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By Daniel RothBeRg | Staff Writer

When Missy Young, now an executive vice president at Las Vegas data company Switch, was 12, she remembers her mother “banging her head against the glass ceiling” as the only female vice president at a bank. ¶ She was paid $50,000 per year less than her male colleagues. ¶ “That’s not fair,” Young told her mother at the time. “You should make a lot of

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$786Krent and fees law firm

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Switching up the industry standard

Women executives of switch playfully poke fun at traditional gender expectations in the tech industry by modeling in the style of a Vanity Fair cover. They are, from left, Missy Young, Terri Borden, Tracy Brown, Jaclyn Miller, Lesley McVay and Kristi Overgaard. (cOurTesY)

With seven women among its top 14 executives, data company sets itself apart

05 06 18Q&A WITH TONI CORBINThe vice president of operations at Southwest Medical Associates dis-cusses the challenges and opportunities presented by the advancement of tech-nology in the health care industry, as well as chari-table organizations and the best Christmas gift ever.

THE NOTESPeople on the move, P4

MEET: VEGAN MEALS BY MINDYMindy Poortinga never imagined she’d become a vegan, let alone a chef. Her background is in real estate, but these days Poortinga uses her cooking to try to persuade others that eating vegan doesn’t mean sacrifi cing fl avor.

TALKING POINTSRisks, benefi ts of hiring out-side the family, 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: Gaming suppliers, P22

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VINTAGE VEGAS: LAS VEGAS CINERAMA AWED LOCALS Las Vegas Cinerama opened in January 1965 with the premier of “Circus World,”

sta r ring John Wayne. The dome-style movie theat er was the third Cinerama built nationally but the fi rst with an aluminum roof instead of concrete. The fi rst two dome-style venues were in Los Angeles and San Jose, Calif .

Designed by architect Perry Neuschatz and built by E.L. Farmer Construction Company of Phoenix , the facility boasted the world’s largest indoor screen — which measured 90 feet wide by 43 feet high — and included 992 seats.

Pictured here is an aerial photograph of the theater during construction in 1964.Located on Paradise Road near the Hughes Center, the movie theater was

demolished in the early 1980s to make way for a strip mall.

— REBECCA CLIFFORD-CRUZ

CLARIFICATIONIn the commercial real estate developers list published July 5, Gatski Commercial Real Estate Services incorrectly listed itself as a developer. Gatski offers services including third-party property management and commercial leasing but does not develop commercial properties.

CORRECTIONA column in the June 28 edition of VEGAS INC included inaccurate information. It should have stated that Nevada law provides a procedure by which a landlord and its property shall not be subject to mechanic’s liens arising from its tenant’s improvements.

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Emma Williams is a public relations associate and Aman-da Venit is public relations adminis-trative assistant at Preferred Public Relations. In addition, Preferred Public Relations is providing PR services for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada.

Melanie Evans is the Southern Nevada mortgage and marketing specialist at the Nevada Rural Housing Authority.

Eugene Santiago is executive chef at Carson Kitchen in the John E. Carson Hotel, 124 S. Sixth St., Las Vegas. Santiago has been with the restaurant since it opened in June 2014.

Mindy Martinez of Western Risk Insurance earned her Certified Insurance Counselor designation through the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research. Martinez joined the company in 2007.

Larry Piparo is tax services manager at Stewart Archibald & Barney. He handles business development and manages complex tax issues and the growth of the tax department.

Seth Schorr is chairman of the Downtown Grand and Jim Simms is CEO. Schorr was the property’s CEO. Simms was president and general manager of Miami Valley Gaming in Ohio.

Dr. Craig Hunter joined Urol-ogy Specialists of Nevada. Hunter was a fellow in the 2014 Genitourinary Reconstruc-tive Surgery Fellowship at the Kulkarni Center for Recon-structive Urology in Pune, India. He received his degree in medicine from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his urologic residency as chief resident at the Detroit Medical Center, Michigan State Uni-versity consortium.

Brooks Pierce is Aristocrat’s managing director of the Americas. He previously was CEO of BHP Consulting Group.

Mike Korzen is a strategic mar-keting executive at Capstone Risk Management. Korzen has more than 20 years experience in insurance marketing.

International School of Hos-pitality Executive Director Timothy Lam is president of the Foundation of the Nation-al Association for Catering and Events.

Go Global Realty broker/own-ers Michael Ring and Rone Chang awarded Wing Kwong “Vincent” Ho one year of paid dues to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, worth $1,100.

Ho won the grand prize at the Go Global Realty

Builder Trade Show.

Stephanie Tyler, president of AT&T Nevada,

joined the board of directors of the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities.

