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Old photographs show the early days of PT’s pubs in the 1980s. (steve marcus/staff)
Empire adds 50th edition PT’s Pub, a staple of Southern Nevada’s gaming and dining industries, had humble but ambitious beginnings By JESSE GRANGER | Staff writer
In 1982, twin brothers Phil and Tom Boeckle opened a quaint, modest pub on the east side of town, where St. Louis Avenue becomes Palm Street. The unassuming brick building was a place for people to enjoy a frosty beer, shoot some pool and unwind from the day. Above the clay tile overhang was a sign reading “PT’s Pub.” PT’ s , Co nt inu e d o n page 15
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Number of Disney items that will be put up for auction by Van Eaton Galleries, including an original score of the first Mickey Mouse song, which is expected to sell for at least $15,000.
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Amount that every adult citizen of Switzerland would receive each month if a national referendum passes. The income would be untaxed and would replace various welfare payments.
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NOTEWORTHY STORIES
05 06 18 Q&A WITH ANDREW COURTNEY
MEET: DOG HAUS VEGAS
The director of entertainment for the Hard Rock Hotel talks about what he looks for when booking talent, why he didn’t try to become a touring musician himself and shares some of the bands his venues have lined up for summer. THE NOTES People on the move, P4
Ian Vanderburg recently opened his franchise, serving grown-up versions of a classic kids favorite. The Dog Haus brand was founded in 2010 and has 18 locations nationally, with plans to expand to 135 locations. TALKING POINTS Be prepared for the second act of the recession, P7
DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION A listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits.
MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWS Calendar: Happenings and events, P17 The List: Publicly reporting companies and public relations firms, P22-23
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RECESSION HAS LEFT LAS VEGAS HOUSING MARKET STILL CRAWLING WITH ZOMBIES Las Vegas’ once-pummeled housing market has made strides the past few years, but it still grapples with plenty of leftover problems from the recession. Among them: “zombie” foreclosures. Some 6.8 percent of Las Vegas-area homes in the foreclosure process — but not yet bank-owned — are vacant. That’s down from 9.9 percent in the second quarter of 2015, though it’s above the current U.S. rate of 4.7 percent, according to a new report from RealtyTrac. Las Vegas’ rate was 31st among the 146 metro areas listed in the report. Buffalo, N.Y., topped the list at 18.7 percent. Also in the report: 2.1 percent of all Las Vegasarea homes, or 13,850 properties, are vacant, compared with 1.6 percent of homes nationally. The big inventory of empty houses, many of which were abandoned by people with steep financial problems, is a continued eyesore in the valley. Such homes can blight neighborhoods, crimp property values and lure vandals and squatters. Overall, the housing market is on stronger footing than it was five or six years ago. But that doesn’t mean zombies aren’t lurking in the shadows. — ELI SEG ALL
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Tami Vogel is the Southern Hills Hospital chief nursing officer. Vogel has worked at hospitals in Florida, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas. Bartender Nectaly Mendoza of Herbs & Rye won Bartender of the Year and Lagasse’s Stadium at the Palazzo won Sports vogel Bar of the Year from Nightclub and Bar magazine. Madison Williams and Pamela Willacey are Clark County Credit Union member williams willacey services representatives. Williams, a Carlsbad, N.M., native, served as a member services representative for Aero Federal Credit Union and lead teller for Wells Fargo Bank. Willacey, a Las Vegas native, was an eBranch representative for 11 years with One Nevada Credit Union. Mary-Sarah Kinner is public relations manager at the Glenn Group, a marketing company. She was public relations coordinator for Reno and served as press secretary and communications director for Gov. Brian Sandoval.
space as well as 9,000 square feet of storage space in two buildings. The cost of the purchase was not disclosed. In other news for the distillery, H&C won two awards at the 16th annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The company’s Smoke Wagon Bourbon, in the “aged up to five years” category, took home gold; its Silver Dollar Vodka won silver. Glenn Trowbridge, longtime volunteer member of the Clark County Credit Union board of directors, resigned after serving on the board continuously for 30 years. He developed and monitored safety and soundness as well as guiding policy for operations. Trowbridge is trowbirdge also a professional judge for boxing and mixed martial arts matches. Euphoria Wellness Dispensary is selling “Segerblom Haze,” a strain of medical marijuana named for state Sen. Richard “Tick” Segerblom. Adam Goodman, retirement planner, independent financial advisor and founder of Goodman Lifetime Wealth Strategies, has earned the Retirement Income Certified Professional designation from the American College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Kenny Kimball is the president of Smith’s. He succeeds Jay Cummins, who retired.
kinner Francine Peterman is the national director and dean of the Western Governors University Teachers College. Scott Pulsipher is WGU’s president.
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Anthony Aguilar obtained his Certificated Public Accountant certification for Nevada. A graduate of UNLV with a Master of Science in accounting, he has been an associate with Johnson Advisors since January 2014. Crystal Lagoons is partnering with Steve Wynn to build a 38-acre lagoon on the current site of the Wynn Golf Club.
Tara Mitchell is economic development manager at the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance. Glenn Alai, longtime manager for Penn & Teller, has been appointed to the Aid for AIDS of Nevada’s board of directors. mitchell
Nevada H&C Distilling purchased 3.02 acres from Las Vegas to expand its operations. The company, owned by Jonathan Hensleigh and Aaron Chepenik, currently operates out of 418 W. Mesquite Ave. and will be able to build 10,000 square feet of manufacturing and office
Nevada Department of Transportation public information officer Tony Illia won a 2016 Hermes Creative Award for Best Publication Article. The piece entitled, “Don Ahern Does it His Way,” appeared in Engineering News-Record.
Catherine Raynor is the North Las Vegas city clerk. Nevada State Bank promoted Sonny Vinuya to vice president, professional banking relationship manager. Vinuya will focus his expertise on serving high-net worth medical, legal and accounting professionals. MountainView Hospital’s vinuya Graduate Medical Education General Surgery Residency Program Director Dr. Paul W. Nelson is an author in an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine titled “Survival Benefit with Kidney Transplants from HLAIncompatible Live Donors.” President Barack Obama appointed Nancy E. Brune, executive director of the Kenny Guinn Center of Policy Priorities, to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. In 2014, Brune authored “The State of Latinos in the Intermountain West.” The Guinn Center is currently working on a number of policy reports that are exploring the STEM minority gap in Nevada, college access and affordability, and educational outcomes of English language learners with disabilities. Brune also serves as a senior fellow at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law and serves as the chairwoman of the Institutional Advisory Council of the College of Southern Nevada. UberEspañol is available in Nevada. The Uber feature allows riders to request an UberX with a Spanish-speaking driver. The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is partnering with Waze’s Connected Citizens Program to enable the Waze app’s users to access real-time, government-reported data on road construction, traffic accidents and road closures. The College of Southern Nevada opened a biological anthropology lab. The lab features bones, stone tools and other archaeological paraphernalia, labgrade microscopes, DNA kits and other equipment. The Environmental Defense Fund and Black Rock Solar joined the Bring Back Solar Alliance. Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza is open at 673 Mall Ring Circle, Henderson. It’s the chain’s third Southern Nevada location.
