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By J.D. Morris | staff writer

Resorts World Las Vegas isn’t necessarily trying to one-up other properties on the Strip. It just wants to be distinct. ¶ K.T. Lim, chairman and CEO of developer Genting Group, is interested in growing the entire local tourism market, not vying for someone else’s share of the pie, said Las Vegas architect Paul Steelman, who is behind Resorts World’s design.

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$375M

Cost to build the Las Vegas

arena between New York-New

York and the Monte Carlo.

stadium owners hope to host

an NHL team there.

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vada, that allow internet gambling.

it is being considered in California

and Pennsylvania, but banks have

been hesitant to process credit

card payments for online bets.

Its goal: Make a bigger pie

an artist’s rendering depicts

the planned Resorts World Las

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05 06 18MEET: TUSK & HIDE TRADING CO.Dane Mentzer calls himself the chairman of the beard. His company creates men’s grooming goods such as beard oil, beard balm and whisker wax, as well as shaving implements for those who like or need to stay clean shaven.

THE NOTESPeople on the move, P4

Q&A WITH MIKE MIXERThe executive managing director of Colliers Inter-national — Las Vegas talks about his fi rm’s success, the best business advice he’s received, his manage-ment style and his dream job.

TALKING POINTSThe business of running political campaigns, P7

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, P17

The List: Architecture fi rms, P22

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Nestled between the Sahara and El Rancho hotels, Wet ‘n Wild was the fi rst nongaming attraction built on the Las Vegas Strip.

The $15 million, 26-acre water park opened in June 1985, drawing 300,000 customers in its fi rst season.

The family-friendly attraction changed ownership six times during its existence,

before closing permanently in September 2004.

Former UNLV basketball and NBA player Jackie Robinson now leases the land and wants to build a $1.4 billion development there with a 22,000-seat arena, 44-story hotel, movie theater and retail plaza.

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Charles Profeta is a sales ex-ecutive with Pordes Residential Sales and Marketing at Veer Towers. Profeta has more than four years of experience selling luxury high-rise condominiums.

Robert Coggan, a teacher at Garside Junior High School, was selected for the 2015 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovators Program. In its third year, the program recognizes tech-savvy K-12 teachers who serve as leaders in education technol-ogy and incorporating digital media in classrooms.

Dr. Elena Andrews specializes in urgent care at Southwest Medical Asso-ciates’ Eastern Health Care Center, 4475 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas. She is certified in family medi-cine. Physi-cian’s Assis-tant Dinesh Bharwani specializes in urgent care and Physician’s Assistant Eric Fergen specializes in adult medicine at Southwest Medical As-sociates’ Lake Mead/Hen-derson Health Care Center, 270 W. Lake Mead Parkway. Both complet-ed their train-ing at Touro University. Physician’s As-sistant Wayne Boulton specializes in urgent care at Southwest Medical Associates’ Tenaya Way Urgent Care Center, 2704 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas. Dr. Timothy Gallagh-er specializes in anesthesiology at Southwest Medical Associates’ Southwest Surgery Center, 2450 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas. Dr. Michael Gauron specializes in adult medicine and Phyisican’s Assistant Leslie Remedi specializes in urgent care at Southwest Medical Associates’ Nellis Health Care Center, 540 N. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas. Physician’s As-sistant Chelsea Sandusky specializes in pediatrics at Southwest Medical Associates’ Nellis Health Care Center, 420 N. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas. Dr. Suresh Tawney joins Southwest Medical Associates as a hospitalist and specializes in internal medicine. Dr. Charles Wilson specializes in adult medicine at Southwest Medical’s Rancho/Charleston Health Care Center, 2316 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas.

Hannah Birch, a 2012 graduate of the Greenspun School of Journalism at UNLV, was part of the Seattle Times’ 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning team’s

coverage of the Oso mudslide. Birch was working on the homepage of the newspaper’s website that day and covered the breaking news.

Ramon Icasiano is chief operating officer at Zirtual, which matches virtual assistants with entrepreneurs, professionals and businesses.

Patrick Moore is Gaming Labo-ratories International’s senior director of client services. Moore has been with GLI since 2002.

Ike Mayberry is general man-ager of Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas. Mayberry has 30 years of experience in dining and attrac-tions. He oversees operations and manages nearly 250 employees.

Aeriel Halstead is a communi-cations specialist for Profession-als in Philanthropy. Halstead will manage internal and external communications, social media operations, marketing efforts and the firm’s new storytelling division.

Gretchen Inouye was named Payroll Woman of the Year by the American Payroll Association. Inouye was cho-sen from more than 20,000 members nationwide for outstanding volunteerism and dedication to the payroll industry.

Kelsey Hand is Trosper Com-munications’ executive director of media and client relations. She will lead all media rela-tions and be the direct liaison between the firm’s clients and the media. Hand previously was public information coordinator for the Clark County Regional Flood Control District.

Chance Casas and Manual Martinez are systems engineers at the Applied Group, a technology com-pany.

Commercial services and gaming attorney Vernon Nelson is a partner at Wilson Elser. Formerly with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Nelson handles casino regulatory compliance and gaming/hotel operations, licensing and other matters before the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gam-ing Commission. He also represents self-insurers in claims involving multimillion-dollar prizes and give-aways and has represented commercial creditors in collection and bankruptcy matters. In addition, Nelson represents commercial clients in commercial transactions, real property sales and leases, buy/sell transactions and management contracts.

The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance board of directors appointed Jonas Peterson, currently the LVGEA’s president and chief economic development officer, as the organization’s new CEO. Peterson will replace Tom Skancke, whose last day with the LVGEA will be June 30.

Synergy Sotheby’s International Realty is the exclusive seller of lots and custom homesites at MacDonald Highlands Country Club Community. The partnership coincides with the release of the first large, flat custom-estate lots at MaDonald Highlands Country Club Community in more than 10 years.

Ken Miller is editor, Nina King is managing editor and Kiko Miyasato is associate editor of Las Vegas Magazine, a sister publication of VEGAS INC.

PublicUs, a restaurant and coffee bar, opened at 1126

E. Fremont St., Las Vegas.

Former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley will receive the

2015 Emilie Wanderer Civil Libertarian of the Year

award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. “In Shelley’s work in Congress and through-

out her public service career, she has always been a

voice for the voiceless, tirelessly defending democ-

racy and promoting equality for all,” said Robert Chester, ACLU of Nevada board president.

Ten Metro Police officers won the national Top Cops

Award from the National Association of Police Organizations. Sergeants Kurt McKenzie and

Christopher O’Brien, and Officers Zachery Beal, John Bethard, Brett Brosnahan, David Corbin,

Ryan Fryman, Timothy Gross, Troy Nicol and

Gregory Stinnett were honored in Washington,

D.C. The group played a key role in stopping Jerad

and Amanda Miller from continuing their rampage

after killing two Metro officers last year in a pizza

restaurant.

University Medical Center’s laboratory was named

one of the best in the nation by a medical industry

publication. Medical Laboratory Observer desig-

nated UMC’s lab as the “2015 Lab of the Year First

Runner Up” based on customer service, teamwork,

organization, patient care, education and efficiency.

The Southern Nevada Health District, with Dig-nity Health-St. Rose Dominican, UNLV School of Nursing, UNLV School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada School of Medicine

and United Way of Southern Nevada, launched a

Healthy Southern Nevada website at HealthySouth-

ernNevada.org. This website is a source of commu-

nity health information and population data.

ArrowData, which specializes in high-definition

video, data collection, transmission, analytics and

distribution services, received approval from the

Federal Aviation Administration to operate drones

for electronic news gathering. ArrowData is the first

company in the country to receive such approval and

the first Nevada company to receive an exemption

by the FAA to fly unmanned aircraft for commercial

purposes.

Gaudin Jaguar was among 16 Jaguar retailers

awarded the 2014/15 Pride of Jaguar Retailer Excel-

lence award.

Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican, Siena Campus

is hiring an estimated 300 employees for its new

patient tower, which will increase the hospital’s ca-

pacity to 326 private rooms. The tower is being built

by Kitchell and was designed by Orcutt | Winslow Partnership. The tower is expected to be completed

this fall. The 220,000-square-foot project includes

56 emergency bays, six operating suites, separate

entrances for cardiology and cardiovascular ser-

vices, and expanded space for admitting, nutrition

services, radiology, lab, pharmacy, endoscopy suites

and other services.

