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Businesses see rewards in helping their workers attain goals in higher education

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BY ASHLEY OÑOZ-WRIGHT | SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC

Most days, 33-year-old Rose Mata can be found at the Verizon Wireless Smart Store on Nellis Boulevard. ¶ Mata, the store’s general manager, and her staff teach customers about the latest wireless technology and guide them in buying mobile devices . The store hosts wireless workshops that show people how to manage their smartphones and iPads . ¶

But after the store closes, Mata switches roles . She becomes the student. For the past year and a half, she has pursued aTUITION ASSISTANCE, CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

$186.49Closing price March 3 for a share

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up 89 percent from a year ago

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$300M Settlement in a lawsuit against

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Investing in employees

Rose Mata, general manager of a Verizon Wireless Smart Store in Las Vegas, is pursuing a business management degree with the help of her employer. (MIKAYLA WHITMORE/STAFF)

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06 08 14MEET: VOM FASSFrom rare cognacs to exotic oils and fruit vinegars, a new family-owned shop on the Strip bills itself as a candy store for adults. Kim and Gary Weiss make it a point to bring unusual fl a-vors to Las Vegas, and do it in a way that’s sustainable.

TALKING POINTSCelebrate women’s impact in the tech industry, P7

ALLEGIANT AIR STOCK SOARINGThe low-cost carrier has managed to increase its price per share more than 400 per-cent since March 2009.

THE NOTESGiving, P4

DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONA listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits.

MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWSCalendar: Happenings and events, P13

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ALL THESE CONVENTIONS ARE GOING TO NEED SPACE

Convention business is expected

to deliver hundreds of millions of

dollars to Southern Nevada this year .

Two new shows and 10 rotating

conventions are expected to draw

a combined 242,000 people and

generate nearly $315 million in

economic impact.

Magic: The Gathering Tournament for

tradable card enthusiasts will be held

in May, and the American Academy of

Ophthalmology’s annual conference is

planned for November.

Las Vegas is in the “group business”

business.

Among the returning shows:

the National Business Aviation

Association Convention, Packaging

Machinery Manufacturers

Institute’s Pack Expo,

International Sign

Association Expo, Waste

Expo and Association of

Woodworking & Furnishing

Suppliers Fair.

Although Las Vegas

hosts more than 22,000

meetings and conventions

annually, more are merrier

— and better for our

economy. Maybe the Las

Vegas Convention and

Visitors Authority is onto

something with its plan to

demolish the Riviera and

expand onto the property.

— ELLEN FIORE

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Popcornopolis donated 500 bags of popcorn to the Douglas J. Green Memorial Foundation’s “Munchies for the Military” program. Green, 23, died in 2011 during his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. His mother, Suni Erlanger, created the foundation and the “Munchies for the Military” drive to send care packages to deployed troops.

City National Bank and Barnes & Noble collected books for local schools. City National also matched each book received with a monetary donation, pledging up to $100,000. The ongoing partnership has award-ed more than $800,000 to teachers for literary projects.

Vegas Stylez Hair Salon gave free makeovers to women in Shade Tree battered women’s program.

More than 25 FirstService Residen-tial employees volunteered with Cheyenne’s Magical School Bus Tours, which enables local students from at-risk elementary schools to visit the Magical Forest at Opportu-nity Village.

Nevada State Bank underwrote $30,800 for the Las Vegas Veterans Memorial. Fifty-five bricks will be inscribed with the name of a service member from Nevada who served in Iraq or Afghanistan and who died since Sept. 11, 2001. The memorial will be built at the Grant Sawyer Building. The bank also awarded a $20,000 Access to Housing and Economic Assistance for Development Grant to James Seastrand Helping Hands of North Las Vegas to help low-income seniors.

Advertising agency Robertson+ Partners unveiled its “Be Positive” campaign, which encourages com-munity members to perform random acts of positivity and share them at facebook.com/bepositiveLV.

The Las Vegas Speedway Children’s Charities awarded $5,000 to Can-dlelighters Childhood Cancer Foun-dation of Nevada. The money will be used for the Travel for Treatment program, which helps cover travel expenses for children diagnosed with cancer when treatment is unavailable in Southern Nevada.

Army Spcs.Jamie Olson and Larry Lemieux, graduates of the College of Southern Nevada’s air condition-ing technology program, won the first two toolkits awarded through the Kenneth Goodrich CSN Post-9/11 Veteran HVAC Employment Program. The kits include tools and diagnostics worth more than $1,000 that are necessary to start a career in the HVAC field.

Orangetheory Fitness Village Square at The Lakes and Anthem in Henderson donated airline miles to Let’s Bring ‘Em Home, a group that helps U.S. servicemen and women come home for holidays.

The Las Vegas Hospitality Associa-tion gave gift bags to 300 students

at Richard C. Priest Elementary School. The gift bags included shoes,

socks, a coat, a sweater or shirt, a

blanket, toys, books and other items.

New Song Church hosted a donation

drive for the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth and collected

a truckload of clothing, gift cards,

toiletries and other items, as well as

almost $1,000.

Adolfo Quintero, co-owner of AGR Group, was among the executives

who gathered with Marines at an an-

nual dinner to celebrate the Toys for Tots Literacy Program. Attendees

donated more than 100,000 books.

The North Las Vegas Library Dis-

trict received $28,000 from the NV Energy Foundation to upgrade computers at City Hall Library. The foundation also gave $10,000 to Goodwill of Southern Nevada’s Work Readiness Program, which holds workshops for job seekers.

Members of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors donated nearly $30,000 to several local chari-ties: Catholic Charities, Family & Child Treatment, Foreclosed Upon Pets, Nevada Homeless Alliance, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, Pet Awareness & Welfare Services, Project 150, Shade Tree, Street Teens, Walter Hoving Home, Safe Nest and Big Brothers, Big Sisters.

The Providence master planned community donated almost 1,600 cans of food to Three Square Food Bank.

The Nellis Support Team donated $15,000 to Operation Warmheart for the “Adopt-A-Family” program, which provides food and toys to needy military families at Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases.

Bally employees, in partnership with the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foun-dation, raised more than $15,000 for five families in Southern Nevada.

Henderson Hyundai Superstore do-nated $4,000 to Stop DUI, dedicated to bringing awareness to the conse-quences of intoxicated driving.

Bank of America donated $25,000 to Three Square Food Bank, the equivalent of 75,000 meals. The bank also awarded $136,700 to 10 local nonprofits that provide disaster aid, homelessness assistance and hunger relief.

Baby’s Bounty received 125 car seats from K.I.D.S./Fashion Deliv-ers, which collects new merchandise from retailers for families living in poverty.

Allegiant Air provided travel for 33 children involved with Make-A-Wish

Foundation during the winter holi-day season. The travel company flew more than 150 children to their wish destinations in 2014.

Darin Feinstein, founder of Fat Bar and owner of three local FatBurger restaurants, hosted a holiday lunch for Shade Tree residents. He also matched customers’ donations to the group, pledging up to $10,000.