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Q&A with andrew courtney
In love with live music, on and off the clock At age 23, Andrew Courtney was working for Bruce Springsteen, managing the rock and roll icon’s guest lists. Courtney got to travel the world with The Boss, but when it came time to plant roots, he and his wife, a graduate of Green Valley High School, chose Southern Nevada. As director of entertainment at the Hard Rock Hotel, Courtney takes advantage of the thriving local music scene to keep seats filled nightly at several venues. Do you have any updates you’d like to share? We’re gearing up for the warm weather, which means on any one night we’ll have four or five events going on between the Joint, Vinyl, Center Bar, Friday Night Live at the Pool and various other lounges on property. Tell us about a talent booking that makes you particularly proud. I’m excited about what we have going on at Friday Night Live at the Pool this year. With all of the festivals popping up across the country, I think music fans are more used to seeing their favorite bands outside, under the stars. This summer, we’re bringing back some successful shows from years past to rock the pool — Atmosphere, Pepper and Ozomatli — and rounded it out with artists of all genres — Eagles of Death Metal, Mac DeMarco, Mayer Hawthorne, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and more. How did you get your start in this career? I started booking ska and punk bands in the suburbs of D.C. as a junior in high school. I called up the phone number on the back of one of Less Than Jake’s first CDs, and sure enough the drummer answered. And even stranger, I talked a local coffee shop into renting me their space on a Friday night. Thousands of fliers from Kinko’s and a hundred dubbed cassettes later, there was a packed house and the start of my career as a concert promoter. And we just booked Less Than Jake to play as part of the Van’s Warped Tour on Aug. 9 in the lot behind the hotel. So basically I have been doing the same thing since I was 16. What do you look for when booking talent? Talent, for starters. And recent history for strong ticket sales in the market doesn’t hurt, either. The great thing about the Hard Rock is the number of venues we have on property. A band can grow with us and move
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Honestly, continuing what I have been doing. There is no better feeling than seeing a packed crowd connect with musicians on stage. What is your dream job? This is my dream job. From very early on I knew I didn’t have the chops to make it on the front lines as a musician. So I’ve stuck behind the scenes ever since and haven’t looked back. I can nail a 10-second drum solo, though, if nobody’s watching. If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be? I live in Green Valley, so maybe Summerlin?
Andrew Courtney, Hard Rock Hotel’s entertainment director, started his career booking musical talent at 16 by cold-calling a band. (Christopher DeVargas)
up through the different capacities we have available instead of jumping ship for another property. The Growlers sold out two nights in Vinyl last year, so we just booked them for a show out at the larger Pool stage for our annual Friday Night Live series in September. And then the goal would be to have them headline the Joint next year. If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be? The perception from out-of-towners is that everybody in Las Vegas lives on the Strip. Yes, there are suburbs and schools and even parks here. What has been your most exciting professional project? The series of free DJ sets we have scheduled for the Center Bar have been some of my favorite bookings of the year. The goal was to create a buzz on the casino floor, using the newly redesigned Center Bar as the hub. And not pulling from the same list of DJs that Vegas has been known for lately. So we had Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine kick things
off, followed up with the King of Partying, Andrew W.K. Throw in sets from Flavor Flav, Scott Ian from Anthrax, DJ Kilmore from Incubus and Sebastian Bach from Skid Row, and it’s a diverse list of great musicians that fit with the authenticity that the Hard Rock Hotel is known for. Basically, anybody walking through our doors on a Saturday night can say “Hey” to a bona fide rock star. What are you reading? I’m constantly scouring the web for music blogs on the next big thing. Always have to stay one step ahead of the competition. What do you do after work? I love taking advantage of living in the restaurant capital of the world. And it might sound crazy, but on days off, I’m normally out checking out more live music. The music scene has grown tenfold since I moved here in 2008, and as a community, it is important that music lovers embrace everything Vegas has to offer. Bands that used to skip Vegas 10 years ago are now asking their agents to start their tours off here.
Whom do you admire? The executive team here at the hotel. No idea is too crazy. They are constantly giving me the tools to try new things. And in an ever-evolving town like Las Vegas, new is necessary. What is your biggest pet peeve? Bands that don’t show up on time for sound check. Sure, we have the best crew in town and will still make it happen. But nobody likes to sweat if they don’t have to. Where do you like to go for business lunches? When I bring people on property, Culinary Dropout has an amazing menu, a beer list I can drool at during lunch, and the view from the patio can’t be beat. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? My tendency to have a messy desk. But I can produce any piece of paper you’re looking for in a moment’s notice. What is something that people might not know about you? I can do the Running Man quite well.
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by the numbers
15 percent Share of U.S. consumers who, according to a University of Michigan survey, would prefer to ride in a car that drove, while 46 percent preferred cars with no selfdriving functions and 39 percent would be OK with a car that can drive itself under certain circumstances.
85 percent Share of U.S. adults who are nonsmokers, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rate climbed 2 points from 2014, the largest increase since 1993.
2/3 Fraction of respondents to a Northwestern Mutual survey who said there’s at least some chance they will outlive their savings. Only 21 percent, though, said they have increased their savings.
$300 million Amount Volkswagen has invested in the ride-hailing app Gett, an Israeli startup that launched in 2010 as a potential rival to Uber and Lyft.
100,000 Number of jobs that will be added to the economy as a result of a new rule on overtime introduced by the Obama administration, according to Goldman Sachs.
35% Share of millennial men who live with their parents, according to a study by the Pew Research Center. Among millennial women, the share was 29 percent. It is the first time in American history that a plurality of young adults in the 18-34 age bracket lived with their parents.
$62 Billion Amount that German pharmaceutical and chemical conglomerate Bayer AG offered to buy Monsanto Co. The biotech seed giant rejected the offer but said it remained open to further talks.
Adam Roll, general manager of Dog Haus, displays a “Sooo Cali” dog and a beer at the restaurant. The Californiabased chain specializes in creative hot dogs, burgers, sausages and fries. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)
Grown-up hot dogs for the kid in us Describe your business.
dog haus vegas Address: 4480 Paradise Road Phone: 702-435-4287 Email: info@doghaus.com Website: doghaus.com Hours of operation: 11 a.m.-4 a.m. daily Owned/operated by: Franchisee Ian Vanderburg; the first Dog Haus location opened in 2010 and was founded by Hagop Giragossian, Quasim Riaz and André Vener In business since: March
Dog Haus was founded to recapture the nostalgic childhood experience of eating a hot dog. We offer gourmet Haus Dogs, sausages and burgers served on grilled Hawaiian rolls. Our Haus Dogs are all-beef, skinless dogs loaded with toppings. Among the menu items are the Sooo Cali, with wild arugula, crispy onions, spicy basil aioli avocado and tomato; Downtown Dog, featuring a smoked bacon-wrapped dog topped with caramelized onions, mayo, pickled red peppers, mustard and ketchup; or Cowboy, with smoked bacon, barbecue sauce, white American cheese and crispy onions.
etc. I want to know their names and their orders when they walk through the door. Serving a great mix of loyal locals and visitors from around the world is what makes Dog Haus Vegas unique and why I’m excited to come to work every day. What is the best part about doing business in Las Vegas?
Las Vegas offers a unique and exciting cross-section of people who we enjoy getting to meet and serve every day. We see families, college students, business professionals, industry professionals, cab drivers, retirees and visitors from all around the globe. What obstacles has your business overcome?
Las Vegas has shown a lot of love toward the Fonz, a spicy Italian sausage topped with pastrami and melted mozzarella. Among our burgers, here in Las Vegas, it’s the Hangover, topped with smoked bacon, haus chili, a fried egg, white American cheese and mayo.
Besides getting a liquor license in Las Vegas? That struggle is well worth it to provide our customers with a full bar and handcrafted spiked milkshakes that won’t cost you $15 like at some other places. Being the new kid in town, we are still working to spread awareness of Dog Haus and build up the buzz for our new restaurant.
What’s the most important part of your job?
What have you learned from the recession?
Whether you’re a Vegas local or in town visiting, when you come to eat, you’re looking for good food and a fun time. The most important part of my job is ensuring the iconic Dog Haus experience for every customer. It’s also important to me to build relationships with our local customers and nearby businesses, casinos, schools,
The recession was a test of Dog Haus’ core values. By sticking with our mission, values and promise to our customers, we have come through stronger and more well-defined than ever. Building a loyal, passionate customer base is very important to us. Loyal customers have helped us overcome obstacles and grow nationally.
What’s your most popular dish?