The Las Vegas Pain Relief Center is partnering with

Skin Fitness. Located in the pain relief center at 58

N. Pecos Road, Henderson, Skin Fitness offers skin

care treatments, facials, waxing and spa treatments.

CraftHaus Brewery now offers its craft beer in cans.

Four-packs of the company’s flagship beers, Evoca-

tion, a Saison-style ale, and Resinate, an India Pale

Ale, are available at local retailers.

Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican and UNLV

received $14,885 from the Patient-Centered Out-comes Research Institute in Washington, D.C. for

the Engaging Terminally Ill Patients with Palliative Care project. It is one of 47 new community-building

projects to receive funding from the institute.

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Beard-grooming business is growing

Dane Mentzer, left, founder and CEO of Tusk & Hide Trading Co., talks with a customer at his booth at the Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival on May 25. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

Describe your business.

We create 100 percent handcrafted goods for men — specifically, items for men’s grooming. First, we offer everything you need to grow and maintain a stellar beard and/or mustache — beard oil, beard balm and whisker wax to start.

If facial hair isn’t for you, we also make everything you need to stay clean shaven — preshave oil, shav-ing soap, razors (real razors … the kind your grandpa used), aftershave and everything in between.

Our artisan products are heirloom quality, the kind of stuff your grandkids will fight over when you’re dead.

What are some of your most popular products?

People are going bonkers for our beard balm. A lot of bearded folks are getting used to the idea of beard oil, but the balm is new and exciting to them. Our hand-turned shaving brushes are really exciting people, too. We use the world’s highest quality bad-ger hair and combine it with the most exotic woods on the planet.

The really cool part for me is that we are doing the harvesting of these ingredients responsibly. For in-stance, our Brazilian Rosewood shave brush is gor-geous, but the wood is protected. We spend extra time, energy and money to get this wood through reclaimed sources.

What trends are you noticing for facial hair?

Facial hair is becoming more widely accepted. There was a time when regal men sported facial hair, but that time faded in the mid-1900s with the intro-duction of major razor companies.

My goal is to change the way people think of men’s grooming. It can be extremely manly to pamper yourself with a nice shave or products for your facial hair. Likewise, you can be a successful professional while still rocking a full beard. Beards aren’t just for beatniks and lumberjacks.

How did you get the idea for Tusk & Hide?

When I was in the Air Force, I needed to shave every day. Well, my skin was very sensitive, and it wasn’t holding up to the daily abuse from five-bladed razors and chemical-filled shaving cream. So, I made my own. I developed an all-natural alternative to the expensive products on the market. As this pro-cess evolved, I made the best decision of my life and switched to a single-blade safety razor. I noticed in-credible relief, and my skin was healthier than ever.

When I exited life in the Air Force, I began to grow my “freedom beard.” With this new beard came new challenges, like the infamous itchy/scratchy beard and “beardruff.” I vowed to solve these problems, too.

Having served in the military, how do you give

back to the community now?

I will always be deeply tied to my brothers and sis-ters in arms. That bond and my professional history as a trauma RN have created a huge love and need to help the men and women who come home less than complete. My partners and I have vowed to support the Wounded Warrior Project. A percentage of every sale we make is donated to the organization.

The mental toll suffered by armed service mem-bers, and humans in general, has led to an epidemic of depression and suicide. I am a survivor of the suicide of an immediate relative, and it is a very deep wound that never goes away. Tusk & Hide has vowed to fight suicide — part of which includes supporting mem-bers of the Nevada Coalition for Suicide Prevention.

Lastly, we just love NPR, so we support it, too. Without quality, unbiased news, we can never be truly informed.

Who are your customers?

Our intended demographic is men, but we have found a much wider audience. As it turns out, wom-en are just as likely to buy our products, either as gifts or even for themselves.

What makes your business unique?

Our hands create every single item that leaves our shop. From the logo, design, website, branding and packaging to the creation of fragrances, the mixing of ingredients and the shipping of products, we do it.

We also make every effort to be intimately in-volved in the world around us. I want to personally know my customers, to hear their voice. I am making products for people who expect a lot, and I intend to deliver more than they anticipated. We offer a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee, and that extends to every email we send and every hand we shake. Peo-ple are good, and we want to be good to people.

What’s the most important part of your job?

Maintaining the big picture. Sure, we’re just mak-ing beard oil, but we’re on a path to do so much more. It is my job to dream big. People have told me my entire life to be realistic, but being realistic doesn’t change the world.

What is the hardest part about doing business

in Las Vegas?

Establishing a solid foundation of customers is difficult in a transient environment. Constantly having to re-educate potential customers takes time and effort. But at the same time, those people who pass through are like pollen blowing in the wind, and they plant seeds wherever they land.

What obstacles has your business overcome?

There is an overwhelming idea that there is one way to shave, one type of razor, on and on. Our main job is education.

Also, the idea of starting a company as just a few young guys during a recession is scary. We received a lot of doubtful glances and unsupportive smirks. It was very important to us to not only build great products but also build a great brand. A huge chal-lenge was creating a brand that looks like a million dollars but costs nowhere near that.

What have you learned from the recession?

Certain luxuries are just that: luxuries. People can’t buy expensive products when they are strug-gling to put food on the table. But everybody needs to treat themselves now and then, and little treats like the ones we produce are a great way to feel pam-pered on a budget.

The other thing I’ve learned is that the economic climate of the country is defined by us — small-busi-ness owners and consumers. We can’t get scared when things get tough; we need to be strong and fight back.

tusk & Hide trading co.Address: 2261 Montferrat Lane, Henderson

Phone: 815-603-3263Email: [email protected]

Website: tuskandhide.comOwned/operated by: Dane Mentzer,

Joe Eck, Jerzy HorstIn business since: 2015

by the numbers

20,000 Number of seats planned for the Las Vegas Arena, under construction be-

tween New York-New York and the Monte Carlo.

$8.1 millionAmount Nevada operators earned from Internet poker

between February and November 2014.

5,100Square footage of a

building that Chik-fil-A is buying near the Galleria at

Sunset mall.

$2.3 millionAmount Las Vegas stake-holders, including the Las

Vegas Convention and Visi-tors Authority, are paying a North Carolina consulting firm to lead the process of drafting a Transportation Investment Business Plan,

which will outline ways to modernize the city’s

transportation system. The improvements are expected

to cost billions of dollars.

60,000Square footage of an area at the south end of Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops that will be trans-

formed this fall into a restaurant and entertain-ment hub known as Har-

mon Avenue.

$1.5 millionCost of a recent upgrade to U.S. 93 by the Nevada De-

partment of Transportation.

3.54 million The number of people who visited Las Vegas in April, an increase of 2.4 percent compared with a year ear-lier. The Las Vegas Conven-tion and Visitors Authority also reported convention attendance grew by 26.8

percent to 501,392 people.

$260,000The minimum fine Las

Vegas-based Allegiant Air faces for an alleged of-

fense related to drug and alcohol testing.

Do you have any news about your company that you’d like to share?

Colliers International – Las Vegas recently received an unprecedented 10th consecutive award for Broker-age Firm of the Year for Las Vegas. It was awarded by the NAIOP organization, North America’s largest and most prestigious commercial real estate organization.

What is the best business advice you’ve received, and whom did it come from?

A professor of mine at UNLV told me to surround yourself with smart people who can challenge and in-spire you.

If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be?

Reduce the heat by 20 degrees in July and August.

What’s the biggest issue facing Southern Ne-vada and its residents?

Water. If Lake Mead turns into a pond, we will face a significant challenge.

What are you reading right now?“As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of

The Princess Bride,” and “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.”

What do you do after work?Hot yoga and spend time with my family.

Blackberry, iPhone or Android?iPhone.

Describe your management style.I strive to be open-minded, fair and trusting. I also

have high expectations for my team. In addition, I enjoy challenging my co-workers while also keeping the work environment calm and humorous.

Where do you see yourself and/or your company in 10 years?

Semi-retired. I love commercial real estate too much to ever stop. And in 10 years, Colliers will receive its 20th award for Brokerage Firm of the Year.

What is your dream job, outside of your current field?