The 2014 Balloons With a Twist and HalloweenMart 20th Anniversary celebration and fundraiser gener-ated almost $3,000 for Aid For AIDS Nevada, Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada, Cre-ate A Change Now and Legacy X.

Matt Smith Physical Therapy col-lected almost 300 toys for the Light of the World Childhood Cancer Foundation, which offers spiritual, emotional and financial support to childhood cancer patients.

Fremont Street Experience donated $15,068 to Opportunity Village.

The Consumer Electronics Associa-tion donated $100,000 to Green Our Planet, Green Chips and Touro University to advance their work in energy efficiency. International CES exhibitors donated display and exhibit materials to Habitat for Humanity, Opportunity Village and Teacher Exchange.

The Caesars Foundation, AARP Foundation and Meals On Wheels Association of America created ap-plication assistance software for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Caesars Foundation gave $150,000 to the pilot program, which will use tablet technology to assess eligibility and, where possible, complete and submit applications for benefits.

Right Now Air, an HVAC services provider, donated $1,500 to U.S. Vets-Las Vegas to provide supplies and warm clothing for almost 195 homeless veterans.

Mercadito Red Rock at Red Rock Resort sold tacos created by guest chefs to raise money for Share Our Strength, which aims to end child-hood hunger. Participating chefs include John Gremo, Rick Moonen, Kim Canteenwalla, Alex Stratta and Patricio Sandoval.

After-School All-Stars Las Vegas received several donations to help the organization provide free after-school academic and enrichment programs to more than 5,500 under-

privileged students in Clark County. Coca-Cola North America donated $20,000; Steven and Patricia Mizel donated $20,000; Jesse Waits do-nated $10,000; the Cashman Family Foundation donated $5,000; Elaine Wenger-Roesener donated $5,000; the Riseman Foundation donated $5,000, and the Sharon L. Bridwell Charitable Trust donated $3,500.

America First Credit Union donated $10,000 each to Christmas Box Interna-tional, The Road Home, SafeNest, St. Anne’s Homeless Shelter, YCC of Northern Utah, Cathedral of the Madeline Good Shepherd Program, SHARE, Inc., Catholic Community Services and the Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank.

The Public Education Foundation and Payless ShoeSource gave $20 shoe coupons to 300 students from Rex Bell, Crestwood, Paul Culley, Hollingsworth, Matt Kelly, J.T. McWilliams and John S. Park elementary schools. At a sepa-rate event, Mandarin Oriental donated $17,000 to the foundation to fund a school-supply resource center that saves teachers hundreds of dollars annually in out-of-pocket expenses.

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At rare family store on the Strip, ‘each product has a story’

Kim Weiss owns Vom Fass, which sells whiskeys and liqueurs on tap and lets shoppers sample them before purchasing. The company also sells wine, specialty oils and vinegars. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

BY THE NUMBERS

$200,000Median price of a

single-family home resale in January, according to the

Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, up 70 percent from early 2012,

when the Las Vegas housing market hit bottom.

2,992Single-family homes

flipped in Southern Nevada last year, down 19 percent

from 2013, according to RealtyTrac.

$576.8 MILLIONGaming revenue on the Strip in January,

up 15 percent from January 2013.

$4 MILLIONApproximate cost, per

store, to convert six local Food 4 Less grocery stores

to Smith’s Food and Drug stores.

800Number of former

Food 4 Less employees hired by Smith’s.

$8 MILLIONSales price of an

8,900-square-foot mansion in the Ridges, the most

expensive home resale in the valley last year.

$10,000Sales price of a

776-square-foot unit in the Desert Garden

condominium complex, the cheapest home resale in the

valley last year.

$970Typical union worker’s

weekly pay in 2014, compared with $763 for a nonunion worker, accord-ing to the Bureau of Labor

Statistics.

3.3 MILLIONPassengers who passed

through McCarran International Airport’s gates

in January, an increase of 0.3 percent

from January 2014.

Describe your business.

Our shop is like a candy store for adults, where you get to come in and taste these products we have collected from around the world – from single-malt, single-cask scotches to whiskeys, cognacs and brandies, to extra virgin olive oils from the Mediterranean, to vinegars from Italy and Germany and France to spices like truffle salt, orange pepper, garlic pepper and bruschetta spice.

What are some of your most unusual liquors, oils

and vinegars?

We have a Bunnahabhain 24-year single-malt, single-cask scotch from Islay that is bottled at 43 percent al-cohol by volume with no caramel coloring and no chill filtering. We also have a Cognac Cuvee Paradis from the Grande Champagne region of Cognac, made by the Segui-not family, which has been making cognac since 1890.

All of our fruit vinegars are unique; they are made com-pletely out of just fruit — so they taste just like fruit.

What makes your business unique?

Each product has a story. This business is about pro-viding the best, but in a way that makes the world a better place.

The Moroccan oil is made by a consortium of Moroc-can tribal women to raise their economic circumstances. The calamansi vinegar is in our portfolio as a way of sup-porting a Filipino orphanage. The apple vinegar, which started the company, is a product of trying to preserve a heritage apple tree, Bodensee apple, that is native to Bavaria. We need to find a way to create a product that will provide the farmers a sustainable price so they won’t

cut their apple trees down and grow these GMO apples that look pretty but don’t have as much fla-vor. Everything that we do is very purposeful.

What’s the most important

part of your job?

Customer service. It really is that simple: This is not rocket sci-ence. This is about treating peo-ple like they’re special, because they are; about giving them the

best, because they deserve it; and at the same time, treat-ing the world and the people who produce the products in a way that is respectful and allows them to continue to do that.

What is the best part about doing business here?

This is a crossroads of the world where people come for fun and excitement, and we’re excited to be a part of that because we think we provide a unique experience.

What obstacles has your business overcome?

We feel very blessed to have this opportunity, but a lot of it was about having the hutzpah to ask. You don’t find many family-owned businesses on the Strip, and it took a certain amount of hutzpah for us to even ask.

How can Nevada improve its business climate?

There are a lot of barriers to entry in Nevada, but a lot of it is just figuring out exactly all the licenses you need, all the hoops you need to jump through, all the people you need to talk to. This is our third store in our third state, and we found Nevada to be very highly regulated. If there were a way to streamline that, it would reduce the barri-ers to entry significantly.

VOM FASS LAS VEGASAddress: 3377 Las Vegas Blvd. South inside the Grand Canal Shoppes at the

Venetian (near Tao)Phone: 702-388-2022

Email: [email protected]: vegas.vomfassusa.com

Hours of operation: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-midnight

Friday-SaturdayOwned/operated by: Kim and Gary Weiss

In business since: February

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SMITH’S WORLD

Mike Smith is an award-winning editorial cartoonist who also draws for the Las

Vegas Sun. His work also is distributed nationally by King Features Syndicate.

See archives of his work at lasvegassun.com/smithsworld.

READER COMMENTSWe want to hear

from you. Visit

vegasinc.com to

post your opinion.

