want to know more?
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In 2015, Forbes listed the world’s highest-paid YouTubers. All made over $2.5 million (with the best performer banking about $12 million), and almost all were younger than 30. Las Vegas is home to some rising heavyweights, and they shared what they know about the money machinery of the social media “influencer.”
off-road jump of a lifetime
Come Aug. 27, local off-road champ Bryce Menzies will attempt a world record. Not for speed — though he’ll need to hit about 120 mph — but for jumping more than 332 feet over an entire New Mexico ghost town in a 900-horsepower truck. And Red Bull TV will be there to live-broadcast Menzies’ epic moment.
turbulence in tourism?
As the U.S. dollar gains strength, the currencies of other countries don’t stretch as far against it. Given that international visitors far outspend others here, Las Vegas should pay attention to the currency swings of Canada, Mexico and the U.K. in particular, as they’re the top sources of foreign money in our market.
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Pricing a boarded-up motel on the Strip Built in 1959, the White Sands hasn’t aged well. But it’s listed for $25 million.
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The Westside School goes community hub One of Las Vegas’ historic gems will reopen to the public after a multimillion-dollar renovation.
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New Zealand dance crew Bubblegum performs in the junior division during the 2016 World Hip Hop Dance Championship at the Thomas & Mack Center on Aug. 13. The team took third place, after (1) Canada and (2) Russia. (L.E. Baskow/staff)
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The Nevada AFLCIO announced its opposition to a ballot measure that would end NV Energy’s regulated monopoly. NV Energy itself remains neutral.
News broke that Nevada and Arizona would avoid cuts in taking water from Lake Mead for at least another year, though the states could face cuts in 2018 under current projections.
Mayor Carolyn Goodman suggested asking the Legislature to conduct a study on consolidating county and city governments — a historically touchy subject.
Team USA swimmer Ryan Lochte posted an apology on Twitter, regarding the dubious account he gave of being robbed at gunpoint in Rio during the Olympics.
The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee is expected to narrow the list of possible sites for an NFL stadium from nine to two locations.
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People injured in an Air Force helicopter crash during night practice in a remote training range in central Nevada. The incident, reported Aug. 19, was the, second in 24 hours tied to a Nellis Air Force Base exercise.
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‘THE EMPEROR HAS NO BALLS’ The internet exploded Aug. 18, as statues of a nude, small-membered Donald Trump appeared in New York, Cleveland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle before being removed by officials. The statement was made by anarchist art collective INDECLINE, which commissioned Las Vegas artist Ginger to create the eyeballLas Vegas artist and headline-grabbing Ginger, in Las Vegas installations. The title, on Aug. 18. (Mikayla “The Emperor Has Whitmore/staff) No Balls,” reportedly was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” And the artist says there are plans for a naked Hillary Clinton.
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A statue of a naked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Aug. 18 in New York’s Union Square. It was removed by NYC’s Department of Parks & Recreation. (AP Photo/ Mary Altaffer/special to the sunday)
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The Bishop Gorman High football team travels to Texas to play Cedar Hill in its season opener on Aug. 27. Both teams are ranked in the top five by USA Today, and Gorman is the two-time defending national champ.
A driver lost control of his pickup truck and rammed into Bratalian’s dining room. The Henderson restaurant, which is expected to be shut down for two weeks, is owned and run by celebrity chef Carla Pellegrino. The driver suffered minor injuries, and the crash remains under investigation.
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RAIDERS CHATTER “Of course, it is lunacy to think of the Raiders playing in Las Vegas,” Andy Furillo wrote in a story in the Sacramento Bee. Furillo was musing on buzz that the Oakland Raiders would move their operation to Nevada, and he asserted that the young, talented team didn’t need the “risks” of Las Vegas, and that “not a whole lot of fans from Fremont Street will be going to Raiders games ...”
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The Riviera’s Monte Carlo tower and adjacent buildings are reduced to rubble after an implosion Aug. 16. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority plans to use the property for a Las Vegas Convention Center expansion. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)
Time in a new Clinton campaign advertisement featuring 11-yearold Nevadan Karla Ortiz, who spoke at the Democratic National Convention. The spot is airing in several battleground states.
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The spirit animal of the desert
Desert tortoises can walk almost a mile a day.
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Millions of years ago, before the Southwest was a desert, the Las Vegas Valley had lakes, marshes and streams that fed plentiful vegetation and animal life, What can I do? including desert n Donate. As little as $20 can help protect tortoises. ¶ As desert tortoise habitat and aid researchers in recently as the evaluating the impact mid-1900s, the of climate change and human activity on the wild reptiles species. One place to give: defenders.org. were a common n Adopt. The Tortoise sight, regularly Group has close to 100 scaly friends seen wandering available. And it’s the only agency legally in uninhabited empowered to adopt and undeveloped out captive tortoises in Nevada. parts of the n Lobby. Ask your elected officials to valley. Today, consider how projects and laws may impact the population desert tortoises and is diminished, other wildlife. n Advocate. Tell and desert your friends in town and on social media tortoises have that you’re for desert disappeared tortoise preservation. from many areas of their historic range. ¶ Here’s a look at why they’re disappearing from the desert, and why that matters.
Lifestyle Tortoises dig shallow burrows to escape the summer heat. In winter, they hibernate up to 30 feet underground. The tortoises typically use multiple burrows during summer but dig only one winter burrow, which they use year after year. Winter burrows often are communal. Desert tortoises are diurnal, meaning they are active during the day, mostly in the morning.
Breeding During breeding season in late summer or fall, male tortoises ram each other to establish dominance and compete for female attention. Females typically lay 4-12 eggs, but in dry years may lay zero. However, they can store sperm for five years or longer, so they can reproduce several years after mating. Eggs are deposited in a shallow hole near the A tortoise burrow entrance. When hatchlings emerging from its emerge, the mother leaves, burrow. Many spend up abandoning her babies to to 95 percent of their make it on their own. time in their burrows underground. (shutterstock)
There are more than 40,000 desert tortoises in captivity in Clark County alone.
Population In some areas, mostly in the western Mojave, the number of desert tortoises has decreased by 90 percent. Estimates indicate there are about 100,000 desert tortoises remaining in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. As late as the 1950s, the population averaged more than 200 adults per square mile. More recent studies show 5-60 per square mile.
Diet Tortoises as pets Desert tortoises may be kept as pets in Nevada, but the animals are considered wildlife and the people who possess them custodians, not owners. Tortoises can thrive in captivity with a secure yard to prevent escape, an insulated burrow, plants to eat and plenty of water and shade. However, More breeding them does not promote the recovery of than 1,000 the species in the wild. Releasing pet tortoises pet tortoises can harm wild populations by introducing are surrendered or disease and unsuited genetic strains. Captive abandoned here each tortoises, if not properly managed, multiply year. State law prohibits quickly, so wildlife officials prefer only them from being taken out one tortoise per home. To reduce the of state, so if someone domesticated population, local vets moves, another home and rescue organizations offer in Nevada must be spaying and neutering. found.
Grass, cacti, flowering plants, insects and larvae. Water comes mostly from vegetation, although tortoises do drink from puddles after rain.
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Tortoises can store water in their bladders for months to get them through dry spells, during which they switch from excreting urea, which contains lots of water, to uric acid crystals.
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WHY IS THE DESERT TORTOISE SO IMPORTANT? It’s a bellwether species of the Mojave Desert, as a great deal of wildlife depends on the desert tortoise for survival. For example, Gila monsters eat tortoise eggs, and ravens eat small hatchlings. Various species use tortoise burrows for safety. Moreover, the desert tortoise allows a quick and accurate snapshot of the general health of the Mojave ecosystem.
HABITAT Mojave Desert shrubland from about 1,000 to 4,000 feet in elevation. Their range extends across the Southwest south to Mexico.
Desert tortoises are listed as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act. They are stateprotected in Nevada. Wild desert tortoise populations have declined dramatically over the past 60-plus years because of urban development, disease, traffic and illegal collection. Because juvenile tortoises mature slowly and are vulnerable to predators, and because desert tortoises don’t reach sexual maturity until about 15 years old, populations have struggled to recover.
Habitat protection is crucial for tortoise survival and recovery, so federal, state and local officials have protected tracts of undisturbed, undeveloped land, and limited grazing and off-road activities. Populations are monitored, and research is being done on tortoise biology and diseases.
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Scientific name: Gopherus agassizii Classification: Reptile (lizard) Average lifespan: 35-40 years, although some live as long as 80 years in captivity. The wild environment is much tougher, mainly due to drought and predators. Predators: Ravens, coyotes, red-tailed hawks, golden eagles, loggerhead shrikes, American kestrels, burrowing owls, roadrunners, kit foxes, mountain lions, badgers, ground squirrels, fire ants
The shells of juvenile desert tortoises are leathery and can take five years or more to harden, making them vulnerable to predators. Only about 2 percent reach adulthood.
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10-LBS17 Growth lines on shell are well-defined
Skin and shell are waterproof
Can withdraw head and limbs completely inside their shells, leaving only horned scales visible to predators
The desert tortoise is the largest reptile in the Mojave Desert.
The temperature at which tortoise eggs incubate determines the gender of the hatchlings. At lower temperatures, most hatchlings will be male, while at higher temperatures, most will be female.
When water is available after a hard desert rain, a tortoise’s bladder can store more than 40 percent of the animal’s body weight in water, urea, uric acid and waste
Forelimbs are shovel-like for digging
Sources: Nevada Department of Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tortoise Group, Defenders of Wildlife, UNLV (SHUTTERSTOCK)
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hen Forbes first published a list of the world’s top-earning YouTube stars, the 2015 ranking set tongues wagging. Even for those who grew up in the internet age, it’s hard to comprehend making millions simply by sitting in a bedroom and chatting to a $100 point-and-shoot camera. The Forbes honorees had a couple of things in common: All earned over $2.5 million in 2015 — with the top performer pulling in $12 million — and almost all were under the age of 30. When YouTube launched in 2005, it was a purely creative platform where anyone could share and view videos about anything. But it took on a life of its own, and within a year was one of the fastest-growing websites, with more than 65,000 new uploads and 100 million views daily. Today, YouTube boasts over a billion users (“almost one-third of all people on the internet”), with hundreds of millions of hours watched across the planet every day. As the audience and contributor pool have grown,
so has advertiser spending, rising 40 percent year on year. Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat has said that more people in the coveted 18 to 49 age demographic watch YouTube than cable. Advertising buys on the site add up to tens of billions, and through YouTube’s Click Per Thousand ad-view model of revenue sharing, content providers can tap the spoils of DIY entertainment. Seeing the potential to make full-time careers of their social media presence, content creators have upped their game, trading lowresolution webcams and camera phones for the best SLRs on the market, lighting kits, reflectors and professional editing software to produce videos that rival productions coming out of Hollywood. It’s quite fitting, since some of social media’s top earners are now banking more than some of Tinseltown’s A-listers. But how? Earning revenue from advertisements placed in monetized content is one way, but advertisers only pay when viewers watch their ads. Furthermore, with payouts averaging $1 per 1,000 views, the checks rolling in from YouTube tend not to be significant unless subscriber and viewer numbers are in the hundreds of thousands
or millions. Proving to be savvy entrepreneurs, millennials are growing their followings with self-promotion across newer platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat, and parlaying their popularity into endorsement deals, merchandising, paid appearances, subscription services, direct advertising and fan funding. The American dream has gone digital, and some of the most recognizable faces in social media have roots in Las Vegas. They range from stunt-comedy master Ryan Higa, a YouTube original with nearly 18 million subscribers, to Dan Bilzerian, the GQ-branded “King of Instagram” with 19 million riveted to his controversial bro theater. Below that tier but still bringing firepower in terms of audience and earning potential, these Las Vegas “influencers” are building their brands in ways that monetize the eyes constantly on them. They shared their journeys for the benefit of aspiring talents who might be one viral post away from changing their lives, and maybe ours.
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TYME THE INFAMOUS, 27 Niche: Beauty guru Just four years ago, one of YouTube’s most colorful personalities was struggling as a freelance makeup artist for MAC Cosmetics and a Denver gentleman’s club. “I was completely in the rat race and could never keep my head above water,” Tyme said. “I always knew I wanted to be more than just a working makeup artist, so I started to share my love of makeup on my YouTube channel.” At first, subscribers trickled in for Tyme’s “in your face” hair and makeup tutorials. But with consistent, quality uploads and cross-promotion on her Facebook fan page, the number climbed to 5,000 in just two months — 100,000 by the end of the first year. Tyme recently surpassed the halfmillion mark, a major milestone for all YouTubers, but it’s what she achieved two years after starting her channel that the Las Vegas-based influencer considers most memorable. “It was when I got my first $1,000 check from YouTube,” she said. “When I was working as a free-
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lance artist, I told myself, ‘Oh my gosh, as soon as I save $1,000 I can move from Denver.’” Beyond the validation of engaging total strangers and advertisers in her love of beauty and incredible on-camera transformations, Tyme was driven by the promise of a significant paycheck. Her strategy included focusing on the tutorials for which she is known and peppering in personal day-in-the-life segments, from shopping hauls to the beloved Outfit of the Day, or OOTD. It worked, bringing Tyme’s earnings to six figures. Her passive income is drawn from the checks she earns from YouTube; the inclusion of a subscription service in which fans buy specially curated videos; endorsement deals with such clients as BH Cosmetics, Fashion Nova and Skindinavia, as well as paid appearances; and Tyme Academy, in which participants pay to learn how to become makeup artists in 12 weeks. Simply put, this millennial earns money while she sleeps. “Growing up in an urban community in Denver, I never thought my life now would have been possible,” said Tyme, who moved to Las Vegas to better serve her pursuit of 21st-century fame. “Now, I am in control of my destiny.”
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Posing for photos and staging videos isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but there is money to be made by camera-shy entrepreneurs hoping for a piece of the social media pie. The industry around content creators is growing rapidly, and giving birth to talent management and marketing firms dedicated exclusively to influencers. Ryan Detert, CEO of LA- and Las Vegasbased Influential, made the switch. Five years ago, he was a social media influencer with millions of followers spread across various niche accounts on Twitter and Instragram. “These are verticalized content channels,” Detert said. “Think of @travel on Twitter, @automotive, @FashionAndStyle.” The followers he accumulated were attractive to agencies and major brands eager to sign off on six-figure marketing campaigns that would give them visibility with Detert’s audience. But the business-savvy, aspiring media mogul saw an opportunity to increase that earning potential by getting other major influencers involved. The greater the reach, the more advertisers would pay. His initial approach was old-school: calling and texting other influencers, asking them to be part of planned campaigns. “There are too many things that can go wrong, that will go wrong when there is no technology involved,” Detert said of the lack of tech infrastructure he’d observed on the monetization side of social media. “So I decided to get out of being just a content provider. I realized the giant hole in the marketplace was creating the technology to match influencers with brands and agencies.” Influential created algorithms that match campaigns with talent and post content on their behalf at peak times to ensure the greatest reach. To date, the company has raised $9 million in seed and Series A funding, is earning millions in revenue and works with more than 7,000 influencers who have the top 1 percent of engagement. “We have monitors that are running 24/7, looking for the best people,” Detert said. “It’s this specialized club that only allows in people that truly have digital value for a brand or entity.”
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ASHLEY DIANA, 30 Niche: Lifestyle/mommy blogger Ashley Diana had zero presence on social media a couple of years ago. She didn’t even know what Instagram was. Then a 28-year-old hair stylist, she had a client who suggested it and helped her get started. Already planning to start an online business focused on healthy living, Ashley used the platform as a trial before investing in a website. The aspirational feed had a specific feel — tight photos of fruit, veggies and other plant-based treats bursting with color, Ashley’s blinged-out nails, hipster jewelry and bright red, sometimes rainbow-colored hair adding to the vibrancy. You know an Ashley Diana image when you see it, and eager for more, fans followed her to her new website. Advertisers paid attention to her numbers. “Do not rely on one network,” she said. “You don’t need to be on all of them, but choose a few that work for you and cross-market.” While she prefers working on Snapchat and Instagram, Ashley maintains a presence on Facebook with close to 20,000 likes, and on Twitter, where her followers are fewer than 500. Every bit of engagement adds to the overall number she carries to her monetized website, allowing her to command
greater advertising dollars. “It’s also important to connect with other influencers in line with your brand, but who are bigger than you are,” she said. Known as “collabs,” these guest appearances with well-known creators give you access to their followers, some of whom will follow you. Investing is vital to staying ahead of the competition. For Ashley, this meant spending $5,000 on a camera and lenses, and $1,500 on classes to learn how to use them. The rewards often outweigh the costs. Ashley stressed that if approached seriously, social media can be a full-time job that pays exceptionally well. She counts fan recognition, building a global network, having her recipes featured at Violette’s Vegan restaurant in Las Vegas, and endorsements with hair-product companies among her greatest accomplishments. But the greatest is in the making. Ashley will soon become a first-time mom, and she’s capitalizing on the flexibility her social media career offers to transition into being a mommy blogger, too.