Patrice Ross is state director of

the Nevada State SHRM Coun-cil. The council is the state

affiliate of the Society for Hu-man Resource Management,

the world’s largest professional

association devoted to hu-

man resources management.

Ross has more than 15 years in

human resources experience,

working primarily for nonprofit and government-

contracting organizations.

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Southwest Medical Associ-ates. Chad Bullock, an

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Henderson.

Phyician’s

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Marcy Holloway

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in adult

medicine

at the Lifestyle Center-West,

8670 W. Cheyenne Ave., and

the West Flamingo Health

Center, 6330 W. Flamingo

Road, both in Las Vegas. Dr. Maria Manalo specializes in

adult medicine and nurse

practitioner Maria Barlaan and

Dr. Jyotu Sandhu specialize

in urgent care at the Urgent Care Center, 2704 N.

Tenaya Way, Las Vegas. Dr. Josef Abbo specializes

in urgent care at the Charleston/Rancho Urgent

Care Center, 888 S. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas. Dr. Mukesh Wadhwa specializes in anesthesiology at

the Surgery Center, 2450 W. Charleston Blvd., Las

Vegas, and physician’s assistant Lyndsie Wilson

specializes in gastroenterology at the Charleston/

Rancho Health Center, 2316 W. Charleston Blvd.,

Las Vegas.

Rodney Morrow, director of sales at Green Valley Ranch Resort, won Henderson’s seventh annual

Destination Champion Award, which recognizes

excellence in the hospitality community.

Eric Geisler is director of sports venues at

Shawmut Design and Construction.

Jason Elison is director of technical compliance

at BMM Testlabs, a gaming testing laboratory and

technical consultant.

Ellen Lloyd is a grant writer for Professionals in Philanthropy.

Steve Bonilla is engineer-ing development manager at Gaming Laboratories Inter-national. He was director of IT and technical compliance at American Gaming Systems.

Adam Jones is state director of Americans for Prosperity Nevada. He co-founded the Foundation of America with actor John Ratzen-berger. Jones previously served as chief of staff for former Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki and held roles with Mitt Romney for President and RedRock Strategies, a Nevada political consulting firm.

The Restaurant Hospitality Institute began instruction. Mark Steele, a fourth-generation food and beverage industrialist, is the founder and in-structor. The institute offers a five-session educa-tional program and is the first and only food server academy recognized by Nevada and approved by Nevada’s Postsecondary Education Board.

Penn National Gaming appointed Bob Sheldon to oversee the Tropicana and the M Resort. Sheldon was general manager of Hollywood Casino at Kan-sas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., and started his career at the Las Vegas Hilton, now the Westgate.

Hard Rock Hotel won the No. 1 spot for “Best Ho-tel Pool” in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice contest.

Aristocrat Gaming rolled out Lighting Link games, available on Happy Lantern, High Stakes, Magic Pearl and Sahara Gold machines. Lightning Link offers multiple denominations with a progressive jackpot that is the same for all denominations.

Travel website Trip Advisor named Clark County Wetlands Park one of the area’s best attractions, based on reviews from the website’s visitors.

Silver State Schools Credit Union opened a branch at 2256 S. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas, in the Winterwood Pavilion Shopping Center.

AT&T set up cell towers at Grand Canyon Village at Horse Drive and U.S. Route 95, in Southern High-lands at St. Rose Parkway and South Las Vegas Boulevard, and in Winchester at Desert Inn and Theme roads.

Solutions Recovery opened a Pahrump office at 1306 E. Calvados Blvd. The center offers outpa-tient services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for adults 18 and older.

Las Vegas Sands ranked 60th of 500 companies on Newsweek Magazine’s 2015 list of Top Green Companies in the United States. Researchers based the rankings on eight environmental per-formance indicators, including energy, water and carbon productivity. Other companies with South-ern Nevada ties that made the list include Wynn Resorts (No. 100), MGM Resorts International (No. 112) and HCA Holdings (No. 340).

Sundance Helicopters was inducted into the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame after receiving its fifth con-secutive TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award.

Smith’s closed a store at 4440 N. Rancho Blvd., Las Vegas, and celebrated the remodel of a store at 55 S. Valle Verde Drive, Henderson.

The Nevada Department of Transportation awarded a $39.2 million contract to general con-tractor Las Vegas Paving Corp. to build north- and southbound U.S. 95 connection ramps to the east- and westbound 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas.

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What have been your greatest accomplishments in your career?

Five years ago, two new health care companies arrived in Southern Ne-vada, creating the potential for com-petition within the senior segment of our market. At Southwest Medical, our success is based on our coordi-nated team care effort. To remain in our position as a leader, we developed new strategies to embrace our senior market to retain and grow our mem-bership.