On Conor Shine’s

lasvegassun.com

story “Mayor

Goodman, Anthony

wrangle over

stadium issue in

radio debate”:

Independent aca-

demic studies have

consistently failed to

find any economic

development ben-

efits justifying public

subsidies. — Fair Bal-

anced Bat Boy

On Eli Segall’s

vegasinc.com story

“House flipping in

Las Vegas has scaled

back but continues

to be lucrative”:

A lot of new flip-

pers come in and get

stuck in houses and

risk an awful lot to

make very little or

even lose some with

a miscalculation.

— RichardoTubbs

On Eli Segall’s

vegasinc.com story

“A tale of two

‘bargains’: One Las

Vegas home sold for

$8M, another sold

for $10K”:

Does this behemoth

come with its own

nuclear reactor to

keep the bank of

industrial AC units

purring in August?

— topangapalooza

On the bright side,

somebody was able

to purchase a reason-

ably priced home

(though in a highly

suspect neighbor-

hood) without too

much debt. Or any

debt. If they can

remain safe and keep

the domicile secure,

it might be a great

return on investment.

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odemowitz

L ori Nguyen remembers attending a tech-industry trade show 20 years ago in Las Vegas and assessing the crowd.

“It was 85 percent men,” said Nguyen, who now owns three local tech businesses.

Today, the share of Las Vegas women in tech jobs is vastly improved — some research suggests the percentage is higher here than the national average — as Las Vegas and Nevada embrace the tech sector. From the startups funded by Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project to Switch’s plan to build millions more square feet for data storage, a strong tech industry has emerged.

Nguyen, who owns HiTech Vegas, and her colleagues at Girls in Tech and Women Advancing want the women who are vital to that development to be recognized.

The companies are collaborating on the second Las Vegas Women in Technology Awards, which honor women who have influenced the tech industry, demonstrated innovation and initiative and dedicated themselves to furthering the industry and others in it.

Applications are being accepted through April 15. Awards will be given in five categories — High Tech Woman of the Year, Rising Star, Community Service, Entrepreneur and Mentor.

Last year, when the window for applications was shorter, about 200 people were nominated. Nguyen hopes to draw a

much higher number this year.Nominees from all sectors are welcome in all

categories.“The Rising Star award, for example, doesn’t

need to be a startup,” Nguyen said. “A woman could have accomplished a great deal in a short time or established a business in a new market.”

Nationally, women who hold jobs in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields earn about 30 percent more than women who work in other professions, according to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. But while women have

about half the jobs in the nation, they account for fewer than 25 percent of STEM jobs, the Commerce Department found.

The goal of the Women in Technology Awards program is to recognize women’s accomplishments and encourage others to pursue tech careers.

“A lot of women in tech fields can be isolated,” Nguyen said. “Either they’re self-employed or just go-go-go. This gives them a platform to collaborate, to celebrate their achievements and to share projects and ideas they’ve been working on.”

So, Las Vegas, here’s a chance to shine a spotlight on the women helping our tech industry grow and thrive. Visit vegaswomentechawards.net to nominate the worthy women you know.

Celebrate women’s impact in tech industry

ELLEN FIORE

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An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport. The highly profitable airline based in Las Vegas is adding Airbus jets to its fleet, which is com-posed primarily of aging MD-80s. (ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE)

BY ELI SEGALLSTAFF WRITER

If a family of four in Missoula, Mont., were to fly to Las Vegas for vacation this May, they’d pay at least $560 for tickets on budget carrier Al-legiant Air.

Not a bad deal — or they could scrap the getaway and buy a mere three shares of Allegiant’s ever-soaring stock.

The Las Vegas-based company, known for its cheap fares, large menu of add-on fees and consistent prof-its, is smaller than other carriers but has the highest-priced stock among U.S. airlines. It’s not the only one per-forming well, as the airline industry is popular with investors, despite aggra-vating fliers with cramped planes and extra charges.

Shares of Allegiant Travel Co., the carrier’s parent, closed Feb. 27 at $183.62 apiece. That’s up 87 per-cent from a year ago and more than 400 percent from March 2009, when the stock market hit bottom during the recession.

The rise has been a boon to share-holders, including majority owner and CEO Maurice “Maury” Gallagher, and has little, if any, direct benefit to the average flier. But shares keep ris-ing in no small part because Allegiant has been profitable for 12 consecutive years while other carriers have gone bankrupt, been swallowed by rivals and slashed domestic service.

Firmly in the black, Allegiant has been flying more routes and buying more planes while keeping its fares far below industry average.

“It’s just been so consistent. They’ve never really had a down year that was serious like the rest,” Imperial Capital analyst Bob McAdoo said.

Some airlines’ stocks have grown faster since the market bottomed out. Alaska Air Group traded at $3.49 per share at the time and is now at $63.65. But no one’s stock price is higher than Allegiant’s, Stifel Nicolaus analyst Joe DeNardi said.

Not all analysts think the stock will keep climbing, though. Helane Becker of Cowen and Co. expects Allegiant to dip to $172 in the next six to 12 months, saying it’s “kind of problematic” when the airline offers tickets for next to nothing, as it did late last month with promotional airfare as low as $29 one-way.

But others say the stock price will only go up. DeNardi said Allegiant, which flies leisure travelers from small, underserved cities to warm-

weather vacation spots with almost no competi-tion on its routes, has “the best business model in the industry.” He said its stock could reach $220 a share by early next year.

One reason it outweighs larger rivals such as South-west and Delta is because Gallagher, unlike other airline bosses, has not split his company’s shares. For in-stance, if you had one share worth $100, you could then have two at $50 each, making it cheaper for mom-and-pop buyers but not diluting existing investors’ holdings.

More than a few fliers complain about Allegiant — it ranked last among U.S. carriers a few years ago for on-time arrivals and charges for on-board drinks, small carry-on luggage and boarding-pass printouts at the airport. There are fliers who enjoy the airline and probably want to invest,

but since buying “three or four shares equals the price of a vacation, they’d prob-ably balk,” Deutsche Bank Securities analyst Michael Linenberg recently said.

Linenberg, on a confer-ence call with analysts and Allegiant executives, asked

Gallagher if he thought about splitting and making the stock more affordable.

“Does that make any sense, or are we on the Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway path?” he asked.

Buffett, the famed billionaire in-vestor, hasn’t split his conglomerate’s Class A shares, which are now worth $222,250 each.

Gallagher said the board has “had debates” about splitting but “it’s hard to get a consensus,” adding that the stock has increased tenfold in eight years.

“It’s been good,” he said.Gallagher owns roughly 20 percent

of the company’s stock. The other main shareholders as of last spring were investment firms T. Rowe Price Associates, with a 15.1 percent stake; Renaissance Technologies, at 7.2 per-cent; and BlackRock, at 6.9 percent, according to a securities filing.

Big investors are happy with Galla-gher, his airline and his dividend pay-ments, and they aren’t looking to sell their holdings, analyst Becker said.

Asked if it would help if Gallagher opened the stock to average buyers, Becker said, “I don’t think he really cares who owns the stock.”

Despite its higher stock price, Al-legiant’s size and market value — $3.2 billion as of Feb. 27 — pale in comparison to larger carriers that fly hundreds more planes and have issued hundreds of millions more shares than Allegiant.

