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take him awayAn injured man is escorted by Metro
SWAT members after being barricaded and possibly armed inside a central valley
apartment off of West Sirius Avenue. (L.E. Baskow/staff)
may 11
not for saleUFC President Dana White dis-puted an ESPN report that the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts league is in talks to sell for $3.5 bil-lion to $4 billion.
may 18
halla,* ikeaSwedish furniture dealer and meat-ball slinger Ikea will open its first Las Vegas store, at Sunset Road and Durango Drive. *That’s Swedish for hello.
may 19
down, down, downLake Mead is expected to dip below its historic low of 1,074.71 feet when it’s measured this week.
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golden parachuteA retirement agreement was approved in which Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich will step down June 2 but be paid for the rest of his contract, through June 2017.
911 or 311?The Clark County Fire Department said it had been receiving too many nonemergency calls. People should call 911 if they have a medical, police or fire emergency. All other calls should be directed to 311, the nonemergency line. (More on page 24.)
Home-purchase loans issued
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NEWS
IS THIS A ‘KITTY HAWK’ MOMENT?A Hyperloop One sled reached 116 mph in a successful test in North Las Vegas. Hyperloop One aims to build a transportation platform that propels pods carrying cargo and, eventually, people, through tubes at speeds of up to 700 mph. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)
SPORTS
NOT PLAYING GAMESSLas Vegas Mayor Carolyn Good-man told Andy Katz and Rick Klein of ESPN Radio’s “Capital Games” podcast that Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis was sincere in his intentions to relocate his team here. “Mark Davis has assured us Las Vegas is not getting played in a Raiders stadium deal,” Goodman said. “I know we will have a team.”
POLITICS
DON’T SAVE ME A SEATGov. Brian Sandoval announced he wouldn’t attend the Republican National Convention. No reason was given, but Sandoval is clearly no huge fan of Donald Trump, the apparent GOP nominee. Sandoval voted for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in Nevada’s caucus-es, then endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich. After all other candidates dropped out of the race, Sandoval said he would vote for Trump because the “Demo-cratic nominee is simply not an op-tion.”
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IDPLEASE?MGM Resorts International an-nounced that it wouldn’t charge Nevada residents to park at its properties when the company institutes a park-ing plan June 6. Through Dec. 29, self-parking will be free for locals who show a valid state driver’s license, the only exception being during special events. After Dec. 29, parking will be free for members of the company’s loy-alty program .
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board approved an updated agree-
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of the complex back to the city of
Las Vegas.
IT’S A DEALStation Casinos announced it was buying the Palms resort for $312.5 million. The sale is expected to close in the third quarter this year. For more on the deal, see Page 50.
SPORTS
BIG SHOTCanelo Alvarez, right, hits Amir Khan with a knockout punch in the sixth round of their WBC middleweight title fi ght at the T-Mobile Arena. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)
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xhibiting reverence for the story of Las Vegas, the beauty of the vast Western landscape and its an-cient geological presence, “Seven Magic Mountains” arrived blazing
brighter than an electric rainbow and with a name akin to an amusement-park ride, resonating wildly with those pulling off of Interstate 15 for a closer look.
Cleverly critiquing Las Vegas-style simu-lacra 10 miles outside the city near Jean Dry Lake, the art installation is nearly fi ve years
in the making, with producers and others involved in the project navigating miles of red tape to fi nally debut it this month. The primitive totems of stacked boulders cov-ered in Day-Glo paint hit like a hallucina-tion, because in what world does a Bedrock-style contemporary monument just pop up in the desert?
Quick answer: the 21st-century world of land-based art. Co-produced by Reno’s Nevada Museum of Art and New York City’s Art Production Fund, Ugo Rondinone’s “Seven Magic Mountains” carries on the tradition of monumental works placed in the landscape, made from natural materials.
The site-specifi c installation exists in the way that Las Vegas does: real and not real, magical and disarming, to some an eyesore, to others a profound statement speaking as vividly in daylight as at dusk.
“It’s celebrating a kind of legacy of the emergence of this city of light that grew out of a vast, empty landscape, a kind of new frontierism,” says David Walker, executive director and CEO of Nevada Museum of Art. Walker, who’s been involved in the project since its inception, adds of Rondinone: “He’s reminded us of this built environment.”
The installation will stand for two years, and the Northern museum will partner with
HOW WERE THEY MADE? Las Vegas Paving Corp. worked with the artist on fabrication and installation — quarrying, cutting and sculpting the 33 rocks to specifi ed sizes and shapes, hauling them to the site, drilling and stacking them on metal poles. Shaping them and making them stack-able involved cutting them with diamond-tipped saws and using chisels, grinders and jackhammers. A subgrade made of concrete and reinforced steel sits underneath the ground — otherwise, the totems would partially sink under their own weight. The boulders weigh an average of 40,000 pounds each.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PIECE?The installation was co-produced by Nevada Museum of Art in Reno and New York City’s Art Production Fund,
a nonprofi t organization working with other agencies to commission and produce
public art to assist artists and reach broader audiences. Founded in 2000 by Yvonne Force Villareal and Doreen Remen, its projects include installations across New York, “Prada Marfa” in West
Texas — a re-creation of a Prada apparel store in the desert along U.S. Highway 90
— and a partnership with the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on the Strip, resulting in the fi ve-year run of the P3Studio artist residency and digital works installed throughout the hotel and on its marquee.
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Southern Nevada entities such as Clark County schools to wring out educational opportunities. At the end of its run, every-thing, including the parking spaces, will be removed. The only trace will be a single to-tem slated to join the considerable fi ne-art collection of MGM Resorts International, the project’s biggest donor, which put $1 mil-lion toward the $3.5 million vision.
Until then, countless eyes, whether it’s travelers detouring from the freeway or locals making pilgrimages from the city, will drink in the visual marvel .
“When I visited Las Vegas for the fi rst time in 2012, I came out here and was
surprised that in 15 minutes you’re in the complete desert,” says Rondinone, who was onsite for the work’s offi cial unveiling ear-lier last week. “What’s fascinating about the desert is the silence. You’re liberated.”
But within that silence lives a very bois-terous and colorful city of entertainment, a duality of natural and fabricated: “Not painted, you feel the age of the rock. Here you cannot see what’s under. It covers the honesty of the material,” the artist says. “Without Las Vegas, this work wouldn’t exist.”
Stonework is in the DNA of Rondinone, a Swiss-born, New York-based artist of Italian
descent, whose ancestors hail from Matera, home to ancient cave dwellings. In 2013, his public-art installation “Human Nature” fi lled Rockefeller Center with stone fi gures weighing as much as 30,000 pounds and standing up to 20 feet tall.
“One of the things that’s sort of inherent in the project and in the continuum of land art is that we have a natural affi nity toward these materials,” Walker says. “And I think when we see them on this scale manipulated by man, we’re kind of awestruck, and it impacts us probably in a more visceral way than experiencing a 4-by-5-foot oil painting in a museum.”
HOW LONG WILL IT EXIST? In 2018, all traces of the project, including
the parking spaces and interpretive sign, will be removed. One totem will live on in
Las Vegas, owned by MGM Resorts Interna-tional and installed at its Park on the Strip.
IF YOU GODirections from Las Vegas
Take I-15 South to the Sloan Road exit, head east to Las Vegas Boulevard and drive north 7 miles.
Directions from LATake 1-15 North to the Jean exit, head east to Las Vegas Boulevard and drive north
5 miles.
HOW DID THEY GET PERMISSION TO DO IT HERE? To bring the project to life, organizers
worked with local, federal and state offi cials to obtain permits from Clark County and
the Bureau of Land Management. A law fi rm and Fairchild Consulting Group helped or-ganizers navigate the permitting process.
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From the Herculean effort to install Ugo Rondinone’s sculptural homage to the Western landscape and its neon town came a surprising byproduct: an art-based
love fest growing between Northern and Southern Nevada. The Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, co-producer of Rondi-
none’s “Seven Magic Mountains,” has been championing the idea, with representatives looking to be more involved in the entire state — particularly Southern Nevada and its effort to create a Las Vegas art museum in Symphony Park. Addition-ally, JoAnne Northrup, NMA’s director of Contemporary Art Initiatives, has teamed with Las Vegas-based art adviser Mi-chele Quinn to curate “Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada.” Opening in August at the Reno museum, the show will feature works by artists on both ends of the state.
Regarding large-scale projects in Southern Nevada such as “Seven Magic Mountains,” guidance from an ac-
credited, long-standing art institution could be a propellant, a boon for a town without signifi-
cant art education, something punctuated by the challenge of fundraising for Ron-
dinone’s installation. NMA head David Walker says only a small percentage of the community was aware of land art, despite the global renown of artist Michael Heizer, who has been creat-ing monumental works in Nevada since the 1960s.
“My hope is that ‘Seven Magic Mountains’ is going to be a nice bridge
between some of the hugely histori-cally significant projects of Heizer and
other land artists with the future of con-temporary art,” Walker says, “and that during
the two years of ‘Seven Magic Mountains’ there’s going to be an incredible, authentic conversation in
Southern Nevada about the need for an art museum.”In the midst of plans for expansion in Reno, Walker shared his
thoughts about the effort here, and the role being played by this new work woven into the land.
What is the Nevada Museum of Art’s rela-tionship with Las Vegas right now? We are very interested in working with the current group down in Las Vegas. These things take time, but we think we could bring a lot of experience and expertise and a good reputation to a significant project in Symphony Park, and that’s exactly where an art museum should be, in my opinion, in Las Vegas.
What is NMA’s role in advancing land art here? Our next logical step as a museum is to actually get outside and invest in the commissioning of large-scale works. … We’re looking at the landscape in Nevada and in the West,
but we’re also looking up — literally — looking at new possibil-ities for artists who really want to do monumental works, and we’re very interested in works that are changing the game in terms of how museums behave and what museums get behind.
Why is Nevada ripe for this? We do think pretty big in this state, because we are allowed to. And because we’re not confined to the constraints of a metropolitan mu-seum or a metropolitan area, I think it allows for us to think a little bit differently about who we are, where we’re going and the things we can do. We cracked the code with this proj-ect. It’s a very exciting time right now.
So “Seven Magic Mountains” opens new doors. Artists are interested in engaging a larger public and creating works outside of the walls of the institutional galleries, and we’re going to see more and more of that. I think this provides a really lovely way to utilize our public lands and engage Americans in appreciating these wonderful sublime land-scapes that we have, especially in Nevada.
What community impacts will it have? With (Clark County) educators, we will be developing lesson plans and curriculum, and providing an interactive exchange for educators who teach art and other disciplines to look at “Seven Magic Mountains,” to be able to go out there with students and to implement a curriculum related to maybe the formality of the piece, form and color and scale, or even connect it to the petroglyphs nearby or other activities in the region that are historically significant. Outreach. Public programming. That’s what museums do.
Why does the color palette work in the desert? When I was a child growing up in Los Angeles, and in the late ’60s going out to Las Vegas for the first time, I remember it was evening and I remember the sensation I had of seeing for the first time the color and the neon that was Las Vegas. And as you’re coming from Los Angeles today, 10 to 12 miles prior to hitting Las Vegas, you encounter a very similar kind of experience. After this long drive and this monochro-matic desert flora that you’ve been looking at for hours, you suddenly see this splash of color, and it’s neon. It’s fluorescent. There’s something otherworldly about it, and it’s very compel-ling.
What’s on deck? The next project that we’re working on is with the photographer Trevor Paglen, who currently lives in Berlin — a very interesting artist. He wants to send a satellite into orbit, not for military purposes, and not for commercial or industrial purposes, but purely as an artistic gesture. We are working with him on that right now, raising money. And it will be a giant, reflective Mylar balloon that will slowly move across the sky for eight weeks.
Nevada Museum of Art’s David Walker discusses why our desert is perfect for art and if a museum is on the horizon
nevada museum of art
Founded in 1931 as the Nevada Art Gallery, the Nevada Museum of Art
occupies a 60,000-square-foot building in downtown Reno full of significant works by national and international artists. And
in January 2009, the museum launched the Center for Art + Environment, a research hub and archive dedicated to “creative interac-
tions between people and their natural, built, and virtual environments.” Directed by celebrated writer and cultural geogra-
pher Bill Fox, it’s home to a triennial conference and materials about
works by land artists from around the world.
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Since 1972, Michael Heizer has been creating one of the largest works of land art in his-
tory, a complex of minimalist, abstract structures more than a mile long, designed to last millennia and reference ancient monuments, modern urban infrastructure and the surrounding mountainous landscape.
On private land in Lincoln County — so perfectly placed within the stark landscape that those who’ve been able to see it say it’s only visible when ap-proached — “City” is a story of perseverance, a proj-ect the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has called Heizer’s magnum opus.
At one point, “City” was threatened by the po-tential installation of rail lines to transport nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain, an effort that was defeated by lawmakers. And nearing completion after four
decades, the work inspired a push to protect it and the pristine landscape and ancient petroglyphs sur-rounding it. As a result, President Obama designated more than 700,000 acres of the area as the Basin and Range National Monument. That designation came in August 2015 after a strong local and national effort involving politicians, educators, museum representa-tives, the Conservation Lands Foundation and local groups including the Contemporary Arts Center.
Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, refers to “City” as one of the greatest artworks of our time, saying its importance extends beyond art history to history in general. It demands to be experienced, this testament to civilization isolated in the desert. But it will remain sealed off from the public until completion, guarded by the artist alone.
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In 1969, after completing “Rift 1,” an abstract line depression in Jean Dry Lake, Michael
Heizer set his sights on a much larger project: blast-ing more than 200,000 tons of rhyolite and sandstone from the ground to create 50-foot-deep trenches in the Mormon Mesa. He called the outdoor sculpture “Double Negative.”
Measuring 1,500 feet long, the two 30-foot-wide can-yons slicing into the landscape about 80 miles north-east of Las Vegas comprise one of the largest sculptures in the world, owned by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Heizer, a pioneer of the land-art
movement, “chose that particular area because he liked the contour of the land,” says Bryant Robison, who lives nearby and was contracted to move the earth. The work has gained international attention over the decades, and travelers continue to seek it out, using GPS.
Art critic and former Las Vegas resident Dave Hickey once said, “It’s a sophisticated and intellectual idea based on the idea that in the West, positive and negative space is reversed. Instead of extending the earth up, he extended the sky down. It’s what I consider to be the best solution for outdoor sculpture in the West, because you can’t beat the sky.”
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NEVADA MUSEUM OF ARTWith a permanent collection that includes contemporary art by regional, national and international artists, rotating exhibits and the Altered Landscape Photography Collection, the Reno museum also commissions works and is home to the Center for Art + Environment, which is a research hub and archive for land art.Opened: 1931See it: Open to the public, 160 W. Liberty St., Downtown Reno (http://www.nevadaart.org).
RODEN CRATERUnder construction in Northern Arizona’s Painted Desert, this unprecedented work by James Turrell is inside the crater of an inactive volcano. His purpose is to build a “controlled environment for the experiencing and contemplation of light.” Started: 1977See it: Last spring, a fundraiser for the work invited patrons to pay $6,500 for an exclusive tour, so you might want to sit tight.
DOUBLE NEGATIVECut into the Mormon Mesa — displacing 240,000 tons of rock — Michael Heizer’s trenches are 30 feet wide and 50 feet deep. The work exemplifies the land-art movement, which challenges traditional ideas of how art exists and how it affects those experiencing it. Finished: 1970See it: Open to the public, less than two hours from Las Vegas on Interstate 15 North to Moapa Valley. Detailed directions are available at moca.org.
SPIRAL JETTYUsing black basalt, salt crystals, water and earth, Robert Smithson left his mark on the Great Salt Lake’s Rozel Point with this 15-foot-wide coil. A bona fide landmark in Utah, its relationship with the environment and the seasons is part of its impact. Finished: 1970See it: Open to the public, about eight hours from Las Vegas on the I-15 North, past Salt Lake City.
CITYBegun by Michael Heizer decades ago, the complex of minimalist, abstract structures made of earth covers more than a mile and is designed to last millennia. Few have seen it in person, as the site is on private land and the artist is not yet finished with the project.Started: 1972See it: Google. (Seriously.)
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JEAN DRY LAKE Artists seem drawn to the dry lakebed, where in 1968 Michael Heizer dug a zigzag trench called “Rift 1” into the surface, one of nine depressions he made in dry lakes throughout Nevada to create a 520-mile earthwork. Eight years before, the Swiss artist Jean Tinguely had assembled sculptures from landfill materials and exploded them on the dirt surface in a literally groundbreaking work he called “Study for an End of the World No. 2.” See it: Google again. No evidence that either work remains on the landscape.
SEVEN MAGIC MOUNTAINSSwiss artist Ugo Rondinone’s massive totems of painted boulders sourced from the local landscape inhabit a desert vista just off the I-15 that he sees as “physically and symbolically midway between the natural and the artificial.” Finished: 2016See it: Open to the public, 10 miles south of the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and St. Rose Parkway.
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In its bizarre rush to begin work on elevated expressways con-necting McCarran International Airport to the Strip, the Clark County Commission is effectively carjacking sensible urban planning and replacing it with wasteful madness.