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Be prepared for the recession’s second act
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guest column: there are other Nevada Supreme Court f you or anyone you know was frank flansburg III decisions applying shorter state statutes of caught in the net of the recession, limitations to claims made by successors staring down breach of guarantee to the FDIC. Thus, the first hurdle of the claims by banks, brace yourself for statute of limitations remains a challenge, the next wave of activity. When confronted and clever creditors are finding ways to extend the time with guarantee claims by banks, clients generally have they have to chase borrowers and guarantors. three responses: fight the claim, settle the claim or concede to the claim. Many caught in the recession consented to the n Assignment of fraudulent transfer claims. Most of bank’s claim with the expectation that nothing would come the fraudulent transfer claims creditors are likely to assert of the judgment because assets were protected or because were assigned to collection companies when purchasing the the banks would lose interest. People who chose this path rights to a judgment. It is not clear, however, whether sucshould continue to read carefully, because they have decessors can pursue an assigned fraudulent transfer claim. fenses that should not be overlooked. At least one court has ruled that fraudulent transfer claims are not assignable. Interestingly, that court relied n The next wave of claims. Many banks that obtained upon the same cases cited by the Nevada Supreme Court judgments are disposing of those judgments by selling them in reaching its decision. Again, successor creditors to the to third-party collection companies. These are the same FDIC argue that they can avail themselves of federal rights sophisticated creditors that purchased debt from the FDIC (belonging to the FDIC) to avoid such limitations. Thus, in the first instance to pursue claims, and they have reinthere is a question whether Fraudulent Transfer Claims can vented themselves to collect on judgments. be prosecuted by assignees. n Statute of limitation defenses. The main target of new lawsuits is the estate planning by the judgment debtors. Inn Conclusion. Judgment debtors should be prepared for deed, many took the position that their assets were protected another assault by creditors who see another opportunity and there could be no claims for a fraudulent transfer, which to profit. Companies that sought and received assignments typically have a statute of limitations of one to four years. of judgments are going to be pursuing fraudulent transfer Not to be deterred, however, creditors (who succeeded to claims. If you have done asset planning and have judgments FDIC claims) raise the issue of whether they benefit from a against you, be prepared for the next wave of assault by oplonger statute of limitations. The extended statute of limitaportunistic creditors and seek legal counsel. tions clearly applies to the FDIC (if it were the plaintiff) Frank Flansburg III is co-owner of the law firm Schwartz based upon a recent Nevada Supreme Court decision; but, Flansburg.
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City leaders hot on getting NFL team, not sold on public funding for stadium By j.d. morris Staff Writer
Backers of a proposed 65,000-seat football stadium have presented local tourism leaders with a tricky question: How badly do they want to bring an NFL team to Las Vegas, and how much public money do they want to recommend using to make that happen? The answer to the first part is relatively clear, as officials have expressed widespread support for having the NFL in Southern Nevada. The second part of the question, however, remains up for debate. The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee is developing an answer as it vets plans for a $1.4 billion domed stadium that could house an NFL franchise, the UNLV football team and other large events. The committee heard about the proposal at two previous meetings, and it’s expected to return to the issue this month. Supporters of the stadium project, which is being backed by Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Majestic Realty Co., have said it would have a huge positive effect on the local economy and help drive more visitation to the valley. Yet the plan presented to the infrastructure committee included a steep price: $750 million in public money, potentially from hotel room taxes paid largely by tourists. Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis made it clear to the committee that he would do everything he could to make the stadium, if built, his team’s new home. Davis pledged $500 million to support the project, with $200 million of that coming from an NFL loan. The remaining $150 million in private funds for the stadium would come from Sands and Majestic. Plans also have called for the creation of a tax increment district, which Majestic Executive Vice President Craig Cavileer has characterized as a mechanism that would help the stadium’s private backers get a return on their investment. “We build a billion-four project, bring (an NFL) team, it now generates a substantial amount of incremental tax revenue ... and so we would take that increment that we created by our investment there,” Cavileer said in an interview. “Without that increment,
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis stands with local Raiders fans after a meeting of the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee at UNLV. (steve marcus/staff)
you would not be successful in your investment.” Generally speaking, the district could allow the stadium to retain some tax revenue generated by the venue, the rationale being that the revenue wouldn’t have existed without the stadium being built and therefore isn’t a loss to taxpayers. The district could theoretically include property taxes, live entertainment taxes paid on tickets at stadium concerts, sales taxes from merchandise sales and so on. Details of the proposed tax district are unclear, however, including exactly which taxes would be involved. But Guy Hobbs, managing director of Hobbs, Ong & Associates, said the district would likely not encompass any revenues that weren’t directly incidental to the stadium. Hobbs, who sits on the infrastructure panel’s technical advisory committee, said tax increment revenue could flow into a pool of money that also would include funds from operating the stadium. All of that could be used to pay the stadium expenses, he said, and any remaining revenue could be used to help provide a financial return to Sands and Majestic. Hobbs also noted that the private backers would be responsible for covering any operating shortfalls and construction cost overruns at the stadium. And he said it would be important to “stress test” the tax increment numbers to consider what an appropriate return would look like.
“If that number gets to a point where it’s perceived to be — or is — too high, then there could be a revenue-sharing arrangement at certain levels, where part of that goes to a return to the equity investors and part of that goes back to the public,” Hobbs said. “Otherwise, you could have these unbridled returns, and I don’t think anybody is interested in that. This whole notion of the tax increment flowing in and somehow enriching the equity investors beyond reason is not going to happen.” Still, the idea of the tax-increment district has drawn some skepticism, including from Neil deMause, coauthor of the book “Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money Into Private Profit.” DeMause has written critically about the recent Las Vegas stadium proposal, and he’s been particularly wary of the proposed tax district. DeMause said there were “tons of examples” of tax-increment financing either falling short of projections or causing other negative repercussions. For the Sands-Majestic proposal, he said that problems with a tax district would depend on what stadium backers asked for, but he remained strongly opposed to the general idea of $750 million in public funding. “That’s an awfully high starting point,” deMause said. “The question for me is not whether this is a bad deal for Nevada — it’s how bad of a deal.” Figures vary on the exact share of public financing for stadiums in other
cities. But data provided at the infrastructure committee’s March meeting indicated that stadium projects undertaken in recent years — such as Levi’s Stadium in Northern California — generally have not required the amount of public funding initially proposed in the Sands-Majestic plan. But the specific amount of public funding requested by the Las Vegas stadium backers could easily change, given that the infrastructure committee should consider a separate analysis in the future. Steve Hill, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development who chairs the committee, said it was important for the panel to have its own information so it wasn’t relying strictly on figures provided by Sands and Majestic. Part of the committee’s analysis will include looking at how much of the stadium’s impact would “simply be a replacement for something else,” Hill said. “For example, how many tourists — incrementally new tourists — would come to Las Vegas as a result of the stadium, versus how many would come and just displace somebody different who would have come and paid the same amount for a room, or close, and spent the same amount of money in town?” Hill said. “All of that information is what we’re trying to put together.” Hill said work may not be totally wrapped up by the committee meeting this month, but he expected to have a significant amount of it completed by then. While the stadium figures have yet to be fully vetted, even the early numbers have been received critically by some prominent casino executives. MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren said he was “extraordinarily receptive to the idea” of a stadium for an NFL team, but he called the idea proposed in April “financially untenable,” noting particular concern about the proposed tax-increment district. Murren also said funding the $1.4 billion expansion and renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center — which he called “the single most important economic engine of the entire valley” — was more pressing. He said improved transportation infra-
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have to approve the move. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones added positive momentum on that front recently when he said he wasn’t opposed to having a team in Las Vegas. Jones said the “gambling aspect” of Las Vegas was “far overshadowed by the entertainment value” and that the city “does not have disfavor with me, in my opinion, relative to being an NFL city,” Sports Xchange reported. Working through the funding plans
and getting a favorable recommendation from the infrastructure committee is the most immediate hurdle the stadium project has to clear. Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak, a member of the infrastructure panel, has raised a number of questions about the stadium plans. He said he wanted to hear more about what the return would be for the public’s investment. “If the public is going to put in
$750 million, there’s got to be some return on that,” he said. Sisolak said he did not think the return should go entirely to private backers, but he added that “we’ll have to look at what they propose.” Still, if the committee can approve a suitable funding recommendation for the stadium, Sisolak said he was confident the venue would benefit Las Vegas tourism and the local economy — “no doubt about it.”