Delta Air Lines’ stock closed at $44.52 on Feb. 27, valuing the carrier at $37.7 billion. Shares of Southwest Airlines, the busiest carrier by far at McCarran International Airport, were worth $43.24 each, giving the company a $29.8 billion market value. And United Continental Holdings’ stock closed at $65.13, valuing the air-line at $25.9 billion.

Unlike Allegiant, other airlines have split their shares. Southwest, for example, split 14 times between 1977 and 2001.

“Southwest kept splitting time and again to keep the price down,” McA-doo said.

Larger carriers aren’t aiming for big growth spurts, he said, but Allegiant added 25 routes last year and unveiled 22 more in late February.

It’s also adding aircraft. Allegiant, with a fleet largely composed of ag-ing MD-80s, is buying Airbus jets in a shift to newer planes that don’t guzzle as much fuel.

The company is poised to have 80 aircraft — 53 MD-80s, six Boeing 757s and 21 Airbus A319s and A320s — by year’s end. It expects to grow to 103 aircraft by the end of 2018 by acquir-ing 23 more Airbus planes.

Allegiant buys oil for immediate delivery and doesn’t stock up for the future at pre-set prices, analysts said. With crude oil selling for about $50 per barrel, down 50 percent from a year ago, Allegiant is poised to save a lot of money, boosting its bottom line and perhaps sending its stock even higher.

“With lower fuel prices like this, they’re going to do even better,” McA-doo said.

Allegiant’s fares stay low while its stock price soars

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BY J.D. MORRISSTAFF WRITER

The major slot machine company mergers that have recently occurred shouldn’t dramatically alter what gamblers experience on the casino floor, at least for now.

Still, what’s happening behind the scenes is significant for the gaming industry.

Late last month, state regulators gave their blessing to a $6.4 billion merger between slot maker Interna-tional Game Technology and Italian lottery operator Gtech. The deal fol-lows a $5.1 billion merger between slot maker Bally Technologies and lottery company Scientific Games.

IGT and Bally already were two of the most dominant slot machine com-panies, and they’re even bigger now.

They’re also not the only recent mergers on the equipment side of the gaming industry. For example, Global Cash Access, a company that provides casinos with financial equipment such as ATMs, merged with slot mak-

er Multimedia Games.So why did all this merging happen?

And what’s the big deal, anyway?

WHY THE MERGERS HAPPENEDThe slot machine market became

too crowded with companies. Eilers Research founder Todd Eilers said the market had been flat in recent years, so the best way for big companies to continue growing was to merge with others. He said a “pretty favorable lending market where you can get some pretty cheap debt” also helped.

HOW THEY AFFECT NEVADAA common outcome of corporate

mergers is that “synergies” are identi-fied and “streamlining” happens, to use corporate-speak, and people lose their jobs. That’s true in these cases, too. Executives from both companies have admitted their mergers would result in layoffs, although it’s not clear how many.

The new IGT corporate headquar-ters will be in the United Kingdom.

IGT representatives said some cor-porate jobs would be eliminated, but they stressed to regulators that they’d maintain a strong presence in Ne-vada. The company’s global gaming operations will be based in Las Vegas, where work will include game design and development. Some of that also will happen in Reno, where IGT will concentrate heavily on its manufac-turing operations.

“Let’s face it: Las Vegas is the capi-tal of casino gaming,” Richard Tra-chok, an attorney representing IGT, assured the Gaming Commission. “Nobody is going to leave Las Vegas.”

Meanwhile, because of its merger with Bally, Scientific Games is mov-ing its corporate headquarters from New York to Las Vegas, just off the 215 Beltway near Jones Boulevard. The move was important enough to war-rant praise from Gov. Brian Sandoval, who said in a statement that it meant “hundreds of good-paying jobs for the people of Clark County and our state in the years to come.”

WHY THEY’RE IMPORTANTBally and IGT combined, Eilers

said, will control a majority of the market. Furthermore, the mergers are expanding the slot makers to in-clude the lottery part of the gaming industry. That’s significant in terms of growth, although a lottery won’t spring up in Nevada anytime soon, because the state is constitutionally banned from authorizing one.

And expansion will benefit the companies in other ways — for in-stance, they’ll be able to spend much more money than their competitors on research and development.

Commissioner Randolph Town-send stressed at the IGT hearing that the mergers were “major financial transactions.” But they’re also im-portant for the gaming industry, he said, because they signal an evolu-tionary shift.

“What it also talks to is the change in the industry,” Townsend said. “This is really a technology industry now.”

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Public officials oppose proposed ads on Strip pedestrian bridgesBY CONOR SHINESTAFF WRITER

The Strip is saturated with adver-tisements, so what harm would there be adding a few more to the pedestri-an bridges that span the boulevard?

A lot, according to several Clark County officials who spoke out against a bill in the Legislature that would allow advertisements on the publicly owned Strip structures.

Senate Bill 199 would allow for ad-vertisements on the pedestrian bridges and their accompanying elevators and escalators, similar to advertisements at bus stops and monorail stations.

But county officials noted several problems with the proposal.

Public Works Director Denis Ce-derburg warned that stop lights at

street level could blend in with the ads on the bridges, posing a safety hazard. Drivers distracted by the ads could also slow traffic flow and create safety problems, he said.

Metro Police Capt. Devin Ballard said his agency was concerned about advertising wraps on the glass barri-ers on the bridges.

“That, of course, for us would be a huge officer safety and public safety issue to have those blocked,” Ballard said. “(Now) you can see anybody sit-ting, standing (on the bridge). Those panels being covered up would keep us from being able to see that from street level.”

A final challenge is that several of the bridge landings stretch onto pri-vate property, and the county’s deals

with the land-owning casinos don’t allow for advertisements on those parts of the structures.

Sean Higgins, a lobbyist advocat-ing for the bill, pointed out that the Senate bill would only authorize the advertisements and that the county commission would have final say on what types of signs were allowed.

Higgins added that there are adver-tisements that stretch over the road-ways in several places, including at a monorail station spanning Desert Inn Road and at the entrance to Man-dalay Bay.

Higgins said his client was willing to leave the bridges out of any future advertising plans and focus only on the accompanying elevators and es-calators if that’s what commissioners

wanted.“We’ve agreed already if the bridges

are taboo and there’s a safety issue, we’ll just walk away from those now,” he said.

But Higgins’ proposed compromise wasn’t enough for the majority of county commissioners who request-ed that staff not support the bill at the Legislature.

Commissioner Chris Giunchigli-ani said she didn’t approve of pub-lic structures being used for private advertisements, even if the bridges weren’t included in the plan.

“It creates a bigger problem for us that the money won’t resolve,” Gi-unchigliani said. “It’s whether or not advertising should be in our public right of way.”

BY CONOR SHINESTAFF WRITER

Water rates are going up for valley homes and businesses to help pay for a new $650 million pumping station that will keep water flowing into Las Vegas, even as Lake Mead shrinks.

The Clark County Commis-sion, sitting as the board of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, voted this month to approve a fixed surcharge to water bills based on the size of the custom-er’s water meter.

The average homeowner will see monthly bills increase by $2.41 starting in 2016, with an in-crease of $3.61 per month in 2017 and $4.81 in 2018.