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OLIVER VEGAS, 37 Niche: Travel photographer For “work,” Spanish-born globetrotter Oliver Vegas bounces from country to country, capturing breathtaking landscapes and the people and creatures woven in. His photos hum with light and dimension, sometimes visited by his disembodied hand presenting marvels with a magician’s flourish. His Instagram feed, fast approaching half a million followers, is an expertly curated flip-book of the world, from Iceland’s astoundingly beautiful Blue Lagoon, to sunrise in Cuba, to the lights of his Las Vegas home base. While most influencers are social media pros who have to learn videography and photography, Oliver is a photographer developing a relationship with social media. “I’m not the kind of person who can spend hours on a social networking site,” he said. His passions could not be contained indoors. Instead, the curiosity that grew from boyhood travels with his parents was fed by outdoor exploration, by mingling with different cultures and creating a visual record. Having studied film direction to nurture this predilection, Oliver honed his skills and attracted major brands like Nike, Mercedes, Coca-Cola and HP, which commissioned him to capture arresting images used in their ad campaigns — moments so beautifully caught that he took to social media to share them with the world. Actually, it was to share them with a few friends, but Oliver soon learned the meaning of the word “viral.” “It all happened by chance,” he said. “People just liked what I shared, and this motivated me to work harder to share even better content.” Amassing a huge Instagram following in under five years, he pointed first to luck, then to rich content and regular interaction. “My images convey my feelings,” he said, “and I always try to ensure my photos have a story behind them.” His future plans include opening a store to share those stories, publishing his first book, and projects that would support charity and young people learning about photography. His advice to millennials seeking success? “Work hard; life is not just a selfie. You can’t merely live in a social network if you want to succeed in it. You need to experience the real world, and always be willing to learn.”
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TECHMATE DIGITAL Social media marketing firm Over at TechMate, another digital marketing company in Las Vegas, the father-and-son team of Prophecy Onasis and Jamie Jones is partnering with top influencers like Tyme the Infamous to sell digital ad campaigns while building its own content-delivery platforms to cash in on placements from blue-chip advertisers. The duo struck a multimillion-dollar deal with AOL in July as certified advertising-supply partners for publishers who own the top websites globally. “AOL supplies us with advertisements from Fortune 500 companies such as Apple, Samsung, Ford and McDonald’s, to name a few,” Onasis said. “And we then use a code called Vast Tags to place these ads on high-traffic sites.” Advertisers pay out based on views per ad, and TechMate earns a significant percentage.
Other revenue models TechMate employs include exclusive content subscriptions and ecommerce, which entails selling trending products on social media platforms. And then there’s TechMate Marketing, the company’s own method of building and positioning brands. In addition to the AOL contract, the startup also struck a major deal that will see it partnering with NASA to provide a content delivery platform for the agency’s virtual reality tours of Mars and Earth. Social media marketing budgets are growing exponentially, with brands setting aside billions in advertising dollars to spend with influencers and the companies representing them. Millennials have the edge in this market, but Onasis says there is money to be made by all, provided they do the research to really understand how the internet works. “The state of the internet is no longer about Googling something and sending an email,” Onasis said. “There’s lots of money to be made. So wake up, baby boomers. If I figured this out, you can, too.”
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Picking a social media platform for you A s k yo u r s e l f t h e s e q u e st i o n s
1. Does this platform make sense for my content? (Will I be communicating through videos, text or all of the above?) 2. Who are my potential fans and target audience? Do they spend time on this platform? 3. Does this platform make sense to me? Do I understand how it functions?
Video-based
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YouTube
1.71 billion users Most users 18-65+ Audience skews slightly female
313 million users Most users 18-49 Audience skews slightly male
1 billion users Most users 18-54 Audience skews slightly male
Its global dominance makes Facebook one of the most important platforms for influencers. You can even pay to boost posts to a targeted audience. On average, a $5 Facebook campaign will boost the promoted post to over 750 people and net you about nine new likes. The combo of photos or videos with a message and users’ ability to comment enables influencers to build relationships with followers and the followers with each other, creating a sort of insiders’ club. This interactivity fosters brand loyalty.
Twitter is suited to users great with words and seeking to regularly engage followers in an “as it happens” conversation. The 140-character limit makes it perfect for breaking news, updates, calls to action and questions meant to draw immediate responses. A key way to increase followers is to be supportive of your community. Twitter influencers call it the 80/20 rule: Approximately 80 percent of your Twitter engagement should be dedicated to retweeting and commenting on other posts, and the other 20 percent can be about you.
YouTube is the TV of millennials. Popularity on the platform can be leveraged in various ways, but it’s also a source of direct payment. The site embeds ads in content and uses the Cost Per Thousand (CPM) measure to calculate earnings. Payouts average $1 per 1,000 views (higher for influencers with top engagement). Tips from YouTube gurus: 1. Natural light is best for video quality. 2. Keep videos between 5-7 minutes 3. Avoid using songs, as it could lead to video removal for copyrights issues. 4. Be consistent with upload days/times.
snapchat
400 million users Most users 18-29 Audience skews slightly female
100 million users Most users 18-49 Audience predominantly women
Number of users unknown Most users 18-24 Audience predominantly women
This online scrapbook allows users to showcase products, services and interests by way of beautifully curated boards, allowing followers to tap into the essence of a brand. Pinterest is made for lead generation, which account holders can utilize to drive traffic to other platforms, such as monetized websites or blogs. Unlike FInstagram, where engagement with particular posts fades over time, half the visits to a Pinterest board happen within 3.5 months of first pinning. Longevity makes it a great tool for ecommerce marketers.
The newest of the major social networks is quickly ascending to favorite status. As Instagram followers grow weary of posed shots and edited images, they’re turning to Snapchat for a more candid look into the lives of influencers they love. The mobile app allows users to send videos and photos called “snaps,” which self-destruct after being seen. Options to add captions and graphics make it a fun window on an influencer’s lighter side. Daily engagement is reportedly 150 million people, beating Twitter’s 140 million.
The photo- and video-sharing app may be dwarfed by Facebook, but it still boasts impressive stats, particularly in terms of engagement: Bloomberg reports that more than 300 million people engage daily. While Instagram isn’t monetized, its filters and photo-editing software make it a great promotional tool. Brands often tap users with big followings to promote their products. The app’s news feed prioritizes posts based on enagagement, so interact regularly, post vivid images and include useful information.
Sources: Bloomberg, Pew Research Center
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The owners of the White Sands Motel at 3889 Las Vegas Blvd. South are trying to sell the shuttered, decades-old property for $25 million. (L.E. Baskow/Staff)
How much is a dilapidated Strip motel worth? Owners are asking a price not seen since the height of the pre-recession bubble By Eli Segall staff writer
The faded motel sign on Las Vegas Boulevard invites drivers to pull in, but a quick glance would easily persuade them to keep going. No slot machines, nightclubs, restaurants or even a bed with clean sheets over here. The sign is for the boarded-up White Sands Motel, a forgotten slice of one of the most famous streets in America. And now, owners are trying to sell for a hefty price. On the Strip across from the Luxor, White Sands is listed for $25 million, marketing materials show. The owners sought Clark County approval this year to repair the roof, “to address public safety concerns and sell the property,” according to county documents. Garbage is strewn about, the swimming pool is drained and weeds line the lot. In recent years, the 1.1-acre property’s “guests” included a feral cat colony and, apparently, homeless people. Land sales on the Strip are slow going, and the White Sands parcel isn’t ideal for development, brokers say. Yet its price tag is in line with the hyper-inflated bubble years of last decade, when land on the Strip sold for more than $30 million per acre — values that seem impossible today. “They’re asking a ridiculously high price that they’ll
never get,” broker Michael Parks, of CBRE Group’s global gaming group, said of the motel’s owners. Parks said the White Sands, which sits behind barbed wire-topped fencing, had been listed on and off over the past decade. Given the asking price, a buyer might have to tear it down and develop a high-density project such as a casino-resort or a condo tower to make a profit. But no one is building residential towers here, as condo prices have dropped and lenders are wary of backing new high-rises. Also, only a few new casinos are planned for the Strip, and two of them — Resorts World and Alon on the north Strip — seem to be showing little progress. The shape of the White Sands property “adds to the complexity” of what could be developed there, Parks said. The rectangular site has little frontage along Las Vegas Boulevard and is surrounded on its other three sides by MGM Resorts International-owned festival grounds. Investors could “maybe” build retail space or try to “squeeze a hotel on there,” Parks said. As he sees it, MGM is the logical buyer but would not pay $25 million. The Colleli family owns the motel, county records show. Requests for comment were not returned. MGM spokeswoman Yvette Monet said the casino operator “is not considering” buying the property. Josh Smith, vice president of brokerage firm Sun Commercial Real Estate’s hospitality division, said he liked the motel’s location; it has a “coveted” Las Vegas Boulevard
address. But he said a developer would need to assemble nearby parcels to build a big project. “You definitely couldn’t put a megaresort on it today,” he said. Smith said the motel was priced “aggressively” and that investors have a “stronger” ability to develop a nearby property that’s also for sale, because it’s bigger: a 38.5-acre site that includes the abandoned, partially built SkyVue observation-wheel project. Brokers have said that owner Howard Bulloch wants more than $10 million per acre, or more than $385 million, for those holdings. The one-story, 11,600-square-foot White Sands was built in 1959. The Colleli family is said to have closed it around 1999 and to have once rejected an offer to sell it for “a ton of money.” The Review-Journal reported in 2012 that a feral cat colony had formed there, and a county building official last year deemed the motel “dangerous.” An inspection found that the roof was damaged, electrical and plumbing services had been vandalized, and the building had not been secured, “which allowed vagrants to occupy the structure,” a May 2015 county notice said. Ron Lynn, then-director of building and fire prevention for the county, wrote last fall that there had been cleanup work and “there was no evidence of the feral cat issue.” The owners, meanwhile, don’t expect the decades-old motel to live on. According to county documents, they figured that potential buyers would demolish it and build something new.
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The great debate: foreign policy Yes, the world is a mess. So what else is new? We need a president who will double down on America’s unique capacity for global leadership Editor’s note: In advance of the Oct. 19 presidential debate at UNLV, The Sunday and the Brookings Institution, in partnership with UNLV and Brookings Mountain West, are presenting a series of guest columns on state and national election issues. The columns will appear weekly.
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very U.S. president since George Washington has had to deal with dangers abroad. Our nation’s chief executive is also our commander and diplomat in chief. That part of the job is going to be especially difficult for the president we elect Nov. 8, given the seemingly unprecedented multitude of guest column: menaces to strobe talbott U.S. interests around the world. Not that President Barack Obama had it easy when he entered the White House in January 2009. He inherited wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, neither going well, and a severe downturn in the world economy as a result of an implosion in the U.S. real estate and financial sectors. But back then, at least, the word “ISIS” had only two meanings — the Egyptian goddess of fertility and a tranquil river meandering through the English countryside; the Middle East, while far from tranquil, had yet to reap the whirlwind that began with the Arab Spring; Obama touted Turkey as a showcase of how secularism and democracy could thrive in a Muslim state; Dimitry Medvedev (remember him?) was the top man in the Kremlin, ready to reset U.S.-Russian relations; Ukraine was at peace within its own borders; the European Union was launching its “year of creativity and innovation”; France, ending a decades-long sulk, strengthened Western security by rejoining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a full member. Moreover, despite a largely hostile Congress, Obama has used his presidency to make significant progress on three high-stakes issues:
constraining Iran’s nuclear ambitions, defrosting U.S.-Cuban relations and nudging the world toward a serious action on climate change. Alongside the opportunity to build on those initiatives, Obama’s successor will have to grapple with threats that have gotten worse in the past few years. The Arab world is far more turbulent than it was eight years ago. North Korea’s dictator, Kim Jong-un, claims to be developing ballistic missiles that can reach the U.S., and that he has tested a hydrogen bomb. Our 45th president will have to deal with the stark reality of a new cold war against Vladimir Putin’s expansive Russia, a more assertive and repressive China, a brutal civil war in Syria that has created a humanitarian catastrophe and, partly as a result, a European Union on the edge of what its own leaders call an existential crisis. As for NATO, America’s closest ally, Great Britain, is going through what we can only hope is a passing phase of self-diminishment. Turkey — a strategically key member of the alliance — suffers from an increasingly authoritarian president, lethal problems with several states on its borders and an on-again/off-again affinity with Putin. These are the regional specifics of what has become a worldwide contagion of heightened tension between nation states, upheavals in failed states and the spread of ungoverned spaces where terrorism tends to thrive. International bodies like the United Nations are struggling. So are efforts at maintaining vigorous and healthy world trade. The aftermath of the Great Recession includes a backlash against globalization itself in the resurgence of protectionism rooted in the social and political pathologies of nativism and xenophobia. These adverse trends add up to a reversal of the progress that characterized the second half of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st. Integration seems to be giving way to disintegration, order to disorder, cooperation to competition and conflict. It’s no wonder Obama, only half-joking, asked last September, just before the beginning of the presidential election season, why anyone would want his job. But 21 major-party candidates — 16 Republicans and five Democrats — did. Now it’s down to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, who are scheduled to debate Oct. 19 at the Thomas & Mack Center. Here are some facts and factors to consider as
citizens decide which candidate offers the most realistic and constructive vision for American foreign and security policy for the next four to eight years. Let’s start by putting the current messiness and scariness of the world in historical perspective. The bad news screaming from the headlines may seem pervasive, ominous and overwhelming. But it is by no means unprecedented. Our leaders have faced constant challenges — some more dangerous than those today, others that have exposed the limits, failures and misuse of American power. Yet their legacy is a reminder that our nation, fallible as it is, has maintained a deep reservoir of resilience, adaptability, strategic continuity and a blending of idealism and pragmatism of which we can be proud. While Theodore Roosevelt’s voice boomed from the bully pulpit, he believed in speaking softly while carrying a big stick, a motto for what today we call diplomacy backed by force. Woodrow Wilson kept America out of World War I for nearly three years, then switched course and intervened militarily, thereby ensuring victory. Franklin Roosevelt took the nation into World War II after the most devastating attack the U.S. has ever experienced and at a time when it looked like the ThousandYear Reich and the Empire of the Rising Sun were well on their way to domination of much of the world. Harry Truman, untested and unpopular, came to the rescue of a war-torn Europe that was flat on its back and menaced by a Soviet juggernaut, while dealing cautiously with mainland China as it fell under Communist control. In 1956, Dwight Eisenhower, our only general-turned-president since Ulysses S. Grant, was determined to keep the Cold War from turning hot. He thought he had no choice but to rein in Britain and France, who joined Israel in an illadvised invasion of Egypt, an ally of the Soviet Union. That was the right call, even though it meant humiliating two of the United States’ staunchest allies just as the Soviet army was crushing the Hungarian revolution. During John F. Kennedy’s thousand days in the White House, he was in almost nonstop crisis mode. First came a U.S.-sponsored anti-Fidel Castro invasion that fizzled on the beaches of the Bay of Pigs, followed by two showdowns with Nikita Khrushchev over his
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bullying of West Berlin and stationing missiles in Cuba. Either one of those could have led to a thermonuclear war. The Johnson, Nixon and Ford administrations were bedeviled by the grueling, divisive and ultimately futile war in Indochina. Yet they and their successors still managed to contain the USSR and Warsaw Pact until their demise in 1991. This backstory should give Americans and our friends around the world confidence that the cumulative trials and perils awaiting the next president, serious as they are, are ones that our nation is up to. The American economy is still the largest in the world, and its recovery is well ahead of those of most other advanced countries. U.S. armed forces, in both quantity and quality, are ahead of the arsenals of the next eight other countries combined. The new administration will have to take extra measures to deal more effectively with regional powers that are breaking bad: Russia’s effort to extend its sphere of domination, China’s assertiveness against its neighbors and North Korea’s growing belligerence. In addition to deterring real or potential adversaries, the U.S. will have to ratchet up its support for fellow democracies. While that’s a global imperative, it has now become a priority in Europe in the wake of massive refugee flows, the rise in identity politics, populism and, in several countries, secessionism. Here again, though, history is on our side, and Europe’s. Over the past 70 years, with persistent backing from the U.S., Europe transformed itself from the most blood-stained of all continents into a zone of peace, prosperity, collaboration across borders and open societies within them. Repairing the EU’s flaws — such as the tensions created by a monetary union that’s not supported by a fiscal union, and addressing popular discontent with the EU bureaucracy in Brussels and the European Parliament in Strasburg — will require significant reform, political courage and, as before, unstinting U.S. support. All that is doable if leaders on both sides of the Atlantic convince first themselves, then their constituents, that the European Project’s basic principles are solid, its troubles remediable and its survival essential. The same cannot be said about Putin’s project. He has resurrected a zombie method of governing his country and, as he sees it, making it great again. He relies on repression at home, aggression and intimidation abroad, the Big Lie and a statist economy in which Kremlinfavored oligarchs have taken the place of commissars. That model, in its Soviet incarnation, failed before, and it will fail again. It will fail not, as Putin fears, because of a Westerninstigated “colored revolution” but because the atavistic system he has reinstated has been
The new administration will have to take extra measures to deal more effectively with regional powers that are breaking bad: Russia’s effort to extend its sphere of domination, China’s assertiveness against its neighbors, and North Korea’s growing belligerence. In addition to deterring real or potential adversaries, the U.S. will have to ratchet up its support for fellow democracies. While that’s a global imperative, it’s now become a priority in Europe in the wake of massive refugee flows, the rise in identity politics, populism and, in several countries, secessionism. proved not to work. As for the Western response to Putinism, containment — accompanied by dialogue and diplomacy — worked before and would work again. In fact, it’s already working. Despite the fissures in Europe and the strains in the transAtlantic community, the U.S. and EU are holding firm on sanctions against Russian individuals and entities implicated in the annexation of Crimea and the occupation of eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, NATO has made some progress in recent months in protecting member states from Russian revanchism. Like Russia, China has no real allies, only frightened neighbors. The U.S., by contrast, has 26 treaty allies in Europe, 22 in the Western hemisphere and six in Asia. Managing the geopolitics of the 21st century depends heavily on healthy geoeconomics. That includes a world trading order that benefits all countries that participate — and, crucially, also benefits as many of those countries’ citizens as possible, particularly those who are economically vulnerable. Therein lies an urgent and difficult task for next U.S. president. The Republican and Democratic primaries sent a clear message to the candidates for the White House and Congress: There’s a formidable disenchantment with trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership among 12 nations in the Americas and Asia, and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the U.S. and the EU. The forces of globalization are a fact of life. Government policies can affect and channel them, but not stop or reverse them. The goal is to maximize and spread the benefits of globalization through international rules that ensure
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reciprocity and national safety nets for citizens who face losses in the short term. In addition to looking to America’s past for inspiration as we debate policies for the future, candidates and voters should focus on a warning. When Teddy Roosevelt entered the White House, he quickly established himself as our first robust internationalist president. That was 115 years ago. For 95 of those years, the U.S. has been a major contributor to the progress of the human enterprise. But there also was a 21-year hiatus when our country failed in that regard. That was the isolationist era, starting with the Senate’s refusal to ratify America’s membership in the League of Nations in 1920. The U.S. turned increasingly inward. Ten years later, Congress enacted protectionist tariffs in the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which, as has often been said, “put the ‘Great’ in the Great Depression.” The lesson: Bad economics lead to bad politics that lead to bad policies, and sometimes war. The worldwide economic calamity played into the hands of hatemongering demagogues, notably Adolf Hitler, who used the rhetoric of ethnic cleansing, anger and vengeance to turn Germany into a militaristic police state. Still, the U.S. held back for another eight years, not lifting a hand against Germany’s annexation of Austria and the German-speaking parts of Czechoslovakia (sound familiar?). As late as September 1940, with Poland and France already under the boot of the Wehrmacht and Britain under Luftwaffe bombardment, Charles Lindbergh, Sinclair Lewis, Walt Disney and Teddy Roosevelt’s daughter Alice formed the America First Committee, which vigorously opposed intervention until Pearl Harbor 14 months later. We must hope that the long spell of insularity was an aberration, never to be repeated. It took a catastrophe visited on the U.S. itself to shake our country back, belatedly but decisively, into 75 years of uninterrupted global engagement and leadership under 13 presidents, seven Democrats and six Republicans. The years — and, indeed, the months — immediately ahead are an inflection point. The international situation is not just messy and scary, it’s unstable. Whether it gets worse or better depends in no small measure on whether the American people choose a leader for our nation who is committed to leadership of our world. Strobe Talbott assumed the presidency of the Brookings Institution in July 2002 after a career in journalism, government and academia. His immediate previous post was founding director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. Before that, he served in the State Department from 1993 to 2001, first as ambassador-at-large and special adviser to the secretary of state for the new independent states of the former Soviet Union, then as deputy secretary of state for seven years.