My dream is to become owner of a hotel resort on an island in the South Pacific with perfect waves for surfing — my favorite sport.

Whom do you admire and why?

My dad. He taught me the importance of always doing the right thing and working hard.

What is your biggest pet peeve?Waiting in line.

What is something that people might not know about you?

I was on my high school’s varsity surf team.

Q&A with mike mixer

‘Surround yourself with smart people who can challenge and inspire you’

Mike Mixer began his commercial real estate career in

1988, then broke away in 1993 to form Stuart Mixer

Commercial, now known as Colliers Inernational — Las

Vegas. (ChrIStopher deVargaS/Staff)

Mike Mixer, executive managing director of Colliers International — Las Vegas, dreamed of finding a little island in the South Pacific, building a resort near a great surf spot and running it while enjoying his favorite pastime. But after coming to the desert from his native Califor-nia to learn about the hospitality industry at UNLV, he never looked back.

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

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

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The business of running political campaigns

I have worked on more than 100 campaigns in my career since I started my advertising agency in 1974. However, the more I do campaigns, the

more sophisticated they become. Television has always garnered the largest share of a

campaign budget. TV data help determine the proper media mix to reach the desired demographics. Nielsen tools were used in my first campaign, and such data still play a role.

The mistake most media planners make when handling political campaigns is not having enough gross rating points for their message to penetrate the audience. Our rule of thumb is we want the voter to see a message at least 12 times before moving on to another message. Most buyers dump a message before the public has fully comprehended it.

During the recent re-election campaign for Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, my media buyer, my son Russell Letizia, studied Nielsen research every day. Having worked on multiple campaigns, he was able to match our polling data with viewer profiles. We knew our target voter was a woman over 50. So we looked for shows that gave us the largest audience at the lowest cost per rating point.

In addition, we learned early that our opponent was heavily targeting Republican voters. We knew to neutralize those voters and relied on shows like Fox News.

One of the strategic decisions we made using several sources of data came during the final weeks of the campaign, after we saw that our opponent was beating

us with Republican voters by a substantial margin, but we were winning Democrats by an equally large margin. We could see our pathway to victory was to turn Republicans

to our side, discourage them from our opponent and get our Democrats to vote.

We were able to accomplish both by spending $100,000 on television ads during the final week of the campaign — $50,000 during the final three days alone, which accounted for a large win on Election Day. Additionally, a series of issues-tested mailers helped assure our success.

Two weeks before Election Day, internal polling numbers showed the race dead even. As I later found out from consultants on the other side, they saw the same numbers. Having this information gave us the insight to make crucial moves.

It was my job, along with co-campaign manager Bradley Meyer, to monitor the campaign’s cash flow daily to make sure we could do everything we originally budgeted. Had we spent foolishly early in the campaign, it would have prevented us from doing the things we needed to do to win.

At the end of the day, a good campaign hinges on having a good business plan and using science and data, along with good, sound business judgment. But, most importantly, you must have a good candidate.

Tom Letizia is an advertising and public relations executive and recently worked as campaign manager for Mayor Carolyn Goodman.

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Taxis on Strip go idle in protest of UberBy Conor shineStaff Writer

Dozens of taxi drivers parked their cabs and instead took to the Las Ve-gas Strip sidewalk May 29 to protest the arrival of Uber and the disastrous effect drivers said it would have on their livelihoods.

The demonstration started at 2 p.m. on a day when the tempera-ture peaked at 99 degrees, but tour-ists looking to catch a ride to avoid the heat weren’t affected, as the work stoppage did little to disrupt the sup-ply of available cabs.

Taxi lines at casinos were short for patrons, and there were even cabs from Yellow Checker Star, whose em-ployees were participating in the pro-test, queued to pick up passengers.

The protest was organized by driv-ers from the Industrial, Technical and Professional Employees Union Local 4873 and took place on a side-walk in front of Caesars Palace for about two hours. Most drivers parked their vehicles at a nearby union office and then bused to the site. The pro-test was called off an hour early due to the heat.

Although many drivers who par-ticipated were on the clock and sup-posed to be on the roads, they weren’t subject to discipline from Yellow Checker Star because the protest was protected as a union-related activity.

“We don’t condone the demonstra-tion ... but they’re allowed to do it,” Yellow Checker Star Chief Operating Officer Bill Shranko said. “I think it’s an issue where drivers are fed up.”

Whether to allow Uber in Nevada and how to regulate the popular ride-sharing company was one of the most

heavily lobbied issue at the Legisla-ture this year.

Late last month, the Legislature ap-proved a pair of bills allowing trans-portation network companies such as Uber, which connect drivers and riders through a smartphone app, to operate in Nevada.

The bills, which Gov. Brian San-doval signed into law, create regula-tions for the ride-hailing companies, including background checks and in-surance requirements that would be enforced by the Nevada Transporta-tion Authority.

With Uber’s arrival imminent, taxicab drivers said they were speak-ing out to let the community know about the damage they think Uber will do.

“I believe it’s going to directly im-pact the safety of Las Vegas streets,”

said Mike Kilgo, a Las Vegas cab driv-er for 15 years.

Kilgo said adding potentially thou-sands of new Uber drivers onto Las Vegas streets would cut into earn-ings for cab drivers and could lead to a competitive environment for fares that encourages reckless driving. It’s also unclear where Uber driv-ers would pick up riders on the Strip, whether in a casino taxi line, a park-ing garage or on the street.

“Our income is going to drop. The pie isn’t getting any bigger,” said Kil-go, who said he earns about $32,000 a year working five 12-hour shifts per week. “It’s going to cause confusion and chaos.”

Others at the protest also criti-cized the laws for not subjecting Uber to the more-extensive background checking, drug testing and training

programs cab drivers must adhere to.“Uber drives people from point A to

point B for hire,” said Yellow Checker Star driver and union shop steward Dustin Qualls. “If they want to come out here and work, they should follow the same rules.”

Uber and other ridesharing com-petitors could begin operating in Las Vegas this summer, once they go through a licensing process with the Nevada Transportation Authority.

Taxi cab drivers gather on the strip in front of Caesars Palace to protest Uber,

the ride-sharing program trying to break into the Las Vegas market. (L.E. Baskow)

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tourists react to taxi drivers’ protest

at Paris and Bally’s, a steady flow

of taxis streamed in and out of the

front entrances.

tourists had no trouble getting

rides despite the anti-Uber protest

across the street.

Michael Dixon, visiting Las Vegas

to celebrate his sister’s 21st birthday,

said many of his friends use Uber. He

said he wouldn’t hesitate to use the

app.

Seth Holehouse, a business owner

in town for the Las Vegas antique

Jewelry and Watch Show, said he’s a

big fan of Uber, mostly because it is

more modernized than taxi services.

“the taxi industry hasn’t changed,”

Holehouse said. “With the Uber app,

you can see the photo of the driver

and rate them.”

He added that not only does he

like the diversity of the employee

pool, he also enjoys the app’s acces-

sibility.

“i can use it in Miami and also in

Hong Kong,” Holehouse said. “it has

a big global aspect to it.”

— Julie ann Formoso

By J.D. MorrisStaff Writer

The national casino industry and its allies in Congress are trying to send a message to the IRS: Lowering the threshold for reporting slot win-nings is a bad idea.

Geoff Freeman, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Ameri-can Gaming Association, said about 13,000 people from across the coun-try had spoken out against the po-tential threshold change. The IRS has been seeking public input on the

possibility of someday lowering the amount at which casinos must report slot winnings from $1,200 to $600.

The idea comes as the IRS consid-ers changes that would “update and simplify” gaming-related regulations. The agency plans to keep the current slot winnings threshold in place for now, but it’s accepting comments on the feasibility of a lower reporting re-quirement.

Casinos and gamblers don’t like the lower threshold because when win-nings from a slot machine hit that

$1,200 mark, the machine locks up until paperwork is filled out. Chang-ing the level to $600 would mean more frequent lock-ups and therefore less revenue as more machines are inactive. It also would place a bigger burden on customers and casino em-ployees, opponents of the idea say.

“The IRS could soon force casino guests to more frequently fill out pa-perwork, which would severely under-mine the customer experience,” notes a petition from the gaming association.

The gaming association says the pe-

tition has received about 10,000 sig-natures, and about 3,000 comments have been filed with the IRS.