The added revenue will be used to help pay for the new pumping station at Lake Mead that will work even if lake elevation levels drop below 1,000 feet.

The project is a complement to the $817 million third intake straw being built at the lake to allow water to be drawn into the pumping station from lower el-evations than the existing two intake straws.

The majority of construction on the third intake was complet-ed in December, and the struc-ture is expected to be operational

this summer.Water levels at Lake Mead are

at 1,089 feet and could drop to as low as 1,066 feet over the next two years, according to projec-tions from the Bureau of Recla-mation.

The lake level has been declin-ing because of a severe drought over the past 15 years, and offi-cials fear it could plunge further if the drought continues.

The need for a new pumping station and the proposed rate in-crease to pay for it were endorsed by a citizen-led committee of business and community leaders organized by the Southern Ne-vada Water Authority.

The rate increases still need to be approved by water districts in North Las Vegas, Henderson and Boulder City.

The hike comes after a separate increase to pay off construction debt on the third intake straw and other projects was approved in 2013. That increase will add $5 to residents monthly water bills by 2017.

County Commissioner Steve Sisolak said he thought the rate increases were justified.

“Rate increases are always dif-ficult, but sometimes they’re nec-essary,” he said.

BY CONOR SHINESTAFF WRITER

With two rounds of layoffs, the departure of two CEOs and a cash crunch that threatened the hos-pital’s ability to keep its lights on, 2014 was an especially trying year for the perpetually struggling Uni-versity Medical Center.

But amid the turmoil, the turn-over and the changes brought on by the Affordable Care Act, UMC turned a corner, new CEO Mason VanHouweling said.

“I think the community is going to be pleasantly surprised with the performance we’ve had this fiscal year,” VanHouweling said. “Espe-cially these last six months, we’ve really gained momentum.”

In January, the hospital hit its monthly revenue goal while com-ing in under its projected expenses, the first time that’s happened in a long time.

VanHouweling, promoted from chief operating officer in Decem-ber to replace the outgoing Law-rence Barnard, sees 2015 as a year of growth for UMC.

The road is still littered with ob-stacles, namely the hospital’s reli-ance on a $71 million subsidy from Clark County needed to balance its budget. The hospital eliminated 390 positions and closed four sat-ellite clinics to cut costs last year,

but VanHouweling said “there’s al-ways going to be a county subsidy.” County officials want to see that number shrink drastically as they try to find money to fill other needs at the county jail and Metro Police for the upcoming fiscal year that starts in July.

VanHouweling spends much of his 12-hour days meeting with physicians, as many as five or six a day, trying to recruit them to treat their patients at UMC. To provide those doctors with the tools they want, the hospital has added such technology as a minimally invasive robotic surgery device and high-definition scopes.

Also helping UMC is a drop in the number of uninsured patients it sees, from a high of 36 percent to the current 15 percent, due to the Affordable Care Act, which Van-Houweling said has helped level the playing field among local hos-pitals.

Turning around UMC isn’t guar-anteed and there’s still much work left to be done, VanHouweling said, but with a new governing board in place and painful cuts already made, he’s looking forward to a brighter future.

“This hospital has been around 84 years,” he said. “We’re moving it in the right direction to sustain that for the next 84 years.”

Water rate hike OK’d for homes, businesses

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TUITION ASSISTANCE, FROM PAGE 1

More than half of U.S. companies offered some form of grad school tuition assistance in 2013degree in business management from the University of Phoenix using Verizon’s tuition assistance program.

Getting a college degree had been on her mind for years.

“I wanted to get my degree for so long, but I never thought I had the time,” Mata said. “Verizon’s flexibility and financial assistance are making it easier.”

Sixty-one percent of U.S. compa-nies provided undergraduate tuition assistance to employees in 2013, and 59 percent offered assistance for grad-uate work, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.

Since its inception in 2000, the Verizon Wireless tuition assistance program has spent $51 million nation-ally furthering employees’ education. Full-time and part-time employees are eligible for the program, which offers up to $8,000 a year for tuition at an ac-credited university.

Students maintain eligibility by earning at least a “C” in each course, and they must commit to continue working for Verizon for two years after they graduate.

“Our program is designed to encour-age lifetime learning,” said Shelyse Anderson, associate director of talent acquisition for Verizon Wireless. “By removing financial barriers, we are able to help our employees achieve their lifelong dreams of obtaining their education.”

Susan Adamek is close to achieving her dream. The director of education at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals not only is in charge of the company’s tu-ition assistance program, she also is a participant. Adamek expects to gradu-ate in May from UNLV with a Ph.D. in nursing education.

“I’m so grateful I didn’t have to choose between my job and my educa-tion,” Adamek said. “I work for a com-pany that actually supports my deci-sion to go back to school.”

Adamek said her degree would have cost $45,000 if not for Dignity Health’s tuition reimbursement program. With the company contributing $5,200 a year toward her education, Adamek will pay roughly half the cost.

Both Verizon Wireless and Dignity Health representatives said they had seen returns on their investment.

“Happy employees mean a higher rate of customer satisfaction,” Ander-son said.

With plans to transform more than 1,700 retail locations into Smart Stores over the next few years, Verizon is investing in recruiting and groom-ing staff to meet expansion needs and customer demands. Anderson says the tuition assistance program promotes personal and professional develop-ment, which in turn improves the com-pany culture and advances workers’ skill sets.

“Being a student has made me more efficient as a general manager,” said Mata, who is taking two online courses.

Mata said learning to juggle work and school schedules improved her time management and sharpened her

critical-thinking skills. Adamek said investing in employee

education is a good idea for many rea-sons, including a measurable improve-ment in patient outcomes.

In 2013, the Journal of Nursing Ad-ministration released the results of a study on staff education levels from 21 health care systems nationwide. Hos-pitals staffed with more nurses with at least four-year degrees reported fewer complications and patient deaths. A similar study found an average reduc-tion of 7.47 deaths per 1,000 patients treated by nurses with baccalaureate degrees.

“Our program not only develops leaders, it creates an internal pipeline for promotion and increases employee retention,” Adamek said.

Unlike Verizon, Dignity Health doesn’t require workers who receive tuition assistance to sign contracts guaranteeing employment after grad-uation. Full- and part-time workers need only to have been with the com-pany for six months before becoming eligible for the 20-year-old tuition re-imbursement program.

“We haven’t needed to implement a minimum-employment criteria be-cause our employees see how commit-ted we are to improving their lives, and it makes them want to stick around,” Adamek said.

Adamek said being a part-time stu-dent has given her better insight into staff needs and has made her a better professional.

“I have become more conscious of my instructors and am constantly aware of new education research and how it may benefit our staff,” she said.

Said Mata: “If you have a company that provides tuition assistance, don’t wait to take advantage of it. It will only propel you forward in your career.”

Teresa Miller, left, confers with Susan Adamek over financial aid documents in the education department at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals. Miller is an administrative assistant, and Adamek is director. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)

“I’m so grateful I didn’t have to choose between my job

and my education. I work for a company that actually supports

my decision to go back to school.”