For any community, transportation planning is hard work — it requires rigorous study and involves many stakeholders. The need to get it right is critical because under the wrong decisions, the community suffers for decades.
Transportation planning that involves the Strip carries even higher stakes. Get it wrong and you break the Strip. Break the Strip, and you break the state.
So the commission needs to slow down. This instant.The county already has put out a request for potential bidders for
the $200 million project, which was plucked from the back room and only unveiled in January without a public process.
Across the nation, the elevated expressways the county covets have led to a brick wall of crime, homeless encampments and urban decay. Worse, these eyesores
almost never solve the traffic problem itself: Across America, enlightened cities are removing elevated expressways that bisect their cities. Just ask San Francisco, Milwaukee, Boston and New York, to name some.
The county simply must not proceed until there is a carefully vetted and comprehensive vision for the Strip — one that takes into account existing needs and exciting new projects such as the new football stadium that might be home to the NFL’s Raiders, the expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center and a light rail system that would connect McCarran to the Strip.
Many others have been working with the community toward a shared vision, and if the county forces the elevated expressway through the process, it could shatter those efforts.
In a stark statement about how cavalier this process has been for the county, Commissioner Larry Brown — who routinely overesti-mates the time and price tag to get light rail to the Strip — actually said that if the county spent $200 million to build its expressways, we could always say “oops” and tear them down later.
This is hardly sober reasoning.Beyond that, anyone supporting the county’s $200 million plan
apparently hasn’t done much homework. In areas where cities real-ized their errors and removed expressways, property values have increased, crime has dipped, the rate of businesses moving into the areas has shot up and neighborhoods have been revitalized.
And Clark County actually wants to build one of these monstrosities?That’s alarming in itself, but also because the proposal comes as the
valley — finally digging out of the recession — is laying a foundation for the next 50 years.
So it’s essential we pull together the experts, stakeholders and rep-resentatives of different interests to arrive at a wise and shared vision. That process was fully underway until the county’s rash actions.
Plus, there’s an infinitely better alternative on the table. It’s phase one of the light rail proposal, which would provide visitors with an inexpensive and convenient way to get from the airport to their hotel rooms and wherever else they wanted to go on the Strip.
Under that proposal, hotel tax revenue would largely be used to build a 5.5-mile, $400 million length of light rail from McCarran down the Strip to Sahara.
The light rail plan is a crucial economic development tool. There are huge things happening on the Strip: the opening of the T-Mobile Arena( 1 ), the stirrings of the vast Resorts World Las Vegas ( 2 ) on the old Stardust site and, of course, the stadium( 3 ). We need a traffic plan that supports our existing Strip and these new developments — and thus the economy — with an easy way for people to get around.
Doubling down on more traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard is nonsensical — the Strip already looks like a parking lot at peak-traffic times.
If we fail to create a convenient way for tourists to move, we risk cutting off resorts to the north and downtown. The light rail proposal, built and funded in phases, initially ties McCarran to the Strip, then to downtown and perhaps eventually to North Las Vegas.
Which sounds like a more satisfying way to spend a vacation or at-tend a conference: standing for an hour in a taxi line and then waiting 45 minutes in traffic, or walking on a light rail car and, whoosh, you’re on the Strip?
As for the expressway, proponents have yet to adequately explain how it would solve congestion on the Strip. It just creates a way to pour more cars onto the boulevard. And God help anyone owning real estate or trying to do business where these expressways land.
So who’s driving this full-bore push for elevated expressways? Which special interests stand to benefit from them? Taxi companies certainly fit that bill, as do construction companies. Yet-unseen real estate interests may be involved, as well.
Ironically, both taxi and construction companies would profit richly from light rail. Stations turn into mini-airports, where people take taxi rides to other places, and building a light rail system creates a substantial amount of construction.
It’s not too late for Clark County to go about this the right way.Let’s look at the Regional Transportation Commission’s approach
on its comprehensive traffic plan, which includes such components as light rail systems on Maryland Parkway and the Strip.
They’ve been at it for more than a year, patiently walking the plan to various governmental bodies and community organizers. Hundreds of people have been involved over many months.
So what to do with the expressway proposal?First, put off any further action until a detailed series of community
meetings take place and public and transportation experts can discuss the proposal. Affected businesses need to be brought in, too.
Once that happens, the proposal should be taken before the state’s Tourism Infrastructure Committee again to ensure it would enhance — rather than interfere with — the other major improvements on the drawing board in Las Vegas. Committee members generally saluted the expressway proposal when the county presented it to them in January, but transportation officials and urban planners have been howling about it ever since. The community needs the committee to look at it now that the drawbacks have been identified.
The expressway screams for deliberate and methodical consider-ation, numerous opportunities for the community to examine it and offer input, and a unified show of support from government, commu-nity and business leaders.
So take your foot off the gas, Clark County, before you drive Las Vegas off a cliff.
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A rush job on this traffic plan could back us up for decades
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WHAT IS AN ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY?Technically, the entire highway is a bridge. Elevated expressways are built as a solution to traffi c congestion, a way to add lanes to highways when widening them isn’t an available or when building at grade would cause environmental damage. In the case of Las Vegas, the expressways would create a faster route from the airport to the Strip.
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THE STRIP MEANS MORE PROBLEMS
Elevated expressways would cut the time it takes to get from the airport
to the Strip. But once cars are on Las Vegas Boulevard, there’s no additional
relief. And with Southern Nevada’s population now over 2.1 million and tourism numbers topping 41 million for the fi rst time in 2015, more cars
than ever would just be sitting in traffi c, frustrating drivers
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One year after the Riviera closed its doors on the north end of the
Strip, a small part of it is living a strong second life downtown.
Greg and Marina Welch, who for years owned the Riviera’s wedding cha-pel, are at the helm of the Plaza’s chapel now. They moved last June, the month after the Riviera closed, bringing bench-es and other furnishings with them.
That’s why the Plaza’s chapel, located up an escalator next to Oscar’s Las Ve-gas Steakhouse, looks essentially identi-cal to how the Riviera’s chapel appeared
when the hotel closed in May 2015. The name of the Welches’ business, Plaza Royale Wedding Chapel and Florist, changed to reflect the new location, but it’s largely similar otherwise.
“It’s pretty much the same chapel; it’s just a little smaller,” Greg Welch said in a recent interview.
The Plaza attracts a somewhat dif-ferent crowd than the Riviera did — the Welches described it as more of an “ev-eryday” type of customer. But the cha-pel owners have been getting about the same amount of business they did at the
Riviera, according to Marina Welch. Even after almost a full year at the
Plaza, Marina Welch said she still hadn’t completely adjusted to life after the Riviera. She and her husband remain a little sentimental about the historic ho-tel, and they keep up with their old col-leagues via a Facebook page for Riviera “refugees.”
“We had a good life there,” Greg Welch said. “But time marches on.”
The Riviera’s closure was difficult for the Welches because they had grown attached to the hotel and viewed the
others who worked there as family members. Plus, there was no guarantee they’d be able to find another chapel to operate.
But Marina Welch said she was grate-ful to find that the Plaza’s manage-ment was receptive immediately. And while the Riviera may be in their past, that’s not necessarily the case with the couple’s customers. Many couples who were married at the Riviera have called or sent messages of support over the past year, she said.
“It’s just really nice that people that we married are still connecting with us,” Marina Welch said. “It is that feel-ing that we’re still close with them.”
The Riviera’s hotel towers are sched-uled to be demolished in two implo-sions — one in June and the other in August — as the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority prepares to use the site for outdoor exhibit space. Greg Welch said he planned to be on hand for the implosions, shooting video for the chapel’s website — and getting a final look along the way.
Greg and Marina Welch pose in the
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By IAN WHITAKERStaff writer
Robin Mendoza couldn’t stand the sight of blood, which ruled out be-
ing a doctor or a nurse.So at the urging of her parents, who
wanted her to go into medicine, she in-stead settled on pursuing a career in pharmacy. She studied the subject at the College of Southern Nevada’s high school, a program for college-bound students of-fered in partnership between CSN and the Clark County School District, but she quickly found herself struggling.
She’d always been an excellent student, but she had never been interested in med-icine and didn’t feel motivated.
“I was unhappy and wasn’t doing well,” she said. “It was my parents’ expectation that I should be a doctor or a nurse or a pharmacist. It wasn’t my decision.”
But one class changed everything. Needing a science credit, she took an en-vironmental studies course that expand-
ed her knowledge of renewable energy and water conservation. In the process, it prompted her to pursue a career in the so-lar industry, and she began exploring the environmental studies program at UNLV.
All that was left was one more hurdle, but it was a big one. She had to break the news to her mom and dad — a kindergar-ten teacher and a mail processor for the U.S. Postal Service, respectively.
“They were really concerned at first,” she said. “They asked a ton of questions. ‘How much money will it cost? How many years of school do you have to take?’ ”
Mendoza provided the answers, and her parents came around. She enrolled at UNLV, driving nearly an hour each day from her family’s house near Mount Charleston to attend classes.
A self-described “dorky Asian nerd” who’d rather stay home to work on a proj-ect than party, Mendoza took off quickly on her new path. Through a class she took as a junior in the fall of 2013, she connect-ed with the Clark County Wetlands Park, which commissioned her to digitally map the park’s trails. Over the course of a few days, she and a small group of classmates measured the distances between land-
marks and amenities using a GPS system, then used a computer program to plot the information.
The result was an updated park map still in use by the wetlands, which pro-vides a printed version of it to visitors.
The out-of-the-way nature reserve on the valley’s far east side still holds a spe-cial place in her heart.
“I’m really happy that, just as they were a building block for me, I got to be a build-ing block for them,” she said.
But she didn’t stop there. Aided by college credit she earned in high school, Mendoza breezed through her under-graduate coursework in only two years. She graduated in 2014 and immediately began pursuing a master’s degree in pub-lic administration.
Her work led to involvement with CADRA, a research project that connects nonprofit organizations with a library of data about trends throughout the state. By using the data to identify needs around Nevada, nonprofits can decide what pro-grams need to be created.
Due to Mendoza’s background in map-ping, Las Vegas-based research firm Ap-plied Analysis gave her an opportunity
to integrate a mapping function into its extensive data cache. Applied Analysis works extensively with state government and major clients in the private sector, and its recent high-profile work includes an examination of the economic impact of the Tesla Gigafactory battery-manufac-turing plant in Reno, as well as research on the feasibility of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.1 billion tax package last year.
For Mendoza, the prospect of working alongside some of the state’s leading re-searchers at age 20 gave her pause.
“I thought it’d be super hard because my background isn’t in computer science, but they were really accommodating,” she said.
One of her creations was a map of state-wide education data, which allowed users to see at a glance which counties and dis-tricts performed better than their neigh-bors.
Today, Mendoza is a graduate intern at the Las Vegas Valley Water District. She’s on course to earn her master’s degree this winter and has already decided that water policy is her calling.
“I feel like no matter where I am in Ne-vada, I can make a difference,” she said.
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should i go to the er or urgent care?
When you need prompt medical care, knowing when to go to the emergency room versus when to go to urgent care can be tricky — and the two often are
incorrectly conflated. “We get patients coming to the emergency room who could be just as easily treated at an urgent care center, and urgent care often sends patients to the emergency room for an escalated level of care,” said Dorita Sondereker, Director of Emergency Services at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center. Learning when to go to which facility can help streamline the care process and save crucial time when you’re not well.
What’s the difference betWeen the emergency room and urgent care?
The qualifying difference between the two is the level of care each facility is able to provide. The emergency room can treat the entire spectrum of medical emergencies, from mild injuries to life-threatening medical conditions. Urgent care is able to stabilize patients with critical injury or illness and then transfer them to an emergency room for further treatment.
“For anything that could be treated by your general physician, go to urgent care. For anything that demands a higher level of care, go to the ER,” Sondereker said. “When you need medical care, either urgent care or the ER will be able to help and direct you appropriately, but going to the right one will help decrease the amount of time you’ll wait. If it’s very serious, you want to be at the ER as soon as possible.”
Both urgent care and the emergency room treat patients in order of sever-ity, and the quality of care should be comparable between the two — i.e., going to the ER does not mean you’re getting better care than you would at an urgent care facility. Emergency rooms are open 24/7, whereas urgent care centers, while usually open late and on weekends, tend to have more limited hours.
URGENT CARE
n Flu, cold and/or fevers
n Sore throat
n Mild allergic reactions
n Stomach pain, vomiting and/or diarrhea
n Minor injuries such as simple lacerations or burns
n Sprains
n Urinary tract infections
n Ear infections
n Back pain
When should i go to urgent care?
If you need medical attention but your normal doctor’s office is closed or unable
to see you immediately, urgent care can be a good solution. Here are common and ap-
propriate reasons to go to urgent care:
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What about mental health crises?
Contemplating suicide, self-harm or harming others is a serious medi-
cal emergency and needs to be treated as such. It’s important to call 911 or go to the emergency room immediately if you or someone you know is experi-encing a mental health crisis. “Just as you would with a physical crisis, you
need to find the nearest place of safety and care for a mental
health crisis,” Sondereker said.
Most urgent care centers are
able to take X-rays, do lab work and stitch lacerations, but their hours are often more
limited than emer-gency rooms.
when should i go to the emergency room?If you are experiencing a true emergency, go straight to the ER. These are common reasons to go:
what about 911?If you’re alone, unable to drive yourself or unable to drive someone else to the ER, call 911. There are other instances when it is best to call an ambulance too, even if you’re near an ER and have someone able to drive you. Paramedics are able to treat, stabilize and deliver life-saving treatments on the way to the hospital. Use your best judgment when deciding to call an ambulance, but err on the side of caution. Call an ambu-lance under the following circumstances:
n Severe shortness of breath or inability to breathen Symptoms of a heart attack (chest pain, pain in arms, short-ness of breath, sweating, fatigue)n Symptoms of a stroke (sudden weakness or numbness in face, arm, or leg on one side of the body; abrupt loss of vision; loss of balance, possibly accompanied by vomiting, nausea or trouble swallowing)n Life-threatening accidents/injuriesn Any traumatic injury that prevents you from moving on your ownn Overdoses
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Sondereker also recommends
going to the ER rather than urgent care if you
have any underlying medi-cal conditions that could
complicate treatment, such as diabetes or chronic heart dis-
ease.
n Breathing and airway dif-ficulties, shortness of breath
n Chest pain
n Sudden weakness or paraly-sis on one side of the body, se-vere headache and/or slurred speech (symptoms of stroke)
n Loss of consciousness and/or altered consciousness
n Very high fevers, fevers with a rash or fevers in infants
n Severe burns or deep lacerations with uncontrollable bleeding
n Very severe and sudden pain anywhere in the chest, abdomen or head
n Head or eye injuries
n Seizures
n Overdoses
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BY MEGAN STUKESPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY
The William s -Sonoma catalog, the storefront at Sur La Table, and most of the fl oor space at Bed Bath & Beyond are full of fun and enticing shiny objects that seem, to the home cook, like the best thing since sliced bread, or the best thing with which to slice bread. But before you go buy a fancy bread slicer, consider buying a plain old knife — which can do more than just slice bread. ¶ Ever heard someone singing the praises of his new panini press ? Doesn’t a brick or a heavy book work just as well? ¶ Before you buy an egg separator, a strawberry slicer or a margarita machine, consider what you already have in your kitchen that could serve that purpose , often with better result s. Most kitchens can get by with a short list of basics. The rest, while sometimes fun or convenient, are superfl uous. Moreover, the extras create clutter and can be diffi cult to clean up. ¶ Sure, it’s nice to have casserole dishes, a melon baller, baking pans and a nonstick skillet, but you could survive without them . ¶ Here are kitchen items, though, that can make any kitchen complete.
A stick blender. Throw your other blender away. This is portable. You can make a smooth soup without transferring hot liquid into a blender that might not hold it all. You can attach a beater and whip up your cake batter right in the mixing bowl. Use this to make salsa, marinara and margaritas. Bam! You just saved $200.
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1A well -seasoned cast iron skillet can be almost as good as non-stick. It replaces the need for any sort of indoor grill, can go from stovetop to oven with no problem, and is a great vehicle for bak-ing . You can make cornbread or even a cake in it after you cook your steak and vegetables.
3 A good set of knives means three knives — paring, chef’s and serrated for bread. That is all you need.
4A good food processor. This is the splurge item. Use it to shred cheese, which tastes better from the block than preshredded . Get a block, put the shredding blade on the processor and have lovely cheese in seconds. It also can be used to put together pie crust, make pesto and even to knead bread dough. It slices, shreds, blends and more.
5A quality cutting board, composite or bamboo. Don’t cut on coun-ter tops, metal, glass or your plates. Get rid of the heavy marble. It’s awkward and it dulls your blade. Plastic holds onto bacteria, and wood warps and splinters.
6A medium-sized saucepan. Get a nice one with a lid. Macaroni and cheese from the box, dessert sauces, béchamel, gelatin, rice and practically everything else goes in here.
7A big measuring cup, like the glass one that holds six cups, serves many purposes , such as mixing, measuring and storing food waste headed to the compost heap. It should almost always be within arm’s reach for home cooks. It goes in the microwave and has a nifty handle for pouring. Essential.