Seventeen members of Congress also took aim at the idea of lowering the threshold in a letter to the IRS. Nevada Reps. Joe Heck, Mark Amo-dei, Dina Titus and Cresent Hardy were among those who signed it.

“Any reduction in this threshold would dramatically raise costs to comply, decrease gaming revenue ... and would greatly increase the bur-den workload for IRS,” the letter said.

IRS urged not to lower threshold for reporting slot winnings

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By vegas inc staff

Greenspun Media Group has named Gordon Prouty as group publisher overseeing GMG’s industry-leading print and digital publications, includ-ing Las Vegas Magazine, The Sunday, VEGAS INC, Las Vegas Weekly, Veg-as2Go and their sister websites.

“We’re thrilled to have someone of Gordy’s experience and creativity join-ing our team,” said Brian Greenspun, GMG’s owner and CEO.

“I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Gordy for a number of years,” said Rob-ert Cauthorn, GMG’s chief operating officer. “Everywhere he goes, positive things happen both in publishing and in the community. We’re thrilled to have him join us, and Las Vegas will be richer for it.”

Prouty has been president and pub-lisher of the Puget Sound Business Journal since July 2011. His career with American City Business Journals began in 2008, when he became the head of the advertising department at the San Francisco Business Times.

Prouty began his career at his home-town paper, The Post-Standard, in Syracuse, N.Y., starting as a classified salesperson and moving up the ranks to hold a number of sales management positions. While in Syracuse, he was also an adjunct professor at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

From Syracuse, he moved on to se-nior advertising and business devel-opment positions with Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., the San Francisco Chronicle, Newspapers First and Al-lied Integrated Marketing, prior to

joining ACBJ.Prouty also is

very active in the community. He serves on the com-munity leader-ship board of the American Diabe-tes Association,

chairs the executive committee of the American Diabetes Tour de Cure and is chair of the board of governors at the Columbia Tower Club. He’s also in-volved in the The 5th Avenue Theatre, Junior Achievement of Washington, Seattle World Trade Center Board, the Economic Development Council of Seattle-King County and CEOs against Cancer.

Travis Keys, GMG’s former group publisher, will assume a new role with-in the company as vice president for business development and will turn his focus to new projects under Prouty’s leadership.

“Travis has had a meaningful impact on this company and has always loved working on new initiatives,” Cauthorn said. “We’re delighted he is going to re-main with the company.”

“I can’t wait to start working with the team there,” Prouty said. “GMG defines quality in Las Vegas, and clearly it has the best team and the best audience in the city. It was a hard decision to leave ACBJ, because it’s a great organiza-tion. However, in the end, seeing where GMG is heading, its exceptional prod-ucts and culture was too exciting to re-sist.”

Prouty is expected to assume his new duties late this month.

By cy ryanstaff writer

The average weekly wage in Nevada in 2014 was $860, a gain of 1.3 percent from the prior year, but it didn’t keep pace with increases in prices.

The state Department of Employ-ment Security, Training and Rehabili-tation reported prices rose 1.6 percent during the past year.

The highest weekly average wage in Nevada was $1,560 in the mining in-dustry, up 0.8 percent from the previ-

ous year, according to the department.During the fourth quarter of 2014, the

agency said the average salary statewide was $899, an increase of 1.6 percent from the same period of 2013. The state experiences the highest growth in the fourth quarter due to bonuses.

Clark County posted a wage gain of 1.3 percent to $848 per week in the last three months of the year. The largest average salary in the state was in Es-meralda County at $1,039, a gain of 4.8 percent for the three-month period.

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By Conor shineStaff Writer

Less than six months after Clark Coun-ty commissioners passed sweeping new rules targeting so-called slot parlors, tav-ern chain Dotty’s is under scrutiny again over its business model — this time in the city of Las Vegas.

Questions raised by City Councilman Bob Beers have led to two delays in Dot-ty’s being granted a permanent restrict-ed gaming license for a new location near Sahara Avenue and Hualapai Way. That location, which opened in March, is op-erating under a temporary license.

An attorney for Dotty’s said the ap-plication, which has received Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board approval, was being subjected to “a new level of scrutiny” that hasn’t been ap-plied to other tavern gaming applications the City Council routinely approves or the dozens of other Dotty’s in the city.

The attorney, Susan Johnson, also raised the specter of Station Casinos, a giant of the locals gaming market and Dotty’s chief antagonist.

“What this boils down to is this par-ticular location is unfortunately about a mile from Red Rock Station, so suddenly an additional level of scrutiny is being asked of you,” Johnson contended.

Beers said he didn’t have any com-munication with Station Casinos or any other groups before pulling Dotty’s ap-plication for review.

“This is the first time I’ve had a Dotty’s come up (in my ward) and they’re pretty clearly not the same as other applicants,” Beers said. “The singling-out argument draws attention from the underlying sit-uation, which is that gaming regulators made the decision about Dotty’s based on several incorrect facts.”

The issue in Las Vegas, as it was in Clark County, is over how much revenue a typical Dotty’s location brings in from slot machine gaming compared with the sale of food and drinks.

State and local gaming laws require revenue from noncasino slot machines be incidental to a primary business such as running a bar, restaurant, convenience or grocery store.

Dotty’s, which offers a limited menu and full bar, has spread to more than 100 locations statewide since arriving in 1996 and has spawned a wave of knock-off competitors. But critics say Dotty’s patrons are drawn less for the food and drink and more for the opportunity at gaming, allowing the company to reap

big profits without the investment and taxes required from casinos that receive more expansive, unrestricted gaming li-censes.

Dotty’s representatives insist the com-pany complies with all gaming laws. But complaints about its business model have persisted, fueling a fierce political battle over bar gaming involving Dotty’s, Station Casinos and local governments.

Clark County spent much of last year debating revisions to its tavern gaming rules before passing an ordinance in De-cember requiring bars to either operate a full kitchen or take in less than 50 per-cent of revenue from gaming.

Beers said as far as he could tell, the Dotty’s on Charleston Boulevard did not have a primary business other than gam-ing.

“The question is ... whether there is a primary purpose besides gaming,” Beers said.

In a review of Dotty’s application with the state, Beers said he found several er-rors in Dotty’s calculations that under-represented how much time, space and money would be put toward the slot machines of its new tavern, a key fac-tor in determining its primary business. Dotty’s initially predicted it would make 67 percent of its revenue from gaming, but that number has actually been 91 percent through its first several weeks of operation, with another 8 percent of revenue coming from cigarette sales, ac-cording to Las Vegas’ business licensing department.

Johnson, Dotty’s attorney, said gam-ing revenues would fluctuate over short periods depending on player wins and losses, making it inaccurate to base judg-ments on only a few months of figures.

Beers sent a letter to the Gaming Com-mission and Gaming Control Board ask-ing the agencies to revisit the application considering the new information he put forward and to clarify what the tavern’s primary business is found to be.

The Dotty’s location will be allowed to remain open and offer slot machine gaming until August under a tempo-rary license approved by the council last month.

Beers hasn’t indicated any interest in revisiting the city’s broader tavern gam-ing rules like Clark County did.

“I’m trying to just stick to the law,” Beers said. “I hope (state gaming regula-tors) look at it with new facts and either validate their earlier decision or change their earlier decision.”

By Conor shineStaff Writer

Six hundred feet down an elevator shaft near the shore of Lake Mead, the weight of Las Vegas’ future rests on a 19,000-pound plug at the mouth of a 3-mile tunnel.

The plug sits atop a domed cavern beneath the lake, holding back the pressure of millions of acre-feet of water.

This summer, the tunnel will be flooded and a crane will pull out the plug, connecting the lake’s third intake straw to nearby pumping stations and providing a new level of protection against a blistering drought that has sent Lake Mead’s elevation to record low levels.

The new intake — basically a steel-and-concrete tube that uses gravity to feed water into the valley’s pumping facilities — will keep working even if the lake’s elevation drops below 1,000 feet, a point at which two existing intakes would stop functioning. With Lake Mead’s elevation at 1,076 feet and dropping, the third intake provides insurance that the drought doesn’t cut off the source of 90 percent of Las Vegas’ drinking water.