Susan Adamek, director of education at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals


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Calendar of eventsMONDAY, MARCH 9

Nevada Institute of Personalized

Medicine seminar series

Time: 2-3 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: UNLV, Student Union Room 219,

4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Email Megan Svarz

at [email protected]

Bioinformatics researcher Dongziao Zhu

will present, “Deep Sequencing Analytics

to Enable Precision Medicine.”

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

Conservation, Cultivation

& Cannabis in Clark County

Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $20 for U.S. Green Build-

ing Council Nevada Chapter members, $35 for

nonmembers

Location: The InNEVation Center, third floor,

6795 Edmond St., Las Vegas

Information: Call 702-952-2468

John Laub of the Las Vegas Medical Marijuana As-

sociation will moderate a discussion about medi-

cal marijuana with Arnold Lopez, of NV Energy;

Tom Perrigo, of the city of Las Vegas; John Perry,

a cultivation and industry expert; and Nicola Ker-

slake, of Newbean Capital.

Henderson Chamber of

Commerce networking breakfast

Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $25 for Henderson Chamber

members, $45 for nonmembers, additional $10

for walk-ins

Location: Wildhorse Golf Club, 2100 W. Warm

Springs Road, Henderson

Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com/events

Members of the chamber’s legislative committee

will discuss issues that lawmakers will consider

this session.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

Roseman Medical School update

Time: 8-9 a.m. Cost: Free

Location: Roseman University of Health Sciences

Summerlin Campus, Ralph & Betty Engelstad

Research Building, second floor, 10530 Discovery

Drive, Las Vegas

Information: Email [email protected]

Dr. Mark A. Penn, founding dean of Roseman Uni-

versity’s College of Medicine, will discuss develop-

ment of the college and its impact on the future of

Southern Nevada.

Business networking event

Time: 6 p.m. Cost: $20

Location: House of Blues Foundation Room at

Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South

Information: Visit socialregister.com or call 702-

256-0123

Expand your network and establish valuable rela-

tionships with high-level executives and business

owners in Las Vegas. Business attire required.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12

Las Vegas Asian Chamber

of Commerce networking mixer

Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $10 for Asian Chamber

members, $15 for nonmembers

Location: Park Place Infiniti, 5555 W. Sahara Ave.,

Las Vegas

Information: Email [email protected]

Meet new people. Share contacts, referrals and

ideas.

FRIDAY, MARCH 13

Small Business Association

Women’s History Month event

Time: 8:30 a.m.-noon Cost: Free

Location: SBA office, Suite 400, 300 S. Fourth St.,

Las Vegas

Information: Call 702-734-3555

Successful businesswomen will share their knowl-

edge and expertise about what it takes to start a

business.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14

“Solving mysteries to owning a business”

Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $30 for one person, $45 for

two people

Location: Urban Chamber of Commerce, 1951

Stella Lake St., Suite 30, Las Vegas

Information: Email Cindy Vallar at cvallar@scorelv.

org

Learn about the pros and cons of the three most

popular ways to get into business for yourself:

starting a business from scratch, buying an existing

business and buying a franchise. Learn about busi-

ness entity types, including C-Corp, S-Corp, LLC,

LLP and partnership.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17

Lady Vegas Business Club luncheon

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $30

Location: Siena Italian restaurant, 9500 W. Sahara

Ave., Las Vegas

Information: Visit dannyvegaslive.com/events

Keynote speaker will be Loren Slocum Lahav, a

personal development seminar leader.

Risk Management Society educational session

and meeting: NRCP 30(b)(6) PMK Depositions

Time: 11 a.m. Cost: $27 for members, $30 for non-

members with RSVP

Location: Lawry’s, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway,

Las Vegas

Information: Visit nevada.rims.org

Attorney Justin Sember will discuss how a Person

Most Knowledgeable, a person appointed by a cor-

poration or government agency to testify on their

behalf, should handle depositions.

The Affordable Care Act:

Its Impact on Nevada

Time: 6:30 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: The InNEVation Center, third floor, 6795

Edmond St., Las Vegas

Information: Email Marni Unger at marni@jewish-

lasvegas.com

The Business and Professional Network of the Jew-

ish Federation will present a panel discussion about

the Affordable Care Act and how it affects resi-

dents and businesses in Nevada. Panelists include

Dr. Mitchell Forman, dean of the medical school at

Touro University; attorney Max Gakh; public policy

expert Stacey Tovino; David Dahan, CEO of Orgill/

Singer & Associates; Rabbi Yitz Wyne of Young

Israel Aish; and moderator Dr. Hugh Bassewitz.

Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine

seminar series

Time: 4-5 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: UNLV, Science and Engineering Building

auditorium, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Email Megan Svarz at [email protected]

Dr. Vasu Punj of the Keck School of Medicine at

the University of Southern California, will present,

“Forging a Genomics Path to Personalized Cancer

Therapies.”

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TUESDAY, MARCH 102:30 p.m.Mobile training galleryState of Nevada, 8306Annette Morfin at [email protected]

3 p.m.Sahara Avenue and North Boulder Highway landscape maintenanceClark County, 603578Ashley Blanco at [email protected]

3 p.m.Annual requirements contract for forensic toxicology testClark County, 603594Jim Haining at [email protected]

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 113 p.m.Professional engineering services for on-demand quality assurance agency construction inspection servicesClark County, SOQ 603583Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

THURSDAY, MARCH 122 p.m.Toilet paperState of Nevada, 8312Nancy Feser at [email protected]

2:15 p.m.Brocade load balance deviceState of Nevada, 8309Marti Marsh at [email protected]

2:15 p.m.Animal Control horse impound improvements - Horseman’s ParkClark County, 603601Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

2:15 p.m.Government Center employee parking lot access control im-provementClark County, 603607Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

3 p.m.Contract for claims adjusting services for liability claimsClark County, 603577Chetan Champaneri at [email protected]

FRIDAY, MARCH 132:15 p.m.Pecos Road and Russell Road resurfacingClark County, 603597Tom Boldt at [email protected]

3 p.m.Current production model various trailersClark County, 603611Sandra Mendoza at [email protected]

3 p.m.Current production model water tender tankerClark County, 603599Sandra Mendoza at [email protected]

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LEASES$393,348 for 12,600 square feet, industrial for 60 months3500 John Peter Lee St., North Las Vegas 89032Landlord: Cypress Creek Invest-ments LLCLandlord agent: Amy Ogden and Danielle Steffen of Cushman & Wakefield CommerceTenant: Fencing Specialist Inc.Tenant agent: Ben Millis of New-mark Grubb Knight Frank

$360,581 for 3,304 square feet, office for 65 months5888 W. Sunset Road, Suite 130, Las Vegas 89113Landlord: HDI Las Vegas LLCLandlord agent: Katie Brase and Jerry Hagfeldt of MDL GroupTenant: Glory Global Solutions Inc.Tenant agent: Mike Dunn and Paula Lea of Cushman & Wakefield Commerce

$231,056 for 1,400 square feet, retail for 62 months1150 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas 89119Landlord: Flamingo Maryland Investors LLCLandlord agent: Dan Hubbard and Todd Manning of Cushman & Wakefield CommerceTenant: The Cupcakery LLCTenant agent: Did not disclose

$179,496 for 1,800 square feet, retail for 65 months8090 Blue Diamond Road, Suite 180, Las Vegas 89178Landlord: Sunstone Diamond LLCLandlord agent: Nelson Tressler and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankTenant: Bahuchar Trading LLCTenant agent: Jaimee Yoshizawa of The RED Ltd.