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A good stock pot (not too tall) is essential. You can make soups and large batches of sauce but also cook a whole chicken, braise short ribs, make stock, boil water for corn, and about anything else that requires volume. Be sure to get one that can go from stovetop to oven for even braising.
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1. Cook pasta until al dente, then drain and toss in olive oil.
2. Toss pasta with all remaining ingredients, except the basil, and 1/2 cup feta.
3. Garnish with basil and remaining feta.
It’s picnic season, and this cold dish is a refreshing side or healthy lunch option. It’s one of the menu options on the catering program at Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza.
ingreDients (serves 10-15 people)
olive oil
1 1/2 cups tomatoes,
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1 lb Ditalini pasta
2 cups Persian
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1 1/2 cups red onion,
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1/2 cup basil chiffonade
1 cup Kalamata
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3 cups arugula
1 cup feta
cheese
12 oz vinaigrette
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by mixing 2/3 cup olive oil,
1 cup red wine vinegar, 1 1/2 tbsp each of garlic powder,
dried oregano, dried basil, 1 tbsp each of salt, pepper,
onion powder and dijon mustard.
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to cut herbs or greens into long, thin strips. to do so, stack the leaves, roll them
tightly and then make perpendicular slices
down the roll.
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LOOKING FOR A NEW BEST FRIEND?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.
Betty WhiteAge: 11-year-old spayed femaleBreed: AngoraDescription: Betty White has the charm and grace of her namesake. She is good with cats and dogs, and purrs with joy when sitting in your lap.Adoption fee: $20
IngridAge: 3-year-old spayed femaleBreed: Siberian husky and Shiba InuDescription: Despite a cruel past, Ingrid wants to believe in human goodness. A calm household with a stable lifestyle routine is ideal for her.Adoption fee: $40
Cindy (a893808) Age: 1-year-old femaleBreed: Domestic mediumhairDescription: Cindy is laid-back and loves to lounge and cuddle all day. Soft petting and a warm place to curl up are the ways to her heart.Adoption fee: $25
harlequinAge: 7-year-old neutered maleBreed: RagdollDescription: Harlequin has a down-to-earth personality. A social home with people and cats is ideal for him.Adoption fee: $20
rocky (a890591) Age: 10-year-old neutered maleBreed: Terrier mixDescription: Rocky is a smart and friendly pooch who can’t wait to meet his new best friend.Adoption fee: $155
mannyAge: 1-year-old neutered maleBreed: Hooded ratDescription: Manny loves toy tunnels and mazes. Like most rats, he is in-telligent, friendly and often comical. He needs a forever home where he will be safe and respected.Adoption fee: $5
macho (a893569) Age: 2-year-old maleBreed: Pit bull terrierDescription: His name may be Ma-cho, but he’s sweet and easygoing. He needs time to run around and play, but afterwards he is ready to cuddle.Adoption fee: $25
aprilAge: 9-year-old spayed femaleBreed: Domestic shorthairDescription: April loves to chat with you softly throughout the day. She is gentle and loving. Please set aside plenty of quality time for her daily.Adoption fee: $20
Latte (a895413) Age: 4-year-old femaleBreed: Labrador retrieverDescription: Latte is a friendly dog with lots of pep. She loves walks and playtime. Adoption fee: $200
Jaguar Age: 3-year-old neutered maleBreed: Small Heinz 57Description: Jaguar is recovering well from abuse. Give him ample time to warm to you and be very understanding.Adoption fee: $40
oreo (a891575) Age: 2-year-old neutered maleBreed: Domestic shorthairDescription: Oreo will make your life a lot sweeter. He’s cuddly and loves attention. Pet him and scratch his ears, and he will be a happy boy.Adoption fee: $25
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OTHER LOCALS GOING TO NATIONALS MUHSIN CASON started boxing when he was 12 years old but quickly left the ring for other sports, such as basketball and football.
Now, after a 10-year break, Cason is heading to Golden Gloves nationals.
The 22-year-old heavyweight started boxing again in March 2015 and has amassed an amateur record of 17-3 with four knockouts.
“I was actually a pretty quick learner,” Cason said. “I did martial arts as well and played a number of sports and always caught on to everything really quick.”
Cason’s older brother, Hasim Rahman, is a former two-time heavyweight world champion with the unifi ed Lineal, WBC, IBO and IBF titles.
“It’s somewhat of an advantage but you have to stay humble,” Cason said. “Sparring my brother and sparring some pros really helps. (Hasim) puts me in with pros, and you have to catch up or you’re going to get beat up.”
KYE BROOKS: defeated Dylan Carlson at 178 pounds in regionals by unanimous decision.
KEVIN ARNOLD: defeated Terence Oddie at 165 pounds in regionals by unanimous decision.
EYEINGEYEINGTHE PRIZETHE PRIZE
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I nside Mayweather Boxing Club, long after the gym has closed, sounds of gloves hitting heavy bags still echo through the building. ¶ Long, lanky
Saul Gomez swings away as sweat pours from his brow. ¶ Gomez says he was born to be a fighter and, at 19 years old, he will compete in the National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions starting Monday in Salt Lake City.
Gomez said.If anyone knows what it takes to be
a successful amateur boxer, it’s Ave-lar. He finished his amateur career with 125 fights, boxed in the Olympics for El Salvador and won the country a Pan American bronze medal.
After a slow start to his amateur ca-reer, Gomez has won seven consecu-tive bouts and is using his height and reach to his advantage.
“He kept getting taller and his reach kept getting longer, but his weight kept staying the same,” Avelar said. “So I said, ‘This kid is going to be tall. He’s going to have long reach for his weight and his age, so we have to keep his distance.’ ”
Gomez towers over most oppo-nents in the 108-pound weight class. He will undoubtedly move up in weight eventually, but the plan for now is to stay at 108 and take advan-tage of his slender frame as long as possible.
“We maintain his cardio and try to get more speed in his hands, but not much lifting weights,” said Reynaldo Vegas, Gomez’s strength and condi-tioning coach.
With a title in Salt Lake City, Go-mez would join a long list of Golden Gloves champions that includes no-tables such as Floyd Mayweather Jr., Joe Louis, Barney Ross, Joe Frazier and Cassius Clay.
“I never thought I would be boxing against the best in the United States. I never even dreamed of that,” Gomez said. “I always thought I would be good and eventually turn pro after a while, but I never thought I was going to be facing top people this soon.”
Despite his inexperience, Gomez and his coaches believe he can make the leap into the professional ranks sooner rather than later.
“He doesn’t have as many amateur fights as most who go pro, but he has been with a big number of ranked fighters and has beaten some top-five guys,” Avelar said. “We are very close. I don’t want to rush it because a career can be short as a pro, and the most im-portant thing is that he is ready.”
If anything prevents Gomez from becoming a successful pro, it won’t be his work ethic.
“He is all heart and he loves the sport,” Vegas said. “It takes a lot out of you to show up here every day. We have seen a lot of kids come and go, but Saul is a special guy. If he contin-ues, he will be a future champion.”
saul Gomez, 19, shadowboxes
during a workout at the Mayweather
Boxing Club. Gomez qualified for the national Golden Gloves
amateur boxing competition.
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“I was always the kid that wanted to put the gloves on,” Gomez said. “People always told me when I was little that I was going to be a fighter. I’ve always wanted to be in the sport since I was like 8 years old.”
Gomez began boxing when he was 14, and it wasn’t always pretty.
“He wasn’t a kid who came into the gym and you said, ‘This is definitely a kid that is going to make it,’ ” said Gomez’s head boxing coach, Frankie Avelar. “It took awhile, maybe three or four years, before we decided that he was going to make it.”
Gomez may not have been blessed with natural abil-ity, but he makes up for it with work ethic.
“The dedication that he gives in and out of the gym is amazing,” Avelar said. “He doesn’t need anyone to tell him he needs to go run. He doesn’t need to be told to go to sleep early. That is a kid who is dedicated to the sport, and that is the reason he’s going to nationals for the sec-ond time in a row.”
In last year’s tournament, Gomez’s inexperience showed. He was too hesitant in the fight, allowing his opponent to outwork him.
Since then, Gomez has been on a tear. He’s collected five belts in the past year, including Golden Gloves state and regional titles, and the Diamond Belt tournament championship in Arizona.
“Not every kid picks the sport up the same way,” Ave-lar said. “The way I worked with Saul, his mind wasn’t catching on. Through the years, I have figured out how to get to him so he understands what I want from him.”
When Gomez first stepped into the ring, he was a good brawler. In his first sparring match, he was put against a kid with similar experience and an 18-pound weight advantage, and Gomez outclassed him.
But brawling can only get someone so far in the sport, and Gomez needed to become more of a technician to take the next step.
“I knew then that I could make it in the sport, but I needed more practice and definitely more technique,” Ze
TUSCANYPoint multipliers
Date: Mondays and SaturdaysInformation: Earn 12x points on reels and 6x points on video poker.
Two-For-One TuesdaysDate: TuesdaysInformation: Earn 100 slot points to get a coupon for Marilyn’s Cafe.
Play for prizesDate: WednesdaysInformation: Earn 250 base points to get a prize.
Senior DayDate: ThursdaysInformation: Seniors who receive 200 base points get a prize. Visit player’s club for additional rewards.
Tuscany Treasures cash drawingsDate: FridaysTime: 7 p.m.Information: Five winners at every drawing. Top prize is a minimum of $2,500.
Gift daysDate: May 22 and 29Information: Earn 300 same-day base points to receive a scrunchie hose May 22. On May 29, the gift will be a plastic pitcher set.
Free play FridaysDate: Fridays in JuneInformation: Earn up to $100 in slot play. Rewards start after earning 500 base points.
Scratch and Win SaturdaysDate: Saturdays in JuneInformation: Earn a scratch card for 250 base slot points. Win up to $100.
GOLD COASTGift giveaway
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SUNCOASTPoint multiplier
Date: SundaysInformation: Receive 15x points on reels and 6x points on video poker.
$18,000 table games drawings Date: Fridays and SaturdaysTime: 9 p.m.
Information: 4x entries available Mondays and Tuesdays. Five winners will be selected, with $2,250 in prizes up for grabs.
BOYD PROPERTIESA-May-Zing May Spin To Win
drawingsDate: Through May 28Information: Two drawings will be conducted Friday and Saturday nights. Ten winners will spin the wheel for the chance to win up to 1 million points or $2,500 in cash. Final grand prize drawings will be at 8 p.m. May 28 at Gold Coast and Suncoast, 7 p.m. at the Orleans and 6 p.m. at Sam’s Town.
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Memorial Day point multiplierDate: May 30Information: Receive 7x points on video poker, 11x points on reels and 15x points on penny reels at the Fre-mont, Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast and Sam’s Town.
ORLEANSSummer fun gifts
Date: ThursdaysTime: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.Information: Earn 300 base points to receive a gift, including margarita glasses, a chip-and-dip tray and tequila.
Point multiplierDate: SundaysInformation: Receive 15x points on penny reels.
SAM’S TOwNSlot Showdown
Date: ThursdaysTime: 2-6 p.m.Information: Fifty players will com-pete for $2,500 in prizes and a first-place prize of $750. Earn 50 points for first entry.
Stash Your Cash blackjack tournamentDate: June 4Information: Earn entries by receiv-ing five stamps on a punch card, distributed to players at table games. Receive a stamp for every dealt blackjack, winning “bet the set” bet, or by playing any table game for 20 minutes with a minimum $5 bet.
For every additional punch received, players earn $25 in tournament chips.
STATION CASINOSMilitary Mondays
Date: OngoingLocations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson and Fiesta RanchoInformation: Veterans and active military members receive discounts.
MyGeneration WednesdaysDate: Ongoing Locations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson and Fiesta RanchoInformation: For loyalty card hold-ers 50 and older. Swipe your card at a kiosk to earn up to 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker, plus discounts on dining, movies and bowling. Slot tournaments are 10 a.m.-7 p.m., with a top prize of $1,000. First entry is free; receive up to four more entries by earning 50 base points for each.
PALMS$50,000 Crack the Safe drawing
Date: Through May 28Time: Drawings 7:15 p.m. SaturdaysInformation: Earn drawing tickets through slot play and by swiping loyalty card at kiosk. Twenty players will be selected each week, with a maximum prize of $3,000.
Play for Prizes — Warehouse BlitzDate: May 16-27Information: Points earned Monday through Friday may be combined and redeemed for gift cards to Costco and the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Points are used to determine prizes earned, but participants keep their points.
May GiftsDate: May 15, 21, 22 and 30Information: Earn 100 base points on video slots or 500 base points on video poker on Gift Day from 12:01 a.m.-6:59 p.m. Swipe your card at any promotional kiosk and redeem your receipt: May 15 – hair care set; May 21 – barbecue fork thermometer; May 22 – Palms blanket; May 30 – Palms beach towel.
Point multipliersDate: Saturdays and SundaysInformation: Earn 10x points on reels and video reels and 2x points on video poker on Sundays. Earn 10x points on reels and video reels on Saturdays.
$20,000 Spring swipe and winDate: May 17 and 31
Time: 12:01 a.m.-9:59 p.m.Information: Earn 25 points on slots or 100 points on video poker for a swipe. Win up to $100 in slot play, food, gifts and more.
May movie ticketsDate: WednesdaysInformation: Earn 100 points on slots or 500 points on video poker for a Brenden Theatres movie ticket.
May car washDate: ThursdaysInformation: Earn 100 points on slots or 500 points on video poker for a Terrible Herbst car wash.
SILVERTONAll About the Card drawings
Date: Fridays and SaturdaysTime: 7 p.m.Information: Earn one entry for every 200 points, with bonuses available for gold, platinum and diamond members. Ten winners per drawing. Top prize $5,000.
Earn and win welcome matDate: May 18-20Information: Earn 2,500 points to receive one mat and one insert. Earn an additional 1,000 points to receive three additional inserts.
ALIANTEPoint multipliers
Date: WednesdaysInformation: Earn 5x points on video poker and 10x on reels.
Cruisin’ For Cash kiosk gameDate: Through May 28Information: Earn 20 points daily for a swipe and the chance to win up to $10,000.
$57,000 Cruisin’ for Cash drawingDate: SaturdaysTime: 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.Information: Top prize of a $2,000 cruise will be given away at 9:15 p.m.
Summer Grillin’ table games giveawayDate: Through June 17Time: 7:45 p.m.Information: Ten winners will be an-nounced; top prize is $500. On June 17, the top prize winner will win a barbecue grill and a $150 Smith’s gift card.
DOwNTOwN GRANDGrand Seniors
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$10,000 flower Power slot tournamentDate: May 19-21Information: $100 entry fee. Top prize is $10,000.
2016 Cadillac SrX giveawayDate: Oct. 1Time: 10 p.m.Information: Begin collecting tickets for the drawing on May 30. Earn one ticket for every 25 base points.
Wet your WhistleDate: WednesdaysInformation: Players who earn 375 points will receive a bottle of Patrón Citrónge. Limit five per person per day.
two Grand in your handDate: Friday and SaturdayInformation: Receive one entry ticket for every 25 base points earned. One player will be drawn every hour to en-ter the money machine for 30 seconds.
Beach bag giveawayDate: ThursdayInformation: Earn 500 points to receive a beach bag.
SOUTH POINT$500,000 Swipe and Win
Date: Mondays-WednesdaysTime: 3 a.m.-11 p.m.Information: Players who earn 300 same-day base slot points on any slot or video poker machine will be eligible to swipe and spin the wheel on the designated kiosk. Prizes include slot play, gift cards, bonus points, lunch buffets and more.
major League Baseball jersey giveawayDate: Tuesdays-WednesdaysTime: Noon-5 p.m.Information: Poker players will have the opportunity to win a baseball jersey through random seat drawings taking place every hour.
50+ weekly slot tournamentDate: Thursdays Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Information: Open to Club Card members 50 and older. First entry is free with a swipe at a club kiosk; col-lect a second by earning 250 points and a third by earning 500 points. Top prize is $1,500; total prize pool is $5,200.
RaMPaRT CaSINO50-plus party
Date: TuesdaysInformation: Loyalty card players 50 and older can earn $100 in free slot play on all video reel machine jack-pots over $1,200, a free kiosk swipe
for earning 50 points, a second kiosk swipe for earning 500 points, a bingo coupon for a free small elec-tronic unit rainbow pack (minimum buy-in required), a $5 lunch buffet and a free round in a slot tournament 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Best score will be used in the tournament, with 12 winners selected each week. Top prize is $1,000.
$6,500 Galleons of Gold mid-month drawingDate: Second Wednesday of the month Information: Players who earn 2,000 base points during the previous calendar month can participate in the following month’s drawing. Ten winners will be chosen.
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Date: 15th of every monthTime: 7 and 8 p.m.Information: Twenty people are guar-anteed to win cash or play. Top prize is $1,000 in free play. Contest con-ducted inside the Corona Cantina.
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cookware giveawayDate: Thursdays and FridaysInformation: Earn 500 slot points or 1,000 video poker points to receive a cookware set.
mystery giftDate: May 19-20Information: Earn 250 slot points or 500 video poker points to receive one mystery gift.
Point multiplierDate: MondaysInformation: Receive 10x points on slot machines.