Pulling the plug at the end of the tunnel will be the final step of a seven-year, $817 million project that started with a 600-foot access shaft excavated and blasted straight down near the shore of Lake Mead. From there, 14-person crews traded off guiding a 620-foot, 1,700-ton tunnel boring machine along a 3-mile route under the lake. Floods, cave-ins and other setbacks led to delays and forced en-gineers to rejigger the tunnel’s path. There also was tragedy in 2012, with the death of a construction worker who was struck in the head by a pressurized jet of grouting material that was ejected when one of the concrete rings lining the tunnel slipped.

In December, the boring machine reached the end of its route and pierced the intake structure that had been sunk to the bottom of the lake, ending up only millimeters off its intended target.

Mother Nature has left little time to celebrate the feat of engineer-ing.

Already, planning and design are underway on the next major proj-ect at Lake Mead, a $650 million pumping station that, like the intake straw, is meant to replace older facilities that eventually will be ren-dered useless by falling lake levels.

“When you couple intake No. 3 with the low lake level pumping station, we’ll be able to draw water from below the deadpool eleva-tion of 875 feet,” said Bronson Mack, spokesman for the Southern Nevada Water Authority. “That allows us to continue accessing our water supply even if no water is able to pass through Hoover Dam for downstream users in Arizona, California and Mexico.”

Workers connect pipes June 1 in the third intake tunnel under

Lake Mead. (steve Marcus/staff)

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Resort’s success depends on ‘wow’ factor“He wants to expand the Las Vegas

market rather than doing something better than someone else,” Steelman said.

Steelman’s architectural vision will be key to making that happen. Construction on Genting’s $4 billion, Chinese-themed resort began May 5 on the site formerly home to the Star-dust, then Boyd Gaming’s scrapped Echelon project. Work is expected to be completed in multiple phases, with the first opening to the public in 2018.

Steelman has played an integral role in the project since its incep-tion. He sat down with VEGAS INC to discuss plans for Resorts World, its panda habitat, its place in Las Vegas architectural history and more.

What made the former echelon site so appealing?

I’m speaking a little bit for Lim; ob-viously, he made the ultimate choice. But I think there were a couple of things.

No. 1, we thought we could work within the existing Echelon master plan design of the towers and garages and so on. Buildings take some time to construct, and of course, time is money in our gaming business. A building that takes a year less to con-struct is a more financially secure building than one that is strung out through the construction.

No. 2, the site was big: 83 or 84 acres. If you look at Genting’s proper-ties now, the most successful proper-ties the company runs in Malaysia and Singapore, both of those have very large footprints.

So when it came right down to it, it was a good price, it was a good asset, it was a large piece of property, and of course, it was on Las Vegas Boule-vard. So it had all the makings of what Genting would like to see in a resort.

What are some of the challeng-es incorporating the existing echelon frame into the design of resorts World?

Times have changed a little bit from when Echelon was originally designed and started construction. We have to say, “Is what was on the Echelon plan suitable for today?” And how has gaming or how has the Las Vegas market or how has the overall approach, the integrated re-sort, changed what we should do?

The major elements stay the same, the tower footprint stays the same. Of course, there are new elevators be-ing added, new entrances, new porte-cocheres, new division of hotels, new ways to operate the hotel, different service elevator configurations — all sorts of things to make the hotel run more like a Genting hotel. We have all the master-plan elements there to build the building as we see fit, and then we have to redesign the building to accomplish these goals.

architecturally, have the plans changed substantively since the rough sketch was revealed in 2013?

All plans do. The basic idea is still the same, the basic master plan is still the same, but the actual offer-ings are somewhat different.

Our designs work on a series of emotions. There’s basically three. We work on a “wow” in the lobby. We want that to be one of your memories of your life, so it gets posted on Face-book and Twittered around. It be-comes a social media phenomenon. Then, when we get in the casino: You can win. You’re James Bond! Power is the emotion to win in the casino. And then we want to give you someplace

to relax. And where do we do that? In the restaurants.

What are some of the “wow” amenities? everyone talks about the great Wall of China replica and the panda habitat.

The panda habitat is going to be moved to phase two, as will the water park.

There are, of course, many other at-tractions, starting with our ball that drops on the outside of the building, the Chinese village, the Great Wall and all the integration of that with the Strip.

Our goal in anything we design is actually very simple: We want to make you smile. If we get somebody with a simple smile, they’re going to come back.

What will set resorts World apart from everything else on the strip, particularly the new-est wave of resorts?

Las Vegas is a fantasy type of place — a little bit like Disney. We went off the rails a little bit when we started to say, “Well, we could do something citylike, some modern architecture,” and the modern architecture would in fact resonate with the casino cus-

tomers. Now, modern architecture does resonate with a lot of people. But Las Vegas is a fun-in-the-sun va-cation spot. And tall, high-rise glass- and steel-laden buildings that are similar to many cities in the United States, face it: They do not give you the impression of a vacation spot. They might give you the impres-sion of a great building, don’t get me wrong. I’m a modern architect; I love modern architecture. But if you ask the normal person walking down the street do they know what that mod-ern architecture is, do they know what it’s about, in most cases, they don’t. These super modern buildings that had a statement were good-look-ing buildings, were dynamic, but they didn’t feel like they were attacking the three emotions we want to design with.

At the end of the day, it’s a fine com-bination of modern architecture and getting the feeling across, but the feeling can’t come across so themed that it starts to look like some of the old themed-type places here that we used to have. Even when we did the Mirage in 1989, you could see that we didn’t put any of that Hawaiian stuff into the tower. We said, “Ah, the tower’s got to resonate as its own in-dependent building.”

Is this the beginning of a new phase of architecture and de-velopment on the strip or a re-surgence of that themed era?

I definitely feel it is an expansion of the market, and I definitely feel it’s a new phase. No doubt.

What is that new phase, then? That new phase is going to be more

attraction-based. I think attraction-based tourism is going be greater, and I think the attractions will be diversi-fied.

Who is your target audience? Who is resorts World las Ve-gas designed to appeal to?

I don’t think it’s any different than all of Genting’s projects. All of their projects have a larger appeal base than most. They appeal, in Malaysia and Singapore, to a diverse range of families, young couples, middle-in-come visitors. Yet at those integrated resorts, they also appeal to a large group of VIPs who love the attrac-tions.

paul steelman is the architect behind Resorts World Las Vegas’ Chinese-themed

design. (CouRtesy)

“our goal in anything we design is actually very sim-

ple: We want to make you smile. If we get somebody

with a simple smile, they’re going to come back.”

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Calendar of eventsMonday, June 8

Aviation symposium

Time: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $150

Location: National Atomic Testing Museum, 755

E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas

Information: Visit titus.house.gov/aviation

Rep. Dina Titus will host a symposium that will

include presentations by national aviation and

aerospace leaders as well as federal officials.

They will discuss aviation tourism and unmanned

systems.

Meeting of the Mountain West CTR-In

Time: All day through June 10 Cost: Free

Location: UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las

Vegas

Information: Visit ctrin.unlv.edu

Learn about health issues unique to our region

and about the Clinical Translational Research

Infrastructure Network’s research at UNLV and

13 partner universities.

Tuesday, June 9 Henderson Chamber of

Commerce networking breakfast

Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $25 for members, $45 for

nonmembers, additional $10 for walk-ins

Location: Fiesta Henderson, 777 W. Lake Mead

Parkway, Henderson

Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com

Dr. Tony Chin, chief medical officer at Dignity

Health — St. Rose Dominican Rose de Lima, will

discuss the campus’ advancements in neurologi-

cal rehabilitation.

Wednesday, June 10 Business Expo 2015

Time: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $10

Location: Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd.

North, Las Vegas

Information: Visit lvchamber.com

Explore more than 100 business exhibit booths

to network, learn about new products and ser-

vices, and sample food from Las Vegas eateries.

Business by the Book workshop:

“Get Your Business Online”

Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: UNLV Lied Library, 4505 S. Maryland

Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: library.unlv.edu/bbtb2015-june

Learn how to expand your business on the

Internet through social media marketing tactics

and by optimizing your Web presence in search

engines.

Thursday, June 11 Coffee with the Mayor

Time: 8 a.m. Cost: Free

Location: Dougie J’s Cafe, 603 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas

Information: Email [email protected]

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Coun-

cilman Bob Coffin will be available to discuss

issues that matter to you. Metered parking is

available on Bonneville Avenue.