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structure should be another top priority because “there’s no point in building a stadium if no one can drive or walk to it.” Murren is not unilaterally opposed to getting a stadium built, however. “A stadium is absolutely in the conversation, and one that I’m welcoming because of my personal belief that football is awesome and it would be just another great way of elevating Las Vegas,” Murren said. “We’ll dedicate a lot of time to helping the proponents of that type of idea move their plan forward. We’re certainly not going to obstruct anything. We just want to understand this, and get to at least the requisite amount of information that a billionplus type of investment deserves, and I think we just don’t have that right now.” Similarly, Jan Jones Blackhurst, Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s executive vice president of government relations and corporate responsibility, said she would “love the Raiders to come to Las Vegas.” But she had reservations about using public money. “I’d have to have some very compelling reasons to support using public money to build a stadium,” Jones Blackhurst, a former Las Vegas mayor, said. Importantly, neither Murren nor Jones Blackhurst sits on the infrastructure committee, but other representatives of their companies are on the panel. And the stadium proposal has drawn strong support from Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, who sits on the committee. Goodman recently told ESPN that “the Raiders will come if Nevada handles this properly,” and she relayed a similarly positive sentiment at the infrastructure committee meeting in April. Casino mogul Steve Wynn also has spoken to Davis about the possibility of the Raiders in Las Vegas, and Wynn reportedly supports the idea, as well. Even if support from the committee translates into a favorable funding recommendation, the stadium project would face other obstacles. One is that Gov. Brian Sandoval likely would need to call a special session of the Legislature to get the project’s funding secured in a timely manner. Cavileer said he’d already felt a lot of support from public officials for the concept of bringing the Raiders to Las Vegas. “They want to know more details. They’re watching with a keen eye, as they should, and they need to evaluate the project,” he said. “(But) I haven’t found anyone who doesn’t think the idea is terrific.” Another hurdle facing the stadium is that 24 of 32 NFL team owners would
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Curb appeal: This plywood alternative might better deter vacant-home break-ins By eli segall Staff Writer
At first glance, the small, decadesold house off East Charleston Boulevard looks worn-down, in need of a paint job and landscaping at the very least. But inside, the Las Vegas home shows what it’s become: a trashed gathering spot for squatters, vagrants and junkies. Shopping carts are scattered about, floors are covered with trash, mattresses are stacked on each other, and walls and ceilings are torn apart. “Ain’t (expletive) back there, stay out,” says a message scrawled on a wall. “Violent tweekers on guard.” The house has been a problem for years, and it’s not the only abandoned, beat-up property in Las Vegas. Now, in an effort to prevent this sort of blight, City Hall is testing whether boarding windows with an alternative to plywood will keep people from breaking into vacant houses again and again. Safeguard Properties founder Robert Klein, whose Ohio-based company inspects homes for lenders, held a news conference recently at 106 Shiloah Drive and showcased his SecureView product to Metro Police officers, Las Vegas firefighters, code-enforcement officers, reporters and others. Installed on the abandoned, 1,000-square-foot home as part of a city pilot program, SecureView is a sheet plastic made of polycarbonate. According to Klein, it’s “unbreakable” and lets first responders see inside a house before entering. He said plywood pushes down property values and sparks a rise in vandalism. SecureView, however, looks like a window and unlike plywood, city officials say, doesn’t mark a house as being abandoned. Klein said he’s boarded “millions of properties over the past 25 years,” and he used plywood because it was “the only thing we had.” “Plywood is a cancer,” he said. Las Vegas planning director Tom Perrigo said city officials would evaluate the product, though he did not say how or for how long. They plan to install it on homes that are prone to break-ins and then expand the rollout.
Anthony Krieg, with Las Vegas Code Enforcement, takes a swing at a SecureView window product being demonstrated by Safeguard Properties to Las Vegas police and firefighters at a former squatter house. (l.e. baskow/staff)
The city boards up about 100 homes per year, he said, and about 10 to 20 percent of them are “constantly” broken into. “Hopefully it will stop some of the recidivism we’re seeing with properties,” code-enforcement supervisor Vicki Ozuna said. Ozuna said the sheets installed on the one-story house on Shiloah — near Charleston Boulevard and U.S. 95 — were given to the city for free by Klein’s company. But it was unclear how much the product would cost if installed on others. Klein said SecureView is double the price of plywood, though he did not provide dollar amounts. Ozuna said it usually costs $1,200 to $2,000 to clean a house and board it with plywood; she said she didn’t know the cost of using SecureView but indicated that people have said it’s about four times as much. The business of boarding up houses seems to be growing in Las Vegas. About five years ago, city officials normally cleaned and secured homes just 35 times per year, Ozuna said. Despite its improved housing market and economy, the Las Vegas Valley still is littered with about 13,360 empty homes, according to foreclosure-tracking firm RealtyTrac.
Metro Police, for instance, say they received at least 4,458 squatterrelated service calls in Las Vegas and unincorporated Clark County last year. That’s up 24 percent from 2014, 69 percent from 2013 and 169 percent from 2012. Many of the vacant homes are tied to the recession, which pummeled Las Vegas harder than almost any other metro area. Residents valleywide lost their homes to lenders amid sweeping job cuts, and the majority of borrowers were left underwater due to plunging home values. Such problems have eased considerably the past few years, but Las Vegas still has one of the highest rates of foreclosures and underwater borrowers in the country among large metro areas. Although “everybody believes the foreclosure crisis is over,” there still is a “very large inventory” of homes whose owners have “walked away” and whose lenders show no interest in selling, Ozuna said. She could not confirm how long the house on Shiloah had been abandoned but said it’s been boarded up at least twice. A camp for the homeless was in the backyard at one point, and she said a contractor who was recently sent to the property found needles
on the ground. And even though it has been ripped apart, it’s not the worst-looking abandoned house in town. “Actually, it’s kind of clean compared to most of them,” Ozuna said. Built in 1956, the one-bathroom, two-bedroom home sold in 2004 — during the real estate bubble — for $200,000, county records show. But problems started mounting by 2012, after the market crashed. Liens were filed for unpaid garbage bills, and city officials claimed a range of code violations. Officials ordered the owner to board up the “entire structure” due to a “history of vandalism;” fix a damaged block wall; remove a “brown Chevy pickup;” and haul away the garbage from the property, including “loose trash, broken concrete, dumped debris (and) dead vegetation,” according to filings with the Clark County Recorder’s Office. A notice of default was filed in September 2014, alleging the owner owed about $47,900. A month later, she sold the house for $35,074, county records show — 82 percent below what she paid a decade earlier. The problems, however, didn’t stop. The city filed a nuisance notice against the house in summer 2015 and another one in April, alleging several code violations. Among other things, the owners were told to “not allow homeless individuals to occupy the premises” and to remove graffiti, garbage, dead vegetation and a “junk vehicle,” a gold Chevy Cavalier. Since May 1, 2014, Metro Police have had at least five calls for service at the property, including a narcotics arrest and a body, said Officer Jesse Roybal, a spokesman. A neighbor said a woman overdosed there. Roybal said a woman’s body was found there in March, but at the time, nothing suspicious was reported about the death. Owner Dante Pugliese said he had tried to arrange a short sale, but the banks are “not responding” and he’s “pretty much walking away” from the home. Pugliese said he cleaned the place five or six times, but added there are a “lot of code violations involved.” “At this point, I’m probably just at the end of my rope on it,” he said.