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The newly renovated Historic Westside School on Aug.11. After a multimillion-dollar treatment, the building will reopen in late August. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
Westside School to reopen after renovation The historic property’s makeover may signal greater community “comeback” By Jackie Valley Staff Writer
On a recent morning, Las Vegas City Councilman Ricki Barlow stood on the Historic Westside School campus, gazing at what was once the cafeteria. He remembered the home-cooked rice, corn bread, black-eyed peas and fried chicken served to students, as he had attended a Head Start program at Las Vegas’ oldest schoolhouse. Built in 1923, it was the city’s first racially integrated school, and the first attended by Native American students from the local Paiute tribe. More than four decades later, in 1967, it ceased operating as a full-fledged public school. Aside from housing community radio station KCEPFM, the campus at 330 W. Washington Ave. stood largely empty, but not forgotten: It’s on city, state and national registers of historic places. And a $12.5 million renovation was just completed, to be revealed to the public Aug. 27. The project was funded by several sources, including $4 million from the federal New Market Tax Credit program, which supports development in distressed communities. KCEP will remain, and other businesses are moving into office space. The Las Vegas City Council recently approved a lease with Tech Impact, a nonprofit that provides technology training to young adults in urban areas.
It’s a vision Barlow once sketched on a napkin. He wanted to make the Historic Westside School a gathering spot for the entire West Las Vegas community and, in the process, jump-start more revitalization in the area. To that end, the courtyard has benches, desert landscaping and a plaza, making it an ideal spot for reading a book or meeting a friend, Barlow said. Tiled murals, previously displayed elsewhere on campus, adorn a nearby wall. “I love redevelopment. I love bringing in services the community lacks and trying to fill that gap,” said Barlow, who represents Ward 5. “I knew I needed to do something that was not only significant but impactful.” The process also needed to be mindful of architectural integrity. City staff worked with the State Historic Preservation Office to ensure that any changes reflected the original character, said Samuel Tolman, the city’s architectural project manager. City officials asked residents to share old photos of the building’s interior to help determine design features such as wall color and window style. A pleasant surprise occurred mid-facelift: When workers peeled back carpet and tile, they discovered original pine floors in decent condition, Tolman said. Any patchwork done to the floors is obvious — a slightly different shade of wood — because preservationists didn’t want to create a false sense of perfection. “It has been absolutely wonderful,” Tolman said of the project. “It was really in poor shape ... but we’ve been able to go in and bring it back.”
If other redevelopment plans come to fruition, the Historic Westside School reopening won’t be the last significant upgrade to the culture-rich neighborhood, which has long struggled with poverty and urban decay. “The resurgence (of the school) most definitely will be a clear signal to the community that this Westside community is on a comeback,” Barlow said. Phase 2 of the city’s plan calls for replacing the Variety Early Learning Center behind the school with commercial and retail space, Barlow said. The city expects to issue requests for proposals for that project early next year. Barlow said he ultimately would like to see midrise apartments built on neighboring property that backs up to Interstate 15. Meanwhile, the owners of the former New Town Tavern at the corner of F Street and Jackson Avenue have plans to reopen it as the Tokyo Casino — part of a broader redevelopment plan that an architect associated with the project estimated would cost as much as $2 billion. But the Nevada Gaming Control Board last month did not grant initial approval for a gaming license at the property. The owners still are pursuing the license, and the board likely will reconsider the request, officials said. All the development talk is what Barlow hoped would happen when he doodled on that napkin. Time will tell how much becomes a reality in the Historic Westside. “I just want to be the one to light the match and then let the business community take over,” he said.
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Other tips to teach children
traveling to and from school safely Every day in the United States, an average of 44 kids are hit by cars while walking. As back-to-school time begins, it’s especially important that parents and children are practicing safe habits while getting to and from school. “Back-to-school can be hectic, so planning ahead and being prepared is very important for avoiding injury. No one wants to end up in the emergency room, especially when it can be avoided,” said Jeanne Marsala, RN, Safe Kids Director at Sunrise Children’s Hospital. Teach your children these safe habits and reinforce them often. have a plan Before school starts, and during the first full week, parents should do “practice” walks with their children to determine the route they’ll take to school and identify safe areas. This could mean the full walk they’ll take to school or the walk they’ll take to the bus stop, depending on how they get to school every day. “Once you’ve found a safe route, it’s important to identify safe places along that route in the event of an emergency. This could be a neighbor’s house, a gas station, a store or anywhere that the child will be able to get adult help if they need it,” Marsala said. Be sure that your child is comfortable with the route, knows the safe places well and can confidently walk it alone if they’re old enough. It’s also important that they know to always walk directly to and from school, not to stop in parks or lots and never to take shortcuts. Another important tip when planning for the school year is to establish a code word with your child in the event that someone else might be picking them up from school. The word should be used so the child can ensure that the person picking them up has been sent by a parent or guardian and is not a stranger.
Should your child be walking alone? “No child under the age of 10 should be walking to school alone,” Marsala said. This is especially important when crossing the street, because developmentally most children are unable to judge the speed and distance of cars until they’re 10 or older. Even if children are above the age of 10, parents should consider walking with them as much as possible, or finding them a buddy or group of friends to walk with.
Always use designated crossing areas and look left, right and then left again before crossing.
Buses and bus stops When waiting at the bus stop, children should stand at least three large steps away from the curb and always wait for the bus to make a full stop before approaching. Children should wait in a group, preferably with at least one parent present. Once they’re on the bus, children need to stay seated, never stand up before the bus stops moving, and never stick their hands or heads out the bus windows.
Always make eye contact with drivers before crossing the street to ensure that they see you and know you’re about to cross. Don’t even step into the crosswalk until you’ve made eye contact, waved, etc., to get the driver’s attention.
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Tips for driving in school zones 1. Always slow down and adhere to the rules within the school zone. 2. Keep your eyes out for buses, and never pass when their lights are flashing.
4. Parents should not drop their kids off in traffic and should always have their children exit on the right side of the vehicle. 5. Avoid backing up in school zones when possible.
3. Give children the right of way in crosswalks and school zones.
Walking school buses Some schools have “walking school bus” programs, in which parents who live nearby walk to the bus stop together with other neighborhood children. Some walking school bus programs also will wait at parks or other public areas and walk children getting off the bus to the school, which helps cut traffic congestion. Parents should check with school administrators to find out if programs like this Don’t put a exist at their school, and if not, they can child’s name on consider creating a walking school bus backpacks, lunch program themselves. boxes or clothing in places where other people will be able to easily see it.
Be careful when Daylight Savings Time ends, and make sure children are never walking in the dark. If they will be, equip them with reflective gear on their shoes, backpacks and/or other accessories.
Mobile devices Being distracted by mobile devices while walking down the street or crossing the road can be very dangerous, and teenagers are especially at risk for this behavior. Be sure that all children and teens put down their phones and other devices when crossing the street, and set a good example by doing so yourself. If the child has headphones in, Marsala recommends that they always take out at least one earbud when crossing the street so they’re able to hear oncoming traffic.
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The quinceañera tradition has grown into a booming industry in Las Vegas
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A centuries-old celebration of a Latina girl’s rite of passage into womanhood has long made its mark in the Las Vegas Valley’s Hispanic community. Quinceañera, the extravagant ritual of the 15th birthday, is perhaps the most significant day in a young Latina’s life besides her wedding, according to local celebrants. And the over-thetop trappings are driving big business. At least 50 stores and 35 banquet halls (with more to come) in Las Vegas are either completely dedicated to, or sell the majority of their products in the service of, making these girls feel like princesses. One such store, Casa de Calderon, sells custom gowns that can take three months to make. Pricing them at $900 to $3,000 depending on size, colors and carefully stitched jewels, store owner Pablo Calderon believes quinceañera
dresses should be individualized because “no two girls are the same.” “It’s a special event, so she should have a special gown,” Calderon said. At Boulevard mall, fashion designer Enrique Montes sells the garments for $600 to $4,000 out of his Dreams 15 Boutique. A native of Juarez, Mexico, Montes said he sends about 100 gowns out the door every year. And he adds that most of his clients will pay “whatever it takes,” to make a quinceañera memorable. “They don’t care how much money they spend,” Montes said. “These girls want everything big.” Fabrizio Banquet Hall in downtown Las Vegas is one of more than two dozen large-scale, non-casino banquet halls in the valley to host parties for the popular Latin American milestone. Opened in 2012, Fabrizio hosts “at least two or three” quinceañeras each month, accounting for about a quarter of its business,
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Legacy High sophomore Hailyn Calderon’s recent quinceañera was a lavish affair. An owner of the banquet hall where it took place said that local celebrations of the 15th birthdays of Latinas could cost as much as $35,000. (Wade Vandervort/Special to the Sunday)
which also includes receptions for weddings, proms and religious celebrations like baptisms, co-owner Irma Loera said. Fabrizio offers different packages, some of which include catering, decorations and live music, and others that allow families to provide their own food and entertainment. Independent banquet-hall rentals can cost $4,000 to $15,000 for 200 to 300 guests during a typical six-hour block, Loera said. In most cases, when the dancing continues into the midnight hours quinceañera celebrants can book additional hours at banquet halls on the spot, for an extra $250 to $1,000 per hour. One such Fabrizio client was Yesenia Delgado, whose oldest daughter, Hailyn Calderon, a sophomore at Legacy High School, recently celebrated her 15th birthday under dimmed lights and glass chandeliers with family and friends dancing to both traditional and contemporary Mexican music. Calderon’s coming-of-age party started
with Roman Catholic Mass on Saturday morning. That evening, wearing a massive blue ball gown with purple flowers that her family said cost $3,000, Calderon, along with eight chambelanes (male companions) and seven damas (female companions), performed a grand entrance and a series of choreographed dances the group had been practicing for two months. Costs for Calderon’s quinceañera celebration, including the dress, dance lessons for her and her entourage of 15, a live Mexican “banda” group with violins, guitars and trumpets, a DJ, catering for 120 attendees, customized napkins and tablecloths, a four-tiered specialty cake and an open bar for adults, ran about $25,000, Delgado said. The family had been planning the event for over seven months. Fabrizio co-owner Loera said some clients had spent up to $35,000 for the landmark celebration, and planned for over a year. That dollar amount is more than many people spend on their weddings. “I would say it’s equally as important,” Delgado said of her daughter’s quinceañera. Representatives from casinos, who also advertise their banquet halls for quinceañeras,
said business had suffered in recent years as independent banquet halls took over the industry. One of the valley’s most popular casinobased quinceañera banquet halls, Circus Circus now hosts only five of those celebrations annually compared with as many as 15-20 in years past, said Wilmer Flores, the casino’s assistant manager of banquet services. With starting rental prices north of $6,000 for groups of 200 to 300, and packages that already include hotel-based catering, casinos have all but lost their quinceañera business to private halls, which can offer lower rates and allow clients to have a more customized experience, Flores said. “It’s gotten hard for us to compete with some of the lower prices,” he said. Other popular casinos for quinceañeras include the Cannery, Sam’s Town, Boulder Station, Texas Station, Santa Fe Station, Sunset Station and Suncoast. The pervasiveness of — Yesenia Delgado, quinceañera culture has about her daughter’s also given rise to a valquinceañera celebration ley-wide print publication. Since opening its doors in 2013, Las Vegas-based Princess Party Magazine has helped connect a growing number of dress designers, banquet halls and dance-instruction companies with customers, said the magazine’s director, Isela Quintana. Business in the quinceañera industry is booming “as much as ever” in Las Vegas, Quintana said. And she doesn’t expect that to change anytime soon. “It’s very consistent,” Quintana said. “Pretty much every weekend, all of the halls are busy.”
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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.