Business workshop with

County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly

Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free but limited to

65 attendees

Location: County Government Center, 500 S.

Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Email bloutreach@clarkcountynv.

gov

Commissioner Lawrence Weekly will host a

workshop for people interested in opening a

business, especially those who want to start a

regulated business such as a store with gaming.

X’s & O’s of Success

Time: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $99

Location: Inspire Theatre, 107 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas

Information: Call 702-826-9433

A professional and personal development event

for executives, rising business leaders and sales

professionals.

Friday, June 12 Brigham Young University

Management Society luncheon

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $15 for students,

$30 for guests and members with RSVP, $35 for

members without RSVP

Location: Brady Industries Inc., 7055 Lindell

Road, Las Vegas

Information: Visit lasvegas.byums.org

Ken Alber, principal of the Penta Building Group,

will be the guest speaker.

Roast of Henderson Chamber of

Commerce’s outgoing chairman, DJ Allen

Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $50

Location: Henderson Convention Center, 200 S.

Water St., Henderson

Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com

The outgoing chairman of the board of the Hen-

derson Chamber of Commerce will be roasted

by notable local figures, including UNLV bas-

ketball coach Dave Rice and former Henderson

Mayor Jim Gibson. KLUC’s Chet Buchanan will

serve as roast master.

Monday, June 15 PLuS Center Course: Casino Auditing I

Time: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (same time June 16)

Cost: $895; $945 for late registration

Location: UNLV Stan Fulton Building, 4505 S.

Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Visit cvent.com/d/1rq2f0

Auditing personnel and gaming industry regula-

tors can participate in discussions about internal

control and fraud, among other gaming topics,

online or in person.

Wednesday, June 17 PLuS Center Course: Casino Auditing II

Time: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. through June 19

Cost: $1,245, $1,295 for late registration

Location: UNLV Stan Fulton Building, 4505 S.

Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Visit cvent.com/d/crqw1m/4W

Auditing personnel and gaming industry regula-

tors who participated in “PLuS Center Course:

Casino Auditing I” can join in discussions about

auditing credit, comps and slot clubs and other

auditing topics.

Mayor Carolyn Goodman, right, and City Councilman Bob Coffin will be available for coffee talk at 8 a.m. June 11. (L.E. BASKoW/STAff fILE)


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BROKeRed TRAnSACTIOnSSALES$4,000,000 for 5,567 square feet, NNN investment6515 E. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas 89156 Seller: Piianaia LPSeller agent: David Grant and Phil-lip Dunning of Colliers Interna-tionalBuyer: Manchester LAX LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$1,620,000 for 2 acres, office/industrial740 N. Valle Verde Drive, Hender-son 89014 Seller: First Financial Bank, Na-tional AssociationSeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: TFFH Holdings LLCBuyer agent: Greg Pancirov and Mike DeLew of Colliers Interna-tional

$1,600,000 for 11,021 square feet, retail5697 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas 89118 Seller: Criterion Group Inc.Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesBuyer: Vittorio Holding LLCBuyer agent: Neil Dela Cruz of MDL Group

$500,000 for 5 acres, commercialNorthwest corner of East Gowan Road and Berg Street, North Las Vegas 89030 Seller: Red Rock Leasing Inc.Seller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: Prudent Ventures LLC and VVP Olsen LLCBuyer agent: Ben Millis and Chris Beets of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

$61,449 for 2,548 square feet, industrial1170 Center Point Drive, Henderson 89074 Seller: Desert Breeze Development LLCSeller agent: Renae Russo of Col-liers InternationalBuyer: Williams General Consult-ing LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

LEASES$2,033,200 for 17,000 square feet, retail for 121 months 225 N. Stephanie St., Henderson 89074 Seller: Roxbury Advisors LLCSeller agent: Nelson Tressler and

Mike Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankBuyer: Bouncy World LLCBuyer agent: Maria Herman of Ac-tive Commercial

$594,081 for 4,642 square feet, office for 60 months5820 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 190, Las Vegas 89119 Seller: Did not discloseSeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: AARPBuyer agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executive Real Estate Services

$426,027 for 2,665 square feet, retail for 62 months9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 108, Las Vegas 89117 Seller: 9440 West Sahara HoldingsSeller agent: Jackie Young and Liz Clare of Avison YoungBuyer: Quest DiagnosticsBuyer agent: Shalonda Hughes of CBRE

$281,700 for 2,000 square feet, retail for 69 months 1090 W. Sunset Road, Henderson 89014 Seller: Sun Life Assurance Com-pany of CanadaSeller agent: Nelson Tressler and Mike Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankBuyer: One Nevada Credit UnionBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$270,943 for 3,600 square feet, retail for 60 months 7380 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 110, Las Vegas 89123 Seller: Warm Springs Plaza LLCSeller agent: Eric Berggren of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankBuyer: Rosati’s of Green Valley Inc. dba Rosati’s PizzaBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$216,330 for 3,996 square feet, office for 36 months5575 S. Durango Road, Suite 103, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: T&J Fallon Family TrustSeller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesBuyer: JSA Healthcare NevadaBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$156,240 for 3,255 square feet, office for 60 months1700 Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 203, Henderson 89012 Seller: Corley LLCSeller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executive Real Estate ServicesBuyer: Design Vision Inc.Buyer agent: Did not disclose

$116,640 for 1,000 square feet, retail for 63 months 8530 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 105, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: DSP 1 LLC, DSP 2 LLC, DSP 3

LLC and DSP 4 LLCSeller agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus CommercialBuyer: LV Nail LoungeBuyer agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus Commercial

$116,952 for 2,947 square feet, office for 36 months5575 S. Durango Road, Suite 102, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: T&J Fallon Family TrustSeller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executive Real Estate ServicesBuyer: Minus5 Management LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$84,252 for 1,170 square feet, office for 60 months7885 W. Sunset Road, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: Allen-Milan LLCSeller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executive Real Estate ServicesBuyer: Black Mountain Wealth ManagementBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$59,327 for 1,161 square feet, of-fice for 36 months1700 Horizon Ridge Parkway, Henderson 89012 Seller: Corley LLCSeller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesBuyer: Infinity Capital Manage-ment Corp.Buyer agent: Did not disclose

BuSIneSS LICenSeSUgg Australia Business type: General retail sales Address: 795 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 2205, Las VegasOwner: Deckers Retail LLC

Vape and Smoke Business type: Tobacco dealer Address: 4533 W. Sahara Ave., Suite F3, Las VegasOwner: Romina Bossi

Vec2 Business type: Management or consulting service Address: 410 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 390, Las VegasOwner: Eduardo Ramirez, Jr.

Vegas Smoke Shop Business type: Tobacco dealer Address: 3155 N. Rancho Drive, Las VegasOwner: SJ Tyler Goup Inc.

Vegas Vape Business type: Electronic ciga-rettes Address: 1114 S. Main St., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Vegas Vape LLC

Veronica Inez Gonzalez

Business type: Independent mas-sage therapist Address: Did not disclose Owner: Veronica Inez Gonzalez

Vibe Lash And Wax Studio Business type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 1750 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 15, Las VegasOwner: Purple Tie Enterprises LLC

Wan Yin Geung Business type: Real estate sales Address: 4604 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 3, Las VegasOwner: Wan Yin Geung

Western Petroleum Business type: Automotive garage Address: 2051 E. Sahara Ave., Las VegasOwner: Chehade Holdings LLC

Wild Truffles Business type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 401 S. Fourth St., Las VegasOwner: Wild Truffles LLC

Xl Air Service LLCBusiness type: Sales/services Address: 2634 Airport Drive, Las VegasOwner: Xl Air Service LLC

2 Guys Home and Auto Handyman ServiceBusiness type: Property mainte-nance Address: 276 Yuma Lane, Hen-dersonOwner: William Martin Anderson

24-7Datecheck.ComBusiness type: Online background check service Address: 155 S. Water St., Suite 220, HendersonOwner: 24-7Datecheck.Com LLC

702 Massage Business type: Independent mas-sage therapist Address: 918 High Plains Drive, Las VegasOwner: Eileen Charles

AA Joseph Business type: Express or delivery service Address: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Lee Cervoni

AA Joseph Business type: Residential prop-erty maintenance Address: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Lee Cervoni

Acclaim Electronics LLCBusiness type: Wholesale elec-tronic distribution Address: 7705 Commercial Way, Suite 155, Henderson

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Affinity Tax & Consulting LLC Business type: Professional services Address: 8330 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 190, Las VegasOwner: cory Roberts cPA A Pro-fessional corp.