$105,840 for 1,400 square feet, retail for 63 months3455 S. Durango Drive, Suite 112, Las Vegas 89117Landlord: MDM Properties Nevada LLCLandlord agent: Chris Godino of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankTenant: Maggie Reb/Belle De

Provence LLC dba La Maison De MaggieTenant agent: Amy Kyzykyan of Realty One Group

$47,187 for 749 square feet, retail for 39 months40 Costa di Lago, Suite 100, Hen-derson 89011Landlord: Signal Butte Investors LLCLandlord agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus CommercialTenant: Shawn Elliott of Lobster-man’s RestaurantTenant agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus Commercial

$37,464 for 37,464 square feet, retail for 36 months3950 E. Sunset Road, Las Vegas 89120Landlord: 3950 E. Sunset LLCLandlord agent: Dan Hubbard and Todd Manning of Cushman & Wakefield CommerceTenant: Big Deluxe Tattoo (re-newal)Tenant agent: Did not disclose

BUSINESS LICENSES

On the Go BBQBusiness type: Food services or caféAddress: 6000 Spring Mountain Road, Las VegasOwner: Nicholas Williamson

Papa Murphy’s Take n’ Bake PizzaBusiness type: Food services or caféAddress: 4900 W. Craig Road, Suite 4, Las VegasOwner: DD Pizza Ltd.

Park Avenue MaintenanceBusiness type: Repair and main-tenanceAddress: 9640 Toy Soldier St., Las VegasOwner: Michael D. Park

Pinoy MarketBusiness type: Food specialty storeAddress: 6820 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 1, Las VegasOwner: King James Liquidators Inc.

PublicusBusiness type: Beer/wine cooler salesAddress: 1126 Fremont St., Las VegasOwner: Publicus LLC

Pucker’Up Organic LemonadeBusiness type: Nonfarm product vendorAddress: 302 S. Rampart Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Mansur Ward

Pulse Realty Group LLCBusiness type: Real estate

Address: 6955 N. Durango Drive, Suite 1002, Las VegasOwner: Ron L. Kaltenbach LLC

Quickee BurgersBusiness type: Food services or caféAddress: 3231 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 122, Las VegasOwner: QB Holdings LLC

R&D CraftsBusiness type: Nonfarm product vendorAddress: 302 S. Rampart Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Ray Diaz

Red EagleBusiness type: Automotive ga-rage/service station (minor)Address: 208 W. Wyoming Ave., Las VegasOwner: Arlen Crespin

Red Tag Sales & LiquidationBusiness type: General retail salesAddress: 6820 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 2, Las VegasOwner: King James Liquidators Inc.

Redefining YouthBusiness type: General retail salesAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite G52, Las VegasOwner: Shanon Brooks

RockapediaBusiness type: Publishing and newspapersAddress: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 320, Las VegasOwner: Rockapedia Inc.

San Miguel CollectionBusiness type: General retail salesAddress: 707 Fremont St., Suite 1320, Las VegasOwner: San Miguel Trading Enter-prises

Sandy KimBusiness type: Independent mas-sage therapistAddress: 2400 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 14, Las VegasOwner: Sandy Kim

SBR Properties LLCBusiness type: Business space rent or leaseAddress: 8250 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Bojan Stokic

Seale & Beers CPAs LLCBusiness type: Professional servicesAddress: 8250 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Robert T. Beers

Sensational Shine Cleaning ServiceBusiness type: Repair and main-tenanceAddress: 1519 Highfield Court, Las

VegasOwner: Brittany Scalise

Sexy Aphrodita BoutiqueBusiness type: General retail salesAddress: 1616 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 150, Las VegasOwner: Sexy Aphrodita LLC

Silver Reef Biomedical ServicesBusiness type: Repair and main-tenanceAddress: 3400 W. Desert Inn Road, Suite 22, Las VegasOwner: Silver Reef Biomedical Services Inc.

Simister and Branham Dental Business type: Professional ser-vices – medicalAddress: 4510 Meadows Lane, Suite B, Las VegasOwner: Branham Dental LLC

Sofia’s PizzaBusiness type: Beer/wine cooler salesAddress: 821 N. Lamb Blvd., Suite 1, Las VegasOwner: First R&G Associates LLC

Southern Nevada Counseling CenterBusiness type: Professional servicesAddress: 6600 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 119, Las VegasOwner: Southern Nevada Counsel-ing Center LLC

Span Worldwide LLCBusiness type: Tobacco sales/loungeAddress: 2233 Paradise Road, Suite 110, Las VegasOwner: Shachi Thadhani

Speedy Auto Service Center LLCBusiness type: Automotive garage (major)Address: 41 30th St., Las VegasOwner: Janela Martinez

Steve J. SkeltonBusiness type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las VegasOwner: Steve J. Skelton

Sun’s Thai Food and JerkyBusiness type: Nonfarm product vendorAddress: 300 N. Casino Center Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Sun’s Beef Jerky Thai Style LLC

Symbiotech Inc.Business type: General retail salesAddress: 601 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Donna Siler

Tamica MinorBusiness type: Real estate salesAddress: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las VegasOwner: Tamica Minor

Records and TransactionsThatguy & Associates Inc.Business type: PhotographyAddress: 6312 W. Cheyenne Ave., Las VegasOwner: John Miranda

The Arts Factory LLCBusiness type: Alcoholic beverage catererAddress: 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasOwner: The Arts Factory LLC

The Mint 400Business type: Professional pro-moterAddress: 3475 Boulder Highway, Las VegasOwner: Joshua F. Martelli

Top Cat Cleaning Service Inc.Business type: Repair and main-tenanceAddress: 2400 N. Tenaya Way, Suites 101-103, Las VegasOwner: Thomas Cotton

Top Dog VaporsBusiness type: Vapes and elec-tronic cigarettesAddress: 2251 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Major Vapes LLC

Viva SalonBusiness type: Cosmetological establishmentAddress: 10870 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Viva Salon LLC

West Coast StaffingBusiness type: Employment agencyAddress: 1500 E. Tropicana Ave., Las VegasOwner: West Coast Staffing Solu-tions LLC

Wienerschnitzel 441Business type: RestaurantAddress: 4470 E. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Farouk Diab

Wild TrufflesBusiness type: Alcoholic beverage catererAddress: 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite C, Las VegasOwner: Wild Truffles LLC

BUILDING PERMITS

$2,186,924, plumbing2970 Coleman St., North Las VegasM.G. Newell Corp.

$901,772, residential-new930 Carnegie St., Building 18, HendersonJuliet Property Co.