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‘We have been a pretty tight-knit family’ Thirty-four years later, that name is synonymous with pub-style drinking and gambling in Las Vegas. PT’s, now part of Golden Entertainment Inc., has become the No. 1 tavern chain in Nevada and opened its 50th location recently near the new Ikea store at Sunset Road and Durango Drive. There are PT’s Pubs and affiliated brands from Reno to Henderson, including Sierra Gold, PT’s Ranch, Sean Patrick’s Irish Pub and a PT’s Brewing Co. The multimillion-dollar business is almost unrecognizable from its inception in 1982. “Back then, there were like six of us,” said Gary Berger, who bartended at the original PT’s. Berger had worked for Phil and Tom at a sandwich shop before turning 21, then helped them open the pub. “It was your mom-and-pop kind of operation. We were kind of flying by the seat of the pants, learning as we were going.” Sierra Gold taverns are part of the PT’s brand. There are four such taverns in the Las Vegas Valley. Below, twin brothers Phil When the Boeckles hired Berger, he and Tom Boeckle are pictured at the first PT’s Pub. (above: mikayla whitmore/staff; below: steve marcus/staff) didn’t even fill out an application. They service and a quality product, PT’s has found out he was of age and threw him morphed into a household name.” behind the bar that same day. He was While continuing to broaden the PT’s promoted to manager after two years footprint, the company also is planning tending bar. a key expansion of its menus — it will “It was as basic as it gets,” he recalled. soon begin offering PT’s home-brewed “I used to hand-write my employees’ beers at every location across the valley. paychecks.” PT’s Brewing Co. opened this year on Berger moved up to regional managTenaya Way near Cheyenne Avenue, er before taking over the PT’s on Ramand company officials said it had been part and Lake Mead boulevards, where a hit. The location brews nine signature he has remained for the past 24 years. house beers, most of which are named “Back then, and to this day, we have for local streets, Sahara Pale Ale and been a pretty tight-knit family, espeDurango Double Indian Pale Ale among cially with my employees at my locathem. tion,” Berger said. “They are like my PT’s plans to add two more locations family, my brothers and sisters.” by the end of the year, and Arcana says The Boeckles expanded PT’s to 23 the company wants to build or acquire locations before selling the company a half-dozen locations every year going to Blake Sartini and Golden Entertainforward. ment in 2002. “Phil and Tom’s goal was to get big“When we bought them, they were ger and keep growing the business, and Southwest menu and cowboy-inspired Arcana said. “When we opened that lovery recognized here in town, but we when they decided to sell and Blake cocktails. cation, it really put us on the map. Evsaw something that showed us great took over, he definitely had the same The 50th location is a PT’s Ranch eryone said ‘That’s really not just your potential to be much more than they motivation to continue to grow the with even more bells and whistles than average bar.’ ” were,” said Golden Entertainment business,” Berger said. others in the chain. A grand opening is It was the same year Golden EnterCOO Steve Arcana, who joined the After three decades with PT’s and scheduled for June 9 with live music, tainment built its first two pubs from company in 2003. “They were nice watching it grow into a giant, Berger discounted appetizers and specials on the ground up. little neighborhood bars with a strong says he still loves working for the comdrinks and gaming. “It was a great moment for us,” Arfollowing, but more than anything, they pany as much as he did when he started “It is incredibly rewarding for mycana said. “We built them basically had a great core of employees.” pouring drinks on Palm Street. self and our company, to see the grand from dirt, and that was really a great acIn 2004, the first Sierra Gold opened “We are a very well-rounded busiopening of our 50th tavern,” Arcana complishment.” in Reno, giving patrons a more affluness, and I have a lot of confidence in said. “Because of the immense popuIn 2012, the first PT’s Ranch swung ent version of the pub and an expanded the company,” Berger said. “It’s been a larity of our brands in the southern open its doors on Pebble Road and food menu. The first Sierra Gold in Las great ride, and I’ve enjoyed the entire Nevada community, in addition to our Eastern Avenue. The 7,000 square-foot, Vegas opened the next year. thing.” commitment in delivering exceptional western-themed bar serves a special “It was a great benchmark for us,”
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Calendar of events TUESDAY, MAY 31
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TOBY training workshop luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: Free Location: RBM Building Services Inc., 6295 S. Pearl St., Suite 200, Las Vegas Information: Email kimberly@bomanevada.org Learn how to enter and be selected for the Building Owners and Managers Association of Nevada’s TOBY: The Outstanding Building of the Year.
Roadmap to Success Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for Henderson Chamber members; $25 nonmembers; $10 additional for walk-ins Location: Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call Bill at 702-209-3967 Learn how to negotiate a contract, including what you can and should negotiate, as well as important terms used in contracts. RSVP by May 31.
Business-to-Business Mixer Expo Time: 5:30-9 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Palace Station, 2411 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Information: Visit ltbusinessexpo.com Mingle with hundreds of business leaders, professionals and vendors.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 How to Make Money with Commercial Real Estate Referrals Time: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Keller Williams Southern Nevada, Large Training Room, 10424 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 200, Henderson Information: Call 702-777-0002 Enjoy a complimentary Champagne brunch and learn about commercial real estate, the earning of commissions and how to facilitate profit. Las Vegas India Chamber of Commerce mixer Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free India Chamber members; $20 advance/$25 door nonmembers Location: Royal India Bistro at the Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Call Bindi at 702-492-4920 Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison will speak on efforts to do business and promote tourism in India and the opening of TravelNevada offices there.
Uncorked: A Wine, Jazz and Connecting Experience Time: 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: View Wine Bar and Kitchen, 420 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas Information: Visit salesnetwork.org The National Sales Network invites sales professionals to this exclusive networking experience. Tickets are limited. AMA June luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 AMA members; $45 nonmembers Location: Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, 6515 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit amalasvegas.com Join the American Marketing Association and Kevin Camper, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Las Vegas Motor Speedway, to learn how Insomniac will make this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival the most creative and immersive yet. Sevocity Electronic Health Records Conference Time: 1 p.m., as well as 8 a.m. June 3 Cost: $49 for each preconference session; $449 event registration; $125 guest admission Location: Aria, 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit sevocity.com
Learn from industry leaders and Sevocity’s product experts about how to tighten workflows and strengthen revenue streams. Also, get updated on what’s going on in health care and health-care IT. Sales and Management career fair Time: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas Information: Visit hirelive.com HireLive hosts this job fair for professionals in sales, retail and management. Many of the hiring companies offer full benefits, opportunity for growth and $70,000 salaries plus. CREW monthly luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $40 CREW members; $50 nonmembers Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas Information: Visit crewlv.org The Commercial Real Estate Women of Las Vegas will provide updates on the economy.
FRIDAY, JUNE 3 Small Business Startup Steps Time: 9-11:30 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call 702-876-0003 This program assists attendees in planning and developing a successful local business. Advisers are available to schedule one-on-one counseling. Desayuno con Amigos Time: 7:30 a.m. Cost: $15 Latin Chamber members; $20 nonmembers Location: Sprint Store, 3862 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Information: Visit lvlcc.com Network with Latin Chamber of Commerce members over breakfast.
