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Your daily events planner, starring Chris Rock, Deadmau5, UNLVino, BMI’s Wave In festival, Cinco de Mayo celebrations and more.
THE STRIP
The Palms has reopened, with lots of old favorites—and some new wrinkles— awaiting returning locals.
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After missing the playoffs for the first time ever, how will the Golden Knights approach this offseason?
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Vegas Inc’s 2022 Women Inspiring Nevada celebrates vision and accomplishment.
Advocates take stock of the nation’s “most severe” affordable housing shortage— right here in Southern Nevada.
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SPORTS WIth a new coach and a new approach, the Las Vegas Aces look ready for another title run after near-misses the past two seasons.
Costumed performers pose on the Palms casino floor during the resort’s April 27 reopening. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
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DAVID GUETTA 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com. MUSIC
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THE CHAINSMOKERS 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com. BECKY G With DJ Politik, 10:30 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com. LA CAMPESINA With El Dasa, Javier Rosas, Tercer Elemento & more, 6 p.m., Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, dlvec.com. CINCO DE MAYO FESTIVAL 2022 With Mariachi Nuestras Raíces, 5 p.m., Water Street Plaza, cityofhenderson. com. BARRY MANILOW Thru 5/7, 7 p.m., Westgate International Theater, ticketmaster.com.
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STEVE AOKI 10:30 p.m., Hakkasan Nightclub, events. taogroup.com. ELLAS With Mariachi Joya, 7 p.m., the Space, thespacelv.com. LAS VEGAS STORIES: CHINESE AMERICANS IN SIN CITY 7 p.m., Clark County Library, lvccld.org.
BRODY JENNER & DEVIN LUCIEN 10:30 p.m., Tao Nightclub, events.taogroup. com. JULIAN JEWEIL & JOYHAUSER With Bad Beat, Jordan Harvey, 10 p.m., Commonwealth, elationlv.com. EDDIE IFFT With Butch Bradley, Jackie Fabulous, John Joseph, thru 5/8, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Comedy Cellar, ticketmaster.com. UGLY BOY With The Red Seduction, Yeyo, Elevated Undergrounds, 8 p.m., SoulBelly BBQ, eventbrite.com.
WAVE IN The literary, music, art and learning gathering formerly known as the Believer Festival returns for a fourth edition with several fresh elements beyond a new name. Black Mountain Institute’s rechristened Wave In fest utilizes new venues, including Fergusons Downtown, Springs Preserve and Area15, and it has broadened its mission of exploring complex, polarizing issues—“our shared climate, the rising tide of indigenous liberation, the displacement of those seeking refuge [and] the current pandemic,” per the festival’s website—through the lens of the arts and humanities. Put another way: A truly diverse selection of artists, writers and educators, Jumi Bello, Dr. Eve L. Ewing, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Mai Khoi, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Pedro X. Molina, David Morris, Margaret Namulyanga, Maggie Nelson, Axie Oh, Aminah Mae Safi and Roxane Gay, among many others, are coming to Las Vegas to strike up enlightening, entertaining and likely transformative conversations that need to be had. Plus: The ticket prices are super-affordable, and this year’s fest will also include free events for young attendees. This wave is well worth riding from beginning to end. May 5-7, times & venues vary, $10-$15 per event, bmifestival.org. –Geoff Carter
MARIACHI VARGAS DE TECALITLÁN 8 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com. (Courtesy)
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CHRIS ROCK Returning to the road after a five-year break, Chris Rock already had a few things to talk about before recent events slapped an asterisk on his Ego Death tour and pretty much everything else he does from here on out. (He’s still not talking about the Academy Awards, at least not directly, and it seems unlikely he’ll talk about it during this tour; new material needs time to be workshopped.) The bottom line is, if you enjoy Rock’s comedy—his knife-edged satire, his oftentimes confessional storytelling, his abiding love of old-fashioned dirty jokes—you should go see him at the Colosseum; if you dislike his comedy, your criticisms have already been addressed to his face. Heckling from the crowd, like Will Smith did at the Oscars (well, after a fashion), is nothing Rock hasn’t heard before. And if you laugh along with Rock’s set, he’ll recognize that sound, too. May 6-7, 9:30 p.m., $99-$209, the Colosseum, ticketmaster.com. –Geoff Carter
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DEADMAU5 With Zen Freeman, 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com. (AP Photo)
SILK SONIC 9 p.m., & 5/7, 5/10, Dolby Live, ticketmaster.com.
KYGO 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.
LOS LOBOS 8 p.m., the Railhead, ticketmaster.com.
JOHN LEGEND 8 p.m., & 5/7, Zappos Theater, ticketmaster.com.
FIRST FRIDAY 5-11 p.m., Downtown Las Vegas, ffflv.org,
JESS HILARIOUS 10 p.m., Mirage Theatre, mirage. mgmresorts.com.
ILLENIUM 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, events. taogroup.com.
RANDY RAINBOW 8 p.m., Venetian Theatre, ticketmaster.com.
UNLV BASEBALL VS. HAWAII Thru 5/8, times vary, Las Vegas Ballpark, ticketmaster.com.
UNLV SOFTBALL VS. COLORADO STATE Thru 5/8, times vary, Eller Media Stadium, unlvtickets.com.
SNOW THA PRODUCT 7 p.m., House of Blues, livenation.com.
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MICHAEL BUBLÉ 8 p.m., & 5/7, Resorts World Theatre, axs.com.
TIP 10 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.
ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Thru 5/8, times vary, Charleston Heights Art Center, rainbow company.org. VANESSA COLLIER With Ana Popovic, 8 p.m., the Amp at Craig Ranch Park, etix.com. DOM DOLLA 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events. taogroup.com.
RADICAL WEST With Smokescreen Visuals, Heroine Honey, David Rice, 8:30 p.m., the Usual Place, eventbrite.com. ALEX HOOPER 7:30 p.m., & 5/7, Wiseguys, vegas. wiseguyscomedy. com. SARA NIEMIETZ 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter. com.
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UNLVINO GRAND TASTING 6 p.m., Hospitality Hall, unlvtickets.com.
LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC SEASON FINALE After a season filled with beloved classics, including Beethoven’s nine symphonies in honor of his 250th birthday, the Las Vegas Philharmonic will close out its 23rd season with gusto. The evening will include Beethoven’s Ah! perfido, Op. 65—a concert aria for soprano and orchestra—along with the world premiere of a new orchestral work from of Juan Pablo Contreras, a Latin Grammy-nominated composer who combines Western classical and Mexican folk music to create unique soundscapes. And then, the night will conclude with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. While the composer produced many beloved works over the course of his life, his symphonies are exciting to experience and are credited with ushering in the Romantic Era. 7:30 p.m., $29-$121, Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com. –Evelyn Mateos
BOXING: CANELO VS. BIVOL 1:15 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com. POP 2000 TOUR Ft. Mark McGrath, O-Town, Ryan Cabrera, L.F.O., 8 p.m., Green Valley Ranch Backyard Amphitheater, ticketmaster.com. ALESSO 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events. taogroup.com. JERRY CANTRELL With PhillipMichael Scales, 8 p.m., House of Blues, livenation.com. MARSHMELLO 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com. DJ SNAKE 10:30 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com. JAZZ IN THE PARK: NESTOR TORRES 6 p.m., Clark County Amphitheater, seetickets.us.
METALACHI 8 p.m., Veil Pavilion, silvertoncasino. showare.com. MARGARITAS & TACOS EXPERIENCE 11 a.m., the Lawn at Downtown Summerlin, projecttaco.com. LEA SALONGA 8 p.m., & 5/8, Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com. HENDERSON ART FESTIVAL Thru 5/8, 9 a.m., Water Street Plaza, cityofhenderson. com. JHAYCO 11 a.m., Elia Beach Club, eliabeachlv.com. HAPPY CAMPERS With Suburban Resistance, Los Carajos, 8:30 p.m., Taverna Costera, eventbrite.com. SKYE & STARS: INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMY DAY 6 p.m., Skye Canyon Park, skyecanyon.com.
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MONDAYS DARK 8 p.m., the Space, mondaysdark.com. DIVE IN MOVIES: THE BREAKFAST CLUB 8 p.m., Cosmopolitan Boulevard Pool, ticketmaster.com.
DJ CLA 10:30 p.m., Jewel Nightclub, events. taogroup.com. RITCH SNYDNER With Felicia Michaels, Alan Bursky, Thru 5/15, 8:30 & 10:30 p.m., Laugh Factory, ticketmaster.com.