Alex Presley’s Events and Unique BoutiqueBusiness type: Professional pro-moter Address: 916 S. casino center Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Leroy Lopez

All In C&H ServicesBusiness type: Sales/services Address: 1901 Bassler St., North Las VegasOwner: Bruno Antonio Gonzalez

All States Shipping LLC Business type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Ecaterina Avina

Allstate Insurance Business type: Insurance sales Address: 8053 N. Durango Drive, Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: transcend Enterprises LLc

Allure Medispa Business type: General retail sales Address: 8413 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Allure cosmetic Laser LLc

Alpine Trading Shack Business type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Shane Gammon

Alta Market Business type: tobacco sales Address: 450 S. Buffalo Drive, Suite 102, Las VegasOwner: Ejaz Raja

AMPMBusiness type: Liquor off-sale Address: 5739 E. Russell Road, HendersonOwner: HPRW Inc.

America’s Security Business type: contractor Address: 6625 S. Valley View Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Did not disclose

AMR Auto Group Inc.Business type: Maintenance services Address: 500 Miller Ave., North Las VegasOwner: AMR Auto Group Inc.

Anna Marie Del Pizzo Business type: Real estate sales Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 130, Las Vegas

Owner: Anna Marie Del Pizzo

Anthony’s Drapery & Blinds Business type: General retail sales Address: 9795 Pioneer Ave., Las VegasOwner: Alex Stella

Barrick Gold North AmericaBusiness type: Office Address: 2270 corporate circle, Suite 100, HendersonOwner: Barrick Gold Of North America Inc.

Best of Both Worlds Business type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite I30, Las VegasOwner: Linda G. Burgess

Bin 702 Business type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 500 S. Grand central Parkway, Las VegasOwner: BIN 702 LLc

Borunda ConstructionBusiness type: Maintenance services Address: 5020 Blue Rose St., North Las VegasOwner: Ines Borunda

Bryson ChristensenBusiness type: Solicitors and ped-dlersAddress: 2765 craigmillar St., HendersonOwner: Bryson christensen Cambio Total Business type: Food specialty store Address: 4620 Meadows Lane, Suite 110, Las VegasOwner: Antonio Zuniga Cannon Management Company Business type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 7473 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: DFt Inc. Chapel of the FlowersBusiness type: PackageAddress: 1717 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las VegasOwner: Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr. Cheaper StoreBusiness type: General retail salesAddress: 1829 E. charleston Blvd., Suite 105, Las VegasOwner: Uciel Almeida Ruiz Cigarbox ComBusiness type: tobacco sales/loungeAddress: 1860 Western Ave., Las VegasOwner: Malecon tobacco LLc Clarissa SalcidoBusiness type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite

101, Las VegasOwner: clarissa Salcido LLc

Collins EngineersBusiness type: Professional servicesAddress: 3130 S. Durango Drive , Las VegasOwner: collins Engineers Inc. Competitive Pool ServiceBusiness type: Pool and spa clean-ing serviceAddress: 717 Antique Silver Ave., North Las VegasOwner: Gustavo Minero Complete Escrow Services Corp.Business type: Mobile notary serviceAddress: 117 S. Water St., Suite A, HendersonOwner: complete Escrow Services corp. Crystal Waters Custom Pools LLCBusiness type: Swimming pool contracting serviceAddress: 9221 Sunnyfield Drive, Las VegasOwner: Monteray Von Gesner Cyrilla Pet Spas LLCBusiness type: General servicesAddress: 1591 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 150, Las VegasOwner: Dean Decristoforo D&C Coin Laundromat #1Business type: General retail salesAddress: 4450 E. charleston Blvd., Suite 4, Las VegasOwner: cheryl caprini Daisy’s Boutique Business type: General retail salesAddress: 235 N. Eastern Ave., Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Daisy G. Nava Aguilar Dara JonesBusiness type: Real estate salesAddress: 8683 W. Sahara Ave., Las VegasOwner: Dara Jones David Correa Photography Business type: Photography busi-ness Address: 6715 Sugarbird court, Las VegasOwner: David correa Photography LLc Diana NicholsBusiness type: Nonfarm product vendorAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Diana Nichols Diane TuttleBusiness type: Real estate salesAddress: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Diane tuttle Dick Blair Realty

Business type: Property manage-mentAddress: 833 Nevada Way, Suite 2, Boulder cityOwner: Loudin Group LLc Divine Gourmet GelatinesBusiness type: Sales/servicesAddress: 4515 checker Way, North Las VegasOwner: Rosa E. Ostler Doggie Stylz Business type: General retail salesAddress: 8400 Farm Road, Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Hairy Barkers LLc Dos BrothersBusiness type: Mobile food vendorAddress: 439 Rock Quarry Way, Las VegasOwner: Efelix Inc. Edgar Theisen Business type: Real estate salesAddress: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las VegasOwner: Edgar theisen Elisa ShroutBusiness type: Independent mas-sage therapist Address: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Elisa Shrout Enterprise Rent-A-CarBusiness type: Automobile rentalAddress: 100 corporate Park Drive, HendersonOwner: Enterprise Leasing company-West LLc Eric Gonzalez Business type: Real estate salesAddress: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140 , Las VegasOwner: Eric Gonzalez

BuILDInG PeRMITS$1,432,229, commercial-addition104 W. Mayflower Ave., North Las VegasBentar Development Inc.

$800,000, single-family resi-dential305 Rosemary Lane, Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$327,518, appliance replacement 2442 tour Edition Drive, Hender-sonAn Ideal Services

$240,000, appliance replace-ment 1610 Lefty Garcia Way, HendersonDonald H. Austin and Barbara J. Austin

$202,503, residential - building production293 Mandarin Hill Lane, HendersonPardee Homes of Nevada


$202,281, residential - building production 290 Mandarin Hill Lane, HendersonPardee Homes of Nevada

$200,000, pool and/or spa 6050 N. Decatur Blvd., North Las Vegast White North LLc

$194,616, single-family residen-tial9705 Summer Bliss Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$183,373, residential - building production 298 Mandarin Hill Lane, HendersonPardee Homes of Nevada

$175,399, residential-new4337 Shady River Ave., North Las VegaskB Home Nevada Inc.

$170,342, residential - building production 323 Via Della Greca, HendersonGreystone Nevada

$169,732, residential - building production 831 Via Serenelia, HendersonGreystone Nevada

$169,732, residential - building production 327 Via Della Greca, HendersonGreystone Nevada

$168,721, single-family residen-tial386 calabria Ridge St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$168,721, single-family residen-tial379 Messina Strait St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$162,191, residential - building production 840 Via Serenelia, HendersonGreystone Nevada

$157,019, single-family residen-tial12209 Nasino Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$156,323, single-family residen-tial370 calabria Ridge St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$148,661, residential - building production 3156 Del Dotto Walk, HendersonkB Home Nevada Inc.

$148,661, residential - building

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Records and Transactionsproduction 297 Mandarin Hill Lane, HendersonPardee Homes of Nevada

$145,450, single-family residen-tial3201 Skipworth Drive, Las VegasLV Service Solutions LLC

$145,279, residential - building production 396 Ambitious St., Ryland Homes 117, HendersonRyland Homes

$143,005, residential - building production 279 Via San Gabriella, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada LLC

$142,483, single-family residen-tial6701 Conquistador St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$142,050, residential-new108 Chino Ave., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.

$138,550, single-family residen-tial7324 Durand Park St., Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$138,550, single-family residen-tial10711 Hammett Park Ave., Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$134,434, single-family residen-tial6733 Bristle Falls St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$125,446, office1160 N. Town Center Drive, Suite 390, Las VegasNevada General Construction

$122,187, single-family residential6725 Bristle Falls St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$120,231, single-family residen-tial10758 Fenway Park Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes

$118,963, residential-new6209 Irene Porter St., North Las VegasRyland Homes

$118,963, residential-new6205 Irene Porter St., North Las VegasRyland Homes

$118,103, residential-new27 Heathrow Lake Ave., North Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada LLC

$118,103, residential-new35 Heathrow Lake Ave., North Las

VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada LLC







$113,727, residential - building production835 Via Serenelia, HendersonGreystone Nevada

$113,227, single-family residential7889 Saber Tooth St., Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$113,173, residential - building production702 Bollons Island St., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$112,397, townhouse - production 1525 Spiced Wine Ave., HendersonRyland Homes

$111,399, residential - building production 398 Ambitious St., Ryland Homes 116, HendersonRyland Homes

$110,678, residential - building production 3158 Del Dotto Walk, HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$108,865, single-family residen-tial10818 Faulkner Run Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes

$107,887, single-family residen-tial7877 Saber Tooth St., Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.