$250,000 flower drawingDate: SaturdaysTime: 8 p.m.Information: Win up to $50,000. Earn 100 slot points to receive five drawing entries or 100 video points for one drawing entry. Additionally, players who have an average bet of $15 for one hour on a table game receive one drawing entry for the week. Double entries can be earned Monday through Wednesday.
GOlDeN NUGGeTWomen’s Watch Set giveawayDate: May 16-18Information: Earn 1,500 base points
to receive a three-piece watch set.
apple Crown giveawayDate: May 30-June 1Information: Earn 1,500 base points to receive a bottle of Crown Royal Regal Apple.
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Date: FridaysTime: Slot players eligible 1-9 p.m. Players at table games eligible 6:30-11:30 p.m.Information: Players can get a chance to roll the dice and win 10x the roll.
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take It or trade ItDate: SaturdaysTime: 6-10 p.m.Information: Win up to $1,000.
Point multipliersDate: WednesdaysInformation: Receive 7x points on video poker and 11x points on reels.
earn points for cashDate: SundayInformation: Earn 500 base points and get $10.
HaRD ROCk HOTel$320,000 mega may giveaway
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Point multipliersDate: ThursdayInformation: Receive 20x points on reels and 5x points on video poker.
STRaTOSPHeRe$15,000 blackjack tournament
Date: May 20-21Information: Entry fee is $99. Top prize is $8,000.
eMeRalD ISlaNDSuper bonus multiplier
Date: FridaysInformation: Get a natural royal flush worth more than $1,000 on single-hand games to spin the wheel for a chance to win $1,100.
Cash Back tuesdaysDate: TuesdaysInformation: Redeem 700 base
points for $10. Earn up to $20.
Video reel double-double bonus
Date: Fridays and Saturdays
Time: 4-8 p.m.
Information: Win $75 or more in the
bonus round on a penny slot for a
tournament spot. Win up to $200.
monthly Wheel of Cash drawings
Date: Fridays and Saturdays
Time: Begins at 7 p.m.
Information: One player will be
chosen every half-hour to win up to
$3,000.
Graveyard high-jackpot competition
Date: Mondays through Saturdays
Time: 11 p.m.-7 a.m.
Information: Jackpot winners will earn
up to three wheel spin certificates.
Gift giveaway
Date: Thursdays
Information: Earn 200 base points
and receive a gift.
elDORaDOPoint multiplier
Date: Thursdays
Information: Earn 20x points on reels
and 7x points on video poker and
multigame machines.
Prime Generation tuesdays
Date: Tuesday
Information: For players 50 and
older. Receive dining and bingo
discounts. Earn 50 base points to
receive $5 in slot play. Earn 500 base
points to receive a wheel spin for
cash. Earn 5x points all day.
rolling for Dough
Date: Fridays
Time: 2-9:30 p.m.
Information: Slot and keno players
can get chance to roll the dice and
win 10x the roll.
el CORTeZWeekly high noon
“Wheel and Deal” drawing
Date: Saturdays
Information: Receive drawing tickets
by getting qualifying hands at table
games. Win up to $500 in chips.
Wednesday Point madness
Date: Wednesday
Time: 6:15 p.m.
Information: Earn one entry ticket
for each slot base point earned from
midnight Tuesday to 6 p.m. Wednes-
day. Ten players will receive 50,000
points.
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Why Nevada needs annual legislative sessions
Arecent gathering of politi-cians, businesspeople and other civic leaders at UNLV offered an insightful peek
behind the curtain to see how sausage is made in the Nevada Legislature.
The view was both uplifting and discouraging.
On the one hand, it was instructive to see how issues for the 2017 Legislature are identified. The city of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce hosted a series of meetings, open to the public and known as the Southern Nevada Forum, for interested residents to ruminate on the main issues that dominate political decision-making in Carson City: K-12 educa-tion, higher education, transportation infrastructure, economic development, health care and good governance, which goes to the heart of this editorial.
State senators and Assembly mem-bers from both parties — but hopefully with their biases being pro-Southern Nevada versus their party affiliation — chaired these meetings, and many good
ideas for legislative bills were proposed with great justification. Some projects cost a lot of money, others not so much. This process reflected healthy, grass-roots brainstorming. The goal is to as-sist our part-time, citizen legislators in setting priorities to improve the quality of life for Nevadans and the future of our state.
The discouraging part of the exercise that played out at UNLV on May 5 was having to decide which of these ideas should be forwarded to Carson City for legislative consideration, and which should be left for some future biennial Legislature. In each general topic, only three good ideas were to be forwarded to lawmakers for consideration. Why the limit? Because ours is a part-time Legislature that meets every other year, and like a freeway on-ramp that is metered to control the amount of traffic entering the vehicular fray, our part-time legislators, meeting for just 120 days, can introduce, study, debate and vote on only so many bills before the session ends.
As a result, a limited number of bill draft requests, called BDRs, can be made for each session; politicians with the most power get the lion’s share. For instance, the speaker of the Assembly and the Senate majority leader can request 20 bill drafts, while a newly elected member of the Assembly gets six. The attorney general can request 20 bills, the lieutenant governor just three. The Clark County Commission can ask for four bills, and Carson City, our state capital, is allowed just one bill request. In both cases, those requests have to be filed five months ahead of the session.
Granted, the cynics among us, and famously Mark Twain, would think our elected representatives already are making too many laws. But the fact is, lawmakers should not be restricted in the number of bills they are allowed to consider because it artificially limits the number of serious issues that need to be addressed. That limit is a function of how much the Legislature thinks it can accomplish in four months every
two years. It’s a madcap rush, some-times with a last wave of bills being heard as the final day’s clock approach-es midnight and laws are passed with typos and confused intentions.
We need to slow down. Ours is one of only four state legislatures — the oth-ers being Montana, North Dakota and Texas — that meet every two years. It is naïve to think our elected state repre-sentatives can smartly govern the state and lead us into a new Nevada if they meet just four months out of 24. Law-makers have no real chance to reform our budgeting process, reorganize our mental health system or even just to appropriate money to update our aging electronic voting machines. Granted, certain legislative committees can meet between sessions, but that only serves to concentrate power into the hands of a relative few.
As a state, Nevada has got a lot on its plate that needs careful consideration and action. We shouldn’t brag about our part-time, biennial Legislature. It’s time to grow up.
CeCe Mazyck
I AM A VETERANAND THIS
IS MY VICTORY. I AM A VETERANI AM A VETERANI AM A VETERANI AM A VETERAN
AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS IS MY VICTORY. IS MY VICTORY. IS MY VICTORY. IS MY VICTORY.
“My victory was fi nishing my education.” After 38 jumps, CeCe was injured in a parachute accident. Her veterans benefi ts allowed her to follow her dream and earn a degree. Every year, DAV helps more than a million veterans of all generations—connecting them to the health, disability, and education benefi ts they’ve earned. Help support more victories for veterans. Go to DAV.org.
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I AM A VETERANAND THIS
IS MY VICTORY. I AM A VETERANI AM A VETERANI AM A VETERANI AM A VETERAN
AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS IS MY VICTORY. IS MY VICTORY. IS MY VICTORY. IS MY VICTORY.
“My victory was fi nishing my education.” After 38 jumps, CeCe was injured in a parachute accident. Her veterans benefi ts allowed her to follow her dream and earn a degree. Every year, DAV helps more than a million veterans of all generations—connecting them to the health, disability, and education benefi ts they’ve earned. Help support more victories for veterans. Go to DAV.org.
Sunday, may 15
Bird Mart: This event will feature vendors and crafters selling bird food, toys and clothes; veterinary care; arts and crafts; jewelry; raffles and more. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., free-$7, Henderson Convention Center, 200 S. Water St., lasvegasbirdclub.com.
Kids Helping Kids Fight Cancer: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: This event raises money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, which is dedicated to helping find a cure for pediatric cancer. There will be carnival games, music and more. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., free, Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, alexslemonade.org.
Rockin’ Paws benefit brunch: This event will benefit lesbian programming at the Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada as well as animal nonprofit Street Dogz. The brunch is pet-friendly (one pet per couple). 10 a.m.-2 p.m., $25-$35, Hard Rock Café, 4475 Paradise Road, thecenterlv.org.
‘555’ Food Revolution Day dinner: Five Las Vegas chefs will create a five-course dinner from five local farms. 5:30-8:30 p.m., $65, VegeNation, 616 E. Carson Ave., Suite 120, brownpapertickets.com.
TueSday, may 17
What’s Next Nevada?: Join Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison and former Secretary of State Ross Miller for a presentation on issues faced by the education system. 9-11:30 a.m., free, Bonanza High School, Alumni Theater, 6665 Del Rey Ave., [email protected].
Beers with Beers and Tarkanian: Join Ward 2 Councilman Bob Beers and Ward 1 Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian for a drink and conversa-tion about how to improve Las Vegas. 5:30-7:30 p.m., free, PT’s Brewing Co., 3101 N. Tenaya Way, 702-229-2144.
Candidate Forum for Nevada’s Education Boards: Candidates running for the Clark County School District Board of Trustees, the Nevada State Board of Educa-tion and the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents will speak about campaign topics, policy ideas, reform and more. 6-7:30 p.m., free, Henderson Convention Center, 200 S. Water St., 702-522-2178.
An Afternoon Affair: Musicians Monreau, Bobby Brooks Wilson, Rich Little, Kelly Clinton, Harry Shaholan and Nieve Malandra will perform. Proceeds will benefit the Las Vegas Showbiz Network. 1:30-3 p.m., $12, Silverton, Veil Pavilion, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, 702-630-6111.
WedneSday, may 18
Homeowners Night: City of Henderson Development Services hours to assist homeowners in learning about permits and amnes-ty for nonpermitted work. 6-8 p.m., free, Henderson City Hall, 240 S. Water St., 702-267-3610.
Healthy Sleep for the Entire Family: This presentation will review common sleep problems and strategies to improve sleep. RSVP requested. Noon-1 p.m., free, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-483-6055.
“Are We There Yet? Remember-ing the Family Road Trip”: This lecture will cover research on motels and the impact of the family vacation on society. Advance registration is required. 6 p.m., free, Neon Museum, 770 Las Vegas Blvd. North, NeonMuseum.org.
ThurSday, may 19
Green Valley Ranch Farmers Market: Discover fresh, locally grown, seasonal produce and flowers. 4-8 p.m., free, the District at Green Valley Ranch, 2240 Village Walk Drive, shopthedistrictgvr.com. *Also: Thursdays through May 26
Career Fair: Meet with hiring decision-makers and get inter-viewed on the spot. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., free, Texas Station Casino and Hotel, 2101 Texas Star Lane, choicecareerfairs.com.
Safe Summer Nights: Enjoy music, children’s games, face painting and free refreshments. The LVMPD Mounted Police Unit will be in attendance with its horses. 4-6 p.m., free, Hewetson Elemen-tary School, 701 N. 20th St., 702-229-5406.
North Las Vegas Alliance of Homeowner Associations and Concerned Citizens meeting: North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee will discuss the city’s future. 6 p.m.,
free, Aliante Library, 2400 W. Deer Springs Way, [email protected].
Friday, may 20
Healthier Living Workshop: This program is designed for those suffering from chronic illnesses. RSVP requested. 12:30-3 p.m., free, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-778-6702. *Also: May 27
Jazz and Wine Festival: Live jazz music and wine tastings take over Tivoli Village. All day, free, Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd., tivolivillagelv.com. *Also: May 21
Equine & Wine: This five-course dinner and wine tasting benefits the children and horses of the White Horse Youth Ranch. 6:30-9 p.m., $175, White Horse Youth Ranch, 8390 W. Windmill Lane, [email protected].
Friends and Family Night: Enjoy “Pajama Night” with games, a pillow fight, a family movie, a pajama costume contest, a cooking project, a pancake creation station and a breakfast potluck. 6-9 p.m., free, Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 Paradise Road, 702-257-5538.
Champagne luncheon and fashion show: Enjoy a three-course meal with Ruffino champagne, a fashion show with styles from Saks Fifth Avenue and a pop-up shop with hats by local designer Louisa Voisine. Noon-2:30 p.m., $150, Four Seasons Hotel, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. South, dressforsuccesssouth-ernnevada.org.
Funday Fridays: Have a belated Mother’s Day celebration with crafts and free swimming for moms. There will also be education, open swim and games. 1 p.m., $1-$3, Desert Breeze Aquatics, 8275 Spring Mountain Road, 702-455-7798.
Ward 4 Garehime Movie in the Park: Watch the animated family movie “Inside Out.” There will be children’s activities and games, music and a Zumba demonstration. 6:30 p.m., free, Garehime Heights Park, 3901 N. Campbell Road, lasvegasparksandrec.com.
Poet’s Corner: This monthly forum is for established poets and open-mic participants. 7:30 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Arts Center Community Gallery, 947 W. Lake
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American Patriot Fest: Event highlights include an extreme sport competition, a car show and an interactive rugby zone where kids can play with the pros. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free, Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 W. Craig Road, american-patriotfest.com.
Ice Cream festival: This all-you-can-eat event will also have face painting, storytelling, a pirate magic show, carnival games, a bubble play station and more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., $8-$10, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., springspreserve.org.
Smooth JazzFest: Enjoy an all-star jazz showcase. Refreshments and drinks will be available for purchase at a cash bar. 6-9 p.m., free, Police Memorial Park, 3250 Metro Academy Way, 702-229-3514.
Asian Flowers Festival Market-place: There will be artisan craft vendors, cultural organizations, an adult painting class, children’s activities and live performances. 10 a.m., free, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3631. *Also: May 22
Jr. Hero Run: Have fun and run with a superhero cape and a watergun to support Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., $10-$30, Cornerstone Park, 1600
Wigwam Parkway, jrherorun.com.
Cardiac Education Fair: Desert Springs Hospital will offer free screenings, cardiac education from hospital staff and cardiac product information. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Boulevard Mall, JC Penney entrance, 3528 S. Maryland Parkway, desertspring-shospital.com.
Spring Into Your Community: This event will feature senior and youth activities, educational classes and fitness programs, live entertainment and food. Registration is open through May 19. 10:30 a.m., free, Der-felt Senior Center, 3343 W. Washing-ton Ave., 702-229-6601.
Dive-in Movie Night: Take a dip in the pool, lounge on a raft or relax in a deck chair while watching the film “Flushed Away.” 7:30 p.m., $4, Pavilion Center Pool, 101 S. Pavilion Center Drive, 702-229-1488.
Native Son Community Spelling Bee: This enriching literacy activity brings together families for a fun, educational experience. Noon-4 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Library Theatre, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3989.
Dare to Walk for Epilepsy: Enjoy a 1.5-mile stroll to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation of Nevada. Music, food, balloon artists and other family activities will accompany the walk. Register by May 20. $15-$30, Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, epilepsy.com/affiliates/nevada.
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Las Vegas’ apartment sector has heated up the past few years with rising rents, shrinking vacancies, increased construc-tion and higher investment prices. ¶ But amid fresh memories of the rapid real estate buildup that took the valley over
the cliff less than 10 years ago, is the market overheating? ¶ Industry insiders say no, but they figure business has to apartmEntS, ContinuEd on pagE 53
$1.35BPrice that German invest-
ment firm JAB Holding will
pay to buy Krispy Kreme,
which has more than 1,100
shops in more than 26 coun-
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$1.7BThe amount hedge fund manager
Kenneth Griffin was paid in 2015.
The 25 best-paid hedge fund
managers earned $12.94 billion
last year, according to Institu-
tional Investor’s Alpha magazine.
$422MDebt payment on which Puerto
Rico defaulted this month. About
$2 billion is due July 1. The island
nation is more than $70 billion in
debt, but a 1984 law bars it from
restructuring debt in bankruptcy.
35,000Number of drivers who will be part of
the Independent Drivers Guild in New
York, which Uber Technologies Inc.
agreed to start. The group will nego-
tiate with the ride-hailing company
but have less power than a union.
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the lido apartments, formerly the Camden
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Industry professionals weigh in on the increased development of the rental sector
47 48 56Q&A WITH JENNIFER BRASTERThe treasurer of the State Bar of Nevada’s Animal Law Section and a found-ing member of the law fi rm Maupin Naylor Braster talks about education, animal rights and balanc-ing her professional and personal obligations.
THE NOTESPeople on the move, P46
MEET: BREAKTHRU BEVERAGEWirtz Beverage and Charmer Sunbelt re-cently merged. Senior Vice President Scott Blazek talks about the company’s business philosophy and vision, and the importance of Nevada as a test market.
TALKING POINTSGet up to speed with traffi c law for the left lane, P49
DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONA listing of local bank-ruptcies, bid opportuni-ties, brokered transac-tions, business licenses and building permits.
MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWSCalendar: Happenings and events, P55
The List: PR fi rms and ad-vertising agencies, P59-60
NOTEWORTHY STORIES
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HOW LONG BEFORE STABLE BECOMES STAGNANT?
Las Vegas home prices have been fl at for almost a year , prompting industry observers to call the market stable.
Eventually, however, the plateau in prices is bound to get people nervous, if it hasn’t already.