Chevron (A910440)
Peter (A911863)
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Age: 5-year-old neutered male Breed: Chihuahua mix Description: Chevron is a love bug who can’t wait to find a warm lap to snuggle on for the rest of his days. Adoption fee: $155
Age: 4-year-old male Breed: Shih tzu Description: Peter needs soft pets and a calm environment to help him come out of his shell, and once he does he’s as sweet as can be. Adoption fee: $200
Age: 1-year-old male Breed: American guinea pig Description: Russo enjoys sprinting around his habitat. An experienced owner is ideal to help him continue his socialization with people. Adoption fee: $10
Age: 3-year-old spayed female Breed: Ferret Description: Luau’s favorite things include playing with cats, exploring new rooms and being held in kind arms. She is very social and cannot be left alone for long periods. Adoption fee: $40
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Lola (A913127)
Tessa
Coby
Age: 6-year-old female Breed: Chihuahua Description: Chula is a beautiful girl inside and out. She may seem shy at first, but she’s cuddly and playful once she warms up to you. Adoption fee: $155
Age: 3-year-old spayed female Breed: Siamese Description: Lola is sweet, soft and cuddly. Give her a loving home and she will be your loyal friend forever. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 3-month-old spayed female Breed: Mediumhair Description: Tessa is polite, acrobatic and playful. She enjoys cats and dogs. Please carefully kitten-proof your home for her safety. Adoption fee: $70
Age: 9-year-old neutered male Breed: Flame point shorthair Description: Coby enjoys drinking water from faucets and licking the faces of kind people who hold him. Adoption fee: $20
Baker (A911151)
Orange Kitty (A911503)
Carmella
Titan
Age: 4-year-old spayed female Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Baker is a friendly girl who would love a second chance at a happy home. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 5-year-old neutered male Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Orange Kitty has a unique and feisty personality. He likes to paw and play all day. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 7-year-old spayed female Breed: Pug and Chihuahua mix Description: Carmella pleads for lifelong commitment. She will cherish your praise and reassurance. Adoption fee: $40
Age: 9-year-old neutered male Breed: Labrador retriever and shepherd mix Description: Titan loves to see you act silly. The goofier, the better. He shines this smile to let you know he is laughing, too. Adoption fee: $25
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‘how far to break the record?’ jumping a ghost town with 900 horsepower By Ray Brewer
the competition is more fierce. In a typical race, Menzies’ truck jumps more than 150 feet just navigating the course. The two-wheelA trip through the Menzies Motorsports waredrive vehicle boasts 900 horsepower and 500 pounds of house near downtown tells the story of how torque, meaning if Menzies can get the speed to around Bryce Menzies went from racing dirt bikes in the des110-120 mph, the televised jump should be easy to acert to becoming one of off-road racing’s dominant percomplish. He estimates traveling 400 feet to shatter the formers in Pro-2 trucks. record. “With Red Bull, they wanted the craziest idea. Hanging on the ceiling is the buggy in which he comRight away I asked, ‘How far to break the record?’” peted as a teenager. It was hung for his birthday by crew The truck’s digital dashboard display will change members last summer, serving as a reminder of how colors to indicate to Menzies when he has reached the the 29-year-old Menzies started his rise. speed required to make Long before a Red Bull the jump. Engineers have sponsorship pushed his done the calculations career to new heights, racand preparations, which ing was how Menzies and include a 330-foot test his dad passed time. jump. All Menzies has to They worked on the do is execute when the buggy, traveled the region display turns green. for races and won them. This isn’t a stunt simiMenzies hasn’t stopped lar to Evel Knievel’s winning, as witnessed by motorcycle jump of the the trophies and banners fountains at Caesars Paldecorating his garage. A RedBull vehicle at Menzies Motorsports. ace, where he crashed and The Coronado High suffered a crushed pelvis and femur, plus other bone product captured the Championship Off Road Racing fractures. The chances of Menzies getting injured Single Buggy Championship and Rookie of the Year aren’t any higher than in a normal race, in which he in 2007, and he shot to the top of the two-wheel Pro 2 might spend dozens of hours competing. truck series. He has more than 150 truck victories, in“The first thing is safety,” said Pete Mortensen, the cluding three first-place finishes in the Baja 500, and Menzies Motorsports shop manager and Menzies’ he is a three-time The Off-Road Racing Championship race-day navigator. “We didn’t know how to jump a series Pro 2 champion. truck. We race trucks.” Now, there’s a new challenge. And it’s not a race, at The plan is to be racing trucks next year internaleast not yet. tionally, where endurance events such as the 5,600At noon Aug. 27, Menzies will attempt to jump his mile Dakar Rally in South America are considered the truck more than 332 feet over a New Mexico ghost sport’s most grueling. town for a world record in a made-for-television event First, Menzies has to execute the jump. designed to launch the next phase of his career. “Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved jumping things — “Bryce Menzies New Frontier” will air live on Red dirt bikes, buggies, whatever,” he said. “And as an adult, Bull TV and be replayed the next day on NBC. The NBC I’ve really wanted to see how far I could jump my race telecast will be followed by a two-hour documentary truck. We race all the time, but we never get to come on his career, detailing the planned 2017 transition to play on jumps like this.” competing in off-road races in South America, where Staff Writer
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Bryce Menzies at Menzies Motorsports on July 28. (mikayla whitmore/staff)
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CASINO PROMOTIONS Fiesta Henderson, sunset station and boulder station
Point multiplier Date: Mondays and Tuesdays in August Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker.
STATION CASINOS
$2 Million Pawin’ for Prizes Date: Fridays-Sundays in August Information: Kiosk game offering up to $10,000. Earn five points to play. Spin Fur up to $10,000 cash drawing Date: Through Aug. 27 Information: Earn 5x entries on Wednesdays and swipe for 10 free entries every day. Drawings will be at 6:15 p.m. Aug. 28 at each property for a chance to win up to $10,000. Ten winners at each casino. Plus, the top two slot and top two video poker earners at each property will automatically win an additional place in the drawings. $750,000 Gridiron Glory Football Contest Date: Ongoing Information: First place winner receives $10,000, and there’s $100,000 in postseason cash guaranteed. Make picks for weeks 1-4 starting Aug. 28.
and more. Guests can swipe every Sunday through Thursday to earn 10 free drawing tickets each day. Get 5x entries every Friday. Guests can also print free vouchers for the Shuffleboard of Winnings practice, available from noon-6 p.m. on Mondays and Saturdays. Point multiplier Date: Tuesdays in August Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker.
SUNCOAST AND SAM’S TOWN
$300,000 Fistful of Cash drawing Date: Friday and Saturday in August Time: Drawings at 6:15 and 8:15 p.m. Information: Earn up to 10x entries every Thursday. Five players have the chance to win up to $4,000 each drawing.
SUNCOAST
$15,000 High/Low Game Show Date: Thursdays-Sundays through Aug. 28 Time: 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Information: See table games for more information.
$30,000 Table Games hot seat Date: Friday and Saturday nights in August Information: Random players will be selected to pick an envelope containing up to $1,000 in cash or chips. When your table has the hot seat, the whole table can win a free bet of up to $100.
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SUNSET STATION
Summer Cash and Toyota Giveaway Date: Saturdays in August Time: 8:15 p.m. Information: Five drawing winners each week. Two winners will also win a key to the final car giveaway. Win up to $1,000. One car will be given away immediately following the drawing on Aug. 27. Winner will have a choice of either a 2016 Toyota Camry LE or a 2016 RAV4 LE. Earn entries on table games, slots, video poker, bingo and more.
Hot August cash giveaway Date: Sundays through Thursdays in August Time: Drawings at 4 and 8 p.m. Information: Earn entries by completing a stamp card and qualify for daily drawings. There is $6,000 up for grabs throughout the month. Complete a stamp card for chance to win $125 during each drawing. If a drawing prize goes unclaimed, it rolls over to the following drawing.
National Knife Day Date: Aug. 24 Information: Earn 100 base points to receive a carving set.
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BOULDER STATION
Point multiplier Date: Mondays and Tuesdays in August Information: Earn 15x points on Buffalo slots.
Point multiplier Date: Sundays in August and Aug. 29 Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker.
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Liquor giveaway Date: Thursdays in August Time: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Earn 150 points to receive a bottle of liquor. Earn 300 more points to receive another. On Aug. 25 the gift is Stoli Sticki. The first gift is free for Chairman, President and Platinum members, and there’s a maximum of two gifts per day
Shuffle Board of Winnings Date: Saturdays in August Time: 8:15 p.m. Information: Win up to $3,000. Ten winners each time. Earn 25 points to play the kiosk game every Thursday to win cash, free points, dining
Gift giveaway Date: Wednesdays in August Information: On Aug. 24, Chairman, President and Platinum members can pick up a bottle of Rondiaz Spiced Rum. Other card holders are eligible after they earn 100 points. Earn 250 additional points to receive a second gift.
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SANTA FE STATION
$60,000 Swipe & Win Date: Through Aug. 27 Information: Kiosk game offers chance to win up to 100,000 points and spin for up to $1,000. Earn five points to swipe. Drawings are held every Saturday in August and three winners get to spin the wheel at 7:15 p.m. Earn 50 points for each drawing entry. Chairman players may earn 3x entries for every day. Everyone earns 5x entries on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Point multiplier Date: Mondays and Saturdays in August Information: Earn 12x points on reels and 6x points on video poker.
Point multiplier Date: Mondays and Tuesdays in August Information: Earn 10x points on slots.
Point multiplier Date: Tuesdays in August Information: Earn 10x points on slots.
WILDFIRE
Point multipliers Date: Sundays in August Information: Earn 15x points on Buffalo slots, 11x points on slots and 7x points on video poker.
Military Mondays Date: Ongoing Locations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson and Fiesta Rancho Information: Veterans and active military members receive discounts.
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Free Food Mondays Date: Mondays in August Information: Earn 300 points to receive a voucher for a free entree.
National Toilet Paper Day Date: Aug. 26 Information: Earn 100 base points to earn a toilet paper holder in honor of National Toilet Paper Day.
Senior Day Date: Thursdays in August and September Information: Earn 200 points to receive a gift.
Cash Slide Date: Thursdays in August Time: 2-8 p.m. Information: Win up to $100.
Cards to Cash High-Low Drawing Date: Fridays in August Time: 7 p.m. Information: Win up to $3,000.
Point multipliers Date: Sundays in August Information: Earn 20x points on reels and 7x points on video poker and multigame machines. Valid for first 500 base points.
Gift giveaway Date: Sundays in August Information: Earn 300 same-day points for a gift. On Aug. 21, the gift is an inventory blowout. On Aug. 28, the gift is an emergency roadside kit.
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$50,000 Beat the Heat drawing Date: Saturdays through Aug. 27 Time: 7:15 p.m. Information: Earn drawing tickets from slot play. Swipe Monday-Friday for 20 free entries. Twenty winners selected each week with a max prize of $3,000. Play for Prizes — Fashion Star Date: Through Aug. 26 Information: Redeem points for gift cards to Macy’s and McDonald’s. August gifts Date: Saturdays and Sundays in August Time: 12:01 a.m.-6:59 p.m. Information: Earn 100 base points on video slots or 500 base points on video poker on gift day. Get velvet hangers on Aug. 20 and a Route 66 tote bag on Aug. 21. Point multipliers Date: Fridays and Sundays in August Information: Earn 10x points on select reels and video reels, and 2x points on select video poker on Sundays in August. Valid 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Additionally, earn 10x points on select reels and video reels on Fridays. Valid 5-9 p.m. Wednesday point multipliers Date: Aug. 31 Time: 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Information: Earn 10x points on reels and video reels on those days. Mystery point multipliers Date: Aug. 29-Sept. 2 Time: 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Information: Swipe loyalty card at a kiosk to receive up to 15x points on slots and up to 3x points on video poker. Movie ticket giveaway Date: Tuesdays in August Time: 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Information: Earn 100 points on slots or 500 points on video poker to receive a Brenden Theatres ticket. Car wash Date: Thursdays in August Time: 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Information: Earn 100 points on slots or 500 points on video poker to receive a Terrible Herbst car wash. $15,000 High Stakes swipe and win Date: Aug. 31 Time: 12:01 a.m.-9:59 p.m. Information: Earn 25 points on slots or 100 points on video poker to earn a swipe. Win up to $100 in play, dining credits, gifts and more.
FIESTA RANCHO
Point multiplier Date: Mondays in August
Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker. Summer Daze gift giveaway Date: Thursdays in August Time: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Information: Earn 300 points to receive a bottle of liquor. Earn 300 more points to receive another. On Aug. 25, guests can receive Stoli Honey.
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ALIANTE
$300,000 car and slot-play giveaway Date: Through Aug. 28 Information: New cars will be awarded every other weekend. Guests must actively play on a slot machine to participate. Cars will be randomly given away between noon Saturday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday. A Mustang giveaway is Aug. 27-28.
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Progressive multiplier Date: Mondays in August Information: Get 100 base points to qualify. Earn up to 12x points; amount of multiplier increases each week. Collect & Win Date: Tuesdays in August Information: Collect icons through play. Earn up to $750 in slot play.
Point multiplier Date: Sundays in August Information: Receive 10x points playing slot machines.
Money Booth Date: Thursdays in August Information: Earn one ticket for every 100 base points. Players will enter booth and have 20 seconds to grab as much money as possible.
$10,000 weekly baccarat drawing Date: Fridays in August Time: Hourly from 8 p.m. to midnight Information: Two people will be drawn to spin a wheel for a chance to win up to $1,000 in play. To participate, players must be dealt a winning natural 8 or 9 in order to gain one drawing entry. Entries reset weekly.
100x Multiplier drawing Date: Fridays in August Time: 8:30 p.m. Information: Earn one entry for every 100 base points. Fifty players will win from 10x to 100x points.
DOWNTOWN GRAND
Point multiplier Date: Wednesdays in August Information: Earn 5x points on video poker and 10x on reels. $10,000 Mobile Hot Seat Date: Sundays in August Time: Hourly, noon-5 p.m. Information: Active mobile users who accept the Hot Seat offer from the Aliante mobile app will qualify. Five winners will win $50 in free slot play each hour; at 6 p.m., the winners and prizes will double.
Look. Listen. Play. Date: Fridays and Saturdays in August Time: Drawings hourly, 7 p.m.-midnight Information: Receive one virtual entry for every 25 base points earned. Five players will receive a mini electronics gift or $100 in play. At midnight, one grand prize winner will choose a gift box.
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$5,000 Buffalo Point challenge Date: Through Aug. 27 Information: Play Buffalo machines to rack up points. First places wins $2,500. Earn & Win ice cream maker Date: Wednesdays in August Information: Earn 1,500 points to receive an ice cream maker. Earn & Win buffet Date: Thursdays in August Information: Earn 50 points for a lunch buffet or 100 points for a dinner buffet.
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Campo Viejo Champagne gift day Date: Aug. 23 Time: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Earn 250 slot points or 500 video poker points to receive a bottle of Champagne.
2017 Cadillac XT5 giveaway Date: Through Oct. 1 Time: 10 p.m. Information: Receive one virtual drawing ticket for every 25 base points earned on slots, video poker or live table games. Three players will be drawn for a chance to win a car in their choice of red, white or blue.
Rip ’n’ Win pull tabs Date: Fridays and Saturdays in August Information: Rewards club members may earn one pull tab per day with a chance to win up to $10,000. Five gold pull tab winners will be drawn to win $1,000 in slot play on Aug. 31.
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U.S. Army gift box giveaway Date: Mondays through Thursdays in August Time: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 p.m. and 1, 2 and 3 a.m. Information: A random player will win a gift box with an Army-themed compass and watch, cigarette lighter, pen and more.
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Bella Russo bedding Date: Thursdays and Fridays in August Time: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Earn 500 slot points or 1,000 video poker points to receive Bella Russo bedding pieces. Anniversary hat giveaway Date: Aug. 25 and 26 Time: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Earn 250 slot points or 500 video poker points to receive a hat.
Jokers Wild
Rolling For Dough Date: Fridays Time: Slot players eligible 1-9 p.m. Players at table games eligible 6:3011:30 p.m. Information: Players can get a chance to roll the dice and win 10x the roll. Earn 500 points and receive $10 Date: Sundays in August Information: Card members who earn 500 base points on video poker will earn $10 slot play. Free Food Mondays Date: Mondays in August Information: Earn 300 points to receive a voucher for a free entree. Point multipliers Date: Wednesdays Information: Receive 7x points on video poker and 11x points on reels.
COSMOPOLITAN
$35,000 Paradise Payout slot tournament Date: Aug. 28-30 Information: Win up to $10,000 in slot play, plus a share of 150,000 Holiday Cash Back Points. All participants will also receive at least $100 in slot play. Early registration begins Aug. 28, with regular registration and tournament play beginning Aug. 29.
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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 began March 1, and 10 p.m. monthly qualifier drawings began March 26. Grand prize is a four-passenger 2016 Shelby GT sports car.