Conventions
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Gem & Lapidary Dealers Association Gem and Jewelry Show
Mirage
May 30-June 2
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National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs annual training conference
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June 1-3
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Las Vegas Antique Jewelry and Watch Show
Paris Las Vegas
June 2-5
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Couture 2016
Wynn Las Vegas
June 2-6
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JCK Annual Trade Show
Mandalay Bay
June 3-6
39,000
Pegasystems Inc. — PegaWorld 2016
MGM Grand
June 4-8
4,500
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society annual scientific meeting
Tropicana
June 4-12
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Records and Transactions Bankruptcies Chapter 7 Dream Car Auto Sales Inc. 4375 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 23 Las Vegas, NV 89104 Attorney: David M. Crosby at info@crosby.lvcoxmail.com
Chapter 11 Linden & Associates PC 2725 S. Jones Blvd, Suite 104 Las Vegas, NV 89146 Attorney: Ryan J. Works at rworks@mcdonaldcarano.com Victor J. Durate 4149 Pecan Pie Court Las Vegas, NV 89115 Attorney: Michael J. Harker at notices@harkerlawfirm.com Big Deer Holdings LLC 9850 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 20 Las Vegas, NV 89183 Attorney: Taylor L. Randolph at tr@randolphlawfirm.com APS-Stellar View LLC 8020 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89117 Attorney: Keen L. Ellsworth at keen@silverstatelaw.com Luz M. Frias 2113 Alhambra Circle Las Vegas, NV 89104 Attorney: Michael J. Harker at notices@harkerlawfirm.com
Bid Opportunities May 31 3 p.m. OHV registration program marketing Clark County, 604076 Sherry Wimmer at sherryw@ clarkcountynv.gov
June 2 2:15 p.m. Stephanie campus, vehicle maintenance facility: pavement, stormwater and parking improvements Clark County, 604037 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov
June 3 3 p.m. Clark County Social Service planning for VIVO permanent housing project Clark County, 604041 Sherry Wimmer at sherryw@ clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. Clark County Social Service evaluation for the VIVO housing project Clark County, 604042 Sherry Wimmer at sherryw@ clarkcountynv.gov
Brokered transactions Sales $1.2 million for 6,300 square feet, office 139 E. Warm Springs Road, Las Vegas 89119 Landlord: Foundation Executive Suites LLC Landlord agent: Dean Willmore and Chelsy Cardin Tenant: Daniel J. Beumer Tenant: Did not disclose $1.15 million for 22,540 square feet, retail 2651 Westwood Drive, Las Vegas 89109 Landlord: 2010-1 CRE NV-Industrial LLC Landlord agent: Jackie Young and Liz Clare of Avison Young Tenant: Reservoir 26 LLC Tenant: David Makabi of Network Realty $910,000 for 9,588 square feet, industrial 6847 S. Eastern Ave A&B, Las Vegas 89119 Landlord: Turner Funding Landlord agent: Brian Riffel and Tyler Jones Tenant: Nagala Family Partnership Tenant: Did not disclose $125,000 for 1.03 acres, land APN: 124-22-101-010, North Las Vegas Landlord: North Valley Land Co. LLC Landlord agent: Did not disclose Tenant: Starr Decatur LLC Tenant: Brian Fike
Lease $125,000 for 2,400 square feet, retail for 60 months 3441 W. Sahara Ave., Suites D2 and D3, Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: Teddy Enterprises and Associates Landlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: Diya Eyebrow Threading Tenant: Did not disclose $74,508 for 1,971 square feet, office for 36 months 3267 E. Warm Springs, Las Vegas 89120 Landlord: Greene Street LLC Landlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: GSP Financial Strategies Tenant: Did not disclose
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Address: 7472 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 102, Las Vegas Owner: Simone Castellano
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Records and Transactions Owner: Reyes Enterprises Inc. Associa Nevada South License type: Real estate Address: 10120 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 200, Henderson Owner: Benchmark Properties Inc. Avalon Meat Candy License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 9770 Avalon Ave., Henderson Owner: Avalon Meat Candy LLC Awesome Home Inspection LLC License type: Professional services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Richard Bovino and Katherine Enneper Ayumi Kim License type: Real estate Address: 9525 Hillwood Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Ayumi Kim Big Time Amusement License type: General retail sales Address: 4993 W. Diablo Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Big Time Amusement Inc. Brian Mlekush License type: Real estate Address: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Brian Mlekush Campbell’s Appliance Service LLC License type: Repair and maintenance Address: 80 Megan Drive, Las Vegas Owner: David Campbell and Angela Campbell Carl Noormaa Massage License type: Massage therapist Address: 2757 Old Bear Canyon St., Las Vegas Owner: Carl Noormaa Carter’s Bath Factory License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite C42, Las Vegas Owner: Danielle Carter Ca$ino’ssage Inc. License type: Massage Address: 4760 S. Pecos Road, Suite 208, Las Vegas Owner: Ca$Ino’ssage Cellairis of Henderson License type: Cellphone and device repair. Address: 540 Marks St., Henderson Owner: Yoon Seong Charles F. Bush License type: Real estate Address: 9310 Sun City Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Charles F. Bush City Wide Electric License type: Contractor
Address: Did not disclose Owner: Mann Investments LLC Classertainment License type: Employment agency Address: Did not disclose Owner: Vixury Inc. Clean A Lot License type: Repair and maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Clean A Lot LLC Color Splash License type: Cosmetology Address: 9310 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 4, Las Vegas Owner: CS Sahara LLC Consolidated Mechanical LLC License type: Contractor Address: 3230 W. Hacienda Ave., Suite 304, Henderson Owner: Thomas Bloss Jr. Creative Applications Inc. License type: Consulting Address: 2310 Carinth Way, Henderson Owner: Creative Applications Inc. Curago Vita Wellness Institute License type: Educational center for physical, mental, spiritual health Address: 2551 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 205B, Henderson Owner: Curago Vita LLC Cutting Board License type: Restaurant Address: 2131 Rock Springs Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Rapsalicious LV LLC D & S Import Express License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Dennis White and Susan Schaaf-White Dabbers Glass House License type: Tobacco dealer Address: 1980 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 103, Las Vegas Owner: Dabbers Glass House LLC Dana Benrud License type: Real estate Address: 10220 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 3, Las Vegas Owner: Dana Benrud PC
Vegas Owner: Evelyn Aguirre Devillegas
Address: 9225 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 1137, Henderson Owner: George Emmanuel Daoud
Address: 9550 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 253, Henderson Owner: Excalibur Consulting LLC
Demetrius McWhorter License type: Real estate Address: 1050 Indigo Drive, Suite 115, Las Vegas Owner: LV Asset Holdings LLC
Express Auto Insurance LLC License type: Insurance agency Address: 1211 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Maria Reyes
Dent Solutions LLC License types: Interjurisdictional business and automotive garage/ service station (minor) Address: 8093 Leather Harness St., Henderson Owner: Dent Solutions LLC
Felipes Tacos 3 License type: Open-air vending Address: 1550 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Yaya and Nereida’s Group Inc.
Hansen & Hansen Agency Inc License type: Insurance agency Address: 633 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite K, Las Vegas Owner: Michael Hansen
Finance of America Reverse LLC License type: Professional services Address: 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 800, Las Vegas Owner: Graham A. Fleming
Happy Ice Cream 2 License type: Ice cream truck Address: 1100 Searles Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Jagjit Singh
Desert Shadez LLC License type: Contractor Address: 7291 Purple Shadow Ave., Henderson Owner: Daniel Sandoval Don Vern Smith License type: Commodity or securities broker or dealer Address: 501 S. Rancho Drive, Suite I58, Las Vegas Owner: Don V. Smith Downtown Crown British Pub License type: Alcoholic beverage caterer Address: 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: SNP Entertainment Inc. Doyle Curtis License type: Real estate Address: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Doyle Curtis Dreikosen Door Service LLC License type: Contractor Address: Did not disclose Owner: Jeffery Dreikosen Eab Short Term Rental License type: Short-term residential rental (pm) Address: 704 Upland Place, Las Vegas Owner: Eab Short Term Rental LLC Emanuela Limpede License type: Real estate Address: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Emanuela Limpede
Fit for Life License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 1097 Bearpaw Catch Court, Henderson Owner: Rajinder Kumar Manchanda Five Diamond Mobile Auto Spa License type: Automobile detailing Address: 2120 Pipeline Beach Court, Las Vegas Owner: Gunnar Osen Freedom Imaging Inc License type: General retail sales Address: 3200 Polaris Ave., Suite 23, Las Vegas Owner: William L. Payne Jr., Mark Cardone and Jennifer Stephenson Freeman’s Painting, LLC License type: Painting Address: 7368 Cisco Lane, Henderson Owner: Freeman’s Painting LLC GFY Burgers & Fries License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 8609 W. Sahara Ave., Henderson Owner: GFY Ltd Global Expo Displays License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: William Petrie
Dance Vision License type: General retail sales Address: 9081 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 190, Las Vegas Owner: WD Eng Inc.