$106,649, single-family residen-tial8915 Hull Bay Ave., Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$106,649, single-family residen-tial6752 Byron Bay Court, Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$105,868, commercial-addition3420 Losee Road, North Las VegasStarco Construction Co. Inc.




$102,527, residential - building production 939 Harbor Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$102,000, commercial7083 W. Craig Road, Las VegasStoffer & Stoffer Inc.

$101,609, single-family residen-tial3702 Gilmore Creek St., Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.


$100,444, residential-new5840 Brown Tree Lane, North Las VegasBeazer Homes Holdings Corp.


$99,122, single-family residential6756 Byron Bay Court, Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.





$86,391, residential - building production41 Arista Port St., HendersonRyland Homes

$82,748, mounted photovoltaic system6141 Racel St., Las VegasSolarCity Corp.

$76,680, photovoltaic 942 Trinity Pond Circle, HendersonJersey Electric

$59,150, building - solar6237 Double Oak St., North Las VegasSolarCity Corp.

$56,133, building - electric3901 Donna St., North Las VegasT&M Controls Inc.

$55,749, mounted photovoltaic system8916 Glenistar Gate Ave., Las VegasSolarCity Corporation

$54,729, residential - electrical 338 Kansas Ave., HendersonNicole and Russell Chandler

$52,000, pool and/or spa11544 White Cliffs Ave.., Las VegasPoolscapes LLC

$51,978, mounted photovoltaic system9317 Verlaine Court, Las VegasRenewable Energy Electric

$50,253, mounted photovoltaic system8821 Saint Cloud Court, Las VegasSolarCity Corp.

$50,000, building -electric2333 Las Vegas Blvd. North, North Las VegasKSK Electric Inc.

$48,230, building - solar6443 Gentle Falls Lane, North Las VegasSolarCity Corp.

$48,000, pool and/or spa 309 Violetta Ave., North Las VegasBlue Haven Pools

$47,500, pool and/or spa 4640 Del Laguna Court, North Las VegasGreencare Designs

$46,327, mounted photovoltaic system9416 Leadbrick St., Las VegasSolarCity Corp.

$43,800, pool and/or spa11321 Altura Vista Drive, Las Vegas

PPAS LV LLC

$43,680, building - solar1019 Hollowbluff Ave., North Las VegasSolarCity Corp.

$43,402, service change8221 Wooden Windmill Court, Las VegasSunrun Installation Services

$42,800, mounted photovoltaic system6709 Pyracantha Glen Court, Las VegasRobco Electric Inc.

$42,600, mounted photovoltaic system7417 Via Sistina St., Las VegasRobco Electric Inc.

$42,573, photovoltaic 3624 Via De Leoni Ave., Hender-sonSolarCity Corp.

COnVenTIOnS Association of Professional Pierc-ers - 2015 Annual Conference and ExpositionLocation: Flamingo Dates: June 7-12Expected attendance: 1,000

Licensing International Expo 2015Location: Mandalay Bay Dates: June 9-11Expected attendance: 13,000

Western States Roofing Contrac-tors Association 2015 Convention & TradeshowLocation: Paris Dates: June 14-17Expected attendance: 4,000

International Quality & Productiv-ity Center (IQPC) - 16th Annual Call Center WeekLocation: The Mirage Dates: June 15-19Expected attendance: 1,000

Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con 2015Location: South Point Dates: June 19-21Expected attendance: 4,000

International Esthetics Cosmetic and Spa Conference (IECS)Location: Las Vegas Convention CenterDates: June 20-22Expected attendance: 25,000

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Category: arChiteCtural firms(ranked By numBer of professional staff as of april 30)

FirmYear Est.

Professional staff

Licensed architects Recent projects Top executive(s)

1 Steelman Partners3330 W. Desert Inn RoadLas Vegas, NV 89102702-873-0221 • steelmanpartners.com

1987 110 9 Resorts World Las Vegas Paul Steelman, CEO

2 Bergman Walls & Associates2965 S. Jones Blvd., Suite CLas Vegas, NV 89146702-940-0000 • bwaltd.com

1994 70 12 Hard Rock Biloxi, Omnia Las Vegas, Linq hotel

Leonard Bergman, president

3 Friedmutter Group4022 Dean Martin DriveLas Vegas, NV 89103702-736-7477 • fglv.com

1992 57 7 Hard Rock casino bar renovation and meeting space expansion, Red Rock new restaurants and renovation of guest suites

Brad Friedmutter, founder, CEO

4 YWS Design and Architecture5005 W. Patrick LaneLas Vegas, NV 89118702-243-5670 • ywsinternational.com

2001 50 5 Bardot at Aria, Alibi Cocktail Lounge at Aria, Hakkasan VIP drop off

Tom Wucherer, principal, CEO

5a Gensler3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 650Las Vegas, NV 89169702-893-2800 • gensler.com

2004 34 10 SLS Las Vegas, NJOY Retail Beth Campbell, principal, managing director

5b Klai Juba Wald Architects4444 W. Russell Road, Suite JLas Vegas, NV 89118702-221-2254 • klaijuba.com

1995 34 13 UNLV Thomas & Mack modernization, Restoration Hardware at Tivoli Village, collection of select spaces at Linq

John B. Wald, principal

7a KGA Architecture9075 W. Diablo Drive, Third floorLas Vegas, NV 89148702-367-6900 • kgaarchitecture.com

1975 30 9 Ainsworth Game Technologies, Bishop Gorman High School, MountainView Hospital

Ed Kittrell Jr., founding partner

7b Tate Snyder Kimsey709 Valle Verde CourtHenderson, NV 89014702-456-3000 • tska.com

1960 30 10 Sahara Department of Motor Vehicles service center, Southend on Water mixed-use development, College of Southern Nevada northwest campus master plan

Windom Kimsey, president, CEO

9 SH Architecture7250 Peak Drive, Suite 216Las Vegas, NV 89128702-363-2222 • sh-architecture.com

1985 20 6 Harmon Corner retail center, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada Bonneville Transit Center, Desert National Wildlife Refuge - Corn Creek Visitor’s Center

John Anderson, president, CEO

10 Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto Architects8882 Spanish Ridge Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89148702-251-8896 • csdarchitecture.com

1986 19 4 Zappos.com headquarters, UNLV Hotel College academic building, Clark County Family Services office building and parking garage

Rick Sellers, principal, president

11 EV&A Architects900 S. Pavilion Center Drive, Suite 180Las Vegas, NV 89144702-946-8195 • edvanceassociates.com

2006 15 1 Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino, Montevista Hospital, ENT Ambulatory Surgery Center

Edward A. Vance, founder, CEO

12 SSA Architecture, Small Studio Associates4630 S. Arville St., Suite ALas Vegas, NV 89103702-873-1718 • smallstudioassociates.com

1996 13 3 Nelore Restaurant at Palazzo, Nevada Title office tenant improvement, UHC Healthcare at Galleria Henderson

Kenneth Small, principal manager

13 APTUS1200 S. Fourth St., Suite 206Las Vegas, NV 89104702-839-1200 • aptusgroup.com

2003 12 4 Downtown Market, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Jamba Juice

R. Brandon Sprague, president

14a DesignCell Architecture1725 Village Center Circle, Suite 110Las Vegas, NV 89134702-403-1575 • design-cell.com

2007 11 3 Robert T. Eglet Advocacy Center, Vantage Luxury Apartments, JS Products

Scott L. Brown and Kastysis Cechavicius, principals

14b LGA241 W. Charleston Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89102702-263-7111 • lgainc.com

1986 11 3 CCNW multi-use facility, Opportu-nity Village campus masterplan, St. Anthony of Padua

Craig Galati, principal

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