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Anti-Cortez Masto advertisement guilty of deceit
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olitical ads offer a terrific demonstration of persuasion tactics. And they can be quite sneaky and disingenuous if not downright dishonest. Newspapers try their best to stay on top of fact-checking the latest campaign propaganda, and there are independent organizations dedicated to assessing the accuracy of content in commercials, speeches and other material. One of them, PolitiFact, won a Pulitzer Prize for its terrific work during the 2008 election season in calling out candidates for lies and misstatements. After all, what good are the media if they allow falsehoods and half-truths to go unchecked? Donald Trump has become notorious for the lies he has uttered in this campaign season — proven, documented lies that must make his handlers squirm. But this is about the National Republican Senatorial Committee and its
TV commercial in support of U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, who is running for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Harry Reid. This particular commercial might seem damning for the conclusions it tries to draw about the qualifications of Heck’s Democratic opponent, former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto. But it’s playing voters for suckers. “In Catherine Cortez Masto’s last term as attorney general, Nevada murder went up 11 percent, robbery went up 28 percent, rape 51 percent,” the ad says. “When Cortez Masto left office, Nevada ranked as America’s thirdmost dangerous state.” PolitiFact took a look at this commercial and observed: “The numbers are technically accurate, but the ad fails to prove what Cortez Masto had to do with them.” Yes, Cortez Masto was Nevada’s attorney general from 2007 to 2015. But while state officials — including law-
makers — can help establish a state’s policy toward criminals, the actual incidence of crime is a factor of effective policing in individual neighborhoods and area commands. Presumably, the National Republican Senatorial Committee knew this when it ordered the commercial. It knew it was trying to pull the wool over voters’ eyes. It knew it was being deceitful and conniving. But there’s more that is wrong with that particular commercial: It claimed Nevada is the third-most dangerous state. Here’s what PolitiFact said: “The NRSC cites a list published in January 2015 from 24/7 Wall Street, a website that covers financial news. The list indeed ranks Nevada third, but the data relies on both crime data and socioeconomic factors, such as the poverty rate and the percentage of adults with a high school diploma. “No attorneys general, in Nevada or elsewhere, play much of a role in setting educational policy or promoting
programs to get people out of poverty.” And it’s worth examining the hard statistics cited in the TV spot. Crime rates are volatile and can spike up or down any given year. In fact, the commercial conveniently, for its purposes, looked only at the second half of Cortez Masto’s time as attorney general. Looking at her entire eight-year term, total crimes in Nevada decreased from nearly 116,814 in her first year to 92,376 in her last year. And consider this: That dip in overall crime during her time in office occurred as Nevada’s population increased by about 300,000 residents. The ad claims that Cortez Masto “couldn’t keep us safe.” But the NRSC offers no proven link connecting her actions as attorney general to swings in murder, robbery and rape. Indeed, the Republican mad men behind the commercial might as well have tried to blame Cortez Masto for ISIS and the tainted water at the Summer Olympics.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, august 21 Aid for AIDS of Nevada brunch: Admission includes a charitable donation, food, beverage and gratuity. Proceeds will benefit AFAN, the Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., $100, Herringbone inside Aria Resort, 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. South, herringboneafan.eventbrite.com. North Las Vegas Alliance of Homeowner Associations and Concerned Citizens Meeting: Justice of the Peace Kalani Hoo will discuss his community court program, which is designed to help young offenders get their lives on the right track. 6 p.m., free, Aliante Library, 2400 Deer Springs Way, North Las Vegas, jalpert8@gmail.com
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Bonita’s Back to School Show and Shine: Support your community by donating new school supplies. The event will benefit the Peoples Autism Foundation. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., free, 4343 Polaris Ave., 702-478-2899. Superhero Summer Send-off: Dress as a superhero and receive free admission. Events include movies, Wonder Woman Story Time, the Captain America Magic Show, photo opportunities and a kids’ mask-making workshop. 10 a.m.6 p.m., free, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-822-7700. The + Source New Patient Orientation: Learn benefits and uses of medical cannabis. 1 p.m., free, the + Source, 2550 S. Rainbow Blvd., 702-708-2000. Craft fair shows: Shop for arts and crafts works. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., free, Galleria at Sunset, 1300 W. Sunset Road, galleriaatsunset.com. “The Cat’s Meow”: This play returns for an extended run. Attendees will be transported to 1924 aboard the yacht of media mogul William Randolph Hearst, where the mysterious death of Hollywood film producer Thomas Ince occurred. 21+, 7 p.m., $25-$30, Velveteen Rabbit, 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645. *Also: Aug. 28 and Sept. 4
MONDAY, AUGUST 22 Art in the Afternoon: “A Force of Nature”: This program fosters conversation, creative thinking and helps to recall distant memories
among individuals suffering from cognitive impairment and memory loss. RSVP is requested. 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., free, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-483-6055.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 Hawaiian luau: People 50 and older can enjoy Hawaiian food, music and cultural dancing. Attendees are encouraged to dress up in Hawaiian-themed attire. 11 a.m.-1 p.m., $5, Doolittle Senior Center, 1930 N. J St., 702-229-6125.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 “Bring It On: The Musical”: Go on a high-flying journey filled with the complexities of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness. 8 p.m., free-$20, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 8000 Blue Diamond Road, supersummertheatre.org. *Also: Aug. 25-27 Summer movie series: Bring your family out to watch “E.T.” 11:30 a.m., free, Fashion Show Las Vegas, the Great Hall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, thefashionshow.com. Drift Downtown Art and Music Showcase: Experience a showcase of local talent, including pioneers in art and music, at this night swim event. 8 p.m., free, the Tank at Golden Nugget, 129 E. Fremont St., goldennugget.com. “Acting for Teens”: The Rainbow Company Youth Theatre presents this educational class for youth ages 13-18. 7-8:30 p.m., $60, Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6553. *Also: Class meets Wednesdays through Sept. 28
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 Children’s Storytime: Cast members from the show “Rock of Ages” will read a book about kindness. 11:30 a.m., free with park admission $10-$40, Wet ’n’ Wild, 7055 S. Fort Apache Road, wetnwildlasvegas.com. High School Neon Night: Students who were in eighth through 11th grade during the 2015-16 school year are invited to this all-night event to celebrate the end of summer. To
register, use promo code NEON16. 11 p.m., $20-$25, Wet ’n’ Wild, 7055 S. Fort Apache Road, wetnwildlasvegas.com. Best of Brio: This dinner will feature a Tuscan-inspired menu offering a seven-course, prix fixe selection. A wine pairing will complement each course. 6:30 p.m., $75, Brio Town Square, 6653 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-914-9145. Chef Dinner: This dinner with Andiron Steak & Sea’s executive chef, Micah Waltz, will feature Berkshire pork from the Alpine Ranch in Fallon. 6:30 p.m., $59-$79, Andiron Steak & Sea in Downtown Summerlin, 1720 Festival Plaza Drive, andironsteak.com.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 Doggy wellness event: Bring your pet to indulge in “pupcakes” from Sprinkles Cupcakes, accessories and light grooming treatments from Wag N’ Wash, and tips from expert trainers from Smarty Paws. 6-8 p.m., free, Elysian at the District, 2151 Village Walk Drive, 866-584-5845. Psycho Las Vegas: The three-day music festival will feature Alice Cooper, Blue Oyster Cult, Electric Wizard, Drive Like Jehu, Sleep and more. There will also be a Psycho Pool Party on the 25th with live music performances. Open to ages 6 and older. Times vary, $250 (threeday pass), Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, psycholv.com. *Also: Aug. 27-28 HypnoThoughts Live: This conference provides educational sessions and live hypnosis entertainment. 8 p.m., $30, Orleans Showroom, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-284-7777. *Also: Aug. 28 Dive-In movies: Watch “Guardians of the Galaxy,” lounging or swimming. 8 p.m., free with admission $10-$40, Wet ’n’ Wild, 7055 S. Fort Apache Road, wetnwildlasvegas.com.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 Junior master gardener open house: Attendees can view projects and collect information on fall sessions, which begin in September. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., free, Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 Paradise Road, 702-257-5523.
LIFE High Rollers Cat Show: The werewolf-looking Lykoi breed will be featured in this 13-ring show. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $4-$6, Henderson Multigenerational Center, 250 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4050. *Also: Aug. 28 Mrs. America Pageant: Florence Henderson of “The Brady Bunch” will host this showcase of talented and beautiful women. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Westgate, 3000 Paradise Road, 310-829-9902. New Vista Community Wine Walk: A variety of food and 15 wines will be showcased at Town Square. 7 p.m., $25-$30, Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, winewalklv.com. Japanese Culture Day: Learn about Japanese culture beyond anime and samurai. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free, National Atomic Testing Museum, Rogers Auditorium, 755 E. Flamingo Road, 702-794-5151. “Adventures in Acting”: This educational series for kids includes storytelling. 2:15-3:15 p.m., $28, Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6553. *Also: Saturdays through Sept. 24 Dash and Splash: The race, open to all ages, will include a 1.5-mile run and 300-meter swim. 7:30 a.m. $15, Pavilion Center Pool, 101 S. Pavilion Center Drive, 702-229-1488. Ghostlight Concert: The band will perform contemporary country music
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 ECF’s Strikes for Scholarships: Bowl and raise money for the Epicurean Charitable Foundation of Las Vegas. 9 a.m.-noon, $35, South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-932-5098. Opening Rehearsal: The Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society invites community singers to sing at their opening rehearsal. The Musical Arts Chorus will perform Mendelssohn’s Elijah. 6:30-9 p.m., free, UNLV Beam Music Center, Room 159, 702-451-6672.
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The owner of MCC Hospitality Group talks about the importance of trying new things in business, his longtime love of the food-service industry and the fictitious character whose leadership he finds inspiring. THE NOTES People on the Move, P46
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With prominent businesspeople throwing their hats into the medical marijuana ring and Nevada’s regulatory history, Thrive CEO Mitch Britten says the state is fertile ground for the budding industry. TALKING POINTS Updated overtime rules can improve management, 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: Residential real estate brokerages, P60
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BOUNCE-BACK OF HOME PRICES DOESN’T MEAN WE’RE IN BUBBLE TERRITORY After plunging during the recession, new-home prices have bounced back in Las Vegas to boom-era levels. Is the market getting bubbly again? Probably not, because despite the price jumps, sales totals remain a fraction of the go-go years’. In Clark County, new homes sold for a median $327,622 in June, up 8 percent from a year earlier, Home Builders Research says. According to RCG Economics, prices peaked locally in August 2007 at a median $338,560. Builders sold about 3,400 new homes in the Las Vegas area this year through June. That’s up 13 percent from the same period last year but nowhere near the pace of 2005. Buyers picked up almost 39,000
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Deborah Danielson of Danielson Financial Group is on Barron’s list of the Top 100 Women Financial Advisors. Christianne Klein is a news anchor/reporter at KLAS-TV. Jim McKusick, managing partner and CEO of Geary Co., was inducted into the Elks Helldorado Hall of Fame. Dr. Rupesh J. Parikh, boardcertified medical oncologist klein and hematologist for Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, is chief of staff for Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s Siena and Rose de Lima campuses. Cyndi Compan is a commercial credit underwriter for City National Bank’s Nevada region. The bank also financed a community-development loan for Island Pacific Supermarket, 8650 W. Tropicana Ave.
Jared Smith is chief operating officer of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance. Antoinette Monroe is director of operations. Additions to the LVGEA board of directors include Michael Brown, president of Barrick Gold USA; Jim Holt, president of National Security Technologies; state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, director of client relations at McDonald Carano Wilson; Mary Simmons, vice president of business development and community strategy at NV Energy; and Bill Noonan, senior vice president of industry and government affairs at Boyd Gaming. Drs. Marie Baron and Dheeresh Mamidi are pediatricians at HealthCare Partners Medical Group’s Wigwam Pediatric Clinic. Jim Anderson is the Las Vegas regional sales manager for Anthony & Sylvan Pools. TaChelle Lawson is Westgate’s director of food and beverage marketing. Charles Wilson is the executive director of culinary operations at the resort. Regenexx is open at 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 325, Henderson. Dr. Sidney Kass is the clinic director of the facility. Regenexx provides advanced stem cell and blood platelet procedures for treating orthopedic injuries, arthritis and other degenerative conditions.
Chef Nicole Brisson is culinary compan director for Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group’s Las Vegas locations. Chef Jon Littleton has been named executive chef of Carnevino Italian Steakhouse at the Palazzo; chef Elisabeth McGee has been promoted to executive chef at B&B Burger & Beer at the Venetian and chef Brett Uniss joined B&B Ristorante at the Venetian as executive chef. Gaming Laboratories International acquired Bulletproof Solutions Inc. April Augustine is GLI’s director of marketing. Richard Metzler, executive vice president of Gold Coast Promotions Inc., a Las Vegas-based fundraising company, graduated from the Clark County Neigh-
Nevada Association Services, the state’s largest provider of collection services for community associations, has acquired ATC Assessment Collection Group, which was operating as Angius and Terry Collections. Norman Rosensteel, the former president of ATC, is vice president for NAS and is charged with integrating the two companies.
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The 2015-16 board of directors for the Sunrise Children’s Foundation is executive director Dave Sanberg; Jennifer Bradley, MassMedia Corporate Communications; Kaleo Curtis, the Public Education Foundation; Lindsay Diamond, UNLV; Monica Plaxton Garin, Charleston Insurance Group; James Grimes, Eldorado Resorts Corp.; Tori Klein, UNLV Foundation; Dr. J. Parker Kurlinski, neonatologist; Dee Ladd; Margaret Ann Lynch; Melanie Maviglia, Nevada State Bank; Michael E. Minden (emeritus member), Michael E. Minden Diamond Jewelers; Courtney Orrock and Alexandria Osborne, Early Head Start; Dwain Rittenhouse, Clinton Nevada LLC; Bonnie Rosselli, Alphagraphics; Victor Salerno (emeritus member), American Wagering; and Lori Soren and Judie Verb, U.S. Bank. Charlie Luh, of Luh & Associates and a founding sponsor of the 1000 Books Foundation, donated
500 activity journals, 200 T-shirts and 200 temporary tattoos to the North Las Vegas Library District for use in the district’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” challenge, which encourages young children to read. Drew Skeen is general manager of the Historic Hotel Nevada & Gambling Hall in Ely, owned by Gaughan Gaming. Kevin Edgar of ServPro of Henderson/Boulder City was recognized with the Millionaire’s Silver award for outstanding revenue performance at the 47th annual ServPro Convention. Matthew Ammirati is the co-CEO with Giancarlo Chersich of the Lucky Jack Organic Coffee Co. Former Congresswoman Shelley Berkley received a key to North Las Vegas. The city also plans to rename a street near the VA hospital in her honor. Jeffrey Silver is chairman of the Mob Museum board of directors. He was vice chairman. Former president Ellen Knowlton serves on the museum’s advisory council. Bret Loughridge, vice president of operations at SR Construction, completed the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Leadership Advance program. Leadership Advance blends in-depth community education with practical, hands-on skills and leadership training and allows leaders to gain other techniques and skills. The Valley of Fire chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution paid tribute to a group of Vietnam War veterans to commemorate the war’s 50th anniversary. Right Lawyers, a divorce and custody law firm, opened its second office in Henderson. Six companies joined the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers. They are Automated Cashless Systems, based in Reno; CMC Trading Engineering, based in Singapore; Duane Morris LLP, based in Cherry Hill, N.J.; Gaming & Entertainment Touch Technology, based in Las Vegas; Holley, Driggs, Walch, Fine, Wray, Puzey & Thompson, with offices in Reno and Las Vegas; and Majestic Realty, based in City of Industry, Calif. Momenti Spirited Ice Creams are available at Total Wine & More and Khoury’s Fine Wine & Spirits. Bottiglia Cucina & Enoteca is open at Green Valley Ranch Resort. Oil & Vinegar, a Netherlands-based culinary boutique, opened a store in Downtown Summerlin.
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Q&A with chipper pastron
On and off the menu, never fear innovation Chipper Pastron has never been afraid to get his hands dirty. Even his LinkedIn profile lists him as owner/dishwasher at MCC Hospitality Group. The founder of MCC, Pastron has launched a diverse array of restaurants in California and Las Vegas, but it’s not a strategy he’d necessarily recommend. Any recent updates you’d like to share? We are excited to finally be underway with a long-awaited microbrewery in Burbank, Calif. This has been a passion project for us, and we have been working on this launch for more than three years. Our estimated opening date is end of the fourth quarter. What is the best business advice you’ve received? Sal Casola Sr., my business partner of 30 years, told me, “Don’t be a purist.” While he meant it in regards to making decisions on new menu items for the restaurants, this advice to be willing to try new things and to push the boundaries of a concept has led to great innovations in our company, on and off the menu. If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be? It’s important to think about the future and the generations to come. Therefore, if I could change one thing in Southern Nevada, it would be to improve graduation rates for high school students. Chipper Pastron, founder and partner of MCC Hospitality Group, started working in the food and beverage
What has been your most exciting profes- industry as a teenager and says he knew right away it was his passion. (christopher devargas/Staff) sional project? Morels French Steakhouse & Bistro within the I have thought about managing a large traveling best model for success. But the driver for us at MCC Palazzo. In so many ways, Morels represents the production, like a concert or circus. I’ve always enHospitality Group has never been to follow just the best of our best in terms of culinary, service and joyed working with a team to orchestrate events. best business opportunities, but rather to pursue ambience. We are proud to be on a property that what interests us, both from a culinary and hospihas some of the most celebrated chefs in the counIf you could live anywhere else in the world, tality point of view. A new venture has to start from try, three of whom also serve steak. In that enviwhere would it be? a concept that we are passionate about, and only ronment, Morels has continued to grow and thrive I have always loved the Tuscan culture of cooking when we are confident that we can deliver an exsolely on its reputation for a diverse menu paired and living within the seasons. ceptional experience — whether it is a fine-dining with excellent service. steakhouse on the Strip, a super-premium and naWhom do you admire and why? tionally branded coffeehouse concept in Hawaii, You’ve been working in the food and bevCaptain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise and or a neighborhood Italian restaurant in Burbank — erage industry since you were 13 years old. Richard Melman of Lettuce Entertain You, both for will we move forward. What made you want to turn it into a cacontinually demonstrating leadership and willingreer with MCC Hospitality Group? ness to try new things and approaches to problem What are you reading right now? I am extremely fortunate that I never had to solving. I’m reading “Originals” by Adam Grant, and remake the decision to pursue a career in the indusreading “A Dance with Dragons” by George R.R. try; as a teenager, I found a passion for the profesWhat is your biggest pet peeve? Martin. sion and simply followed it. I never thought of it Staff members not being attentive to our guests’ as a career, just something that I loved doing. In needs or, even worse, texting while on duty in plain What do you do after work? my youth, I so enjoyed cooking in the kitchen and view of guests. I spend time with my wife and children, play tenthe industry in general — with its fast pace, evernis, go mountain biking, cook and enjoy wine with changing challenges and customer interaction — If you could change one thing about yourfriends. that I would have paid my employers just to let me self, what would it be? work there. I would like to have the ability to fall asleep and Describe your management style. stay asleep by command. I give my team the room and flexibility to explore You own several restaurants, including D. new ideas, and I counsel and coach them to learn Vino Italian Food and Wine Bar, Dragon What is something that people might not from their mistakes. Noodle Co. and JuiceFarm. Why do you know about you? think it’s important to have such diverse I am dyslexic, and both my parents were psychiaWhat is your dream job, outside of your offerings? trists. current field? Diversification of restaurant concepts is not the
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Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones North Korea rejected. All 11,558 athletes in this year’s Olympic Games were gifted a specialedition phone, but the North Korean government prevented its participants from receiving the South Korean product.