Eurest Dining Services License type: Alcoholic beverage caterer Address: 400 Stewart Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Compass LV LLC
Global Foods License type: Food for restaurants Address: 830 E. Horizon Drive, Henderson Owner: Global Foods LV Inc.
Daniel J. Hunter License type: Real estate Address: 7035 W. Ann Road, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Daniel Hunter Insurance LLC
Evelyn Aguayo License type: Massage therapist Address: 7311 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Evelyn Aguayo
GNC KK5004 License type: Health food store Address: 1306 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Manuel Oviedo
Daoud, George Emmanuel License type: Door-to-door solicitor and peddler
Excalibur Consulting LLC License type: Private investigators/related
Gypsy Cafe License type: Restaurant Address: 1512 S. Main St., Las
Handyman Services License types: Trucking, property maintenance and residential property maintenance Address: 4490 Wyoming Ave., Henderson Owner: Jose Ruiz-Marquez
BUILDING PERMITS $21,832,535, multifamily 901 Fremont St., Las Vegas Korte Co. $2,812,907, commercial 901 Fremont St., Las Vegas Korte Co. $1,620,000, sign 7260 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Korte Co. $971,193, commercial-alteration 3330 E. Gowan Road, North Las Vegas TWC Construction Inc. $938,903, commercial-alteration 2917 E. Alexander Road, North Las Vegas Hi-Con Inc. $750,000, sign 7260 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Korte Co. $600,000, commercial 6051 N. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas DC Building Group LLC $511,440, commercial 901 Fremont St., Las Vegas Korte Co. $359,818, commercial-alteration 1515 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas Heartland Retail Construction $346,396, residential-custom 1324 Villa Barolo Avenue, Henderson Blue Heron $335,000, sign 163 N. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas American Retail Contractors LLC $300,000, commercial 6051 N. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas DC Building Group LLC $300,000, commercial-remodel 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway,
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Records and Transactions $141,198, single-family tract 10825 Beecher Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC
$123,813, single-family tract 9091 Island Wolf Ave., Las Vegas DR Horton Inc.
$140,924, single-family tract 100 Silvati St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada
$121,327, residential-new 3708 Fuselier Drive, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada
Henderson Bentar Development Inc.
Vegas Century Communities of Nevada
161 Littlestone St., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc.
$263,462, commercial-alteration 2200 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas Master Built Construction LLC
$186,273, single-family tract 8874 Saxon Canyon St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada
$160,694, residential-production 2134 Monte Bianco Place, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada
$238,827, residential-new 1013 Bluebird Ridge Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada
$185,813, residential-production 552 Possibilities St., Henderson Woodside Homes of Nevada Inc.
$159,363, residential-production x2 2534 and 2540 Desante Drive, Henderson Toll Henderson LLC
$140,924, single-family tract 11847 Tavema Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada
$185,647, single-family tract 12236 Lorenzo Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada
$158,975, residential-production 1366 Reef Point Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes
$140,919, single-family tract 12290 Terrace Verde Ave., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc.
$185,647, single-family tract 331 Rezzo St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes Of Nevada
$158,479, residential-new 3716 Fuselier Drive, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada
$140,289, residential-production x2 359 and 363 Wilford Springs St., Henderson DR Horton Inc.
$158,034, single-family tract 10512 Sparks Summit Lane, Las Vegas Adaven Homes LLC
$139,734, residential-production 678 Tremaine Court, Henderson Storybook Contracting LLC
$238,827, residential-new 1024 Bluebird Ridge Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $235,995, residential-production 2814 Belmont Drive, Henderson Ryland Homes $229,452, residential-production 2815 Candelaria Drive, Henderson Ryland Homes $225,609, sign 410 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 470, Las Vegas Yack Construction Inc. $225,000, sign 8780 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 105, Las Vegas KC Maintenance Inc. $224,960, commercial-remodel 10420 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 100, Henderson 10 Nine Design Group $220,827, residential-new 1008 Bluebird Ridge Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $220,000, sign 2351 S. Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas R & K Development $218,972, residential-production x4 2127, 2142, 2143 and 2150 Monte Bianco Place, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $218,196, residential-production 1172 Monte De Luz Way, Henderson Blue Heron $206,995, residential-production 100 and 101 Appia Place, Henderson William Lyon Homes Inc.
$185,000, sign 7961 W. Tropical Parkway, Suite 120, Las Vegas Horizon Retail Construction Inc. $181,821, residential-production 1931 Foro Romano St., Henderson Toll Henderson LLC $181,244, single-family tract 441 Rosina Vista St., Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC $178,580, single-family tract 9613 Ponderosa Skye Court, Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada $177,968, single-family tract x3 12042, 12060 and 12072 Portamento Court, Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc.
$157,019, single-family tract 12217 Lorenzo Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes Of Nevada $156,169, rehab 1527 Woodward Heights Way, North Las Vegas Advantage Builders Of Nevada, $154,866, single-family tract 7294 Durand Park St., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC
$173,281, single-family tract 10539 Laurel Mountain Lane, Las Vegas Adaven Homes LLC
$149,881, residential-production 3217 Monte Stella Ave., Henderson Toll Henderson LLC
$173,281, single-family tract 10516 Sparks Summit Lane, Las Vegas Adaven Homes LLC
$147,164, residential-production x2 676 and 680 Tremaine Court, Henderson Storybook Contracting LLC
$170,073, disaster 732 Bedford Road, Las Vegas Har-Bro Construction & Consult
$146,497, single-family tract x2 7512 and 7516 Old Compton St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC
$169,843, residential-production x2 2126 and 2135 Monte Bianco Place, Henderson Pardee Homes Of Nevada
$203,258, single-family tract 437 Rosina Vista St., Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC
$168,731, residential-new x3 1009, 1012 and 1017 Bluebird Ridge Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes Of Nevada
$198,944, residential-new x3 1016, 1021 and 1025 Bluebird Ridge Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes Of Nevada
$168,225, single-family tract x2 12048 and 12054 Portamento Court, Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc.
$190,639, single-family tract 12066 Portamento Court, Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc.
$163,934, commercial-alteration 2917 E. Alexander Road, North Las Vegas Hi-Con Inc.
$189,101, single-family tract 9753 Ponderosa Skye Court, Las
$157,019, single-family tract x2 319 and 334 Rezzo St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes Of Nevada
$161,914, residential-production
$143,776, residential-new x2 6216 and 6217 Stratford Bay St., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc. $142,839, residential-production 2548 Atalore St., Henderson Toll Henderson LLC
$136,906, residential-production 887 Harbor Avenue, Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $136,699, single-family tract 262 Besame Court, Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $135,531, single-family tract 10644 Marble Arch St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC $134,760, single-family tract 24 Berneri Drive, Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $134,744, residential-production 357 and 361 Wilford Springs St., Henderson DR Horton Inc. $132,796, single-family tract 19 Berneri Drive, Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $132,583, commercial-alteration 3460 W. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas FEI Construction $129,476, residential-production 165 Sand Lake St., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $129,039, residential-new 3712 Fuselier Drive, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada
$142,839, residential-production 3116 Pavilio Drive, Henderson Toll Henderson LLC
$129,039, residential-new 2416 Charmed Oasis Court, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada
$142,150, single-family tract 9685 Shadow Cliff Ave., Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada
$126,260, residential-production 674 Tremaine Court, Henderson Storybook Contracting LLC
$142,150, single-family tract 9684 Treeline Run Ave., Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada
$124,929, residential-production 3114 Carpineti Court, Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc.