YO YOLIE With Lexto, 9 p.m., Emporium, emporiumlv.com. THE RUMRUNNERS 10 p.m., Sand Dollar Lounge, thesanddollarlv. com.
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TEMPTATION SUNDAYS The city’s longest running LGBTQ+ pool party launches its 12th season May 8 at its Strip headquarters at Luxor, and this summer, local nightlife impresario Eduardo Cordova (of the Garden in the Arts District and Star Cocktail Piano Lounge just off the Strip) is taking control. “I’m going to transform Temptation Sundays into an elevated beach club experience full of fun surprises, exciting activations and amazing partnerships,” Cordova says in a statement. “This will be the biggest season yet and will be a feast for the senses as we bring the indulgent jungle island ambiance of the Garden to Luxor.” Running every Sunday through September 18, the party will bring dancers and drag queens from TV’s RuPaul’s Drag Race poolside to complement DJs and other entertainers. Noon, $15-$30, Luxor North Pool, temptationsundayslv. com. –Brock Radke
VEGAS KNIGHTS HAWKS VS. NORTHERN ARIZONA WRANGLERS 1 p.m., Dollar Loan Center, axs.com. LOUIS THE CHILD With Esther Anaya, Noon, Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv. com. FAED 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub,
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DOWNLINK & DIESELBOY With Bushido Brown, Red, 10 p.m., Discopussy, ticketfairy.com.
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ACADEMY OF NEVADA BALLET THEATRE: SPRING CONCERT 6:30 p.m., Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter. com. FRANKIE MORENO 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter. com.
DEBBIE LAMBIN: LOVING BOOKS THROUGH ART Reading any good book, we envision what characters and scenes look like as we get lost in the pages. Carson City’s Debbie Lambin and her daughter, Rachael, give them physical form—sculptures made from books themselves. They fold and mold pages into characters and scenes from timeless classic novels, national bestsellers and local authors. One piece shown on their website (http://mythousandswords.com) depicts a paper hand holding a wand from the Harry Potter universe, while another shows wild horses thundering from the pages of a book about the elegant animals. Their work is now on display at Clark County Library. Check out how the two have repurposed old books into new treasures. Thru July 24, free, lvccld.org. –Evelyn Mateos
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CARRIE UNDERWOOD: REFLECTION 8 p.m., Resorts World Theatre, axs.com. THE DAMNED With Kid Congo Powers, 7 p.m., House of Blues, livenation.com.
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HANNAH WANTS 10:30 p.m., Marquee Library, events. taogroup.com.
THE COMPOSERS SHOWCASE 9:30 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter. com. BLACK MARBLE With Gap Girls, 8 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, seetickets.us.
INFECTED RAIN With Mastiv, Silent Movie Cinema, Haddonfield, 8 p.m., the Dive Bar, brownpaper tickets.com.
ESMÉ PATTERSON With Dama Vicke, Post NC, 8 p.m., the Usual Place, eventbrite.com.
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JUSTIN CREDIBLE 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, events. taogroup.com.
TIGERS ON OPIUM With Sonolith, Zach Ryan, 9 p.m., SoulBelly BBQ, eventbrite. com.
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5.5.22 Ann Marie Pereth poses onstage as cast members warm up for a performance at the Usual Place (Steve Marcus/Staff)
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Going off-script with A Public Fit theater co-founder Ann Marie Pereth
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In 2014, local couple Ann Marie Pereth and Joseph Kucan founded A Public Fit, a Fremont Eastbased professional theater company devoted to staging smart, provocative and engaging plays using local actors and crew. Across eight smartly curated seasons, it has done exactly that, presenting such memorable and innovative productions as A Summons From the Tinker to Assemble the Membership at the Usual Place, which began, almost surreptitiously, in an alley behind the performance space (and which provided the company with the name of its Downtown venue, the Usual Place) and the largely silent Small Mouth Sounds. Many of these productions are directed or co-directed by Pereth, an actor, dancer and choreographer whose restless creativity extends well beyond her work as A Public Fit’s artistic director. The longtime Las Vegan (“I lived here when this town only had 500,000 people”) teaches drama at CSN and assists other local theater companies and schools, working towards the goal of building something durable and lasting for Las Vegas. “I want the theater community to succeed; to rise above,” Pereth says. “I’m really fighting for that cause.”
Theater is a tough sell here. Where do you find the money to pay cast and crew? Individual donors; we have a lot of people who support us. Grants. Corporate sponsorships—right now, we have a sponsorship with Findlay [Automotive Group] for our current production, Things I Know to Be True. And ticket sales, but the shows are so expensive [to produce] that even if we’re sold out—and we’ve had an excellent run for this show—we don’t pay for the cost to produce the show. So, it’s not really a money-making venture. It’s really about a community service that we offer Las Vegans, so in order to be able to do that, we have to tap into all of those different resources to make sure that the quality stays high, because if you pay people, then you attract more skilled artists. What makes theater companies like yours such a vital part of a community? I would say that theater is about conversation. If you do it really well, people will lean in, because it’s happening in real time right in front of you. That’s really provocative … it forces us to look at ourselves; it forces us to book in our community. It encourages us to have discourse with people that we don’t agree with, and it also tells us where we’re doing really well [chuckles]. So, it’s really about creating that
conversation so that there’s more humanity on the planet. The way we do it in the theatrical community is, you know, we rehearse, we get to opening night, we get all the audience members in the house, the lights go down and we sit together peacefully. And the reason why I say that right now is just because we’re under the backdrop of what’s happening in Ukraine. Their people are fighting to have a conversation, too, but they have to defend themselves [with] bullets and missiles. … That’s a really sad, sad state of affairs. We get to protest peacefully, under the lights, in a kinder way. In an ideal world, what would Las Vegas’ theater scene look like? We have an actress who just moved here from Indianapolis. Her husband is in the grad program at UNLV. … I asked her what’s the theater scene like in Indianapolis, and she’s like, “Well, it’s bigger there than it is here.” I was like, “Damn!” And in my heart of hearts, I already knew that to be true. We just get swallowed up by the entertainment of the Strip. A lot of [this city’s] resources for entertainment [have] not gone into the theatrical community, and that’s what APF, Majestic Repertory and Vegas Theater Company are really fighting for now, as we need our local officials to invest. They call it “the Arts District” because of what the artists have done. So, if we get pushed out because of retail and restaurants, that’s a disservice to the artists that have built that infrastructure and made it cool. There’s not a regional theater in the state of Nevada. That’s what makes us different than other theatrical cities; we don’t have that in our city or even in our state. I don’t know if that’s a goal that I’m actively pursuing, but what I am actively pursuing is creating an ensemble of actors and administrators that have work and are being validated financially. We’re looking to keep on building and expanding, just to keep validating everybody’s hard work.
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What motivated you and Joseph Kucan to found this company? I lived in New York [for a time]; it’s a rough place. You know, it’s the center of so much industry—fashion, journalism, theater. But I was so skinny and sick there, living in a really small space; I was really lonely. So, when I came back home to Las Vegas and all of the people that I went to grad school with said, “We’re going to New York,” I was like, “I don’t know if I want to do that.” Joe and I have always been in the same circles, but there was no romantic interest, ever, until I was just finishing grad school. I told him, “You know, our relationship is going really well, and I have to make a decision—am I going to apply to be a theater teacher, or am I going to go back to New York and try to be a working professional?” I love Joe’s family, and I love Joe, and I was actually kind of saddened that
there wasn’t a professional theater in town that was paying people enough to make it worth their while to do theater. So, [A Public Fit] started from that moment of going OK, artists are valuable. If I have a way and a means and use my connections, I’d like to find a way to pay the artists. We started reading plays at Joe’s parents’ house and that exploded; we started doing public readings, and then the staged readings turned into Foxfinder and A Summons From the Tinker. And we’ve just been building and building ever since; each year it grows, and we shift, and we change, and we get more and more professional. But it really started with just wanting to take care of the artists.
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-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after a Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade was leaked May 3
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Building bridges and breaking fasts
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Metro Police Capt. Dave Sims speaks to members of the Southern Nevada Muslim community April 27 at Metro Police Summerlin Area Command. The event, in celebration of Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Power, aims to “break down barriers and build trust,” Sims said. (Brian Ramos/Staff)
Atomic Testing Museum gets $2 million
The National Atomic Testing Museum will receive $2 million in federal funding to boost Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education for visitors and student programs. The museum, operated by the nonprofit Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation and a partner of the Smithsonian Museum, announced the funding after Congress passed the appropriations bill for fiscal year 2022. “The museum is especially grateful to Congresswoman Dina Titus and her staff for their work to ensure this funding was included in this year’s omnibus appropriations bill,” said Darwin Morgan, the museum’s board of trustees president. The funding will be used to integrate “immersive technology” in exhibits, including virtual and augmented reality activities. Planning for updates and education programs is underway. –Shannon Miller
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The Aces play their first home game May 8 at 7 p.m. against Seattle at Michelob Ultra Arena.