2,719
Bitcoins the U.S. government will auction Aug. 22. The coins come from criminals who were required to forfeit them after being sentenced. They are valued at about $1.6 million.
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Gallons of bottled water the average American will purchase this year. According to research from Euromonitor, this will be the first year bottled water surpasses the average amount of soda purchased.
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Years Leonidas of Rhodes held the record for most individual Olympic titles. That record was broken recently by U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps when he won his 13th individual gold medal.
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Macy’s department stores to be closed by the end of next year. Macy’s is the largest department-store chain in the U.S. but has lost money for six consecutive quarters.
$91.5 million
Second-quarter revenue reported by Planet Fitness, which has enjoyed 38 consecutive quarters of positive earnings. Planet Fitness opened 36 locations in the past three months, bringing its total to over 1,200 gyms.
$18.5 billion
What the Consumer Technology Association says consumers will spend this year on back-to-school gadgets and electronics.
Mitch Britten is CEO of medical marijuana dispensary Thrive Cannabis Marketplace. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)
Marijuana industry is growing up Who are your customers?
Medical marijuana patients of all ages and walks of life. The Nevada market is unique in that we accept medical marijuana cards from 23 states. You also did business in Colorado; what brought you to Las Vegas?
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ple are throwing their hats in the ring, bringing their expertise from other industries and looking for ways to implement proven methods. The days of the renegade pot grower are slowly slipping away, and the notion of ruining public land to provide medicine to patients is transforming into awareness of the medical cannabis industry’s commitment to sustainable cultivation methods, transparency and accountability.
Address: 1112 S. Commerce St. (in Las Vegas) and 2755 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 103 (in North Las Vegas) Phone: 702-776-4144 Email: info@thrivenevada.com Website: thrivenevada.com Hours of operation: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday Owned/operated by: Mitch Britten, Phillip Peckman, Ed Findlay and Julie Murray In business since: 2015
Colorado was a great place to learn about thriving in an emerging industry and adapting to ever-changing regulations. After seeing the market become oversaturated, I knew Colorado wasn’t my last stop. When Nevada opened its application process, I quickly realized that Las Vegas would be the holy grail for the cannabis industry. With its robust regulatory track record, those of us paying attention knew that the marijuana regulations were going to be thoughtful. With that in mind, and after approvals were sent out, I prepared my family for the move and we headed west in January 2015.
What’s the most important part of your job?
Compliance. A lot of people ask what I do for a living, and depending on who’s asking, oftentimes I simply say that I work in compliance (it’s a good way to have a conversation come to a screeching halt). The medical cannabis industry is really tightly regulated. Without proper attention being paid to compliance-related issues, it’s hard to stay up and running.
What makes your dispensary unique?
It was important to me that we branded the stores as marketplaces, not dispensaries. With the way licenses were issued, it made logical sense. We aim to be the storefront for those who don’t have one. We’re privileged here in Nevada; we have really good cultivators and producers, and more are coming online seemingly daily. The more diverse I can keep my store’s shelves, the better shopping experience the patients will have.
What is the hardest part about doing business in Las Vegas?
Growing plants in a climate where plants are not accustomed to the extremes. The climate of Las Vegas is really unique and something I haven’t had to deal with in the past. It completely changed the way that we build cultivation facilities. What is the best part about doing business here?
What’s the biggest misconception about the medical marijuana industry?
I think one of the biggest misconceptions is about who actually works in the industry. Nevada has been a key location where prominent peo-
Nevada has been surprisingly pro-business. I didn’t expect to have such a receptive audience. Lets face it, we’re laying the foundation of the most talked-about emerging industry in the hottest city in the country. Enough said.
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guest column: Establishing trust and eliciting commithe Obama administration fran sussner rodgers ment to results from employees is a key announced it would raise the management task. And knowing what work threshold under which salais expected and the approximate effort to ried workers are guaranteed produce it is core to good management. overtime pay, regardless of their duties, to When all time after 40 hours is free, management can $47,476 a year. The updated overtime rule will give working become sloppy and less focused on results. Witness the endpeople more free time, more money in their pockets, or both. less meetings that lack focus and clear agendas. Or the work But it also will affect how businesses and nonprofit organipeople are asked to do in which the purpose is unclear and zations manage employees. there often is no response or follow-through. Predictably, trade organizations and people who make When more managers have to pay for overtime, they will their living representing employers are wringing their hands be forced to be more efficient and respectful of time. If they about having to adapt. curtail flexibility, it will be based on an outdated belief that A recent article in The Washington Post, “How the new flexibility is a favor and not simply another way to get the overtime rules could affect flexibility on the job,” quotes work done. That would ignore a key selling point to the business representatives who argue that employers might talent they need to hire, which values flexibility almost as eliminate flexibility because they won’t be able to verify much as salary. whether the person who may be working at home is really This overtime rule will give a boost in wages to middleputting in the hours. class people who must work extra hours and a reason to This argument ignores the fact that few people in this hire more people if the workload is too great — and it is, salary bracket actually work at home by choice, and that all and should be, a tool for better management. Time is our telecommuters have to prove they are working when they most finite and valuable resource. We must allocate it to say they are. This rule does not change that. our work, our family, our community and our interests. Any employer that curtails flexibility because of the Flexibility is a tool to meet our multiple obligations, not a overtime change is declaring that it cannot trust its employgift to us. ees and that it lacks the skills to evaluate performance and Fran Sussner Rodgers is founder and former CEO of the results — implying that too many employees lie about their consulting firm Work/Family Directions, now WFD. She wrote hours and that managers lack the ability to judge the work this essay for InsideSources.com. output of an employee relative to the time put in.
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Apartment developer talks state of Las Vegas rental market, risk of on-site retail tenants By Eli segall
next thing you know the bike shop subleases the space to, say, a doggrooming company. Then all of a sudden, the apartments smell like flea shampoo.
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Las Vegas apartment developers are some of the busiest builders in the valley, opening projects that often charge above-average rents and offer an extensive menu of amenities. Locally based firms including Nevada West Partners and the Calida Group account for much of the construction, but a group from Dallas is getting in on the action. Abode Properties is looking to develop four apartment complexes in Las Vegas: two in the southwest valley, one at Windmill Lane a block east of Las Vegas Boulevard, and one on Spring Mountain Road just west of Interstate 15 in the Chinatown area. Clark County records show plans for 308 units at Fort Apache Road and Hacienda Avenue, 421 units at Buffalo Drive just south of Sunset Road, and 471 units at Spring Mountain and Polaris Avenue. Plans are expected to be filed for the Windmill project soon, said Rodman Jordan, who is leading the company’s projects here as its contract developer. Abode owns the southwest valley sites and is under contract for the other two, he said. Like other apartment developers, the company would offer no shortage of amenities. Jordan said he could not discuss the Chinatown-area project or the broader topic of urban versus suburban, but county records show plans for a 2,300-square-foot restaurant, bar and retail section at Spring Mountain and a 4,650-square-foot fitness center. Jordan said the Buffalo project would have a jogging path, a rock-climbing wall and retail space that he hopes to fill with a bike shop. Amid the surge in construction, more than a few real estate pros have questioned whether investors are overbuilding, especially in the southwest valley. Some 3,000 apartments hit the market valleywide last year and 4,500 are expected this year, CBRE Group broker Spencer Ballif has said. All but a few projects are in the suburbs. In urban areas, developer Jonathan Fore is building a rental complex on Spring Mountain just west of Abode’s site, and the Wolff Co. and Downtown Project are building a rental property at Fremont and Ninth streets downtown, next to
Rodman Jordan is developing apartment complexes in Las Vegas for a group of investors in Texas. (L.E. Baskow/staff)
“We would rather have been the first in the pipeline than toward what looks like the end, but it’s OK. First of all, a 3,500-unit-per-year absorption in Clark County has happened regularly in its history, so what you’re talking about is a one-year supply jumping into the market all of a sudden after six years of nothingness.” — Rodman Jordan, developer
Atomic Liquors. Jordan, founder of Centura Development Co., met with VEGAS INC recently to talk about his projects and the valley’s apartment market. Edited excerpts: Most apartment construction in Las Vegas is in the southwest valley. Did you think there was too much in that area? We weren’t afraid of the size of the market or what’s scheduled to be delivered in the southwest. We would rather have been the first in the pipeline than toward what looks like the end, but it’s OK. First of all, a 3,500-unit-per-year absorption in Clark County has happened regularly in its history, so what you’re talking about is a one-year supply jumping into the market all of a sudden after six years of nothingness. Also, what’s unique is that, by coming in when we did, we got to see what subcontractors were doing with their pricing. Were prices going up, going down, staying the same?
There was talk about escalating prices, but what happened was there were no new announcements since all these projects started. Prices are getting competitive again because subcontractors don’t have that third or fourth project in the pipeline. As far as I can tell, most apartments being built in the valley do not have a commercial component. No one wants it because it’s a burden, and apartment developers don’t know what to do with it, by and large. The retail component brings a level of complexity that a lot of developers want to avoid. It can create a more activated experience for tenants if it’s done well. But if it’s done wrong, it could hurt the facility — some third party would operate something that could work to the detriment of a residential project. Depending on the retail tenant, could it scare renters away? Sure. Let’s just say you have a project with a bike shop in there, and the
Overall, what are the pros and cons of Las Vegas’ current rental market? I think it’s a really balanced market; it’s very healthy. I’m comfortable with the amount of new supply, and the demand is there. The jobs are there, too. I just attended a UNLV midyear economic report. They had all these slides showing that our jobs have recovered to where they were before the economic collapse. You know what else is good about this labor market recovery? It’s not construction-related jobs. Construction is the bubble — but right now, construction jobs are at a very healthy 30-year average. What, if any, weak spots do you see? The transient population. That’s always going to be a weak spot because apartments do well with renewals. Apartments would like for you to move in and never leave. With so much churn, that’s wear and tear on the buildings, and it requires a lot of administrative effort after a tenant leaves. As you were looking around town for project sites, what did you think about land prices here? Deceptive. It’s all about civil improvements and the cost of really utilizing this land. The dirt prices have little bearing on what it actually costs to bring the land to construction. It’s a dangerous market for people to dabble in unless they really understand the consequences of this complexity, because you could make a bad mistake. Like buy a $500,000 worthless piece of dirt? Yeah, that happens all the time. When you drive around and you see the vacant land, that’s them. Calida, Jonathan Fore and other savvy, local developers have gotten everything that’s worth getting. I don’t think you’re going to see much more sprawl for multifamily.
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Casinos could be forced to adjust after court ruling on noncompetes By daniel rothberg Staff Writer
In 2012, after several years working as an executive casino host for the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno and at Harrah’s before that, Sumona Islam took a job with the nearby Grand Sierra Resort. One problem: Islam had signed a noncompete agreement preventing her from taking the job. Not long after Islam defected to the Grand Sierra, Atlantis sued. Its lawyers alleged a violation of the agreement and said Islam had copied and altered the casino’s proprietary customer information. The case went to trial and was appealed to the state Supreme Court, which ruled in July that the noncompete was unreasonable. The court’s order, which has flown largely under the radar, represents a “paradigm shift,” argued Howard Cole, a Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie partner who has drafted several noncompetes. “Companies should immediately be discussing with their counsel: What do we have to do?” Cole said. In question before the court was whether Atlantis could enforce a noncompete agreement prohibiting Islam from employment at a gaming business within 150 miles of Atlantis for more than one year after working at the casino. In a 4-3 ruling, the court found the clause “overbroad.” Favoring employee interests, the court majority refused to modify the contract and said the entire agreement was invalid. “According to the term, Islam is prohibited from being employed, for instance, as a custodian, at every casino within a 150-mile radius,” Justice Michael Douglas wrote for the majority. “The agreement’s prohibition of all types of employment with gaming establishments severely restricts Islam’s ability to be gainfully employed. For these reasons, we deem the term to be overbroad and unreasonable.” The use of noncompetes extends far beyond the casino industry. Illinois-based sandwich chain Jimmy John’s recently dropped an infamous noncompete clause that prevented its employees from taking jobs with its competitors for two years. The Nevada Supreme Court once invalidated a noncompete that prohibited a legal assistant from competing within 100 miles of Reno/Sparks for five years. They are used by construction companies, media outlets and health care groups alike, and the aim is to protect core business interests. Casinos often apply noncompete agreements to employees, like hosts, with access to proprietary information. Having reviewed and drafted noncompete clauses for Nevada clients, including gaming interests, Cole said the decision could make many of those agreements hard to enforce as written. “None of those agreements, in my opinion, would pass muster after the Atlantis decision,” he said. For companies, requiring employees to sign noncompete agreements can cut both ways. Unless a casino is prepared for a legal battle, the clauses can deter that company from poaching new talent if competitors also use noncompetes. A casino near
Baltimore — Maryland Live — filed a lawsuit in July that accuses MGM Resorts International, which is building a casino in the state, of hiring hosts who signed noncompete agreements. The suit says the hosts improperly collected information about “high rollers.” “Maryland Live is resorting to threatening its current and former employees with unenforceable noncompete provisions in hopes of preventing people from working in other states, regardless of whether their new employment would compete with Maryland Live,” MGM Resorts has said in a statement. Like several other casino operators, MGM Resorts said it uses noncompete agreements in cases in which it feels a need to protect its business interests. Contracts negotiated by the Culinary Union exclude such clauses. Joshua Buck, president of the Nevada Employment Lawyers Association, said many jurisdictions are looking at the breadth of noncompete agreements and the restraints they place on doing business. “You cannot have a noncompete anywhere in California,” Buck said. “I personally think that they are increasingly being looked at with hostility and increasingly being looked at with skepticism.” Some predict the Nevada Supreme Court’s decision could affect Nevada companies because the court refused to modify Atlantis casino’s “unreasonable” noncompete. When some courts deem noncompete agreements overbroad, they will modify sections rather than invalidate the entire clause. “The court is pretty clear that they are not going to reform or interpret unreasonable language,” said Ruben Garcia, a professor at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law who specializes in employment issues. In the case of Sumona Islam, the three dissenting judges questioned why the majority expressed such concern for the employee. Before leaving Atlantis, Islam copied customer data that she later input into Grand Sierra’s computer system. She also altered customer data in Atlantis’ computer system. After a criminal proceeding, gaming regulators revoked her work permit, which she had reinstated on an appeal this year. The dissent argued that modifying the clause to remove the broad language, rather than invalidating the whole clause, would have better balanced the interests of the employee and employer. Islam’s attorney, Mark Wray, did not dispute his client’s actions, but he said noncompetes are often used as an anticompetitive tactic. He said casinos hire hosts to benefit from their existing relationships. “Nobody owns these gamblers,” he said. Before the Nevada Supreme Court, Atlantis had argued that Grand Sierra should also be liable for taking its trade secrets — the copied information that Islam uploaded to Grand Sierra’s computers. The court sided with Grand Sierra, which argued that it had no knowledge that the data amounted to trade secrets. Lawyers for Grand Sierra did not respond to a request for comment.
Southern Nevada home purchases sink while prices climb By eli segall Staff Writer
Las Vegas home prices rose last month amid a drop in purchases. The median sales price of single-family homes in Southern Nevada in July was $236,000, up 0.4 percent from June and 7.3 percent from a year ago, according to a report from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. Buyers picked up 2,837 single-family homes, down 12.7 percent from June and 7.2 percent year-over-year. The GLVAR reports data from its listing service, which largely comprises previously owned homes. Despite the drop in sales totals, GLVAR President Scott Beaudry, owner of Universal Realty, said home sales through the first half of 2016 outpaced last year’s tally. He also noted that prices, which had been largely flat for almost a year, “have been going up gradually.” According to the GLVAR, the median sales price of previously owned singlefamily homes — the bulk of Las Vegas’ for-sale market — hovered around $220,000 from June 2015 through April this year. “The local housing market is having a pretty solid summer so far,” Beaudry said in a news release. According to Beaudry, however, sales totals last month dropped the most for lower-priced homes, which “suggests it’s getting harder for entry-level buyers to find the homes they want.”