The median sales price of previously owned single-family homes in Southern Nevada in April was $220,600, up 0.3 percent from March and 3.8 percent year-over-year, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.
The median price of such homes — the bulk of Las Vegas’ market — has hovered around $220,000 since
June 2015.“I can’t remember a time when our
housing market was so stable for so long,” said Scott Beaudry, owner of Universal Realty and president of the GLVAR.
Prices are fl attening after years of wild swings. In the past decade or so, they soared, crashed, shot up again, then downshifted.
Stagnant prices are good for house-hunters but a headache for sellers. They also prevent upside-down borrowers from getting above water — a big issue in Las Vegas, still the underwater capital of America.
Another few months of these prices, and the “stable” market might be called
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sean higgins is senior vice president of government affairs and business development for Golden entertainment.
Barron’s top 1,200 financial advisers in America included five from Southern Nevada. They are Randy Garcia, the Investment Counsel Co.; Brian Buckley, Morgan stanley Wealth Management; Deborah Danielson, Danielson Financial Group; and nadine Faulis and Andy Ferguson, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.
shaye sim-kins and sharwani Ram are member services represen-tatives at Clark County Credit Union.
Julie higgins is vice president and relationship manager of City national Bank’s Twain branch.
Kimberly Joi McDonald, owner and CEO of Designing Joi, was elected 2016-17 national vice president of the national Inte-rior Design society. Designing Joi won “Best Of Customer Service” on Houzz, a platform for home remodeling and design.
The Board of Regents granted tenure and a promotion of asso-ciate professor to University of nevada Cooperative extension faculty member YaeBin Kim. Kim joined the extension’s chil-dren, youth and families team in 2010 as a specialist in parenting education and family literacy. Kim received a master’s degree in Seoul, South Korea, and a doctorate in child de-velopment and human studies from the University of Wisconsin.
Lee Business school inducted Rossi Ralenkotter into the nevada Business hall of Fame. Ralenkotter is president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Among previous inductees
are Bill Boyd, hank Greenspun, William F. harrah, howard hughes, Robert Lewis, Jerry Mack, si Redd, Jim Rogers, Glen schaeffer, Claudine Wil-liams, Del Webb, steve Wynn, Luther Mack Jr., Kitty Rodman, the Cashman family, Michael salt-man, Keith schwer, sam Boyd, Pat Mulroy, John Ascuaga, Barbara Greenspun, Phil satre and Donald D. snyder.
Alejandra ortiz is the news co-anchor for noticiero telemundo Las Vegas. Ortiz earned her bachelor’s degree in journal-ism from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, and joins Telemundo Las Vegas after working for CM& — the Co-lombian news network that was launched in the early 1990s.
Oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Brendan John-son has been appointed to the nevada state Board of Dental examiners. Johnson is co-founder of nevada oral & Facial surgery.
scott Aney is senior vice president and regional manager of City national Bank’s commercial banking services in Nevada. He will serve as the company’s local market leader. Paul stowell is the bank’s chief market strategist.
Karen Kelly is manager of business development/marketing for nigro Construction.
Francine Peterman is national director and dean of the teachers college at Western Governors University.
Jennifer svihus is executive director of develop-ment at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain health.
terri Weisbord, founding partner of Las Vegas-based WG Communications Group, won a 2016 USF Fast 56 Award. The annual award recognizes the world’s 56 fastest-growing businesses owned or led by University of South Florida alumni. Weis-bord founded WG Communications in 2000 with business partner tammy Graham. The advertising agency has spearheaded campaigns for College of southern nevada, southern highlands Develop-
ment Corporation and shepherd eye Center.
the Firm Public Relations & Marketing is handling
public relations for AAA ne-vada. The agency hired Alecia Westmorland as a public rela-
tions specialist.
Gary earl is CEO for the teach-ers health trust, a self-funded
health trust that provides medi-
cal, dental and vision benefits
to licensed employees of the
Clark County school District.
Lisa Chong was honored with the Distinguished
President Award and was a recipient of the Kiwanis Cal-nev-ha Foundation scholarship at the Califor-
nia-Nevada-Hawaii Circle K International District
Convention.
Chris Andrews is the sports book director at south Point.
ChiAm fast-casual Chinese and dim sum restaurant
opened at 6300 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 170, Las
Vegas.
The Outpatient Therapy Center at spring Valley hospital is open at 5380 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 100.
Unitedhealthcare’s Health Plan of Nevada and
southwest Medical Associates, a part of Optum-
Care, launched “Medicine on the Move,” a portable
doctor’s office that brings health care closer to
people’s homes and workplaces.
Wells Fargo & Co. completed the purchase of the
North American portions of Ge Capital’s Com-
mercial Distribution Finance and Vendor Finance
businesses, as well as a portion of its Corporate
Finance business, totaling $27.4 billion in as-
sets, including $2.9 billion in loans. The remain-
ing international segment of the transaction is
expected to close this year. The total acquisi-
tion includes assets of approximately $31 billion
as well as businesses employing approximately
2,800 team members.
ondori Asian Kitchen, which offers a fusion of Chi-
nese and Japanese cuisines, is open at the Orleans.
essence Vegas, a medical marijuana dispensary,
opened at 2307 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
southern hills hospital opened a 46-bed ortho-
pedic/spine unit on its fifth floor. The $14 million
expansion replaces the existing orthopedic unit
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Tell us about Hearts Alive Vil-lage.
Hearts Alive Village is a great orga-nization devoted to not only assisting animals in finding homes but keep-ing those homes — finding solutions when owners are struggling to keep their pets.
What is the best business advice you’ve received?
A client once told me not to work too hard and appreciate my time with my family. Receiving this advice, es-pecially from a client, meant a lot; it is possible to have a strong work ethic and work diligently for your clients without sacrificing your personal life. For me, it means giving my all to my clients when I am working but giving my all to my family when I’m with them.
If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be?
The education system. I grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia and at-tended public schools from pre-K through high school. I received an ex-cellent education. It is shocking to me that the Clark County School District consistently ranks as one of the worst in the country. The public school sys-tem needs to be fixed.
What’s the biggest issue facing Southern Nevada?
Besides the problems with our edu-cation system, I would say alternative energy sources and water consump-tion. Both of these issues need to be addressed for future generations.
What has been your most excit-ing professional project to date?
Going to trial. Every time, I ex-perience the same nervousness and excitement. It is a similar feeling for me when I’m about to run a half-mar-athon; the excitement and high from accomplishing the feat cannot be sur-passed.
What inspired you to co-found the Animal Law Section in the State Bar of Nevada?
I joke that my family has “sucker”
written on their heads for animals. We are all animal lovers and one of the goals in forming the Animal Law Section was to blend my personal passion with my legal experience and educate fellow attorneys on animal law. Since the section was formed, I have presented several continuing-education classes on legislative up-dates.
Talk about the organization No Kill Las Vegas that you worked with. What did the organization do in the community?
No Kill Las Vegas has done a tre-mendous job at advocating to make Clark County a “no kill” commu-nity. No Kill Las Vegas has used its platform to educate the public as to exactly what is going on in Clark County relating to animal rescue and the community’s animal shelters. If we want to make a change in Clark County and make it “no kill,” then people need to be informed and take action.
How has your legal background helped with your work at Hearts Alive Village?
A lot of nonprofits, like Hearts Alive Village, do not have a lot of resources to pay for legal services. I have used my commercial law and animal law
background to help them with trans-actional issues as well as issues that may arise with the animals they have rescued or adopted out.
What are you reading right now?I just finished reading “Pendulum:
How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future,” by Roy H. Williams and Michael R. Drew, and “Little Beach Street Bak-ery,” by Jenny Colgan. I like to bal-ance more thought-provoking books with good old-fashioned chick lit.
What do you do after work?Either one of two paths: 1) Pick my
son up and head to the gym, or (2) Pick my son up and have a glass of wine with my in-laws. It’s usually hard for me to pass up the glass of wine.
Describe your management style. Evolving. I tend to micromanage
but, fortunately, I have an amazing assistant who is allowing me to pull back.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
For me, it is hard to plan for the fu-ture when I am enjoying what I am doing now. So, continue building my business and enjoying my legal prac-tice. I also have formed a women’s
professional group, Women’s Busi-ness Council, with my partner, Laura Hess. I’d love to see WBC grow and thrive; I’ve gotten a lot out of the or-ganization and I think other profes-sional women would too.
What is your dream job, outside of your current field?
Having a small bakery. I love to bake cookies, cakes, brownies, you name it.
If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be?
I’d split my time between Philadel-phia and San Diego. It does not mat-ter how long I live in Las Vegas and how much I enjoy living here, I will always be a Philadelphia native. And you cannot beat the beach in San Di-ego.
Whom do you admire?My parents. Until I had a child, I did
not understand how challenging it is to balance your family and work obli-gations, and what it really takes to be a good parent.
What is your biggest pet peeve?Only one? Irresponsible pet own-
ers. Spay and neuter your pets, and get them microchipped, collared and trained. It drives me crazy when peo-ple get rid of their pets because they don’t have time for them anymore or the pets are getting old.
Where do you like to go for busi-ness lunches?
Downtown Summerlin. Wolfgang Puck, California Pizza Kitchen and Lazy Dog are all great.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Patience. Before I had my son, I had zero patience. Over the years, I’ve gotten better but it’s still something I work on.
What is something people might not know about you?
For a one-year period, a good friend and I traveled the United States run-ning in a half-marathon every month.
Q&A with jennifer brAster
Passions for work, family and pets can be balanced
Jennifer Braster, an attorney with Maupin Naylor Braster, is an animal lover who
co-founded the Animal Law Section in the Nevada State Bar Association and teaches
continuing-education classes on legislative updates to the law. (L.e. BASkow/StAff)
Animals are important to Jennifer Braster, founding partner of the law firm Maupin Naylor Braster. She is the treasurer of the State Bar of Nevada’s Animal Law Section, which was formed to enhance the skills of lawyers working in the field of animal law. She also serves on the board of directors for Hearts Alive Village, a local animal rescue.
by the numbers
75Percentage of the 1 billion
jobs that have been created worldwide that have come
from the service sector, according to Macquarie
Research.
26Number of days, on aver-
age, it takes to hire a work-er. That’s up from 23 days in 2006, according to data compiled by Dice Holdings,
Haver Analytics and DB Global Markets Research.
$1.93 billionNet profits reported last
week by Emirates airlines, a 56 percent increase over the previous year for the long-haul carrier based in
Dubai.
1Ranking for Las Vegas on TripAdvisor’s 2016 Sum-
mer Vacation Value Report, which ranks destinations
for travel in June, July and August based on booking interest seen on TripAdvi-sor. Other U.S. destinations on the list include Destin,
Fla. (8), New York (6), Myrtle Beach, S.C. (5), and
Orlando, Fla. (3).
5Number of islands that have disappeared in the Solomon Islands due to sea-level rise.
$2.2 millionEarnings reported for the
first quarter by Golden Entertainment Inc., which
owns the PT’s brand in Nevada, among other hold-ings. That compares with a loss of $1.7 million for the
same period last year.
$45Price of a barrel of oil. Amin
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over the past seven years if they were to be considered employees rather than con-tractors, according to court
documents.
Describe your business.
Breakthru Beverage Nevada distributes wine, spirits and beer brands, and employs over 500 associates statewide. The company is a member of Break-thru Beverage Group, which was formed through the merger of the Charmer Sunbelt Group and Wirtz Beverage Group. The com-pany employs more than 7,000 associates and, with its af-filiates, has operations across the U.S. and Canada.
Who are your customers?
We work with a variety of accounts, from high-end nightclubs on the Strip to independent stores and restau-rants in rural Nevada.
In addition to providing great brands for these custom-ers, we are focused on helping them grow their business — from developing beverage programs to educating staff on products, trends and consumer insights. The more in-sight they have into what their customer wants, the bet-ter positioned they will be to grow.
What is your business philosophy?
I try to keep it very simple: My No. 1 job is to exceed the expectations of my employees and customers. If I do this well, we will attract and retain good people and be suc-cessful in delivering our business objectives.
Words to live by: Stay hungry and humble. Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.
Why was the company’s name changed?
Wirtz Beverage and Charmer Sunbelt are two of the
country’s leading distributors, both with a history of differenti-ating themselves in the market. Coming together was not about one company buying the other or just merging old ways of doing business. We were committed to being innovative, and to evolving the distributor model of old. We could have combined our names,
but we are looking ahead, taking a new approach. Our in-dustry is ripe for it.
The name Breakthru Beverage embodies the vision of the company. We intend to pave a new path, and to estab-lish a model that breaks the boundaries of the traditional distributor.
Why is Nevada an important market
for Breakthru Beverage?
Nevada is one of the largest markets in the country for beverage distribution. People come to Vegas because they know bars, restaurants and nightclubs go above and beyond. In many ways, this market sets the bar for other Breakthru Beverage markets. Here in Nevada, we stay ahead of tastes, buying habits and trends to help our cus-tomers know what consumers want and how to get it.
What is the best part about doing
business in Las Vegas?
It’s great to see the continual evolution and investment in Vegas, and despite it being a tourist-driven economy, there really is a great sense of community here. We are proud to be invested with organizations like Casa Foun-dation, Downtown Project and Life is Beautiful, which are making great strides in their work.
‘We intend to pave a new path’
Scott Blazek is senior vice president of Breakthru Beverage, which sells wine, spirits and beer brands in Nevada.
(l.e. baskow/staff)
breakthru beverage nevadaAddress: 1849 W. Cheyenne Avenue, North Las Vegas; 100 Distribution Drive, Sparks
Phone: 702-735-9141; 775-331-3400Email: [email protected]
Website: breakthrubev.com/nevadaOwned/operated by: Breakthru Beverage Group/Scott Blazek, senior vice president
In business since: 1977
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Get up to speed with traffic law for the left lane
I f the guy in your rearview mirror keeps flashing his lights like a Morse Code operator on Red Bull, you might be a slowpoke. ... If you’ve ever
been run off the road by an electric wheel-chair, you might be a slowpoke. ... If you refer to second gear as overdrive, you might be a slowpoke.
Everybody knows that save for the Autobahn or the Bonn-eville Salt Flats, you can’t go as fast as you want. But did you know that save for the driveway of Rain Man’s dad, you can’t go as slowly as you want, either? It is indeed a citable offense in Nevada to travel in the left lane (aka the No. 1 Lane, aka the inner lane, aka the get-the-#$@%-out-of-my-way lane) of the highway and hold up other motorists.
NRS 484B.627 prohibits driving “at a speed so slow as to impede forward motion of traffic.” In other words, much like a Republican candidate during primary season, when pressed, always tack as far to the right as possible. It doesn’t matter how fast you’re driving; if you’re in the way, you must — as they say in the Navy — make a hole.
It’s all about traffic flow and safety. During ordinary conditions, the passing lane is designed for passing. Camp-ing there like the lead float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade blocks other drivers from getting by. It also funnels lots of cars into close and dangerous proximity. What if someone swerves? What if someone brakes? Well, you’ve seen a demolition derby, haven’t you?
We are not alone in legislating against left-lane lollygag-
gers; most states have similar statutes. However, just as it’s illegal in Alaska to awaken a bear to take its picture (Google it), not all laws are meant to be enforced.
Highway patrol officers have better things to do than go around ticketing people for, uh, not speeding. Pulling over Grandma for being a Sunday driver on a Thursday afternoon just isn’t atop the priority list.
So what’s a tailgater to do? How to get from Point A to Point Z when there’s some SOB in the middle? A few sugges-tions: First, flash to pass. Remember “Close Encounters,” when that “car” was behind Richard Dreyfus, its headlights beaming about a billion BTUs? That got his attention, not to mention burning off half his face. And hey, if a little illumi-nation doesn’t coax cooperation, simply levitate straight up and make a beeline for Devils Tower.
Second, channel the Road Runner and give it a beep, beep. When slip-screening past a dilly-dallier, gently tap your horn twice to announce your intentions. Remember, the second tap is key. It’s unclear why, but it’s universally un-derstood that beeping once means you’re a jerk, but beeping twice means you’re a gent.
And finally, when the offending driver comes around and moves over, resist the urge for retribution. Forget the finger, eschew the evil eye. Most drivers are operating under the influence of ignorance, not malice. In the spirit of the sea-son, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Roger Snow is a senior vice president with Scientific Games.
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By daniel rothBergStaff Writer
One Nevada company was men-tioned in a federal indictment of FIFA officials. At least 10 Nevada-registered firms were owned by one of Thailand’s wealthiest families, and dozens more have ties to a corruption probe in Bra-zil, a USA Today analysis revealed last month.
They represent a sliver of the more than 1,000 companies created by M.F. Corporate Services, a Nevada entity that forms companies here and is linked to the Panamanian firm at the center of the largest data leak in his-tory. That firm, Mossack Fonseca, re-emerged in the news when a group of investigative journalists with access
to the documents, dubbed the Pan-ama Papers, published a database of 200,000 offshore entities.
The published database showed 1,260 entities active in Nevada from the Panama Papers and a previous leak, though only a portion of those companies remain active.
For a variety of reasons — tax breaks, legal protection and assuranc-es of secrecy — Nevada is a popular destination to incorporate a business. Wealthy individuals and executives, through agents like M.F. Corporate Services, can register a firm here without coming to the state.