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Chippendales performer Chaun Williams carries Yogi, a 10-monthold Maltese puppy, in the small dogs category during the 19th annual Best in Show event at the Thomas & Mack Center. The show, featuring shelter dogs, benefits the Animal Foundation, Nevada’s largest open-admission animal shelter and pet adoption center. A 5-year-old pit bull named Brixon was selected for the top honor. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
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Body found in Lake Mead
A body inside a barrel was found on the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead as drought depletes one of the largest U.S. reservoirs—and officials predicted the discovery could be just the first of more grim finds. “I would say there is a very good chance as the water level drops that we are going to find additional human remains,” Las Vegas police Lt. Ray Spencer told KLAS-TV on May 2. The lake’s level has dropped so much that a water intake recently became visible. The drought-starved reservoir on the Colorado River behind Hoover Dam has become so depleted that Las Vegas is now pumping water from deeper within Lake Mead. Personal items found inside the barrel indicated the person died in the 1980s, reportedly of a gunshot wound. Boaters spotted the barrel May 1. National Park Service rangers searched an area near the lake’s Hemenway Harbor and found the barrel containing skeletal remains. Lake Mead and Lake Powell upstream are the largest human-made reservoirs in the U.S., part of a system that provides water to more than 40 million people, tribes, agriculture and industry in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and across the southern border in Mexico. –Associated Press
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within a red-hot Las Vegas market. Though reports indicate developers and home builders are ramping back up from pandemic recession levels to create more inventory, high demand and supply chain issues have sent housing costs skyrocketing over the past year. Andy Romero, housing justice organizer with local nonprofit Make the Road Nevada, says that feels like a “slap in the face” for some families in the Valley. He says they see Vegas “being sold”—not to the working families who live here already, but to rich cash buyers and big developers. “You see in the news that new houses are being built in the hills and mountains … but the reality is, that’s not for us. We can’t afford those things,” Romero says. “That’s really hard for the community, especially right now, when they’re struggling to stay in a one-bedroom apartment.” Las Vegas Realtors in March listed the median price for a single-family home at nearly $460,000, a 27% increase from last year. And the Nevada State Apartment Association reported that monthly apartment rents in Southern Nevada rose about 20% from last year, from an average of $1,200 in April 2021 to $1,450 in April 2022. Romero questions how much of the new development is being extended to low-income families. In his role with Make the Road Nevada, a chapter of a nationwide nonprofit that advocates for immigrants, he says many of the families with whom he works have had to get creative to stay housed.
and assisted more than 60,000 households, according to county estimates. At press time, the program has more than $20 million in funding, which could be augmented in the future. In contrast to funding for developing new affordable housing, which takes time, CHAP is helping tenants pay rent right now. “It’s one, if not the only, thing that is helpful at this moment,” Romero says. With Make the Road, he has helped several families apply for CHAP—to receive rental assistance and to activate a legal provision that prohibits landlords from evicting tenants with a pending application. Romero says more immediate assistance is needed. “They’re asking for things [that can help them] right away, like rental vouchers,” Romero says, adding that rent control and policies to help low-income homebuyers are needed. (At press time, Clark County had not responded to an inquiry about whether it has the authority to implement rent control policies.) In April, the Interim Finance Committee of the Nevada Legislature approved $250 million to be administered by the Nevada Housing Division. That’s a portion of $500 million American Rescue Plan funding, which Gov. Steve Sisolak announced as the “Home Means Nevada” initiative to help lower housing costs and increase availability. The onetime investment of federal pandemic recovery funds is “the largest single investment in affordable housing in State history,” according to a press release from the governor’s office. Christine Hess, executive director of the Nevada Housing Coalition, says the state’s congressional delegates are also pushing for greater funding to solve the state’s long-standing affordable housing crisis. “They are working hard to get some first-time investments that haven’t been made in decades in this country,” she says.
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mong the 50 largest cities in the United States, the Las Vegas metropolitan area ranks first among “most severe” affordable-housing shortages. According to an annual report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) published in April, the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise area had 13 affordable housing units available for every 100 extremely low-income household renters who needed them. And after placing near the top of the nationwide affordable-housing shortage rankings in previous years, Nevada landed at No. 1 in the nation, with 18 units available for every 100 extremely low-income renters who need them (followed by California, with 23 units per 100 renters in need). That’s a shortage of 79,835 affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters across the Silver State, according to the report. That shortage could be considered a crisis, given that Nevada also tops the list for highest percentage of extremely low-income households (earning 0% to 30% of area median income, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) that are “severely cost burdened,” meaning the household pays more than 50% of its income on housing costs, including utilities. More than 97,000 or 20% of renter households in the state are classified as extremely low-income, and 81% of those renters are severely cost burdened, according to the NLIHC. That shortage is happening
Families are “doubling up,” moving in together to split costs, often in dwellings meant for single families, like town houses or trailers. Some are opening side businesses when they can’t stretch their paychecks far enough. In some cases, he says, close-knit communities will work together to pull donations into a fund to help those most in need. In response to the affordable housing shortage, Clark County in April announced $160 million for a new Community Housing Fund to support affordable housing development. County officials estimate a shortage of more than 85,000 affordable homes for extremely low-income renters in Southern Nevada. In March, the Board of County Commissioners also approved plans to fund developments that would create more than 600 apartments for low-income renters. Though there’s no timeline available for when those units might be ready, Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin says the funding will go, in part, to rehabilitating existing units, so that they can stay in the existing affordable housing inventory. “It is difficult to say when a project funded by this source will be finished,” Kulin says. “It is important to note that there are numerous ongoing and planned affordable housing projects that are financially supported by the County, several of which open every year.” Since January 2020, more than 1,100 county-sponsored affordable housing units have been built or are under construction, Kulin adds. Throughout the pandemic, Clark County has administered its CARES Housing Assistance Program (CHAP), which provides emergency rental assistance to local residents who lack sufficient income or resources to pay for rental housing and utilities because of COVID-19. Since the pandemic-era program began, it has distributed about $306 million
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Fireworks explode between the Palms hotel towers during the property’s April 27 reopening. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
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n May 26, 2020, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Las Vegas casinos would be allowed to reopen days later, on June 4, after they’d shut down in mid-March. When a couple dozen resorts around the Valley opened their doors that summer day—still in the early stages of the pandemic—it became the first big step in the recovery of Las Vegas. More casinos followed throughout summer and fall, a gradual reopening of the Strip dependent upon a much smaller number THE of Vegas visiINCIDENTAL tors. In DecemTOURIST ber 2020, the BY BROCK RADKE Rio reopened, leaving only one major resort in the Strip corridor still closed. The Palms finally came back to life last week, on April 27, under new ownership. The San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority acquired it for $650 million last year from Red Rock Resorts, parent company of Station Casinos. The opening makes San
Manuel the first tribal gaming group to own and operate a casino resort in Las Vegas, an element that added significant excitement to an already special event. The opening included a special welcoming ceremony with members of the San Manuel and Southern Paiute tribes, big-time charitable contributions from the new casino owners to a handful of local nonprofits and lots of food, drinks, music, fireworks and fun. Even with all that revelry leading up to the public reopening at 9 p.m., the Palms’ comeback was the most casual casino opening the city has seen, probably in decades. Make no mistake, it was a great party, but one without the decadence that typically marks such Vegas events. And it felt right. Station famously invested roughly 1 billion dollars to turn the Palms into its current self, finishing renovations in 2019. Many of the restaurants added in that revamp have been brought back to life by San Manuel, including the fantastic steakhouse Scotch 80 Prime and celebrity chef Michael Symon’s barbecue joint, Mabel’s. The refreshed casino floor from the Station project is intact and
bright as ever, and we can assume the same of the 766 hotel rooms. Brenden Theatres has returned, and so will the Pearl concert hall, with new concerts expected to begin there this summer. The massive KAOS nightclub and dayclub complex that burned out spectacularly in seven months is still there, but the outdoor portion will be used as the resort pool facility instead of hosting raging parties with expensive headlining DJs. Perhaps because of its justoff-the-Strip location or maybe despite it, the Palms has always been a significant property in Las Vegas. In its celebrity-splashed heyday under original owner George Maloof, it somehow found a way to split the difference between being locals casino and hip boutique property that could attract tourists. Station bought it in 2016, and it’s entirely possible the company’s upscaling approach to the property could have resulted in a similar sort of success. But the pandemic chopped off the new Palms’ ability to connect with guests, no matter where they were coming from. At its Yaamavá casino resort in Highland, California, San Manuel is known for delivering luxurious, well-rounded gaming and entertainment experiences. Earlier this month it christened its new theater with a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert, and the Palms came complete with more restaurants than Yaamavá can hold. The Las Vegas site seems like the perfect opportunity for this company. As it was with Station, connecting with locals will be the key. So many Las Vegans have a history with the Palms, and they’ll be curious at the least, if not enthusiastically delighted, to give it a fresh look.