Nevada strikes trade agreement with Australian state By cy ryan Staff Writer
CARSON CITY — An agreement has been signed between Nevada and an Australian state to promote trade and development of mining products. Gov. Brian Sandoval recently completed his trade mission Australia, and his office in Carson City announced the agreement with the premier of Queensland, Annastacia Palaszczuk. The three-year agreement calls for sharing experiences in higher education, water management and technology. The governor’s office earlier announced an agreement between UNLV and an Australian university to share information on gaming issues.
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Diaz said, the family would play an extra round of golf or stay longer. “You have to have a budget,” his brother Adrian Diaz said. Jim Pope, a Las Vegas construction contractor, recently flew home from a trip to Canada. U.S. money goes a longer way up north, though his girlfriend, who lives in Edmonton, plans to visit him next month and won’t get the same perks. She was trying to figure out how she could “afford to do what she likes to do” here, Pope said, “because their dollar is so weak compared to our dollar right now.” Trevor and Julie Wright, of England, recently flew here for a weeklong vacation. They booked the trip, their first to the United States, just a few days before — “We’re really rubbish at planning,” Julie said — and weren’t worried about their dampened purchasing power. “We’ve come for a blowout, and that’s it,” Trevor said. Americans comprise the bulk of Las Vegas’ 42 million annual visitors, but international tourists are much more lucrative per person, as they stay longer and spend more money. But lately, this segment of the economy has faced some big headwinds. The U.S. dollar’s rise — fueled by a relatively better economy at home than abroad, reports say — has slashed spending power here for people from around the globe. Affected countries include Las Vegas’ three biggest sources of foreign tourism: Canada, whose economy has been hurt by a steep drop in oil prices as well as western wildfires; Mexico, whose economy has “stumbled” with stalled exports and a slowed service industry, according to Bloomberg News; and the United Kingdom, where the Brexit vote in June to leave the European Union rocked global stock markets and caused the British pound to tumble. Foreign currencies have plunged
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against the U.S. dollar from peak values reached over the past five years. As of Aug. 12, according to currency converter xe.com: n A Canadian dollar was worth 77 cents, down 25 percent from 2012 n A British pound was worth $1.30, down 24 percent from 2014 n A euro was worth $1.11, down 23 percent from 2011 n A Mexican peso was worth 5 cents, down 38 percent from 2013 The busiest international carrier here, Canada’s WestJet Airlines, flew about 481,500 people in and out of McCarran this year through June, down 11 percent from the same period last year. Aeromexico was down almost 6 percent year-over-year to 135,300 passengers, and Panama’s Copa Airlines, whose flights here typically carry loads of Brazilians, was down 34 percent to 45,200. Several foreign carriers are growing here. British Airways’ midyear passenger tally in Las Vegas was up 19 percent from same-period 2015, to roughly 164,700. Germany’s Condor
Airlines was up 18 percent to 40,800 passengers, and Air Canada climbed 8 percent to 387,600. But overall, foreign carriers’ midyear passenger totals at McCarran were essentially flat, up 0.2 percent to 1.7 million, while U.S. airlines’ passenger counts rose 6.3 percent to 21.1 million, airport data show. International tourism “remains strong” in Las Vegas, “but we’ve certainly seen some effect” from the currency swings, said Cathy Tull, senior vice president of marketing at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. According to the most recent LVCVA data, foreign tourism here grew every year between at least 2005 and 2014, growth rates ranging from 1.5 percent to 13.7 percent. In 2014, there were 6.2 million international visitors. Industry insiders and analysts say they don’t expect international visitor totals to decrease. But, they said, many tourists might watch their spending because of the stronger greenback. “It’s not going to stop them from
coming,” Union Gaming analyst John DeCree said. “Maybe they’ll just make some different decisions while they’re here.” Overall, foreign tourists’ spending in the United States slowed “considerably” over the past year and a half, though other industries have been hit harder by the rising dollar, said David Huether, senior vice president of research at the U.S. Travel Association, an industry group. U.S. manufacturing exports fell 7.5 percent this year through May compared with the same period last year, and agriculture exports fell 13.8 percent. International visitors’ travel-related spending in the United States, however, climbed 2.4 percent in that time, according to association estimates of federal data. “We haven’t been as adversely impacted,” Huether said. Currency swings have an “inverse relationship” with tourism, said Chris Jones, chief marketing officer at McCarran: Domestic tourism to Las Vegas climbs when the dollar is stronger, and international tourism gets a boost when the dollar slides. “There’s always going to be a tradeoff,” he said. There has been “some softening” from Canada and South America, but Europe is “still really strong,” LVCVA’s Tull said. Moreover, China’s Hainan Airlines plans to launch service between Las Vegas and Beijing in December, the first nonstop flights ever between McCarran and mainland China. The airport has spent a fortune luring international airlines and travelers. McCarran’s $2.4 billion Terminal 3, used by foreign carriers, opened in 2012, and airport officials last year unveiled plans to double McCarran’s international gates to 14. International visitors stay an average of 5.3 days in Las Vegas and spend $1,515 per trip; domestic trav-
Currency swings have an “inverse relationship” with tourism, said Chris Jones, chief marketing officer at McCarran: Domestic tourism to Las Vegas climbs when the dollar is stronger, and international tourism gets a boost when the dollar slides.
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Hou Wei, vice president of Hainan Airlines, joins in a toast with local officials as the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority helps announce that the carrier will launch the first nonstop service ever between mainland China and Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/staff)
elers stay an average of 4.2 days and spend $1,100. Foreigners spend an average of $282 per trip on shopping, compared with $93 by U.S. visitors, and $63 on sightseeing, compared with $6, LVCVA data show. “It’s a good profile for us,” Tull said. Canada is the biggest source of international tourism in Las Vegas — 1.9 million people visited from the country in 2014, comprising 31 percent of foreign travelers that year, according to the LVCVA. But industry pros say tourism from the country is slumping. WestJet, based in the oil-heavy province of Alberta, is running 63
flights a week to Las Vegas, down from 78 per week a year ago, Jones said. According to a recent report by government agency Statistics Canada, the country’s gross domestic product shrank in May by 0.6 percent, the largest one-month decline since 2009. “If you’re (from) a market that is largely oil-centric, it makes sense that you’ll be hurting a little bit more right now,” Jones said. WestJet spokeswoman Lauren Stewart said the currency swings and Canada’s economic woes have “definitely impacted” the airline, with less travel to the United States. Canadians “love Las Vegas,” she
said: It is WestJet’s biggest U.S. market, as Canadians flock here for sunshine, entertainment and gambling. And while Canadians still take vacations here and elsewhere, they are finding ways to trim costs. Travelers are going to all-inclusive resorts, staying in Canada, taking shorter trips or ditching a hotel and staying in other people’s homes through Airbnb and cooking their own meals — “just watching their dollars a little more closely,” Stewart said. T.J. Atkinson, of Manitoba, visited Las Vegas recently for the first time with his wife and another couple. Many Canadians spend winters in the United
States, he said, but “a lot of them are looking to sell their properties” because “it’s not as viable anymore.” He said it was “a bit of a kick in the pants” to see the Canadian dollar slide after he booked his tickets for the trip here. But he was “hyped” to visit and “see all the sights” in America’s casino capital. Standing in baggage claim at McCarran, Atkinson said he had “heard so many good things” about Las Vegas and wouldn’t let the exchange rate crimp his spending. “Sometimes,” he said, “you’ve just got to pay a little more for that enjoyment.”
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It’s time to talk about what’s right with Las Vegas
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here seem to be two types of essays penned in local papers about life in Las Vegas: the born-and-raised local who defends Las Vegas unconditionally and the skeptical transplant who constantly bemoans what it lacks. Well, as an adopted Las Vegan who has lived on both coasts and abroad, I’ve found much to like. Over the past decade, I’ve put down considerable roots and have business, charitable and civic ties that I don’t plan on unwinding anytime soon. In fact, I’m here for the long haul. Sure, I’d like to see Las Vegas become less of a Guest column boom/bust town, where Nehme E. Abouzeid opportunists pour in when business metrics tilt upward and bolt as soon as the easy money dries up. We need more entrepreneurship in the hospitality sector to capitalize on our more than 42 million tourists each year. Amid gaming regulations, barriers to entry are too high for startups. And while we seek to embrace the future, we are often caught defend-
“We need more entrepreneurship in the hospitality sector to capitalize on our more than 42 million tourists each year. Amid gaming regulations, barriers to entry are too high for startups. And while we seek to embrace the future, we are often caught defending brickand-mortar business models of yore.”
ing brick-and-mortar business models of yore. There are bright spots, like the cloud-data business Switch and the UFC, a homegrown sports league that became a global phenomenon after most observers had relegated it to the dust bin. We’ve pioneered integrated resorts and triumphantly exported them around the world. I remember attending the opening of Venetian Macao in 2007 and watching proudly as over 100,000 people streamed through the doors in the first 24 hours. Now Wynn is opening Wynn Palace, which will undoubtedly be something special even in a more competitive Macau casino market. Domestically, Las Vegas’ loss of its monopoly on gaming has allowed so many other areas to flourish. Nowadays, daylife is as important as nightlife, and festivals help round out the seasonal slow
periods in tourism. These are all good things. In quality-of-life comparisons, Las Vegas continues to hold its own. Its relative small-town feel juxtaposed with big-city attractions is really unsurpassed anywhere in America. Hosting events like presidential debates helps change outdated views of what Las Vegas is all about and allows us to move away from the vice image. And with pro sports on the horizon, what better city to host a future Super Bowl than one with a mild climate and 150,000 hotel rooms within a 15-minute drive of an international airport? Indeed, I’m always encouraged by the constant reinvention of this city and the verve of its residents. To paraphrase a recent U.S. president, I really don’t see anything wrong with Las Vegas that can’t be cured by what is right with Las Vegas. We just need to decide where to put our focus. We tend to do well cutting through red tape to get things done and get things built. Hopefully, what we’ll build next is a city that locals and transplants can look at through the same lens and equally appreciate. Nehme E. Abouzeid, MBA, is a former journalist and current executive director of brand marketing for Wynn Las Vegas. In a 13-year career with Las Vegas Sands and Wynn, he has helped develop and market integrated casino-resorts worldwide.
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Calendar of events MONDAY, AUGUST 22 Public Relations Society of America 2016 Media Roundtable Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $25 for PRSA members; $30 for nonmembers or at the door Location: Bonefish Grill at Town Square, 6527 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit prsalasvegas.com Listen to a panel discussion from journalists Jon Ralston; Patrick Walker, KLAS-TV; and John L. Smith, KNPR. They will discuss news coverage, current events and the role of media.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 Government Contracting 201: International Contracting Time: 1-4 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Small Business Administration Nevada District Office, 300 S. Fourth St., Suite 400, Las Vegas Information: Email judith.hepburn@sba.gov This seminar will acquaint businesses with the market conditions and the process for bidding and winning international U.S. government contracts. BOMA Nevada monthly meeting Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for Building Owners and Managers Association members; $40 for nonmembers; $45 at the door Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas Information: Visit bomanevada.org Sam Kaufman, CEO and managing director of the Henderson Hospital, will discuss progress and news for the hospital slated to open this fall. AviSight Drone Academy Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; also Aug. 24-26 Cost: $500 for one-day beginner course; $900 for two-day Part 107 professional course; $1,600 for four-day master course Location: South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit avisightdroneacademy.com Become a pioneer in this fast-growing industry. Attendees will receive the necessary training and certification to ensure that business operations are safe and legal.
Southern Hills Republican Women luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $25 for SHRW members; $30 for nonmembers Location: Buckman’s Grille, 2600 Hampton Road, Henderson Information: Call 702-450-7063 Republican Congressman Joe Heck, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, will be the featured speaker. Lunch & Learn Time: Noon-2 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, Conference Room N263, 3150 Paradise Road Information: Email crsvlvinfo@gmail.com The Cristo Rey St. Viator Las Vegas College Preparatory Feasibility Study Committee hosts this event to discuss new opportunities within the business community. The committee is seeking letters of intent from job partners across all corporate industries, as a Cristo Rey High School is projected to open here in 2018.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 Mixer at TaylorMade Golf Experience Time: 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $5 for UNLV students; $15 for UNLVIP members; $20 general admission Location: TaylorMade Golf Experience, 6730 S. Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit unlvalumni.org Connect with UNLV alumni at the Rebel Business Network gathering, set at TaylorMade’s Strip-side golf attraction. LVCVA Chairman Lawrence Weekly will discuss the state of tourism in Las Vegas, and showgirls will greet attendees. Certified Commercial Investment Member August luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $40 for CCIM members; $50 for nonmembers; $60 at the door Location: Palms Resort, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit snccim.org The topic for this event will be “So you want to own commercial real estate?” Top real estate panelists will discuss successes, setbacks and risks in the industry.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 Been There Done That Time: 8-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free Location: The Office Squad, 7495 W. Azure Drive, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-649-3495 Enjoy breakfast and conversation with local business owners about what worked and didn’t work for them, and what’s next. Join the discussion on planning how to grow your business. Henderson Chamber of Commerce networking mixer Time: 5-8 p.m. Cost: $15 for chamber members; $25 for nonmembers; $10 additional for walk-ins Location: Bottiglia Cucina Enoteca at Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Information: Call 702-565-8951 Grow your network and mingle with business professionals and Henderson Chamber of Commerce members. Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for ACC members; $45 for nonmembers Location: Gold Coast, Arizona Ballroom, 4000 Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-737-4300 Network while gaining perspectives on local, national and international events. The guest speaker will be Democratic Congresswoman Dina Titus.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 August CommunityCation luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: Free Location: The Innevation Center, 6795 S. Edmond St., Las Vegas Information: Call 702-444-1111 Janet Runge, Ph.D., will discuss individual creativity and team innovation, and why it’s important to foster and grow both. Runge is the founder of UNLV’s Global Entrepreneurship Experience and the UNLV Center for Entrepreneurship.