$116,927, single-family tract 11886 Corenzio Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $116,659, single-family tract 9675 Treeline Run Ave., Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada $115,373, residential-new x2 25 and 45 Morrestown Ave., North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC $115,336, residential-production 971 Spiracle Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $113,227, single-family tract x2 9097 and 9115 Island Wolf Ave., Las Vegas DR Horton Inc. $109,846, residential-production 3057 Savella Ave., Henderson Beazer Homes Holdings Corp. $109,288, commercial-addition 3901 Donna St., North Las Vegas C.R. Meyer & Sons Co. Inc. $107,961, residential-production 142 Littlestone St., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $107,887, single-family tract 9103 Island Wolf Ave., Las Vegas DR Horton Inc. $106,351, electrical 11987 Dolcemente Lane, Las Vegas Tejas Underground LLC $106,108, residential-new x2 6213 and 6220 Stratford Bay St., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc. $103,549, single-family tract x2 9109 and 9121 Island Wolf Ave., Las Vegas DR Horton Inc. $102,527, residential-production x2 895 and 897 Spiracle Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $92,054, single-family tract 10648 Marble Arch St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC To receive a complete copy of Data Plus every week in Excel, please visit vegasinc.com/subscribe.
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The List 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Category: publicly reporting companies (Ranked by revenue for the most recently completed fiscal year)
Company
Revenue
Net Income (loss)*
Total Assets
Year Est.
Top executive
Las Vegas Sands Corp. 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-414-1000 • sands.com
$12.4 billion
$2 billion
$21 billion
1990
Sheldon Adelson, chairman, CEO
MGM Resorts International 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-693-7120 • mgmresorts.com
$9.2 billion
($448 million)
$25.2 billion
1986
James J. Murren, chairman, CEO
Caesars Entertainment Corp. One Caesars Palace Drive Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-407-6000 • caesars.com
$4.7 billion
$6 billion
$12.1 billion
1999
Gary Loveman, chairman, chairman; Mark Frissora, CEO and president
Wynn Resorts Ltd. 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-770-7555 • wynnresorts.com
$4 billion
$195 million
$10.5 billion
2005
Steve Wynn, chairman, CEO
Scientific Games Corp. 6650 S. El Camino Road Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-897-7150 • scientificgames.com
$2.8 billion
($1.4 billion)
$7.7 billion
1989
M. Gavin Isaacs, president, CEO
Southwest Gas Corp. 5241 Spring Mountain Road PO Box 98510 Las Vegas, NV 89193 702-876-7237 • swgas.com
$2.5 billion
$1.1 million
$5.4 billion
1954
John P. Hester, president, CEO
Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. 3980 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89169 702-541-7777 • pnkinc.com
$2.3 billion
$48.9 million
$4.5 billion
1997
Anthony Sanfilippo, CEO
Boyd Gaming Corp. 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, 9th Floor Las Vegas, NV 89169 702-792-7200 • boydgaming.com
$2.2 billion
$47 million
$4.4 billion
1974
William S. Boyd, executive chairman
Station Casinos LLC 1505 S. Pavilion Center Drive Las Vegas, NV 89135 702-495-3000 • sclv.com
$1.4 billion
$5.6 million
$2.9 billion
1976
Frank Fertitta III, manager, CEO
Allegiant Travel Co. 1201 N. Town Center Drive Las Vegas, NV 89144 702-851-7300 • allegiantair.com
$1.3 billion
$220 million
$1.4 billion
1997
Maurice Gallagher Jr., CEO, director
Global Cash Access Holdings Inc. 7250 S. Tenaya Way, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89113 1-800-833-7110 • gcainc.com
$827 million
($105 million)
$1.6 billion
1998
Michael Rumbolz, interim president, CEO
Tropicana Entertainment Inc. 8345 W. Sunset Road, Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89113 702-589-3900 • tropicanacasinos.com
$811 million
$37.4 million
$1.3 billion
2007
Anthony Rodio, president, CEO
Affinity Gaming 3755 Breakthrough Way, Suite 300 Las Vegas, NV 89135 702-341-2400 • affinitygamingllc.com
$393 million
($13.1 million)
$603.7 million
1987
Michael Silberling, CEO
American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC 2000 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89104 702-380-7777 • acepllc.com
$373 million
$12 million
$1.2 billion
2003
Frank Riolo, CEO
Full House Resorts Inc. 4670 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 190 Las Vegas, NV 89147 702-221-7800 • fullhouseresorts.com
$124.6 million
$142.8 million
1994
Daniel Lee, CEO
($1.3 million)
*Net income (loss) is, in applicable cases, less that attributable to noncontrolling interests Source: Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and 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. Although every attempt is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of VEGAS INC lists, omissions sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Craig Peterson, editor of special publications, VEGAS INC, 2275 Corporate Circle, Third Floor, Henderson, NV 89074.
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Category: public relations firms (Ranked by number of full-time PR employees as of May 20) Year established locally
PR employees
Number of local clients
Sample clients
Top executive
1a
BrainTrust 8948 Spanish Ridge Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-862-4242 • www.braintrustlv.com
2006
36
37
Ethel M Chocolates, Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Richard Petty Driving Experience
Michael Coldwell, Kurt Ouchida, managing partners
1b
Kirvin Doak 5230 W. Patrick Lane Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-737-3100 • kirvindoak.com
1999
36
34
MGM Resorts, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Electric Daisy Carnival
Bill Doak, partner
3
MassMedia 3333 E. Serene Ave., Suite 100 Henderson, NV 89074 702-433-4331 • massmediacc.com
1997
34
14
HealthCare Partners; Southwest Gas; McDonald’s
Kassi Belz, president
4
Bruce Merrin Public Relations 3885 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 3001 Las Vegas, NV 89103 702-367-0331 • celebrityspeakersentertainment.com
1991
26
24
Full Throttle Boxing; BluBlocker Sunglasses; Jeff Hoffman co-founder Priceline.com
Bruce Merrin, president
5
Faiss Foley Warren Public Relations & Public Affairs 100 N. City Parkway, Suite 750 Las Vegas, NV 89106 702-933-7777 • ffwpr.vegas
1998
16
50
Regional Transportation Commission, Summerlin/ Howard Hughes Corp., Cox Communications, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Melissa Warren, managing partner
6
Wicked Creative 6173 S. Rainbow Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-868-4545 • wickedcreative.com
2007
13
Did not disclose
Aliante Casino, La Cave Wine & Food Hideaway, Life Time Fitness
Stephanie Wilson, president
7
The Firm Public Relations & Marketing 6157 S. Rainbow Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89131 702-739-9933 • thefirmpr.com
1993
12
25
AAA Nevada, Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Three Square Food Bank
Solveig Raftery, president/CEO
8a
The Ferraro Group 9516 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 310 Las Vegas, NV 89147 702-367-7771 • theferrarogroup.com
2001
11
27
Smith’s Food & Drug Stores, WGU Nevada, Nathan Adelson Hospice
Holly Silvestri, principal
8b
Purdue Marion & Associates 3455 Cliff Shadows Parkway, Suite 190 Las Vegas, NV 89129 702-222-2362 • www.purduemarion.com
2002
11
20
Lake Las Vegas, Mountain’s Edge Master Planned Community, Republic Services
Lynn Purdue and Bill Marion, partners
8c
R&R Partners 900 S. Pavilion Center Drive Las Vegas, NV 89144 702-228-0222 • www.rrpartners.com
1974
11
Did not disclose
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, NV Energy, American Medical Response
Billy Vassiliadis, CEO
11a
Imagine Communications 11500 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 250 Henderson, NV 89052 702-837-8996 • weareimagine.com
2000
10
40
Galleria at Sunset, Henderson Chamber of Commerce, Valley Bank of Nevada
Brian Rouff, managing partner
11b
Preferred Public Relations 2630 S. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-254-5704 • preferredpublicrelations.com
1999
10
25
Fremont Street Experience, Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino, Grimaldi’s Pizzeria
Michele D. Tell-Woodrow, founder/ president
13a
Allied Integrated Marketing / 87AM 3340 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-832-3274 • alliedim.com
2013
9
Did not disclose
Venetian/Palazzo; Palms Casino Resort; Wolfgang Puck Worldwide
Arlene Wszalek, vice president, strategic marketing
13b
Trosper Communications 2275 Corporate Circle, Suite 275 Henderson, NV 89074 702-965-1617 • trospercommunications.com
2010
9
20
SR Construction; Las Vegas Firefighters; Holly Energy Partners
Elizabeth Trosper, principal
Company
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