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Officials cut a ribbon at a William Hill sportsbook during the Palms’ April 27 reopening. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
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Deseo inside Heart of Omnia (Courtesy/ Mike Kirschbaum)
Deseo Latin Sundays return for their fifth year at Omnia BY AMBER SAMPSON
ou’ll see plenty of Latin music parties landing on the Strip for Cinco de Mayo, but there’s only one Deseo, now in its fifth year at Heart at Omnia. The Sunday-night party has only gotten sexier and more celebrated with age. “It’s like a very upscale house party,” says Richard Candido, guest development, international marketing for Tao Group Hospitality. “It’s packed, the energy is amazing. The visuals, the lighting, the cryo, it’s fantastic. … There’s 1,000, if not 1,200, people in there, the bar is seven deep and people don’t want to leave.” Candido credits much of Deseo’s current success to Bay Area-born DJ Yo Yolie, who anchors the party with a diverse rotation of Latin R&B, hip-hop and open format. “I heard her perform, and lo and behold, she ended up being a shining star,” he says. “She’s definitely helped take it to the next level.” That next level involves swaths of Mexican
flags taking over Heart, the intimate club-within-the-club at Caesars Palace’s massive Omnia, with the party stretching into the main room some nights. Lively mariachi bands parade through the venue, over-the-top shotskis are involved and large sparklers light up the DJ booth. “The ceilings are a little low for it, but we manage to not burn the place down,” Candido jokes. Omnia launched Deseo in 2017, during what was arguably one of the biggest years for Latin music. Justin Bieber’s remix of Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” catapulted to the top of the Billboard Top 100 chart, the first Spanish song to do so since Los Del Rio’s “Macerena.” “[Between] the Justin Biebers of the world diving into the Latin artist collabs and the J Balvins of the world, I saw that music transitioning,” Candido says. “That’s when I said, ‘If we’re going to strike, we need to strike now.’” Years ago, Candido helped with a Latin event at Lavo, and he says that experience informed
how he approached Deseo. It started as a monthly party to “create that anticipation,” he says, but it now runs weekly due to high demand. “On a typical Sunday, we’re closing the doors around 2 a.m. On a Deseo Sunday, we’re closing the doors at 4 or 4:15 a.m.,” he says. Deseo has hosted its share of magical moments over the years, including a party featuring prolific Latin R&B and reggaeton star De La Ghetto. “It was a very proud moment to sit back in the DJ booth, look around and see the entire main room, balcony included, where you couldn’t even move,” Candido recalls. “That was a true testament that I had accomplished a very big goal of mine—of saying Richard Candido created the best Latin party in Las Vegas.” Deseo slides into action on a Thursday for Cinco de Mayo, with party plans including a mariachi band and cocktail specials inside Heart of Omnia starting on May 5 at 10 p.m.
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Actress and singer Lea Salonga has lived her life upon a stage BY GENEVIE DURANO
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hen the Weekly catches up with Lea Salonga, she’s in New York City enjoying mid-60s weather, working on a TV series and preparing for her upcoming Dream Again concert tour, which makes a two-night stop at Wynn’s Encore Theater. Oh, and a storm cyclone is descending upon the city, which the unflappable performer takes in stride. After all, she has a setlist to work out, a fun part of her job. “Right now, I’m trying to wrap my brain around the music and starting to look at sheet music and listening to arrangements,” she says. “So it’s listening to a few things here and there and starting to get a little obsessive about certain songs, which is always a fun thing. I review music that I’ve already previously done in past concerts, and then listen to the stuff that’s new. There’s a lot of stuff in the setlist.” A global career spanning more than four decades would certainly generate quite the catalog. Most of her fans in the Philippines know Salonga, 51, as a child actor from the ’70s. She stepped onto the global stage at just 17, when she was cast as Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, having claimed the role during a worldwide search. She debuted on the West End in London to much acclaim, crossing over the pond to win the Tony Award for the same role in 1991, along with the Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World awards. “By any stretch of the imagination, [the role of Kim] was going to be a huge endeavor for somebody that young, and even though I did
have a lot of experience as a performer in the Philippines, I don’t think there is anything that could have sufficiently prepared me for what Miss Saigon was,” Salonga recalls. Miss Saigon was followed by roles and accolades that have firmly ensconced Salonga in the pantheon of musical theater, including becoming the first Asian person to play Éponine in Les Misérables on Broadway and returning in the role of Fantine for the 2006 revival. Disney fans will recognize her as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin and the titular role in Mulan. In her home country, she’s one of the judges in The Voice. And back on Broadway, she most recently starred in the 2018 revival of Once on This Island, which earned a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. A life lived onstage is a familiar one for Salonga, and those who have seen her perform, whether in concert or in a musical theater role, can attest to how natural she is. That stems from her talent, of course, but also from a whole lot of preparation. Even then, she says, the jitters never really go away. “It’s not like [performers] are afraid of being onstage, because there’s nothing really to be afraid of,” she says. “A lot of times, it’s one of the safest places to be for a performer—it always feels like home. But there is a little bit of nervousness. As somebody who’s done this a long time, I’ve been in the middle of things when they go wrong. I’ve experienced a lot of that, and it’s like, ‘OK, if something goes wrong, am I quick enough to think on my feet?’ You can’t help but get the jitters because you care so much.”
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5.5.22 LIGHTING UP LAS VEGAS: YESCO MARKS A GLITTERING CENTURY May 6-August 29; daily, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; $1-$2. Opening reception May 6, 5 p.m., free. Clark County Museum, 702-455-7955.
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or more than a century, the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) has helped shape Las Vegas’ iconic, neon image. Founded in Ogden, Utah, by English immigrant Thomas Young, YESCO has supplied the Strip and other marqueed corridors with glowing signs since the 1920s. Having been a presence here for so long, the company has become a part of Las Vegas’ cultural and visual evolution. And now, Lighting Up Las Vegas: YESCO Marks a Glittering Century, an exhibition presented by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and the Neon Museum, uses archival photos and artifacts to take viewers through that history. “Las Vegas has really been long associated with neon signs. It’s really been a defining element of Las Vegas and the city’s popular image,” says exhibit co-curator Derek Weis. “And YESCO has been one of the major players that’s really shaped that over the decades—not just neon, but [also] up to the present day with all the modern LED screens and stuff like that on the strip.” Clark County Museum itself is marked by a digital sign off Boulder Highway that was donated and installed by YESCO in 2002. Exhibit-goers will be looking for that sign, probably not knowing that it, too, is part of the company’s local legacy. YESCO sold its first signs in Nevada during the 1920s, and, according to the company’s website, ushered in a “Golden Age of Neon” with the installation of the Boulder Club sign in the 1940s, setting off the neon-ification of Fremont Street. Signs for Pioneer Club, Golden Nugget, Las Vegas Club and Eldorado Club followed
shortly, giving the then-seedy stretch of Fremont its local nickname, “Glitter Gulch.” “A lot of the things they created have stood the test of time,” Weis says. YESCO created and installed the 75-foot, 12,000-pound Vegas Vic in the ’50s, and it can still be seen today, nestled between the Golden Nugget and the Golden Gate under Fremont Street Experience’s light canopy. The wraparound sign for Binion’s Gambling Hall, installed in the ’60s, still remains at the entrance. For the joint exhibit, Clark County Museum unearthed a collection of artifacts it had acquired from YESCO more than 30 years ago. Photos and sign letters from that collection are a part of the exhibit display, according to co-curator and LVCVA Archivist Kelli Luchs. Originally intended to open in March 2020 for YESCO’s centennial anniversary, the exhibit was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has been on hold for more than two years. Luchs says she looks forward to highlighting YESCO’s historic signage using photos from the LVCVA’s Las Vegas News Bureau Archive, a collection more than seven decades old. Luchs and co-curator Weis say the partnership with the Neon Museum helped to create a unique, in-depth exhibit. “They had the signs. We had the photos. So the partnership was really perfect to be able to work together to showcase the history of neon in Las Vegas,” Luchs says. The Clark County Museum Guild will provide light refreshments at the opening reception on May 6. Guided tours will be provided by Luchs, Weis and museum staff.