Published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journal-ists, the database shows the Nevada
firms connected to far-flung loca-tions such as the Bahamas and the 2.6-square-mile territory of Gibral-tar. Many have corporate addresses in the Seychelles, a 115-island nation in the Indian Ocean, according to the Nevada Secretary of State’s website.
While setting up an offshore com-pany is not in and of itself a violation of law, many argue that these entities are used by wealthy people or organi-zations to engage in evading taxation, laundering and bribery.
In the wake of the Panama Papers leaks, these companies have come under increased scrutiny by leading economists and the Obama adminis-tration.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has said
through a spokesperson that he was concerned “that state law may have been broken or circumvented to fur-ther illegal activities.”
The Panama Papers, given first to a German newspaper, revealed the off-shore holdings of world leaders and public figures. Revelations of offshore holdings led to the resignation of Ice-land’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson. They also tied offshore firms to Prime Minister Da-vid Cameron’s father and associates of Russian President Vladimir Pu-tin. Nevada is one of 21 jurisdictions where Mossack Fonseca, through M.F. Corporate Services, set up companies.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
New database highlights Nevada’s connection to Panama Papers
Station Casinos to pay $312.5M for PalmsBy j.d. morrisStaff Writer
Station Casinos said last week it was buying the off-Strip Palms resort for $312.5 million, yet another recent ex-ample of a locals-oriented casino op-erator expanding in the valley.
Red Rock Resorts Inc., Station’s new corporate name following its recent initial public offering, announced that a subsidiary of the company, Sta-tion Casinos LLC, had struck a deal to acquire the Palms. The deal follows multiple acquisition announcements from rival Boyd Gaming Corp., which also counts Las Vegas locals as a key customer base.
“With the acquisition of the Palms we gain a leading gaming asset in Las Vegas with key strategic benefits in the Las Vegas locals market and close proximity to the Las Vegas Strip,” Marc Falcone, Red Rock’s chief finan-cial officer, said in a statement. “With its appeal to both Las Vegas residents and tourists alike, the Palms is a hy-brid gaming property that is uniquely positioned to benefit from the strong economic trends in Southern Nevada and record visitation levels in Las Ve-gas.”
Boyd, meanwhile, announced in April that it was buying the Aliante in North Las Vegas — a former Station casino — and the two Cannery casinos in the valley.
Red Rock said it expected the Palms transaction to close during the third quarter, pending approval from gam-
ing regulators and the expiration of a waiting period under federal antitrust law.
The Palms, on Flamingo Road just west of Interstate 15, features a 95,000-square-foot casino, more than 700 hotel rooms in two towers, a race and sports book, 60,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, a spa and a range of restaurants, nightlife, entertainment and pool options.
During the first full year of owning the Palms, Red Rock said it expected the resort to generate $35 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depre-ciation and amortization.
“It seems like a great acquisition for Station Casinos,” said broker Michael Parks of CBRE Group. “It just gives them an excellent property in an out-standing location.”
The Palms opened in 2001 with a price tag of $265 million and devel-oped a reputation for being a celebrity hangout. Parks said George Maloof, whose family developed the casino, made the “extremely smart” decision of positioning it to both tourists and locals.
TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners became the Palms’ major-ity owners in 2011 as the resort sought
to restructure hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. Maloof’s stake dropped to about 2 percent.
Station used to own a minority stake in the Palms, which it acquired not long after it bought another Maloof-owned business, the casino now known as Fiesta Rancho. Brian Greenspun, CEO, publisher and edi-tor of Greenspun Media Group, used to have a minority stake in the Palms’ holding company, but he said he no longer had any interest.
Palms CEO Todd Greenberg said in a statement announcing the sale that the resort was “very proud” of its em-ployees and “extremely excited for all the great opportunities” they would have under the new ownership.
The Palms deal introduces a new wrinkle for the Culinary Union, which has been trying to organize workers there and has long clashed with Station as it has unsuccessfully sought to organize workers at that company.
Geoconda Arguello-Kline, the union’s secretary-treasurer, noted in a statement that the union had “seen many casinos and owners come and go” over the years, but “the union and workers who helped build this town will always be here.”
“The workers at the Palms have made it clear that they want a fair pro-cess to choose whether to unionize,” Arguello-Kline said. “We will contin-ue to work with the Palms employees until they achieve their goal.”
the Palms opened in 2001 and quickly positioned itself as a hot spot for locals
and tourists, but fell into heavy debt. In 2011, the Maloof family, which developed
the casino, saw its ownership stake drop to 2 percent. (Steve MarcuS/Staff fIle)
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Hyperloop One officials call test of technology a landmark momentBy daniel rothBergStaff Writer
Hyperloop One, racing to build a transpor-tation platform that propels high-speed pods through pneumatic tubes, completed a test of its propulsion technology last week in North Las Vegas.
On a strip of land in the sleepy Apex Indus-trial Park where the Los Angeles-based company is developing its product, Hyperloop One cre-ated an electromagnetic field that propelled the structural frame for a pod down a track at about 105 miles per hour.
The test, before shaded stands of company em-ployees, Nevada officials and media, lasted just a few seconds, but executives called it a landmark moment.
Despite some last-minute scrambling, the test went off without a hitch, said Brogan BamBro-gan, the company’s co-founder.
Hyperloop One’s design builds on an open-sourced white paper published in 2013 by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The company casts the near-frictionless, high-speed Hyperloop con-cept as an efficient and safe alternative to other forms of transportation. It sees Hyperloop as the next mode for hauling cargo and passengers.
With officials predicting its final product could travel at 700 miles per hour, backers boast that it could shoot pods inside enclosed tubes from Los Angeles to San Francisco in about 30 minutes.
Hyperloop One executives applauded Gov. Brian Sandoval, Clark County and North Las Vegas for helping to expedite the permitting and approvals processes. In March, a state econom-ic development board approved tax incentives worth $9.2 million to build a 2-mile test track, an expansion of the current 57-meter track that it used last week.
BamBrogan said the company also is building a manufacturing facility in North Las Vegas, out-
side of Apex, to provide parts.“This is where Hyperloop is getting invented,”
BamBrogan said.The company will continue to use the small
track, but in the coming months, it will break ground on the larger 2-mile test track on more than 10 acres it purchased at the industrial park.
It hopes to conduct a full-scale demonstration in December. With that project, it is expected to invest more than $121 million in its Nevada test projects and create about 100 jobs.
“I think it has brought a lot of recognition to Nevada,” said Steve Hill, the state’s chief eco-nomic development officer.
The test was significant because it provided validation that Hyperloop One’s propulsion technology would be viable once the system is built. The test demonstrated that the frame for the pod, a small sled, could be propelled using electromagnetic energy.
“The team has worked incredibly hard in re-cord time to get to this milestone,” said Shervin Pishevar, a Hyperloop One co-founder.
Apex has had difficulty attracting develop-ment because of limited access to utilities. For now, the company is getting its power from por-table generators. But as the project progresses and it builds a full-scale Hyperloop platform, its infrastructure will be connected with a substa-tion that NV Energy is planning to build at Apex.
Hyperloop One said it plans to bring a product to market that can transport cargo by 2019 and one to transport people by 2021.
The startup is not without competition, though. It is one of two companies racing to build the first Hyperloop platform. The other firm, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, an-nounced recently that it has a license for mag-netic levitation technology first developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
By megan messerlyStaff Writer
Nevada Treasurer Dan Schwartz continues to raise concerns about electric-car compa-ny Faraday Future’s financial viability after LeEco, one of Faraday Future’s investors, has not resumed trading shares.
LeEco, a Chinese tech company that sus-pended trading in December, has set and missed several deadlines for when it would resume trading, including most recently on May 7, according to Business Insider. Schwartz said he is concerned over reports that LeEco CEO Jia Yueting, one of the inves-tors in Faraday, has pledged a large portion of his LeEco shares to back his personal lines of credit.
LeEco is Faraday Future’s strategic partner.Schwartz said in a statement that his office
has not received documentation indicating the Faraday project remains on schedule for the bond’s scheduled issue date in September. The treasurer’s office is responsible for issuing the general obligation bonds needed to finance in-frastructure improvements at Apex Industrial Park in North Las Vegas, where Faraday will build its first manufacturing plant.
“Until Faraday Future publicly discloses additional details concerning the plant’s fi-nancing and production dates, we remain concerned about the viability of this under-taking,” Schwartz said. “Our office continues to monitor this project on multiple fronts and will provide further updates as appropriate.”
Trading of LeEco shares has remained sus-pended while the company acquires an own-ership stake in Le Vision Pictures, its film business, according to Business Insider. The South China Morning Post reported last week that LeEco will issue Le Vision shareholders LeEco stock at a 30 percent discount from its closing price in December.
Faraday has previously said its funding “re-mains unchanged” by the suspension of trad-ing of LeEco shares, as LeEco is a separate company.
Other state officials have long insisted that adequate provisions were built into that December legislation to safeguard the state should Faraday run into financial trouble.
State law, created by the Legislature during a special session, requires Faraday to secure the state’s investments in infrastructure proj-ects at Apex, which it has promised to do in the form of a $75 million performance bond. The bond will be released back to the com-pany only when it has built 1.5 million square feet on the site and generated revenue from electric cars built at its facility.
a sled is slowed by sand at the end of a test of the hyperloop one propulsion system in North
Las Vegas. The company opened its test site outside of Las Vegas for the first public demonstration
of technology for a super-speed, tube-based transportation system. (L.e. baskow/sTaff)
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Lucky Dragon carefully carving out its niche By Brock radkeStaff Writer
The Lucky Dragon resort on Sahara Avenue just west of the Strip has been one of the most mysterious Las Ve-gas developments in recent memory. It’s a rare thing for such as project on or near the Strip — even a boutique property like this — to keep quiet and stray from the traditional marketing hype once construction has begun.
But the developers behind Lucky Dragon have kept a low profile all along, even after the building started to rise last summer. Late last week, after a fall financing slowdown, the organization behind Lucky Dragon, the Las Vegas Economic Impact Re-gional Center, announced the project was fully capitalized and on schedule for completion by the end of the year.
VEGAS INC sister publication Las Vegas Weekly spoke with the center’s CEO, Andrew Fonfa, who also is devel-oper of the adjacent Allure condomin-ium tower, about the plans for Lucky Dragon, what makes the project unique and why it’s maintained the mystery.
What came first: the idea to build a resort here, or the idea to focus on the asian experi-ence?
A number of years ago, after I built the Allure high-rise, probably six years ago, I thought of doing a bou-tique lesbian and gay resort, the Q. But knowing the recession had just taken place and reviewing the type of customer that was, we didn’t believe gambling would be the first thing on their mind, that it would be more about the hotel property. So we came up with this idea to create an authen-tic, Macau-style casino.
The best player in the world right now is the Chinese gambler. If you take a sample of 200,000 people, with Americans, probably 10 percent are gamblers, but probably 100 percent of Asians are gamblers. It just makes sense to go after this customer. Even if you look at the local casinos here, you see mostly Asian faces gambling. That’s our customer, and we think we’ve really hit on something. We’ll be multilingual, everyone in our hotel will speak Chinese languages. We’ll go after the local Asian community as well as heavy marketing in L.A., San Francisco and Vancouver. And of course, China just announced direct flights from Beijing to Las Vegas every three days.
does your specific target de-mographic explain why there hasn’t been a huge marketing push yet?
We didn’t feel we needed to be out in front trying to get the attention of the residents of Las Vegas yet, be-cause we are more geared to the Asian clientele.
We had a few full-page ads in the Chinese newspapers in Las Vegas. But yes, we did that intentionally to be a little mysterious. Now, we’re on our way to being out in front a lot more.
How do you think Lucky dragon will fit into the recent and up-coming development along the north Strip?
I believe the north Strip will be-come the Chinese tourist area of Las Vegas, and we intend to continue with additional investments near and around the Lucky Dragon to capital-ize on that.
I don’t think Genting’s Resorts World is truly our competition, I think what we are doing will enhance that development and others along the northern Strip. Genting is going to bring many more Asian customers and we’re really going after the West Coast regional market, in addition to people coming from China and Ma-laysia.
I think both properties can be very successful, but I believe our property, per square foot, will be the most successful casino ever built in Las Vegas.
do you expect to cross over to other audiences?
Our target audience is the Asian market but we do expect Americans to come to our property, but mostly to eat authentic Chinese food. You’re not going to get an eggroll in the Lucky Dragon. There will be Korean and Japanese but mostly Chinese with a Pan-Pacific angle, a wide variety of foods. The signage and the menus will be Chinese first, English second.
We are specifically targeting some-thing of an old-Vegas type, the gam-bler who uses gambling as the en-tertainment. This will be the only authentic high tea place in Las Vegas, and having features like that and ev-eryone speaking the language will give us a shot at some of the big whales, al-though our legal limits won’t be that of the Wynn or Venetian. But those people will come visit our casino.
construction continues on the Lucky dragon resort on Sahara Avenue, near
Las Vegas Boulevard. (SteVe mArcuS/StAff)
By J.d. MorriSStaff Writer
Backers of the Lucky Dragon re-sort say the project is fully financed and on track to open this year.
The boutique Asian-themed casino project hit a roadblock last year when Las Vegas city officials declined to help it get tax incre-ment financing. But the Lucky Dragon now says it has secured financial commitments that have guaranteed it will be finished late this year.
A statement from the planned resort said the commitments would come from the Fonfa and Weidner families, members of whom have been affiliated with the project.
Andrew Fonfa developed Al-lure, the condominium tower next to the Lucky Dragon site, and he’s the CEO of the Las Vegas Economic Impact Regional Cen-ter, which is backing the project.
Former Las Vegas Sands Corp. President William Weidner is listed as the regional center’s president on its website.
The Lucky Dragon will fea-ture a 27,500-square-foot casino, Asian restaurants, a hotel with
204 rooms and a 4,500-square-foot spa.
The casino will emphasize games popular in Asia, such as baccarat and pai gow, and a 2,500-pound glass dragon sculp-ture will be suspended from the ceiling.
Chief Operating Officer David Jacoby said the Lucky Dragon wanted to revive the idea of a “smaller, intimate, personalized, service-type environment” that “inherently gets lost” at Strip megaresorts.
The Lucky Dragon’s future was unclear in November when Las Vegas City Council members de-clined to advance conversations about whether the project should receive tax increment financing.
The city historically has not per-mitted such financing for casino projects, and the idea of potentially doing so was met with strong back-lash from others in the industry.
But Jacoby said the tax incre-ment funds would not have been part of the Lucky Dragon’s devel-opment budget, so the project was able to move forward. He said construction was about 70 percent complete.
Backers say resort fully financed and will be finished this year
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apartments, from page 43
Las Vegas area’s average asking rent in the first quarter up 13 percent from 2010slow at some point. Amid a national apartment boom, Southern Nevada’s multifamily market has bounced back from the recession faster than other segments of the real estate industry. Property pros, however, expect rent-growth to slow and vacancies to tick higher amid questions over the depth of Las Vegas’ renter pool and whether investors are building too many high-er-end projects.
Slower rent growth would help ten-ants save money and let them better afford certain properties — especially if landlords have trouble filling build-ings amid the rising number of com-peting projects, which could send rental prices down. But it would cause heartburn for investors, who are bet-ting on and fueling Southern Nevada’s expanded apartment market with new construction and more-expensive purchases.
“I don’t know if our demand (for rentals) will keep up with our supply,” said broker Garry Cuff, a vice presi-dent with Colliers International.
Still, few expect the market to crash. Las Vegas’ economy isn’t as healthy as other cities’ but it is on the mend. The population is growing, the rent increases and construction are rela-tively low, and developers have built more apartments here in years past than they are today, executives say.
The Las Vegas area’s average ask-ing rent in the first quarter was $918, up 13 percent from 2010. Nationally, the average asking rent was $1,239 last quarter, up 21 percent from 2009, ac-cording to New York-based Reis Inc., a real estate research firm.
About 3,000 new apartments hit the local market last year, and 4,500 are expected this year. That’s up from a low of about 370 in 2013, but well below a peak of roughly 7,750 in 1999, according to Las Vegas broker Spen-cer Ballif, a senior vice president with CBRE Group.
According to Reis, in the first quar-ter alone, U.S. developers brought to market more than 42,000 units, the highest first-quarter tally since at least 1999.
Real estate is prone to cycles, per-haps more so than other industries, said John Restrepo, founder of Las Vegas-based RCG Economics. If de-
mand for apartments goes up, for in-stance, rents climb and developers build properties — then other inves-tors might pile in and overbuild, push-ing vacancies up and rents down.
Demand for rentals has been fueled in large part by younger adults who show no interest in buying a home anytime soon and by people who can’t afford to buy a house because the re-cession wrecked their finances, Re-strepo noted.
He said he didn’t see signs of “ma-jor overbuilding” akin to the housing bubble of a decade ago and wasn’t ex-pecting the rental market to collapse. Still, vacancy rates won’t stay at 4 or 5 percent forever, he noted.
“At some point, there will be a cool-ing-off,” he said.