$896,072, residential-new930 Carnegie St., Building 1, Henderson

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Records and TransactionsThatguy & Associates Inc.Business type: PhotographyAddress: 6312 W. Cheyenne Ave., Las VegasOwner: John Miranda

The Arts Factory LLCBusiness type: Alcoholic beverage catererAddress: 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasOwner: The Arts Factory LLC

The Mint 400Business type: Professional pro-moterAddress: 3475 Boulder Highway, Las VegasOwner: Joshua F. Martelli

Top Cat Cleaning Service Inc.Business type: Repair and main-tenanceAddress: 2400 N. Tenaya Way, Suites 101-103, Las VegasOwner: Thomas Cotton

Top Dog VaporsBusiness type: Vapes and elec-tronic cigarettesAddress: 2251 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Major Vapes LLC

Viva SalonBusiness type: Cosmetological establishmentAddress: 10870 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Viva Salon LLC

West Coast StaffingBusiness type: Employment agencyAddress: 1500 E. Tropicana Ave., Las VegasOwner: West Coast Staffing Solu-tions LLC

Wienerschnitzel 441Business type: RestaurantAddress: 4470 E. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Farouk Diab

Wild TrufflesBusiness type: Alcoholic beverage catererAddress: 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite C, Las VegasOwner: Wild Truffles LLC

BUILDING PERMITS

$2,186,924, plumbing2970 Coleman St., North Las VegasM.G. Newell Corp.


$896,072, residential-new930 Carnegie St., Building 1, Henderson

Juliet Property Co.




$896,072 residential-new930 Carnegie St., Building 8, HendersonJuliet Property Co.








$550,000, tenant improvement575 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 110, Las VegasSierra Contracting






$350,000, tenant improvement555 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 195, Las VegasMC Construction Management

$317,185, commercial-remodel105 N. Pecos Road, HendersonCharger Construction LLC

$270,000, tenant improvement505 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 160, Las VegasJA Stowell Construction Inc.

$252,858, commercial-alteration4711 Mitchell St., North Las VegasLPS Contracting Inc.

$238,032 residential-new7361 Fruitful Harvest Ave., Las VegasDR Horton Inc.

$225,000 canopy628 W. Craig Road, North Las VegasPace Contracting

$211,918, residential-new9729 University Ridge Ave., Las VegasGreystone Nevada LLC

$207,550, assembly group930 Carnegie St., HendersonJuliet Property Co.

$199,259, residential-new7351 Fruitful Harvest Ave., Las VegasDR Horton Inc.

$190,000, tenant improvement888 W. Bonneville Ave., Las VegasWhiting Turner Contracting Company

$186,257, residential-new819 Via Serenelia, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC


$178,993, residential-new2170 Trivero St., HendersonPardee Homes of Nevada


$171,818, sign2427 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

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$166,738, residential-new3213 Porto Vittoria Ave., Hender-sonToll Henderson LLC

$160,266, residential-new298 Lindura Court, Las VegasToll South LV LLC

$159,142, residential-new2902 Shining Sun Way, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$157,478, residential-new515 Fife St., HendersonFM Contracting LLC


$156,323, residential-new12273 Catanzaro Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes


$149,493, residential-new118 Via della Costrella, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$146,699, residential-new6922 Lakota Summit Court, Las VegasDR Horton Inc.

$145,834, residential-new1076 Aubrey Springs Ave., Hen-dersonDR Horton Inc.

$145,279, residential-new929 Carson Bluff Ave., HendersonRyland Homes

$142,396, residential-new1106 Echo Pass St., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$142,396, residential-new729 Gulf Pearl Drive, HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.




$140,289, residential-new1073 Aubrey Springs Ave., Hen-dersonDR Horton Inc.

$136,795 residential-new1109 Via della Costrella, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC


$135,464, residential-new1009 Via Gandalfi, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada




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* Grades category begins at pre-K, though some listed schools offer programs for younger children. Source: VEGAS INC research. It is not the intent of this list to endorse the participants or to imply that the listing of a company indicates its quality.

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CATEGORY: PRIVATE SCHOOLS(RANKED BY SPRING 2015 ENROLLMENT)

School Enrollment Grades* TuitionYear established Top executive

1 Faith Lutheran Middle School and High School2015 S. Hualapai WayLas Vegas, NV 89117702-804-4400 • faithlutheranlv.org

1,562 6-12 $10,500 1979 Steve Buuck, CEO

2 Bishop Gorman High School5959 S. Hualapai WayLas Vegas, NV 89148702-732-1945 • bishopgorman.org

1,400 9-12 $11,100-$12,500 1954 John Kilduff, president

3 The Meadows School8601 Scholar LaneLas Vegas, NV 89128702-254-1610 • themeadowsschool.org

875 Pre-K through 12

$9,590-$23,100 1984 Jeremy Gregersen, head of school

4 Las Vegas Day School3275 Red Rock St.Las Vegas, NV 89146702-362-1180 • lvds.com

845 Pre-K through 8

$5,850-$15,450 1961 Neil Daseler, director

5 Green Valley Christian School711 N. Valle Verde CourtHenderson, NV 89014702-454-4056 • gvchristianschool.com


$5,736-$7,400 1993 Stephanie Smith, junior/senior schools principal; Deborah Ingalls, elementary school principal

6 Lake Mead Christian Academy540 E. Lake Mead ParkwayHenderson, NV 89015702-565-5831 • lmca.org


$6,530-$8,500 1989 Sue Blakeley, administrator

7 Adelson Educational Campus9700 W. Hillpointe RoadLas Vegas, NV 89134702-255-4500 • adelsoncampus.org


$14,000-$20,850 1980 Paul Schiffman, head of school

8 St. Viator Catholic School4246 S. Eastern Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89119702-732-4477 • stviatorschool.org

611 Pre-K through 8

$5,150-$7,600 1964 Kathleen Daulton, principal

9 The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain10845 W. Desert Inn RoadLas Vegas, NV 89135702-949-3600 • adsrm.org

595 Pre-K through 8

$11,500-$22,300 2001 Dal Sohi, headmaster

10 Calvary Chapel Christian School7175 W. Oquendo RoadLas Vegas, NV 89113702-248-8879 • cccslions.org


$5,800-$7,560 1994 Rick Martin, superintendent

11 Mountain View Christian Schools3900 E. Bonanza RoadLas Vegas, NV 89110702-452-1300 • mvcs.net


$6,000-$8,000 1983 Crystal VanKempen- McClanahan, principal

12 Cornerstone Christian Academy5825 W. Eldora Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89146702-939-5050 • ccanv.com

495 Pre-K through 8

$5,400-$7,100 2001 James Whiddon, principal

13 Henderson International School1165 Sandy Ridge Ave.Henderson, NV 89052702-818-2100 • hendersonschool.com

400 Pre-K through 8

$9,200-$16,275 1992 Seth W. Ahlborn, headmaster

14 Lamb of God Lutheran School6232 N. Jones Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89130702-645-1626 • lambofgodlv.com

350 Pre-K through 5

Varies 2001 Sanna Klipfel, principal

15 International Christian Academy8100 Westcliff DriveLas Vegas, NV 89145702-869-1109 • ICALV.com

320 Pre-K through 8

$5,800-$5,957 1999 Robert Mekus, principal


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