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Graze Kitchen exceeds plant-based expectations BY AMBER SAMPSON
In the span of a week, I discovered more plant-based gems than I can count. My favorite vegan and vegetarian friends were in town, so naturally we noshed on every meatless miracle imaginable. But of all the vegan tacos, plant-based burgers and fried chick’n and waffles I tried, the comforting cuisine at Graze Kitchen left me savoring every nibble to the highest degree. Graze, a new concept helmed by the team behind Firefly Tapas and Tacos & Beer, opened early last year near Firefly’s southwest
location. Meat lovers might jokingly suggest they’ll need a second dinner after dining on pure plants, but every dish at Graze is flavorful and hearty. After coming from a Red Rock hike with my friends, I craved nothing but beer and a bountiful brunch. Graze delivered on both fronts. The traditional breakfast burrito ($14), packed to the seams with quinoa sausage, scrambled plant-based eggs, cashew queso and zesty house hot sauce on the side rocked my taste buds. I
couldn’t have been happier with the pillowy texture of the eggs and the marriage of sauce, and that got me excited to see what else this kitchen had in store. Two rounds of sturdy, towering chilaquiles ($16) followed. Tortilla chips can sometimes arrive soggy under a mountain of ingredients with this dish, but Graze’s version is crunchy as it soaks in the flavors of tangy crema, guac and a helping of gochujang tomato sauce, which I want to bottle right now. I could’ve polished this dish off even without the plant-
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juicy and well-marinated barbecue soy curls piled on top were game-changing for a vegan-curious palate like mine, while the gochujang aioli and cashew queso aided in my addictive need to keep grazing. The menu spans well beyond brunch. From cocktails and firecracker cauliflower ($7-11) to the mushroom shawarma pita ($15) and portobello melt ($15), Graze capably caters to all cravings. There’s even chocolate mousse ($5) and a selection of kombucha and beer.
Start with the cumin lamb burger ($14), a convenient and craveable twist on the traditional paomo, lamb stew with chunks of steamed flatbread. This sandwich is deserving of all the awards all by itself, a chewy bread pocket stuffed with spicy, sizzled lamb bits and chilies. I’m absolutely addicted. There are plenty of more exotic dishes for the more adventurous eater on this menu, but if you’re just dipping in a toe, go for simple hot oil noodles with vegetable and pork, braised beef noodle soup, or braised shell-shaped noodle (all $12) in a savory broth. These are satisfying, slurpable sensations that will get you going in the right direction. –Brock Radke
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based eggs and sausage. The elegantly plated spinach Florentine ($14) also wowed the table with its gorgeous presentation of cashew Hollandaise carefully poured over two English muffins stuffed with tofu egg and sautéed spinach. The ingredients were sealed inside by the creamy Hollandaise cast, enhancing the flavor of each bite. At this point, I’d seen enough to know the place was legit, but the Korean BBQ nachos ($12) took it one step further. The
n You think you’re having a hard time keeping track of all the incredible food available in Las Vegas’ ever-expanding Chinatown district? I can’t stay on top of it, and it’s my job to do so. I’d never heard of Big Dan Shanxi Taste, a tiny takeout spot inside the popular Shun Fan Supermarket on Spring Mountain Road, or its chef Hongrui Xin, until Xin was nominated for a James Beard Award earlier this year. How did I miss this? Well, better late than never. Hit the Dan for a quick lunch any day other than Tuesday, or go to bigdanshanxinv.com and order a whole bunch of stuff to get a taste of cuisine from Xi’An, the capital city of the Shaanxi Province in central China.
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How will the Golden Knights move forward after missing the playoffs for the first time?
BY DANNY WEBSTER
Golden Knights coach Pete DeBoer talks to players during the third period against Chicago on April 27. (AP Photo)
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he Golden Knights failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in franchise history, making an offseason already heavy on intrigue even more complex. Vegas was going to need to make moves because of a salary cap crunch regardless. It has $83.9 million committed to 18 players, already well more than the $82.5 million cap number set for next season. How many changes the Golden Knights ultimately make might come down to how team owner Bill Foley views the underachieving season. Does he see it as an unforgivable disappointment for a team that came into the year as a Stanley Cup favorite, or an unfortunate situation with hundreds of games
lost between injured stars like Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty and Robin Lehner? If it’s the former, the Golden Knights could look significantly different by the time next season starts. But there’s also a case to be made for the latter—the Golden Knights still look like a team that could make a run if healthy. “This is a competitive league,” coach Pete DeBoer said in a news conference after the team was eliminated from playoff contention in its penultimate game of the season. “There’s a lot of parity, and you can’t take for granted playoff positioning, playoffs or playoff runs.” As the Golden Knights head into a longer offseason than they’re used to, here are four of the most pressing questions they’ll face. IS THE FRONT OFFICE ON THE HOT SEAT? General manager Kelly Mc-
Crimmon and George McPhee, president of hockey operations, have been extremely aggressive in building one of the most star-laden rosters in the league. They’ve gone to extreme lengths to add Stone, Pacioretty, Alex Pietrangelo and Jack Eichel over the past four years. But those additions came with causalities, which might have finally caught up to Vegas this year. The Golden Knights traded former cornerstones Nate Schmidt and Paul Stastny for less than they were worth. And, of course, they shipped off Marc-André Fleury for nothing other than cap space, which was used to sign Evgenii Dadonov … whom the front office attempted to move at this year’s trade deadline. The NHL voided that deal with the Anaheim Ducks as a violation of Dadonov’s no-trade clause. That ordeal might not have been entire-
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WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE GOALTENDING? It wouldn’t come as a huge surprise if Lehner’s last moment as a member of the Golden Knights was getting pulled from a must-win game after having stopped 12 of 13 shots in the first period. There’s no guarantee Lehner, once viewed as the franchise’s long-term answer in net, will return. The situation is dicey, especially given his season-ending shoulder injury, which required surgery. ESPN reported that the Golden Knights asked Lehner to hold off on the procedure for at least one game late in the season for salary cap reasons. Vegas apparently believed it was unable to call up Jiri Patera from Henderson to be the backup, but Sportsnet reported that wasn’t actually the case. The NHL and NHL Players Association, it turns out, had previously agreed on an exception allowing teams to call up a goalie making less than $1 million if that was the only way the club could roster two healthy goalies. DeBoer declined comment when asked to elaborate on the situation during the final week of the season. Logan Thompson nearly led the Golden Knights to the playoffs in place of Lehner, going 9-5-3 with a 2.60 goals-against average and .918 save percentage. Thompson, at the very least, has earned the backup position over Laurent Brossoit. The Golden Knights could try to trade Brossoit and his $2.325 million cap hit, or he could go through waivers to
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Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner puts his helmet on before the team’s game against Washington on April 20. (AP Photo)
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WHAT ABOUT COACH PETE DEBOER? DeBoer should have earned another year to work with this core of players. He did an underrated job this season considering the circumstances, one that should garner votes for the Jack Adams Coach of the Year Award. The Golden Knights’ bottom two lines were primarily composed of AHL players for most of the year, and DeBoer still managed to get them within a few points of the playoffs. But the NHL is a performance-based league, and this is the same organization that fired original coach Gerard Gallant in January 2020 off a four-game losing streak. McCrimmon said at the time that DeBoer “pushes all the right buttons” come playoff time. Now that the Golden Knights aren’t in the playoffs, where does that leave DeBoer? He’ll certainly need to address the power play. The Golden Knights finished 25th in the league in converting only 18.4% of their chances with the man advan-
tage, which emerged as the team’s primary problem for a second straight season. DeBoer must improve that, whether by overhauling the scheme or moving on from assistant coaches like Steve Spott and Ryan Craig. Even if DeBoer gets another year behind the bench, the leash will surely be tight, and he could be the first to go should Vegas struggle again to start next season.