Ryan Severino, senior economist and director of research at Reis, said construction nationally was “starting to become” overheated — with more units being developed than rented, va-cancies rising and rent-growth slow-ing.
“It’s not like there’s this impending doom, necessarily,” he said, but the market was undergoing “some fallout” from the current development craze.
Las Vegas’ vacancy rate fell to 4.2 percent last quarter, down from 11.2 percent in 2009. The U.S. vacan-cy rate last quarter, 4.5 percent, was down from 8 percent in 2009 but up from 4.3 percent in both 2013 and 2014, Reis found.
Locally, developers are building a lot of higher-end projects “all at once,” and vacancy rates might rise a bit, said John Stater, Las Vegas research man-ager for Colliers. But the rising popu-lation — Clark County grew 8.4 per-cent from 2010 to 2015, to 2.1 million people, Census data show — would help keep the market from overheat-ing “at least at the moment,” he said.
Las Vegas has long had a big apart-ment sector, he said, and the often-transient population, with its base of lower-paid casino-resort workers, creates a pool of potential renters.
“Right now, things look like they’re going pretty well,” Stater said.
Today, most apartment construc-tion is along the 215 Beltway in Hen-derson and southwest Las Vegas. Many new properties offer amenities
that often cater to younger adults — poolside cabanas, bike rentals, game rooms — and charge above-average rents.
One new project in the pipeline — one of the few that’s not in the suburbs — is a 295-unit complex off Spring Mountain Road a mile west of the Strip. Developer Jonathan Fore has laid out plans for a poolside DJ booth, a rooftop deck, a massage room, two swimming pools, granite and quartz countertops and keyless-entry doors.
Fore has said the average unit would be 860 square feet and charge $1.60 per square foot. That’s around $1,375 per month, about $450 above the val-ley’s average rental rate.
Ballif noted that Las Vegas’ work-force has grown faster than other met-ro areas but said the depth of the high-er-end rental market “will be tested,” adding: “We’re probably overcooking it a little bit.”
Broker Patrick Sauter, managing partner of NAI Vegas, said nearly all developers were “building basically the same product,” going after the same customer base and targeting the valley’s same two submarkets.
He figures there “might be a little bit of a glut” of new projects and that rent-growth could slow. But he doesn’t ex-pect prices to tumble, and if landlords keep packing higher-end properties with tenants, “you won’t see too much else being built.”
Investors, meanwhile, are paying top dollar for these and other rental properties.
In January, for instance, real estate powerhouse Hines bought Domain, a 308-unit Henderson complex, for $58.2 million, or about $189,000 per unit. By comparison, investors paid an average of about $72,000 per unit for Southern Nevada rental properties last year, according to Colliers.
It was Houston-based Hines’ first acquisition of an existing apartment complex in its nearly 60-year history. Around the time of the sale, Domain was 95 percent occupied and monthly rent for available units ranged from $970 to $1,399.
Last month, in an apartment sale that might be the most lucrative ever in Las Vegas, Houston-based Cam-den Property Trust announced that it
sold 15 complexes — comprising 4,918 units — as well as a commercial center and about 20 acres of land for $630 million combined. The buyers were the Bascom Group and Oaktree Capi-tal Management, both of Southern California.
It was Camden’s second local port-folio sale in three years, but the prices varied greatly. In spring 2013, Camden and New York’s DRA Advisors sold 14 Las Vegas-area complexes, compris-ing some 3,100 units, for $200 million.
Last month’s deal marked Cam-den’s exit from the valley. Severino, for one, says investment prices in general might be approaching their peak or have already reached it.
The 15 complexes were an aver-age 95 percent occupied in the fourth quarter of 2015, on par with Camden’s other U.S. properties. But the com-plexes’ combined average rental rate, 92 cents per square foot, was the low-est among Camden’s state portfolios, a securities filing shows.
Camden President Keith Oden said the 15 properties generated about $500 per unit less in monthly revenue than the company’s other holdings, and that they were an average 23 years old, well above the typical range it aims for, 12 to 14 years old.
He also noted that most of Cam-den’s other markets had recovered “more rapidly” from the recession than Las Vegas, which has continued to suffer some of the highest rates of foreclosures, underwater borrowers and unemployment among large met-ro areas.
But overall, Oden said the valley’s apartment market was “doing great.” Camden’s rents were up 7 percent year-over-year in Las Vegas in the first quarter, compared with 4.5 percent in its other markets combined, he said. Construction also had been “very modest” here compared with other big cities, and if there were more de-velopment, rents wouldn’t be growing as fast as they are, he said.
Camden typically wants to own at least 2,500 to 3,000 units in markets where it operates. At least for now, however, it has no plans to be a local landlord again.
“Never say never,” Oden said, “but not anytime soon.”
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Calendar of eventsTUESDAY, MAY 17
Samuel Adams Brewing
the American Dream Speed Coaching
Time: 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: Free
Location: Zappos headquarters, 400 Stewart
Ave., Las Vegas
Information: Visit btad.samueladams.com
Food, beverage and craft-brewing small-business
owners will receive counsel on marketing, pack-
aging, legalities, financing, sales and distribution.
TIBCO Software’s Customer
Appreciation Cigar Bar
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free
Location: Andre’s Cigar Bar, 3770 Las Vegas
Blvd. South, Las Vegas
Information: Call Rima at 703-599-0284
Network with technology industry professionals
while enjoying drinks and cigars.
How to Use Goals as a Leadership Tool
Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $21
Location: Leadership Excursion Co. Headquar-
ters, 418 W. Mesquite Ave., Las Vegas
Information: Visit leadershipexcursion.co
This workshop is presented by Leadership Excur-
sion Co., which specializes in leadership training
and development programs.
ZLOCAL at Knowledge 16
Time: 7-10 p.m. Cost: Free
Location: House of Blues Foundation Room,
3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas
Information: Visit zenoss.com
Hear industry leaders and Zenoss customers
lead discussions on how monitoring can be used
as a strategic asset to drive automation and
inter- and intra-process efficiencies.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 Business Expo exhibitor workshop
Time: 2:30-5:30 p.m. Cost: Free
Location: Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce,
575 Symphony Park Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas
Information: Call Jackie at 702-586-3843
Learn about the Business Expo’s planning, mar-
keting and promotion; the Cashman Center rules
and regulations; the expo’s booth layout, staffing
considerations, logistics and more.
THURSDAY, MAY 19 PROST May luncheon
Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $22 PROST members; $27
nonmembers
Location: Maza Mediterranean and Turkish Halal
Grill, 2550 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas
Information: Visit prostlasvegas.com
Network with executives in the travel and trans-
portation industries over a Turkish lunch.
Water Street District Business Association
Time: 6 p.m. Cost: Free
Location: Henderson Convention Center, 200
S. Water St., Henderson
Information: Visit wsdba.org
The monthly meeting will be followed by the
Spring Mixer at Sunset Downtown. There will
be raffles throughout the evening, with prizes
including jewelry, dinner and spa packages.
URGENT Steps to Take
in Pre-Planning Your Financial Affairs
Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for Henderson
Chamber members; $25 for nonmembers; $10
additional for walk-ins
Location: Henderson Business Resource Center
Seminar Room, 112 S. Water St., Henderson
Information: Call Bill at 702-565-8951
This Henderson Chamber workshop will be pre-
sented by Jasen Cassady and Ralph Goudy, who
founded Advocate Estate & Fiduciary LLC. They
will discuss legal and practical practices that
come into play when someone dies.
Boulder City Republican Women’s meeting
Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $21
Location: Railroad Pass, banquet room, 2800
S. Boulder Highway, Henderson
Information: Call Maraya at 702-393-1228
Hear from two candidates for Assembly District
23: Swadeep Nigam and Melissa Woodbury.
FRIDAY, MAY 20 Latin Chamber business
and networking luncheon
Time: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $45 for Latin Chamber
members; $50 for nonmembers
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, North
Hall, Room N252, 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas
Information: Visit lvlcc.com
Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the Las
Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, and
Jeremy Aguero, principal at Applied Analysis,
will be the featured speakers.
Las Vegas Women in Technology Awards
Time: 6 p.m. Cost: $25
Location: Fresh Wata, 3905 W. Diablo Drive, Las
Vegas
Information: Visit vegaswomentechawards.net
Recognize the top women working in and
changing the face of the technology community
in Las Vegas.
Iranian-American Chamber
of Commerce: Meet the Candidates
Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free
Location: Hyde Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd.
South, Las Vegas
Information: Email Roya at [email protected]
Meet candidates for federal, state and local
offices. Business owners and professionals can
have an open discussion with candidates on is-
sues that affect the business community.
TUESDAY, MAY 24 Network After Work
Time: 6 p.m. Cost: $15; $20 at the door with
RSVP; $25 at the door without RSVP
Location: Hard Rock Café, 4475 Paradise Road,
Las Vegas
Information: Visit networkafterwork.com
Unwind and socialize with local professionals
and entrepreneurs from a diverse mix of indus-
tries.
Conventions ExPECTED SHOW LOCATION DATES ATTENDANCE
Clinicians Report Foundation - Dentistry
Update/Office Manager Meetings Caesars Palace May 20-21 400
Public Housing Authorities Directors
Association - Annual Convention and Exhibition Planet Hollywood May 22-31 700
RECon 2016 Las Vegas Convention Center May 23-25 36,000
Bick International - Coin, Currency, Jewelry and Stamp Expo Orleans May 27-29 1,000
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - 66th Electronic
Components & Technology Conference Association Annual Conference Cosmopolitan May 28 - June 5 600
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Records and TransactionsBankruptciesChapter 7Builder’s Capital Inc.221 Positive Point St.Henderson, NV 89012Matthew L. Johnson at [email protected]
Chapter 11Pedro Vazquez Chona3800 S. Decatur Blvd., Space 191Las Vegas, NV 89013Michael J. Harker at [email protected]
Bid OppOrtunitiesMay 192:15 p.m.Russell campus: fuel island instal-lationClark County, 604072Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]
NoonSilver Bowl Park: restroom instal-lationClark County, 603993Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]
BrOkered transactiOnsSaleS$560,000 for 0.63 acre, landAddress: 1845 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas, NV 89134Seller: 1845 Village Center LLCSeller agent: Brian Fike of ColliersBuyer: V Center, LLC
leaSe$975,003 for 2,000 square feet for 125 months, retailAddress: 7680 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 203, Las Vegas, NV 89123Landlord: LB-UBS 2007-C6 Annex REO, LLCLandlord agent: Liz Clare of Avison YoungTenant: Las Pupusas RestaurantsTenant agent: Nelson Tressler and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
$107,834.82 for 1,400 square feet for 60 months, retailAddress: 205 W. Centennial Park-way, Suite 150North Las Vegas, NV 89084Landlord: Centennial CommerceLandlord agent: Nelson Tressler and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankTenant: GoAuto Management Services
Business LicensesGuilan Xiang License type: ReflexologistAddress: 9480 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson 89123Owner: Guilan Xiang
Tyler L VLicense type: Apartment houseAddress: 105 N. 14th St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Shahram Moalemzadeh
Uanon, DuangduanLicense type: Independent mas-sage therapistAddress: 9550 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson 89074Owner: Duangduan Uanon
United Road Vehicle Management SolutionsLicense type: TowingAddress: 2024 Losee Road, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: United Road Towing Inc.
University of PhoenixLicense type: SchoolAddress: 300 S. Fourth St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Timothy Slottow
UNKS ConstructionLicense type: ContractorAddress: 9960 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 290, Las Vegas 89129Owner: Charles Maddox
US Medical ProfessionalsLicense type: Professional services - medicalAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Ionel Cornea
WelleafLicense type: Medical marijuana cultivation facilityAddress: 3840 E. Craig Road, Las Vegas 89081Owner: THC Nevada
Wet Zone LV Auto SpaLicense type: Automobile detailingAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Jose Martinez
William JohnsonLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 9525 Hillwood Drive 120, Las Vegas 89134Owner: William Johnson
Women’s Health Associates of Southern NevadaLicense type: Professional services - medicalAddress: 653 N. Town Center Drive 214, Las Vegas 89144Owner: Sheldon Paul, Donna Miller, Brent Bartholomew, John Martin, Joseph Rojas and Anita Gondy
XcessorizeUsLicense type: General retail salesAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite F11, Las Vegas 89102
Owner: Adrianne Lubich and Richard Lubich
Yan WangLicense type: ReflexologistAddress: 9480 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson 89074Owner: Yan Wang
Yellow Pants ProjectLicense type: Nonprofit commu-nity servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Pamela Koopman-White
2 Amigos TacosLicense type: RestaurantAddress: 640 N. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Jesus Alvarez and Lito Carbajal
7-Eleven Store #22416GLicense type: Convenience storeAddress: 901 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89108Owner: Babas
A & Serjs OilLicense type: Automotive parts / serviceAddress: 3433 Losee Road, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Aren Ohanian
A Better Pool Service PlusLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Ronald Edelstein
A Home 4 Spot Animal Rescue Adoption CenterLicense type: Animal adoptionAddress: 723 S. First St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Diana England
A1 Design StoneLicense type: ContractorAddress: 3111 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas 89102Owner: Did not disclose
AAA Parking Lot CareLicense type: ContractorAddress: 4430 E. Alexander Road, Las Vegas 89115Owner: Did not disclose
Affairs to Remember CateringLicense type: CateringAddress: 818 S. Main St., Las Vegas 89106Owner: Michael Whitesides
Affiliated Physical TherapyLicense type: Professional services - medicalAddress: 9050 W. Cheyenne Ave., Las Vegas 89129Owner: Affiliated Physical Therapy
Alcohol Awareness TrainingLicense type: Instruction servicesAddress: 276 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas 89107Owner: Stephen Easley
All American LandscapeLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 3640 W. Robindale Road, Las Vegas 89139Owner: All American Landscape
Anchor ChiropracticLicense type: General services (counter / office)Address: 5135 S. Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas 89148Owner: Anchor Chiropractic
Aneta IvanovaLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 10220 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89145Owner: Aneta Ivanova
Arlandus Rene WhiteLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1810 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89107Owner: Arlandus Rene White
Artistic Business ServicesLicense type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 7320 Smoke Ranch Road, Las Vegas 89104Owner: Ronnie Lee
Auto Helper Auto PartsLicense type: Automotive parts / serviceAddress: 4230 N. Pecos Road, North Las Vegas 89115Owner: Auto Helper Auto Parts
AvisightLicense type: General services (counter / office)Address: 8260 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89128Owner: James Fleitz
Basic Human NeedsLicense type: Independent mas-sage therapistAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Kyla Stevens
Beaver Tree Service of Las VegasLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 3651 Lindell Road, Las Vegas 89103Owner: Dawson McGinnis and Steve McGinnis
Bella TLicense type: Property maintenanceAddress: 429 Max Court, Hender-son 89011Owner: Bella T Inc.
Best Desert Cleaning ServicesLicense type: Repair and mainte-nanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Juan Godoy
Bob’s MarketLicense type: Convenience storeAddress: 150 E. Centennial Park-way, North Las Vegas 89084Owner: Platinum Management
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Bodega FurnitureLicense type: General retail salesAddress: 81 N. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas 89110Owner: Bodega Furniture
Bolmer RestorationLicense type: Property maintenanceAddress: 5 Cactus Garden Drive, Henderson 89014Owner: Cat Detailing LLC
Brand2FitLicense type: General retail salesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Simone Wciorka
Bratalian Neapolitan CantinaLicense type: RestaurantAddress: 10740 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson 89052Owner: Bianco Restaurant Group
BRCLicense type: General retail salesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Buddy Ro Customs
BSR PlumbingLicense type: ContractorAddress: 7577 Mission Palm St., Las Vegas 89139Owner: Did not disclose
Capita SyncLicense type: Gross revenueAddress: 2187 Handel Ave., Hen-derson 89052Owner: Capita Sync
Capital TintLicense type: TruckingAddress: 149 N. Gibson Road, Henderson 89014Owner: Capital Tint
Audrey CarrizzoLicense type: General services (counter / office)Address: Did not discloseOwner: Audrey Carrizzo
Centennial Hills Barber ShopLicense type: General retail salesAddress: 6420 Sky Pointe Drive, Las Vegas 89131Owner: Joanna Wang
Champion Martial ArtsLicense type: General retail salesAddress: 7800 W. Ann Road, Las Vegas 89149Owner: Victory Martial Arts
Champion Martial ArtsLicense type: Martial arts instructionAddress: 7800 W. Ann Road, Las Vegas 89149Owner: Victory Martial Arts
Chase the Sun TravelLicense type: Travel and ticket agencyAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Elizabeth Demeter and Joseph Demeter
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Records and TransactionsClean & ClearLicense type: Janitorial serviceAddress: 2215 Costa Palma Ave., North Las Vegas 89031Owner: Ana Gutierrez
College Hunks Hauling Junk and MovingLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 3977 W. Oquendo Road, Las Vegas 89118Owner: Saraphine Inc.