With my operations team, I led the creation of two lifestyle centers, in the west and east areas of Las Vegas. This substantial project was not something that existed in our organization’s strategic plan at that time but was launched in response to our patients’ needs and the changing dynamics of the health care marketplace.

The lifestyle centers offer services and opportunities for older adults to attend social events, make friends and learn about health topics impor-tant to this stage in their lives. Each center has a medical component de-voted to comprehensive wellness checkups for our Senior Dimensions patients.

We also offer resource guidance with an onsite social worker who can assist with transportation, meal ser-vices and even getting help with med-ication costs. The social club is open to the community — you don’t need to be a patient of Southwest Medical to enjoy the activities.

What is the most challenging part of your job?

The ebb and flow of health care technology and our ability on the health care front to lead initiatives and foster solutions. Last year, South-west Medical introduced NowClinic, a face-to-face video chat technology that allows patients to have a virtual visit with Southwest Medical provid-ers for non-urgent conditions like allergies, swimmers ear, rashes, uri-nary tract infections, etc. We educate patients on this technological plat-form, and we’re seeing growing use of this new option, month over month. We also monitor patient satisfaction

closely, which has been consistently more than 95 percent for this new of-fering.

What changes have you noticed in health care over your 24 years of service?

Across the health care community, there has been an emphasis on im-provements and initiatives focusing on the quality of care, and that has been an essential part of Southwest Medical’s efforts, as well.

In health care, there is a set of qual-ity measurements designed to allow consumers to compare health plan performance to other plans and to see how well a plan performs nationally (the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, or HEDIS). I am happy to say that Southwest Medical reached a five-star HEDIS rating in 2014 for quality results.

Another change is the advance-ment of technology, which we see both outside and inside the health care community. Technological ap-plications of all types have improved health outcomes and the personal experiences of patients across the country and around the world, and each day seems to bring a new oppor-tunity. I think we can enhance the human touch, even with the influ-ence of high tech. Since we launched NowClinic on Jan. 1, 2014, we’ve sur-

passed 22,000 enrollments.

What community organizations are you involved in?

I have been asked to participate in numerous Southern Nevada boards and committees. I strive to be an ac-tive participant with any group I sup-port and not simply take part in name only. If I can’t be successful in my contribution, I respectfully decline. I am very gratified to say I have been able to donate financially or provide volunteer support to Ronald McDon-ald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas and the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada, in addition to my board leadership and participa-tion in Dress for Success of Southern Nevada. I also oversee the charitable giving of Southwest Medical, and I am a proponent of employee volun-teerism projects in the community.

What has been the most rewarding part of your job?

Last year, I received the best Christmas present: I’d been helping to coordinate care for a patient over the previous six months, and the pa-tient texted me on Christmas morn-ing to thank me for saving her life. It was the best Christmas gift I could have received.

What are you reading right now?

For business, I am reading “Trans-forming Health Care” by Charles Kenney, which relates to a health care management certification I am pursuing. For pleasure, I am reading “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Ver-ghese, a saga of twin brothers and the life challenges they face.

What do you do after work?Community service, and I am

an exercise enthusiast. I enjoy all outdoor activities, especially snow skiing with my grandsons at Lake Tahoe. I’ve been married for 34 years and have a loving son and daughter-in-law with two beautiful grandsons, ages 6 and 3.

Describe your management style.Influential management: I develop

and set expectations for my team and I coach and mentor them to accom-plish our goals. I work to gain consen-sus with my team and our physician leadership.

Whom do you admire and why?I have the most admiration for my

mother, Marilyn Gorski. She taught me you could have a successful ca-reer and raise a family. She did both and cared for my grandmother. At an early age, my sister and I lost our fa-ther. My mother went back to school to become a nurse to support her family, and she worked full-time for 35 years caring for patients with car-diac health issues before she retired. As a single parent, she found the im-portant balance between her career and raising her two daughters. She imparted her philosophy to my sister and to me to live your life so in the end, you can look back, smile and say, “I did it all, and I did a great job.”

What is your biggest pet peeve?When I recognize poor customer

service. I am a patient advocate, and it triggers an immediate emotional response.

What is something people might not know about you?

I am an adrenaline junkie — I love to bungee jump and ride zip lines and crazy roller coasters.

Q&A with toni corbin

As health care changes, providers must adapt

Toni Corbin, vice president of operations for Southwest Medical Associates.

(L.E. BASkow/StAff)

Toni Corbin, vice president of operations at Southwest Medical Associates, has seen the health care industry change considerably over the past 24 years. Technology and competition have enhanced the experience in many ways, and Corbin has overseen the implementation of programs and projects that improve patients’ lives.

by the numbers

4.7 millionShares in Wynn Resorts Ltd.

that T. Rowe Price Group owns. The investment

firm once was the largest single shareholder in Wynn Resorts with 16.8 percent

of the company, but the in-vestment firm recently sold more than 12 million shares.