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Wilson’s increased salary cap hit, combined with Hammon’s system, meant the odd player out was Liz Cambage, who departed for the Los Angeles Sparks. Former coach Bill Laimbeer preferred a throwback approach, with two frontcourt players like Wilson and Cambage on the floor at all times. Hammon’s scheme is more modern; instead of playing through the post, the Aces should be more wide-open this year. “I’m hitting home spacing, pace and playing the right way and sharing with each other,” Hammon said during a preseason Zoom call with the media. Playmaking shooter Kelsey Plum could benefit and take yet another leap after edging Cambage as the Aces’ second-leading scorer behind Wilson a year ago. The former No. 1 overall pick won the WNBA’s Sixth Woman of the Year award by averaging 14.8 points per game while coming off the bench to spell fellow returning guards Chelsea Gray, Riquna Williams and Jackie Young. The players might be mostly the same, but the Aces’ style should look drastically different. Hammon is installing a totally new offense and defense, and though she’s happy with the progress the players have shown going into the May 6 opener at Phoenix, there could be growing pains. WNBA training camp runs less than three weeks, and Hammon completed her duties in San Antonio before coming to Las Vegas. “There’s a lot of teaching to be done, a lot of communication that needs to be done,” she said. “We get through practice, and I still want to get through five more things, so it’s kind of never-ending.” Hammon sounds confident,
favorite for the third consecutive year. They’ve been aggressive beyond signing Hammon, trading away future picks to acquire a pair of first-rounders in this year’s WNBA Draft. They used one of those selections to grab a player who should sync with Hammon’s preference for spacing—3-point sharp-shooter Kierstan Bell from Florida Gulf Coast. Shooting also drew the organization to second-round pick Aisha Sheppard from Virginia Tech, whom Hammon said has been even better than expected in training camp. The Aces ranked dead last in 3-point shooting frequency last year in the WNBA, attempting 13.5 per game—about four fewer shots than any other team and 14 fewer than league-leading New York and Washington. Those numbers seem guaranteed to rise. Hammon doesn’t intend to undo everything Laimbeer put in place, but her philosophies will ensure change despite most of the faces looking familiar. “We can do a couple things offensively and defensively differently that I think will help put us over the hump,” Hammon said.
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(Clockwise from top left) Becky Hammon, A’ja Wilson, Aisha Sheppard and Kierstan Bell (AP/ Photo Illustration)
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ne of the most celebrated moments of Becky Hammon’s coaching career came in 2015, when she led the San Antonio Spurs to an NBA Summer League championship at the Thomas & Mack Center. Now, the 45-year-old, who takes over head coaching duties for the Las Vegas Aces this season, is being tasked with winning another title a few miles away at Michelob Ultra Arena. Hammon has been considered among the sharpest up-and-coming minds in all of basketball for the past several years while serving as an assistant under legendary Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. She interviewed for at least one NBA head coaching job before Aces owner Mark Davis lured her to the WNBA with the largest contract in league history. Exact details are undisclosed, other than that Hammon’s annual salary eclipses $1 million. For that price, Davis expects Hammon to deliver Las Vegas a championship. The Aces have come extremely close the past two seasons, losing in the WNBA Finals in 2020 and in the semifinals last year. Hammon could help push them over the top. “I’ve got a great foundation, so it’s not about tearing down everything and completely rebuilding,” Hammon said after a recent practice. “We’ve got a lot of good pieces in place already. You don’t throw the baby out [with] the bathwater.” The Aces haven’t changed much from a personnel standpoint under Hammon’s watch, with five of their top six players from a year ago returning, including 2020 league MVP A’ja Wilson, who signed a two-year, $398,000 contract extension.
however, about the rapport she has already built with her players. She said being able to relate to the roster through shared experiences has helped. Hammon remains one of the top players in Aces franchise history. Her No. 26 jersey was retired after she played for the San Antonio Stars from 2007 to 2014 and made a pair of All-WNBA first teams. The Stars became the Aces when MGM Resorts International purchased and relocated the franchise here in 2018. Hammon plans to give players more freedom on the floor, at least on the offensive end. Wilson, for example, has never attempted a 3-point shot in her four-year WNBA career; Laimbeer wanted her virtually glued to the paint. Hammon has come in and encouraged Wilson to extend her range and even work on her shot beyond the arc. “It’s a lot of space, a lot for everyone to operate at their positions that they’re really good at,” Wilson said of Hammon’s scheme after a recent practice. “It opens the floor up for everybody, and everybody gets an opportunity to do their things.” After two near-misses, the Aces enter the season as a title
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You inspire us every day Congratulations to Dr. Chinenye Ezeanolue on being named one of Las Vegas Inc’s Women Inspiring Nevada 2022 Known as Dr. Eze to colleagues, patients, and friends, Chinenye is an Associate Medical Director of Primary Care with an impressive list of accomplishments. She’s a pioneer in telemedicine technology. She was supernaturally cool under fire as she mobilized care delivery during the pandemic. And she’s a devoted volunteer with the Healthy Sunrise Foundation. Above all, she encourages greatness in everyone around her, and we’re proud to have her on our team.
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A L E T T E R F R O M T H E D I R E C TO R n Being a part of Women Inspiring Nevada is rewarding in many ways, but the most special facet is getting to know each of the women we honor. We’re afforded a true glimpse into who they are—not simply by their accomplishments, though vast, or their résumés, though impressive. We see their humanity, kindness, wit, graciousness, fortitude and their dreams for the future. We learn about the accomplishments they’re most proud of and the moments that shaped their lives. Having to condense these attributes into one profile is a challenge. All the women you’ll read about in the following pages are truly in a league of their own. They’ll inspire you, move you, encourage you to get involved, challenge you to dream bigger. They’re golden threads in the fabric of our community, and it’s an honor to be able to recognize each of them. On behalf of Vegas Inc, I would like to extend our gratitude to the past honorees who served as judges for this
recognition. We appreciate your time and care with these awards. We would also like to thank our sponsor, Gaudin Motor Company, for its support of this special publication. And thank you to We All Scream, one of DTLV’s newest venues, for hosting an intimate celebration to honor these incredible women. Vegas Inc would like to offer a huge congratulations to this year’s honorees. I’m personally humbled by the work you do—as professionals, as philanthropists and as humans. Southern Nevada is better for your leadership, hard work and unwavering dedication to the community.
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JULIE CANE Corporate Director of Marketing & Community Relations Gaudin Motor Company
Julie Cane was destined to create memorable moments. She finds joy in celebrating milestones and giving back to the local community—including planning numerous charitable events and Gaudin Motor Company’s 100th anniversary. At Gaudin, Cane is responsible for all events, promotions, community involvement, charitable giving and brand management for all three of its dealerships: Gaudin Porsche, Gaudin Ford and Ford Country. It’s the perfect role for her, allowing her to combine her professional skill set with her passion for helping others. Throughout her career, Cane has remained steadfast in her mission to raise awareness about the community’s needs. She works with The Just One Project, Three Square and Serving Our Kids Foundation to combat food insecurity. She also chairs the Grant a Gift Autism Foundation gala, participates in Joy Prom, a full-scale prom for individuals with special needs, and recently joined the board of directors for Shine a Light, a nonprofit homeless outreach and placement service focusing on helping those who live in the underground flood channels of Las Vegas. –Jennifer Inaba
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TINA ULMAN & DANI BARANOWSKI President & Vice President The Chamber of Cannabis thechamberofcannabis.org @Chamberofcannabis
Tina Ulman and Dani Baranowski are on a mission to make Las Vegas the Amsterdam of America. And with their tenacity, it could soon become a reality. When cannabis became legal in Nevada in January 2017, Ulman and Baranowski jumped into action. Ulman, director of brands for The Source Dispensaries, CAMP, 8Fold and ONEderful, and Baranowski, brand manager for City Trees and Naked City for Nevada and New Mexico, saw a need to create a space where all people in the industry could connect, share ideas and strategize to move the collective business forward. The solution: the Chamber of Cannabis. What started out as an idea they pitched to friends and colleagues quickly grew, with more than 450 individuals and 65 businesses signing on to help build the best cannabis market in the United States. Ulman and Baranowski are constantly working to build relationships with political, judicial and regulatory leaders. With Assemblyman Steve Yeager, the Chamber helped pass AB341, the Cannabis Consumption Lounge Bill, during the last legislative session. The Chamber also advocated for AB400, which successfully reformed outdated and nonscientific cannabis DUI laws. Ulman and Baranowski are also committed to partnering with organizations that support humanity, equality, equity and justice in the community—while disrupting stigmas about cannabis consumers. The Chamber’s allied organizations include Minorities for Medical Marijuana, the National Cannabis Industry Association, Decriminalize Nature, Caridad Charities, New Era Las Vegas, The Just One Project, The Baked Old Ladies and the C.A.R.E. Complex. –Jennifer Inaba
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“It’s humbling to have the trust of my patients and to work with them to live their best lives.”