D.E.Adams ConstructionLicense type: ContractorAddress: 2831 St. Rose Parkway, Henderson 89052Owner: David Adams
Dadscaps.ComLicense type: General retail salesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Donna Lane
Dami PhamLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89104Owner: Dami Pham
Dandy Handyman ServiceLicense type: Handyman/mainte-nance servicesAddress: 2708 Fern Forest Court, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Matthew Lanoue
Danielle Marie JorgensenLicense type: PhotographyAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Danielle Jorgensen
Deep CleaningLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Sandra Savalza
Desert Monkey DojoLicense type: Instruction servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: The Dynamic Group
Dewey Dwight GoeringLicense type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 7993 Kentshire Drive, Las Vegas 89117Owner: Dewey Goering
Direct InsuranceLicense type: Insurance agencyAddress: 3050 E. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Cesar Rodriguez
Diversified Human ServicesLicense type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 6148 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89146Owner: A & R Diversified Human Services
Dynamic Eye CareLicense type: Miscellaneous sales/service
Address: 6935 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas 89084Owner: Chow & Tran Partnership
Eab Short Term RentalLicense type: Short term residen-tial rentalAddress: 712 Harper Circle, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Eab Short Term Rental
El HerraderoLicense types: Miscellaneous and restaurantAddress: 3402 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas 89030Owner: El Herradero Night Club
Eleganzza NailsLicense type: Beauty parlorAddress: 2442 Las Vegas Blvd. North, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Sonia Santana
Elodia Lugo CamposLicense type: Rental propertyAddress: 2427 Mccarran St., North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Elodio Lugo Campos
European Music MarketLicense type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 7320 Smoke Ranch Road, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Ronnie Lee
BUILDING PERMITS$8,499,855, medical office shell1050 W. Galleria Drive, HendersonFernando Andrade Architect
$754,885, church639 W. Carey Ave., North Las VegasGreat Lakes Construction Inc.
$750,398, multifamily x22652 and 2672 N. Buffalo Drive, Las VegasOvation Development
$700,000, disaster125 S. 13th St., Las VegasBelfor Usa Group
$669,870, tenant improvement1707 Village Center Circle, Suite 290, Las VegasBeacon Southwest
$656,500, commercial6241 N. Decatur Blvd., Las VegasKittrell Jensen Contractors
$450,000, commercial - remodel517 N. Stephanie St., HendersonTWC Construction
$450,000, commercial3303 W. Sahara Ave., Las VegasRadix Construction
$440,000, commercial - remodel1050 W. Galleria Drive, HendersonFernando Andrade Architect
$392,000, fence6528 Towerstone St., Lots: 1, 5-35, 40-60, 62-63, 68-76, 83-84, 88, 97-98, 219-222 (retaining walls) and Lots: 1-20, 23-24, 27, 33-34, 46-47, 60-61, 74-75, 85, 87, 98, 214-222 (screen walls), North Las VegasHirschi Masonry LLC
$296,105, commercial-alteration2225 E. Centennial Parkway, Suites 106, 107 and 108, North Las VegasM S Whittington Construction
$292,936, single-family residential production6926 Summer Sky St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$250,020, commercial - remodel874 American Pacific Drive, Hen-dersonTouro University Nevada
$239,412, commercial-addition4527 Losee Road, North Las VegasRelyon Technologies
$238,827, residential - new x3908, 913 and 1004 Bluebird Ridge Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada
$227,099, tenant improvement5785 Centennial Center Blvd., Suite 210, Las VegasCopperstone Construction
$220,827, residential - new909 Bluebird Ridge Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada
$211,711, single-family residential production269 Elder View Drive, Las VegasGreystone Nevada
$210,000, wall6432 N. Shaumber Road, Las VegasHirschi Masonry
$208,264, single-family residential production9928 Peaceful Peaks Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada
$203,466, single-family residen-tial production9603 Ramon Valley Ave., Las VegasGreystone Nevada
$199,546, single-family residential production8351 Agave Bloom St., Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.
$198,944, residential - new x3912, 921 and 1005 Bluebird Ridge Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada
$198,512, commercial-alteration1815 E. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 103, North Las Vegas
TWC Construction Inc.
$196,197, single-family residential production x5218, 224, 230, 236 and 242 Elder View Drive, Las VegasGreystone Nevada
$194,186, single-family residential production5519 Bruin Lakes Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$186,273, single-family residential production8842 Pauley Hills St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$186,273, single-family residential production x25523 and 5535 Bruin Lakes Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$186,273, single-family residential production9020 Chopper Prairie St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$180,562, single-family residential production9934 Celestial Cliffs Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada
$180,562, single-family residential production9992 Shadow Landing Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada
$177,522, single-family residential production11837 Bragno Court, Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada
$176,485, single-family residential production9730 Yellow Shadow Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$175,400, residential - new4441 Hatch Bend Ave., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc..
$174,675, residential - new3940 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$174,675, residential - new5249 Golden Melody Lane, North Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$174,675, residential - new3921 Eagle Glacier Ave., North Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$173,935, residential - new
2404 Gala Haven Court, North Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$171,070, single-family residential production x37823, 7835 and 7847 Saber Tooth St., Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$170,509, residential - new3941 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$170,509, residential - new5308 Mountain Garland Lane, North Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$170,509, residential - new3917 Eagle Glacier Ave., North Las VegasBeazer Homes Holdings Corp.
$168,731, residential - new920 Bluebird Ridge Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada
$168,303, Single-family residential production9725 Blistering Sun Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$167,685, single-family residential production313 Rezzo St., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada
$167,685, single-family residential production12228 Lorenzo Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada
$166,793, residential - production1052 E. Sunset Road, HendersonWoodside Homes of Nevada
$160,949, single-family residential production7811 and 7829 Saber Tooth St., Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$157,499, commercial-alteration3901 Donna St., North Las VegasBurke Construction Group Inc.
$157,019, single-family residential production x2327 and 335 Rezzo St., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada
$157,019, single-family residential production12255 Lorenzo Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada
$154,092, single-family residential production10561 Pelican Island Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$153,186, wall
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$153,031, single-family residential production9922 Celestial Cliffs Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada
$152,040, single-family residential production7841 Saber Tooth St., Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$151,404, residential - new3944 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$151,404, residential - new5312 Mountain Garland Lane, North Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$151,404, residential - new3925 Eagle Glacier Ave., North Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$150,380, residential - production1056 E. Sunset Road, HendersonWoodside Homes of Nevada$150,000, commercial7941 N. Jones Blvd., Las VegasKing Communications
$150,000, single-family addition1609 Bayonne Drive, Las VegasNevada American Construction
$146,998, sesidential - new6244 Silver Bank St., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.
$144,671, single-family residen-tial production391 Pollino Peaks St., Las VegasRyland Homes
$143,776, residential - new6209 Stratford Bay St., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.
$143,568, residential - new3945 Carol Bailey Ave., North Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$143,568, Residential - new5245 Golden Melody Lane, North Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$141,017, Single-family residential production416 Vigo Port St., Las VegasRyland Homes
$140,996, residential - new4828 Skyraider St., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.
$140,170, single-family residen-tial production8402 Canyon Crevasse St., Las
VegasPulte Homes of Nevada $140,000, commercial2201 Spanish Oaks Drive, Las VegasMK House Consulting
$139,839, single-family residen-tial production7817 Saber Tooth St., Las VegasDR Horton Inc.
$139,234, residential - production531 Possibilities, HendersonWoodside Homes of Nevada
$138,815, single-family residen-tial production9729 Yellow Shadow Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$137,294, residential - production710 Tidal Flats, HendersonKB Home Nevada
$134,335, commercial-alteration4705 Vandenberg Drive, North Las VegasTitanium Building Group LLC
$133,118, single-family residential production11907 Montanesa Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes
$132,788, residential - new x21220 and 1221 Becket Hollow Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada
$132,764, residential - new3549 Starlight Ranch Ave., North Las VegasSHALC GC Inc.
$131,315, single-family residential production10564 Pelican Island Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$131,315, single-family residential production6527 Dunns River St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$131,250, residential - production332 Values Circle, HendersonWoodside Homes of Nevada
$130,700, residential - new x25666 and 5678 Colbert St., North Las VegasHarmony Homes Inc.
$130,000, commercial3303 W. Sahara Ave., Las VegasRadix Construction
$130,000, mechanical6900 W. Sahara Ave., Las VegasBehade Builders
$129,475, residential - production
158 Littlestone St., HendersonKB Home Nevada
$129,458, residential - new1216 Becket Hollow Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada
$129,039, residential - new2505 Gala Haven Court, North Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$129,039, residential - new2412 Charmed Oasis Court, North Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$128,778, residential - new x21217 and 1225 Becket Hollow Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada
$128,644, residential - production53 Arista Port St., HendersonRyland Homes
$125,728, single-family residen-tial production10562 Pelican Island Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$125,535, residential - new x35670, 5682 and 5690 Colbert St., North Las VegasHarmony Homes Inc.
$125,339, residential - new6212 Stratford Bay St., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.
$125,000, single-family custom1116 Darmak Drive, Las VegasSpike Construction
$124,605, single-family residen-tial production10557 Kennedy Peak Lane, Las VegasRyland Homes
$124,020, residential - new4841 Commander St., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.
$124,020, residential - new4832 Skyraider St., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.
$123,154, residential - produc-tion x3524, 528 and 532 Possibilities St., HendersonWoodside Homes of Nevada
$123,091, single-family residen-tial production54 Silvati St., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada
$121,496, residential - new107 Heathrow Lake Ave., North Las VegasWoodside Homes Of Nevada, LLC
$121,327, residential - new3656 Fuselier Drive, North Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$120,185, single-family residen-tial production10424 Turtle Mountain Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes
$118,417, commercial-alteration3950 N. Bruce St., North Las VegasKittrell Jensen Contractors LLC
$118,103, residential - new111 Heathrow Lake Ave., North Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada LLC
$117,368, residential - new4837 Commander St., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.
$117,368, residential - new4840 Skyraider St., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.
$116,927, single-family residen-tial production x211861 and 11865 Corenzio Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada
$115,298, single-family residen-tial production x210550 and 10555 Forum Peak Lane, Las VegasRyland Homes
$115,203, residential - new320 Point Loma Ave., North Las VegasCentury Communities of Nevada
$115,203, residential - new4312 Brazil Palm Court, North Las VegasCentury Communities of Nevada
$113,501, residential - new1212, 1213 and 1224 Becket Hollow Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada
$113,173, residential - production3153 Dromara Way, HendersonKB Home Nevada
$110,769, Residential - new5504 Stone Lagoon St., North Las VegasCentury Communities of Nevada
$110,769, residential - new820 Vegas Palm Ave., North Las VegasCentury Communities of Nevada
$110,634, commercial-alteration6355 Shatz St., North Las VegasDid not disclose
$110,000, tenant improvement1121 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 140, Las VegasW & W Custom Builders
$109,584, single-family residen-tial production5806 Brilliant Blue Court, Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$107,731, residential - new4836 Skyraider St., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.
$107,585, single-family residen-tial production7137 Flora Lam St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada
$107,510, single-family residen-tial production10549 Kennedy Peak Lane, Las VegasRyland Homes
$107,510, single-family residen-tial production x310551, 10629 and 10648 Forum Peak Lane, Las VegasRyland Homes
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Category: advertising agenCies(ranked by 2015 Capitalized billing)
Company
Year established locally
2015 capitalized billings Employees Sample clients Top executive
1 R&R Partners900 S. Pavilion Center DriveLas Vegas, NV 89144702-228-022 • www.rrpartners.com
1974 $400.4 million 180 Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, NV Energy, American Medical Response
Billy Vassiliadis, CEO
2 SK+G8912 Spanish Ridge Avenue, 3rd FloorLas Vegas, NV 89148702-478-4000 • skg.global
1999 $80 million 85 SLS Las Vegas, Borgata, Boyd Gaming
John Schadler, managing partner
3 Penna Powers2470 St. Rose Parkway, Suite. 208Las Vegas, NV 89074702-901-7233 • pennapowers.com
2012 $50 million 4 Did not disclose Chuck Penna, CEO
4 BrainTrust8948 Spanish Ridge Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89148702-862-4242 • www.braintrustlv.com
2006 $41.3 million 36 Ethel M Chocolates, Interstate Hotels and Resorts, Richard Petty Driving Experience
Michael Coldwell and Kurt Ouchida, managing partners
5 B&P Advertising, Media & Public Relations900 S. Pavilion Center Drive, Suite 170Las Vegas, NV 89144702-967-2222 • bpadlv.com
2001 $36 million 40 Cosmopolitan, Nevada State Bank, Southwest Medical Associates
Chuck Johnston, president
6a The Glenn Group & Wide Awake241 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 111Las Vegas, NV 89102702-256-0065 • theglenngroup.com & wideawakenv.com
1982 $21 million 30 Stratosphere, Smith Center for the Performing Arts, MGM Resorts International
Valerie Glenn, CEO and principal
6b Virgen Digital. Brand. Marketing2470 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 308 Henderson, NV, 89074702-616-0624 • virgenlv.com
1999 $21 million 20 Miracle Mile Shops, Hofbrauhaus America/Las Vegas, Southern Nevada Health District
Merrell Virgen, digital marketing consultant
8 Kirvin Doak5230 W. Patrick LaneLas Vegas, NV 89118702-737-3100 • kirvindoak.com
1999 $16 million 54 MGM Resorts International, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Electric Daisy Carnival
Bill Doak, partner
9 Geary Company Advertising3136 E. Russell RoadLas Vegas, NV 89120702-382-9610 • www.gearycompany.com
1969 $14 million 28 Rampart Casino, Team Ford Lincoln, Neon Museum
Jim McKusick and John Dalrymple, managing partners
10 Robertson + Partners6061 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 100Las Vegas, NV 89148702-947-7777 • Robertson.partners
1979 $12 million 18 McDonald’s, Howard Hughes Corp., Clark County
Scott Robertson, CEO
11 MassMedia 3333 E. Serene Ave., Suite 100Henderson, NV 89074702-433-4331 • massmediacc.com
1997 $9 million 43 HealthCare Partners; Southwest Gas; McDonald’s
Kassi Belz, president
12 Swan Advertising9121 W. Russell Road, Suite 116Las Vegas, NV 89148702-876-1559 • swanad.com
1991 $6.5 million 5 Did not disclose Steve Swan, president
13 Allied Integrated Marketing / 87AM3340 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 100Las Vegas, NV 89102702-832-3274 • alliedim.com/vegas/
2013 $6 million 13 Venetian/Palazzo; Palms; Wolfgang Puck Worldwide
Arlene Wszalek, vice president, strategic marketing
14 Quillin Advertising, PR & Social Media 8080 W. Sahara Ave., Suite ALas Vegas, NV 89117702-256-5511 • www.quillinlv.com
2002 $4.75 million 15 America First Credit Union, Best Mattress, Chapman Automotive
Tim Quillin, president and CEO
15 CIM Marketing Partners8367 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 200Las Vegas, NV 89147702-944-2470 • cimmp.com
1996 $4.5 million 10 Hutchison & Steffen, Xtreme Green Electric Vehicles
Darcy Neighbors, Founder/CEO
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6625 S. VALLEY VIEW BLVD, #122 LAS VEGAS, NV 89118
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101 “What —!” (“He’s the best!”)102 Balkan repub.103 Shag, e.g.105 Get flushed107 Actor Michael of “Star Trek: The Next Generation”108 Cowardly112 Day, in Peru113 Shed tears115 Rap’s “Dr.”116 Arsenal118 Take apart122 “Such is life”126 One may seek respite128 Family cat, e.g.129 Stephen, French-style130 & so forth131 Huge name in insurance132 Voting “yes”133 Least lax134 With 135-Across, poem whose first line is found among this puzzle’s 11 longest answers135 See 134-Across
DoWn1 Quark locale2 Actress Russo3 Oval portions4 Respiration5 Briny deep6 Lop a crop7 Best Musical of 19808 Gentle9 Kiwi relative10 Trotted11 Twilight, old-style12 1995 Leslie Nielsen comedy13 Long span14 Avis offering15 Other, in Peru16 Restorations17 Exchanged for the better?18 Slippery sort24 Flip out26 Jail cell parts29 Linguist Chomsky33 Testing spot35 Osaka sash36 Off-limits
37 Slangy “OK”39 Actress Charlotte and others40 Tennis champ Andy41 Notion about motion42 Charges43 Enticed49 Aussie miss51 Post-WWII prez52 Fish-fowl link53 “Yes, it’s also included”55 “— so sure!”57 Put a label on61 Second draft62 Pull along63 “Laughing” mammal64 Greek letter67 Guy keeping the peace68 Smidgen69 Refrain70 Former71 Grappled, in dialect74 In the know75 Amp (up)76 Summers, in French79 Painkillers82 Fired thing84 Altar words85 Carpooling lane abbr.86 Misleading sort87 Apple debut of 201088 Person with a pet pooch89 No longer fazed by90 Editor’s mark91 Pin-ons worn by staffers95 Not refined96 East ender?97 Repents of99 — Lankan104 Not stay dry106 Queasiness109 Norway’s currency unit110 Wails in lamentation111 Performs, in the Bible114 Virgil, e.g.117 Indy 500, e.g.119 Tube fan’s punishment120 Desert hill121 “The Good Earth” wife122 87-Down user’s buy123 Suffix with Seattle124 Pewter part125 In place127 Lt. Tasha on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” For answers to this week’s puzzles, go to Page 41
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