Conventions
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Orgill Fall Dealer Market
Sands Expo and Convention Center
Aug. 25-27
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VMworld
Mandalay Bay
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Records and Transactions Bankruptcies Chapter 11 Annie’s Gourmet Parties 272 Windsong Echo Drive Henderson, NV 89012 Attorney: Corey B. Beck at becksbk@yahoo.com Sea Level View Inc. 10120 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 200 Henderson, NV 89052 Attorney: Matthew L. Johnson at annabelle@mjohnsonlaw.com Sunpower by Renewable Energy Electric 7180 Dean Martin Drive, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89118 Attorney: Bryan A. Lindsey and Samuel A. Schwartz at bryan@ schwartzlawyers.com and sam@ nvfirm.com
Bid Opportunities Wednesday, AUG. 24 2:15 p.m. Southern Nevada Health District Building: Site Demolition Clark County, 604171 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov
Thursday, AUG. 25 2:15 p.m. Metro Communications Center: Chiller Plant Upgrade Clark County, 604176 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov
Friday, AUG. 26 2:15 p.m. Desert Inn Road, Sir George Drive and Winterwood Boulevard Improvements Clark County, 603873 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. Clark County on Road Vehicle Classification Study Clark County, 604186 Sherry Wimmer at sherryw@ clarkcountynv.gov
Wednesday, AUG. 31 2:15 p.m. Regional Justice Center: Central Plant Boiler Addition Clark County, 604200 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov
Friday, SEPT. 23 2:15 p.m. Las Vegas Boulevard from St. Rose Parkway to Silverado Ranch Boulevard Clark County, 604083 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov
Brokered transactions SALES $289,952 for 3,454 square feet, office 871 Coronado Center Drive, Suite 110, Henderson, NV 89052 Landlord: TAG Coronado 1 Landlord agent: Marc Magliarditi, Brendan Keating of Logic Commercial Real Estate Tenant: RBSM Tenant agent: Matt Kreft, Jayne Cayton of Cushman Wakefield Commerce
LEASES $1,350,000 for 13,282 square feet, industrial for 66 months 5 Sunset Way, Henderson 89014 Landlord: Did not disclose Landlord agent: Travis Noack, Kimberly Summers, Mel Koich and Craig Summers of Gatski Commercial Tenant: Did not disclose Tenant agent: Travis Noack, Kimberly Summers, Mel Koich and Craig Summers of Gatski Commercial
BUSINESS LICENSES T Mobile Financial License type: General retail sales Address: 1291 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: David A. Miller T Mobile Leasing License type: Rental and leasing Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite B02A, Las Vegas Owner: David A. Miller T Mobile Leasing License type: Rental and leasing Address: 1291 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: David A. Miller T.A.R. License type: Automotive garage/ service station (minor) Address: 1711 N. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Marios Stolidakis Tamara Kinoshita License type: Real estate sales Address: 7560 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Tamara Kinoshita Target Store T826 License type: Food services or cafe Address: 3210 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas Owner: Target Corp. Temple Auto Sales License type: Automotive sales with minor repair Address: 218 W. Wyoming Ave.,
Las Vegas Owner: Darlene Torres Sosa The Makings of Mao License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Timothy Ladner and Monique Ladner The Sleep Center of Nevada License type: Medical office Address: 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 313, Henderson Owner: Drs. R. D. Prabhu - Lata K. Shete Tigo License type: General retail sales Address: 4954 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Ahmed Sedik Tj Batteriez License type: General retail sales Address: 5714 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Ruben Gutierrez Cedillo Tony J. Fay License type: Real estate sales Address: 6955 N. Durango Drive, Suite 1002, Las Vegas Owner: Tony J. Fay Tuimama’s Clothesline License type: Gross revenue Address: 400 National St., Henderson Owner: Robin Tuitama U S Appraisal Pros License type: Professional services Address: 1801 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 270, Las Vegas Owner: D. Montoya Enterprises U.S. Bank National Association License type: Automated teller operator Address: 7151 W. Craig Road, Las Vegas Owner: Alyce Trask and Carol Lafferty
Vegas Stamps and Hobbies License type: General retail sales Address: 5643 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 1, Las Vegas Owner: Randall Shepard Vegas Valley Carpet Cleaning License type: Repair and maintenance Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: John Aguiar Waveseer of Las Vegas License type: Inter-jurisdictional business Address: 13985 Grand Valley Parkway, North Las Vegas Owner: Waveseer of Las Vegas Western Union Financial Services License type: Wire service Address: 10890 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Rajesh K. Agrawal and David Thompson White Owl Home Projects Professional License type: Property maintenance Address: 1293 Corista Drive, Henderson Owner: John White Winterwolf Press License type: Publishing Address: 2400 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Winterwolf Enterprises Wolfpack Tattoo Downtown License type: General retail sales Address: 626 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Wolfpack Tattoo World Tree Healing Arts License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 5931 Moon Garden St., Las Vegas Owner: World Tree Healing Arts
Ziad License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 1231 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas Owner: Lee Zucker 220 Off-Road Tours License type: Travel agency Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Robert Church Abel Ayala Delgado License type: Handyman Address: 1109 Bull Run Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Abel Ayala Abril Wireless License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 3012 Griswold St., North Las Vegas Owner: Azucena Aviles Adela’s Cleaning Services License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Adela Lopez Jimenez and Pedro J. Martinez Advanced Psychological Care License type: Social work, behavioral therapy business Address: 2831 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 200 (237), Henderson Owner: Advanced Psychological Care Aldona Moreno License type: Real estate sales Address: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Aldona Moreno Allison Alterations License type: Tailoring Address: 1446 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Mayra J. Murillo-Jovel
Xue Mei Wang License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 3618 Vino Rosso Ave., Henderson Owner: Xue Mei Wang
Aluminum Products License type: Contractor Address: 3633 E. Nebraska Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Did not disclose
Yeh & Associates License type: Real estate Address: 7465 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Yeh & Associates
Alysha Mccord License type: Real estate sales Address: 6955 N. Durango Drive, Suite 1002, Las Vegas Owner: Alysha Mccord
Vegas Executive Maintenance License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Lawrence Cartmill
Zhe Li License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 4033 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Zhe Li
American Medical Response License type: Special event medical service Address: 7201 W. Post Road, Las Vegas Owner: Mercy Inc.
Vegas Market & Liquor License type: Convenience store Address: 861 N. Nellis Blvd., Suite 1, Las Vegas Owner: N. Mary Holding
Zia Inspections License type: Professional services Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Gilbert Baca
Andriy Isayev License type: Photography Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Andriy Isayev
US Gas 4 License type: Convenience store Address: 70 E. Centennial Parkway, North Las Vegas Owner: LV Petroleum Valley West Mortgage License type: Professional services Address: 9580 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200, Las Vegas Owner: Valley West Corp.
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Records and Transactions Anyu Enterprise License type: Professional promoter Address: 10887 Fishers Island St., Las Vegas Owner: Anyu Enterprise Atlas Building Contractors License type: Contractor Address: 8275 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 119, Las Vegas Owner: Atlas Building Contractors August Lane License type: Gross revenue Address: 270 Daisy Gold Court, Henderson Owner: Melissa Bonilla Avendco License type: Coin amusement machine Address: 8410 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 107, Las Vegas Owner: Andre Nelms Backyard Connection License type: Contractor Address: 489 Beaconwood St., Henderson Owner: Backyard Connection Bank of England Mortgage License type: Professional services Address: 8691 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 220, Las Vegas Owner: Bank of England Black Widow Boutique License type: Gross revenue Address: 10345 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 160, Henderson Owner: Garcia, Tom Edward Bonita License type: General retail sales Address: 1440 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite B, Las Vegas Owner: Rocio J. Chavez Brix Plumbing & Heating License type: Contractor Address: 11031 Lamour Lane, Las Vegas Owner: Did not disclose Buon Gusto Ristorante License type: Gross revenue Address: 2642 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway A2, Henderson Owner: KME DBA Buon Gusto Ristorante Campus Food Service License type: Food service Address: 6375 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite C, Las Vegas Owner: Campus Food Service Car Wash Los Jarochos License type: Mobile auto detailing Address: 2224 Carroll St., North Las Vegas Owner: Luis Acosta Cardo Realty License type: Real estate Address: 851 S. Rampart Blvd.,
Suite 105, Las Vegas Owner: Joshua Thomas CBD Canna License type: Gross revenue Address: 3123 Via Da Vinci, Henderson Owner: CBD Canna Chely’s Cleaning License type: Janitorial service Address: 2506 Lava Rock Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Graciela Acevedo Christopher Cranny License type: Real estate sales Address: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Christopher Cranny Commercial Expansion Group License type: Real estate Address: 1770 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Commercial Expansion Group Compass Investments License type: Designer-draftsman Address: 10181 Park Run Drive, Suite 200, Las Vegas Owner: Howard Bulloch and David Gaffin Control Power Refrigeration License type: Contractor Address: 6550 S. Pecos Road, Suite B-11, Las Vegas Owner: Control Power Refrigeration Core-Mark International License type: Gross revenue Address: 855 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson Owner: Core-Mark International Culichi Nails License type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 607 N. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Maricela Rodriguez Custom Wood Creations License type: Manufacturing, light assembly and fabrication Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Custom Wood Creations CVS Pharmacy License type: Drugstore Address: 8750 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Warm Springs Road CVS CVS Pharmacy License type: Drugstore Address: 3210 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas Owner: Warm Springs Road CVS D & M Childrens Boutique License type: Gross revenue Address: 55 S. Gibson Road, Suite 109, Henderson Owner: D & M Childrens Boutique
Destinations by Design License type: Event planning Address: 7608 W. Teco Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Destinations by Design Dudley Properties License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 8541 Bellaterra Court, Las Vegas Owner: Dudley Properties Dynamic Urgent & Family Care License type: Medical office Address: 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 800, Henderson Owner: Dynamic Urgent Care El Nopal Mexican Grill #4 License type: Restaurant Address: 955 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Radiosnetwork Espiritu Salsero Dance Company License type: Dance studio Address: 2232 Mediterranean Sea Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Apolinar Rivera Fatboy Restaurant License type: Restaurant Address: 1570 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 160, Henderson Owner: Fatboy Restaurant Five Star Market and Liquor License type: Gaming restricted Address: 3595 E. Bonanza Road, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: LVstore Fizzion License type: Gross revenue Address: 7685 Commercial Way, Suite G, Henderson Owner: Kegel Fuller’s Patio Misting Systems License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 3806 Millwood Ave., Las Vegas Owner: GPF Enterprises Future Wireless License type: General retail sales Address: 7530 Westcliff Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Stella Donado GDS Enterprises License type: Type 4 Address: 1341 E. Thousandaire Blvd., Pahrump Owner: GDS Enterprises Glitz & Glam License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite E47A, Las Vegas Owner: Nicole Upton Go Right License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 209 S. Roland Wiley
Road, Las Vegas Owner: Myrla Baumann and Mark Baumann Grand Desert Psychiatric Service License type: Professional services Address: 2021 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Dr. Matthew Okeke Green Therapeutics License type: Medical marijuana cultivation facility Address: 5975 Procyon St., Las Vegas Owner: Rutt K. Premsrirut, Joseph J. Ereneta, Amy I. Fu, Michael T. Sumiyoshi, Duke W. Fu Greenway Medical License type: Medical marijuana cultivation facility Address: 4844 Cecile Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Nicholas R. Hatalski, Corey B. Buffkin, Kenneth W. Nielsen, Edward J. Duff, Noah S. Block, Christopher A. Fresquez, Rjb-Ira Direct Invest Guardia Car Wash License type: Automobile detailing Address: 3861 St. Luke Court, Las Vegas Owner: Raul Castro Gomez H2O Backflow Service License type: Repair and maintenance Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: John Arthur and Michael S. Arthur Habaneros Taco Grill 2 License type: Restaurant Address: 604 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Roque and Aguilar Heal Outside The Box License type: Gross revenue Address: 29 Montelago Blvd., Suite 519, Henderson Owner: Heal Outside The Box Henderson Trainer License type: Inter-jurisdictional business Address: 1064 Valetta Flat Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Joshua Kennedy Highland Auto Sales License type: Automotive sales Address: 3131 Meade Ave., Suite C, Las Vegas Owner: Coco Igor Rosas License type: Real estate sales Address: 8400 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Igor Rosas Innovativo Design License type: Designer-draftsman
Address: 4810 W. University Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Nancy Paolino and Douglas Walton Istore-One License type: General retail sales Address: 840 N. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Maria Ramirez Istore-One License type: General retail sales Address: 2917 W. Washington Ave., Suite 3, Las Vegas Owner: Maria Ramirez J and J Pest Control License type: Property maintenance Address: 6441 W. Crystal Dew Drive, Las Vegas Owner: J and J Pest Control Janet Bonner License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 3939 Briarcrest Court, Las Vegas Owner: Janet Bonner Jasmine Gamber License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 4760 W. Shelbourne Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Jasmine Gamber Jeanette Ochoa License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 9550 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 237, Henderson Owner: Jeanette Ochoa Jersey Mike’s Subs License type: Restaurant Address: 5595 Simmons St., North Las Vegas Owner: Imagine Restaurant Concepts JFR Consulting Group License type: Type 6 Address: 1481 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 130, Henderson Owner: JFR Consulting Group JG Strategic Marketing License type: Business consultant Address: 1808 Camino Monte Sol, North Las Vegas Owner: Juan R. Gonzalez John C. White License type: Door-to-door solicitor Address: 1293 Corista Drive, Henderson Owner: John C. White Jose Z. License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Jose Suarez
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Records and Transactions JSRE License type: Automotive garage Address: 105 W. Wyoming Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Lane Keller Justin Pavsic License type: Real estate sales Address: 10000 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Justin Pavsic
Building permits $3,196,265, tenant improvement 3050 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas Layton Construction $2,764,626, commercial - new 1970 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas Martin-Harris Construction $785,000, fireproof 4490 Nexus Way, North Las Vegas Aero Automatic Sprinkler $780,000, wall fence 5150 Los Prados Circle, Las Vegas Steel Partners $750,000, commercial - new 1970 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas Martin-Harris Construction $500,000, commercial 6341 W. Lone Mountain Road, Las Vegas Akal Construction $500,000, tenant improvement 2300 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Kittrell Jensen Contractors $470,750, tenant improvement 330 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Summit Construction $332,000, tenant improvement 8850 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas Kittrell Jensen Contractors $278,300, fireproof 4410 Nexus Way, North Las Vegas Aero Automatic Sprinkler
$198,306, single-family dwelling tract 260 Elder View Drive, Las Vegas Greystone Nevada
$168,721, single-family dwelling tract 370 Pollino Peaks St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes
$190,639, single-family dwelling tract 12020 Attiva Ave., Las Vegas William Lyon Homes
$165,241, residential - production 113 Ullapool Court, Henderson DR Horton
$190,639, single-family dwelling tract 12026 Attiva Ave., Las Vegas William Lyon Homes $180,800, restaurant-complete 110 N. Stephanie St., Henderson Khairat $177,662, residential - production 516 Wildflower Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada $177,163, residential - model 993 Soaring Moon Drive, Henderson KB Home LV Talesera Hills $176,500, commercial 499 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas Baja Construction $175,757, electrical 1800 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Ideacom $174,675, residential - new 4013 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas DR Horton $173,702, single-family dwelling tract 12137 Dorada Coast Ave., Las Vegas Toll South LV $173,702, single-family dwelling tract 12161 Dorada Coast Ave., Las Vegas Toll South LV $171,673, residential - production 2434 Amatrice St., Henderson KB Home Inspirada $170,509, residential - new 5336 Mountain Garland Lane, North Las Vegas DR Horton
$221,000, fireproof 4490 Nexus Way, North Las Vegas Aero Automatic Sprinkler
$170,509, residential - new 4012 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas DR Horton
$211,982, single-family dwelling tract 254 Elder View Drive, Las Vegas Greystone Nevada
$168,721, single-family dwelling tract 382 Capistrano Vistas St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes
$211,711, single-family dwelling tract 266 Elder View Drive, Las Vegas Greystone Nevada
$168,721, single-family dwelling tract 358 Pollino Peaks St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes
$159,308, residential - production 504 Wildflower Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada $159,308, residential - production 500 Wildflower Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada $156,323, single-family dwelling tract 375 Pollino Peaks St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $156,323, single-family dwelling tract 363 Pollino Peaks St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $154,151, residential - production 112 Ullapool Court, Henderson DR Horton $151,404, residential - new 5332 Mountain Garland Lane, North Las Vegas DR Horton $151,404, residential - new 5309 Golden Melody Lane, North Las Vegas DR Horton $151,404, residential - new 4008 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas DR Horton $150,000, single-family dwelling 2512 Driftwood Drive, Las Vegas Master Built Construction $143,568, residential - new 5313 Golden Melody Lane, North Las Vegas DR Horton $143,568, residential - new 4009 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las Vegas DR Horton $143,185, single-family dwelling tract 8455 Glowing Summer St., Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada $140,924, single-family dwelling tract 139 Colantonio Court, Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $139,512, residential - production 512 Wildflower Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada $139,512, residential - production
508 Wildflower Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada $138,306, single-family dwelling tract 6692 Radiant Red Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $138,306, single-family dwelling tract 6719 Radiant Red Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $134,002, single-family dwelling tract 444 Vigo Port St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $134,002, single-family dwelling tract 11838 Tres Bispos Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $133,118, single-family dwelling tract 11906 Tres Bispos Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $133,118, single-family dwelling tract 435 Vigo Port St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $130,751, residential - production 3088 Porte La Paz Ave., Henderson Toll Henderson $129,199, residential - production 124 Outcrop Ridge Ave., Henderson PN II $129,039, residential - new 2504 Gala Haven Court, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $126,908, single-family dwelling tract 7442 Abby View St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $126,908, single-family dwelling tract 7517 Old Compton St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $126,759, residential - production 1192 Cold Breeze Drive, Henderson PN II $125,193, single-family dwelling tract 11830 Montanesa Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $125,193, single-family dwelling tract 419 Vigo Port St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $123,091, single-family dwelling tract 11834 Spadari Court, Las Vegas
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Category: residential real estate brokerages (Ranked by total 2015 local resale volume as of july 1)
Top local executive
Local 2015 resale volume
Realty One Group 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180 Las Vegas, NV 89135 702-898-1221 • realtyonegroup.com
2005
$2,390,000,000 10,329
1,700
Wallace Kowis, corporate broker
2
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties 3185 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 100 Henderson, NV 89052 702-769-7777 • bhhsnv.com
1979
$1,686,884,689
5,947
1,037
Mark Stark, CEO
3
Coldwell Banker Premier Realty 8290 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-871-9500 • lasvegashomes.com
1983
$759,860,665
2,868
220
Bob Hamrick, chairman and CEO
4
FJM Corp. dba ERA Brokers Consolidated 1925 Village Center Circle, Suite 150 Las Vegas, NV 89134 702-940-4500 • erabrokers.com
1989
$489,615,569
1,721
140
Fafie Moore, executive vice president of Southern Nevada
5
Keller Williams Realty The Market Place, The Brenkus Team 2230 Corporate Circle, Suite 250 Henderson, NV 89074 702-456-5959 • thebrenkusteam.com
1989
$418,482,759
1,941
263
Rick and Teri Brenkus, owners
6
Windermere Prestige Properties 1401 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 200 Henderson, NV 89074 702-432-4600 • windermerenevada.com
2004
$135,143,147
459
91
Robyn Yates, broker/ owner
7
Luxury Homes of Las Vegas 7854 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-216-4663 • luxuryhomesoflasvegas.com
1999
$120,000,000
300
20
Kenneth Lowman, broker/owner
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General Realty Group 6330 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 2 Las Vegas, NV 89120 702-736-4664 • generalrealtygroup.com
1992
$64,000,000
475
121
Jay Dana, corporate broker
Firm
1
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Local residential agents
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