Dr. Chinenye Ezeanolue leads a team of more than 30 clinician providers at four primary care clinics in Southern Nevada. She frequently lends her talents and professional enthusiasm to provider recruitment efforts to grow the team, and provides mentorship to current staff to inspire continuous improvement. Board-certified in internal medicine and pediatrics, Ezeanolue does all that while providing clinical care for her own patients. Under Ezeanolue’s leadership, Southwest Medical launched a rollout of virtual primary and specialty care services. She mobilized a support team and facilitated virtual care delivery training for 400 physicians and more than 1,000 support staff—many of whom had no prior experience or training with virtual medicine technology. Her efforts resulted in Southwest Medical providers performing more than 30,000 virtual medical appointments in just eight months. Dr. Ezeanolue is passionate about removing barriers and leveling health inequities. She’s currently involved with Healthy Sunrise Foundation, United Health Care Children’s Foundation, Association of Nigerian Physicians in Las Vegas, One World Surgery and Royal Outreach Ministry. –Jennifer Inaba (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
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EVELYN GARCIA MORALES Executive Director Fulfillment Fund Las Vegas fulfillmentfundlasvegas.com @ffundlasvegas
The daughter of immigrants, Evelyn Garcia Morales witnessed firsthand the transformative power of education. Now, as the executive director of the Fulfillment Fund Las Vegas, she honors her mother’s sacrifices by supporting other first-generation students as they pursue their post-secondary dreams. Garcia Morales is dedicated to addressing Nevada’s educational equity issues among children of color. Under her leadership, FFLV has grown from an organization that served a select number of students to serving more than 700 high school students and 375 college students across Nevada and out-ofstate schools. Garcia Morales also serves as a board member in the Clark County School District. She helps oversee a multibillion-dollar budget, review and develop policies and hold the superintendent accountable for achieving results. A humble and compassionate leader, Garcia Morales is an active alumnus of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Kappa Delta Chi, Nevada's first Latina-founded, service-oriented sorority. She has aided several initiatives in this role, including the Growing Latinas into Women (GLOW) yearly conference, which has impacted hundreds of high school students over the past 10 years. –Jennifer Inaba
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ASHA JONES Chief of Staff Congressman Steven Horsford
Community service has been a guiding principle throughout Asha Jones’ life. She chose politics and public service for her profession, because, in her eyes, it was the ultimate way to serve—allowing her to support progress and build community. Jones has been a dedicated community advocate and public servant for two decades. As the chief of staff for Congressman Steven Horsford, Jones serves as his strategic advisor and leads staff members in Nevada and Washington, D.C. She is one of 21 Black chiefs of staff currently appointed in the House of Representatives. She previously worked for Senator Harry Reid, Representative Shelley Berkley and Representative Ruben Kihuen. Jones also served as the Nevada political director for Hillary for America, and she played an integral role in the successful election of the first Latina in the U.S. Senate, Catherine Cortez Masto. Always working to deliver resources and support to the Southern Nevada community, Jones advocates for small businesses and works to connect them to services that will help them be successful. She also uses her role to address critical issues, such as the housing crisis and housing instability. –Jennifer Inaba
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“As a general rule, I try hard not to pick a fight on a client's behalf, but I never turn and run from one.”
PAT LUNDVALL
Competition is a common denominator in Pat Lundvall’s life. Her competitive instincts were honed from an early age as the middle child in a family of thirteen, and as a natural-born competitor, Lundvall feels fortunate that a career in litigation found her. Lundvall helps businesses by working to protect their legal rights and interests when other businesses infringe upon them. Along with other members of the McDonald Carano firm, Lundvall recently represented three of Nevada’s emergency room health care providers against the largest health insurance company in the world. They were successful in obtaining a $62.5 million judgment for these frontline workers for the services they provided to our community. In addition to her pro bono legal work, Lundvall supports the Nevada Military Support Alliance, which was co-founded by her late husband after the first Nevada soldier lost his life during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. The organization works to pay an immediate death benefit to the families of every Nevada soldier who lost his or her life in military service to our nation. –Jennifer Inaba
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CHRISTINA MADISON, PHARMD, FCCP, AAHIVP
Christina Madison knew that she wanted to work in health care from a young age. She volunteered at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada from the time she was 12 years old through her senior year of high school, and then went on to attend the College of Pharmacy. The desire to help others is always at the forefront of Madison’s work. As a clinical pharmacist with a background in public health, Madison focuses on infectious communicable diseases and advocating for vulnerable populations and disadvantaged communities. She also dedicates her time to public health communications to deliver valuable and trusted messaging for the community. Madison stresses the importance of being involved in professional pharmacy organizations. In 2018, she was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and she is currently an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice with Roseman University of Health Sciences. Personally and professionally, Madison is involved with many different local agencies, including Southern Nevada Health District, Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition and Immunize Nevada. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
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KELLY MAXWELL Executive Director Baby’s Bounty
Kelly Maxwell intends to solve the diaper need in Southern Nevada by 2025, and through her work with Baby’s Bounty, she’s already well on the way. Baby’s Bounty is the only consistent diaper resource in Southern Nevada and has distributed more than 1 million diapers since May 2020. Maxwell explains that diapers are preventative health care supplies and a critical, overlooked component of our economy. Without a day's supply of diapers, parents cannot send their children to daycare in order to go to work. Further, no parent should have to choose between buying diapers or food for their family. With compassion, dignity and an unrelenting desire to help, Maxwell continues to extend resources to those in need. Maxwell is a proven leader who has a diverse professional history, including experience in business development, hospitality and organizational management. She was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Statewide Diaper Resource Committee and is also active with other local organizations, including Leaders in Training, Project Marilyn and Serving our Kids. Under Kelly’s leadership, Baby’s Bounty recently launched a new campaign, Diapers for Ukraine, which has sent two shipments of diapers to Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
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“Our limbic system, our creative center in the brain that handles emotion, is the place in our brain that we need to ignite on a daily basis to optimize productivity, focus and enhance memory retention and recall.”
PILITA SIMPSON
Pilita Simpson is a dynamic leader who has knowledge and expertise in a wide array of subjects. With a master's degree in Arts in Education from Harvard University, including a focus on how the brain processes creativity to enhance learning, Simpson worked with Sesame Street and Walt Disney before founding Positively Arts. Positively Arts is a nonprofit that uses the arts to empower, inspire, educate and heal young people. Simpson’s goal isn’t to create superstars on stage—she encourages kids to shine brightly with inner confidence, and to be empathetic, kind and productive humans. She emphasizes the importance of mental-health services for young people and seeks to offer tools that can mitigate their stress, anxiety and fear. As an artist and performer herself, Simpson knows firsthand the importance of having a creative outlet. Since its inception, Positively Arts has served more than 20,000 students and provided over $200,000 in scholarships and tuition assistance for more than 10,000 low-income and atrisk students. Simpson hopes to expand to eventually become a national nonprofit and help an even broader swath of young people.
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Asha Jones for being honored as among the Women Inspiring Nevada this year. My staff and I know you to be a friend, mentor and fearless leader. Your dedication to our community is unparalleled. On behalf of everyone, thank you. We appreciate you, and we’re so proud to see your work recognized!
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M.J. MAYNARD
M.J. Maynard says that joining the Regional Transportation Commission was one of the best professional decisions she’s ever made, because it gives her the daily opportunity to work on behalf of the community. The RTC provides public transit, bike shares, roadway funding, long-term transportation funding, traffic management services and more—all of which play a pivotal role in the growth of Southern Nevada. Described as a leader of magnitude, Maynard is uniquely poised to lead the RTC’s many efforts. With 14 years of experience with the RTC and 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry prior, Maynard not only understands Las Vegas’ past and current identity—she has a vision for its future, too. Maynard works with a number of national and local transportation organizations, and she serves on the board of Three Square Food Bank and FirstMed Health & Wellness Center. Of her many accomplishments, Maynard says that she’s most proud of the success of those whom she has managed and mentored.
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A born-and-bred Las Vegan who graduated from Clark High School and UNLV, Stephanie Stallworth has deep roots within the community. She has been with Cox Communications for 23 years and currently serves as the Director of Public and Community Relations, responsible for public, community and media relations. This includes crisis communications, brand management and the company’s philanthropic program, Cox Charities, which has given nearly $2.5 million to local nonprofits. Stallworth has been active in local nonprofits for more than 32 years, citing her genuine passion for Southern Nevada and desire to model generosity for her children as key motivators for her philanthropy. In 2019, the Human Rights Campaign recognized Stallworth as its “Ally of the Year.” She was also recently inducted into the Women’s Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame. Always striving for a more connected, thoughtful community, Stallworth is an active board member of the Las Vegas Natural History Museum and the Nevada Ballet Theatre Board of Trustees. When not working or volunteering, you can find Stallworth exploring Southern Nevada or attending a college bowl game.
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HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION CHIEF: ‘I JUST DON’T SEE HOW WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD TO SATISFY THE DEMAND’
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s he stood on a dusty road where homes were being built in Inspirada, Klif Andrews spoke about how the new home market did the opposite of what some thought it would do following the onset of the pandemic. “It’s still busy,” Andrews said. “It hasn’t slowed down. It’s a little more difficult to qualify now, which is why we’re a little more focused on town homes and affordable houses.” Andrews, the Nevada division president for homebuilder Tri Pointe Homes (formerly Pardee Homes), said he has seen many ups and downs during his 30-plus years in the business, but today’s market is unique. Whether it’s new construction or the purchase of an existing home, prices are up, but demand has shown no signs of a significant slowdown. In Southern Nevada, the median price for an existing home was a record-high $460,000 in March, according to the Las Vegas Realtors trade group. That represents a 27% increase from the same month in 2021. In master-planned communities like Inspirada, new homes are typically more expensive than existing homes in other areas. At Inspirada—the West Henderson community near the Las Vegas Raiders practice facility—Tri Pointe’s selection of new-home choices starts in the high $500,000 range and climbs significantly from there. The majority of those detached homes, according to Tri Pointe construction manager Matthew Gladd,
are for former California residents on their second or third home. “It is unusual that homes have been getting more expensive quickly, but there’s still a lot of demand,” Andrews said. “Some of that is just demographics. More than 50% of our buyers now are millennials or younger, and this is the most qualified group of buyers I’ve ever seen. They have great credit scores, and they know what they’re doing.” At Inspirada alone, Tri Pointe will likely build close to 200 homes this year. Andrews said selling all of them won’t be a problem. “Supply is so tight, even if demand were to wane a significant amount, which I don’t think it will, we wouldn’t
even notice it,” Andrews said. “We don’t have any completed homes that haven’t been sold.” According to Home Builders Research, 4,153 building permits were issued in the Las Vegas Valley during the first three months of this year, which represented the highest total for any quarter since the pandemic began. Since 2018, the Valley has hovered around 11,000 constructed per year. In Las Vegas, nearly 2,800 building permits for single-family dwellings were issued in 2021, a 43% increase from 2017. Like many other industries, the homebuilding sector has struggled with supply chain shortages and delays.
Klif Andrews, Nevada division president with Tri Pointe Homes, in the kitchen of a model home in Inspirada (Steve Marcus/Staff)
Andrews said duct work supplies are hard to come by now, as are air conditioning condensers, an obvious necessity for any home that goes up in the Mojave Desert. Nat Hodgson, CEO of the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association, said he knows of many builders in the Valley who are stressed. That’s not just because of relentless demand and material supply shortages, but also due to a tight labor market. “We’re building as many houses as we can right now,” Hodgson said. “I just don’t see how we’re going to be able to build to satisfy the demand that’s out there. It’s never-ending. Look at people coming from California alone … then you look at rising interest rates and the high cost of materials. … It just isn’t going in the right direction.” Here, there are also always questions surrounding water and land availability. According to a recent report from research firm Applied Analysis and commissioned by the home builders association, housing demand in the region is expected to “outpace the market’s land capacity within the next 11 years.” Hodgson said area leaders need to implement policies geared toward making housing more affordable. As millions of Southern California residents are expected to continue to seek refuge in Nevada from even higher housing prices in the Golden State, it seems improbable demand here will wane at all. Add in that the economic effects of the pandemic did almost nothing to quell demand, and that herds of millennials are ready and willing to enter the housing market, and it would seem that the Valley will have a complicated problem on its hands for some time. “The results of the analysis are clear,” said Brian Gordon, principal at Applied Analysis and author of the report, in a statement. “As Southern Nevada continues to build out, the residential and nonresidential land capacity of this community will only diminish over time.”
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n this ultra-hot housing market, buyers are often being rejected. Worse, some buyers I’ve talked with have offered on multiple properties, with no luck on any. There are many reasons for this, but according to statistics from the National Association of Realtors, year-to-date only about 20% of offers are being accepted; 80% are rejected. Some people are under the impression that cash-buying investors are the reason. Others think out-of-state buyers must be the culprit. And others don’t know who to blame. In truth, there are several important factors at play, most exacerbated by the hottest real estate market in a generation. While I don’t want to blame buyers, in truth, most are not thoroughly prepared. Buying a home is a competitive process, and to compete successfully requires pre-work. But rather than spending more time preparing to succeed in this market, many potential buyers keep making the same mistakes and the same excuses, over and over until they give up. So how can one successfully move forward in an ultra-hot real estate market? It’s easiest to start with a few fundamental principles. First: You need to focus on your goal, not the problem. There are many reasons one may want to buy a home, and your motivations are unique to
you. But those motivations only give you the reasons to pursue your goal. Homebuying is not simple. There are many complex challenges that arise throughout the process. Focusing on the end goal is likely to keep you motivated along the entire path to homeownership. But remember, the goal only starts your process. Second: Recognize there are other people who know more than you do— find them and listen to them. They are the key to getting through the process and to your goal. Regardless of how experienced you are as a negotiator, or how many homes you’ve previously purchased, today’s real estate market is difficult, with historically low inventory and record levels of demand. People experienced in this specific market have a significant advantage. They’re out there every day, looking at properties, meeting with buyers and sellers, talking with other agents and negotiating transactions. Find the best agent you can, because you need a cohesive team of experts helping you. You should probably interview a couple of agents (remember,
pre-work is critical). Not all agents are created equal. Some have specialized skills, knowledge or experience. You also want to have chemistry between you and your agent. Find a successful agent you feel comfortable with and are willing to listen to, and then commit to moving forward together. Remember, you control your strategy (type of house, budget, location), but your professional adviser knows the tactics required to accomplish your goal. If you’re not willing to follow the tactical advice, you will not succeed. Third: Stop listening to the wrong people. There are analysts, forecasters, media personalities and any number of other so-called influencers pushing informational garbage at you—all day, every day. These people specialize in nothing more than being listened to, even though they have little interesting to say and even less reason to be saying it. Unlike housing, there is an infinite supply of informational garbage. And while it’s admirable to want to understand and learn, diving head-first into the garbage is likely to result in severe
injury, as opposed to enlightenment. Talk to your agent—an actual market participant who experiences the real estate market daily. Not all experienced real estate agents will agree with one another. We each may focus on a broader or narrower array of issues, on generalizations or specifics, on trends or the factors driving the trends. But the knowledge will be based in the real world and allows for effective interaction and successful engagement. Get your agent’s advice on the features and contours of the market and how to successfully engage with it. Rely on their informed insights. Fourth: Get ready to move. Don’t get distracted by garbage, don’t second-guess the professional you hired. By focusing on the goal, searching for and hiring the best adviser you can, and by staying in contact with and following the advice of your adviser, you will find your offers taken seriously. Ask questions, share your information quickly and honestly and do the work your adviser tells you to do. Then, start packing. In the end, this might sound like one agent suggesting the key to a new home is most likely to be found in the hands of a real estate professional. In some manner it is. But I’m really suggesting that you find the best real estate professional you can, commit to working with and following the advice of that agent and ignore garbage information by focusing on your goal. This is always important, but even more so when amateurs are being overrun in an ultra-hot market. If you fail to rely on the people who are activity working this market, you’re leaving a vital member off your team—one another buyer will use to beat you, consistently. Justin Miller is a Las Vegas-based real estate expert and principal co-founder of the Chong Miller Group.
Regardless of how experienced you are as a negotiator, or how many homes you’ve previously purchased, today’s real estate market is difficult, with historically low inventory and record levels of demand. People experienced in this specific market have a significant advantage. They’re out there every day, looking at properties, meeting with buyers and sellers, talking with other agents and negotiating transactions.
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