677Number of homes creditors repossessed in the Las Ve-gas area in May, the highest monthly tally in more than 2 1/2 years, according to

RealtyTrac.

$7.7 millionPrize for winning the World Series of Poker’s main event

in November.

644Complaints the Federal

Trade Commission received in 2014 from Nevadans

about someone posing as an IRS agent.

52,000Rounds of ammunition the

Bureau of Reclamation wants to buy for law en-

forcement at Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. The pur-

chase has raised questions from Rep. Mark Amodei,

R-Nev., who said he would look into the bureau’s op-

erations.

$2,000Amount Donald Trump do-nated to Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., for his campaign.

Heller donated the money to charity after Trump faced

criticism for comments about immigration.

72,000Square footage of a luxury

movie theater set to be built near the Arts District

downtown. It will have eight movie screens.

4.1 percentIncrease in monthly gaming revenue for 18 states with casinos from April to May,

according to Moody’s Inves-tors Service. Every state but New Jersey and Connecti-

cut saw improvements.

Describe your business.

I provide ready-to-eat plant-based meals through a text-blast ordering system. I cook one day a week in a commissary kitchen, then people pick up the mels or have them delivered.

Who are your customers?

Some are vegans. Some are people trying to transition to a plant-based diet. Some are just trying to get more veggies into their diet. But the bottom line is they all want convenient, good food they can afford.

What are your most popular meals?

The most requested meal I’ve been asked to repeat is my grilled eggplant ciabatta sandwich. It has seasoned, grilled eggplant, fresh basil, tomatoes, vegan mayo and a sweet balsamic reduction on crunchy ciabatta bread. I like to serve that with lemon dill potato salad. I use fresh herbs from my own organic patio garden.

What are the biggest misconceptions about vegan

and plant-based food?

The biggest misconception about vegan food is that it’s expensive. It’s not.

Another misconception is that sticking to a vegan diet is hard. It’s not. There are so many options available at grocery stores, and more and more vegan restaurants are popping up. But it’s like any diet: You need to plan in advance to stay on track and keep it healthy. There’s a ton of unhealthy vegan food out there.

What got you interested in living a vegan lifestyle?

I used to consider myself a hardcore carnivore. I ate meat and dairy every meal. I really didn’t even know what vegan was until I started volunteering at a farm sanctuary. I became vegan for the animals, the environ-ment and my health. Going vegan has opened my eyes to

what is happening in commer-cial farming, with animal test-ing, and how animal products are in nearly everything.

What is your business phi-

losophy?

Do good. I want to help people get healthy. I want to contribute to the Las Vegas vegan community. I want to help the environment. I want to educate my nonvegan clients about where their meat and dairy products come from — how the animals live, how they’re pumped full of hormones and antibiotics, and how they’re slaughtered. It matters. I keep telling my cli-ents that I didn’t know before, but now I do.

What obstacles has your business overcome?

The biggest obstacle is the stigma that vegan food is bland, only raw vegetables, and that vegans are a bunch of frail, hairy, tree-hugging hippies. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Vegan food is full of unique fla-vors and food combinations you’d never think would go together. I have fed so many nonvegans who have told me they don’t miss the meat and they can’t believe how tasty my food is. Each time I hear this, I know I’m breaking down walls and educating people through food.

What have you learned from the recession?

You’ve got to be able to adapt. You must be flexible and have multiple skills and talents.

Our generation is different from our parents’ or grand-parents. They used to work one job until they retired. Now, we tend to change professions more than once. My background is real estate. I used to work for title com-panies in the escrow department. I did that for about 10 years. Then I worked in advertising sales. And here I am years later, a self-taught vegan chef with my own cooking company. Just shows you that you never know where life will take you.

Vegas chef dispelling stigma of ‘bland’ food

Mindy Poortinga is a self-confessed former “hardcore carnivore” who became vegan and now makes her living

cooking vegan meals for clients to purchase once a week. (l.e. baskow/staff)

Vegan meals by mindyAddress: 10597 Foggy Glen Ave., Las Vegas

Phone: 702-375-7487Email: veganmealsbymindy@gmail.com

Website: veganmealsbymindy.comOwned/operated by: Mindy Poortinga

In business since: July 2014

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Smith’S world

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

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

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

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Risks, benefits of hiring outside the family

F amily-owned businesses make up a dominant share of businesses in the United States and are a cornerstone of Las

Vegas’ small-business community. Family businesses are characterized by their access to

intangible family-based resources as well as barriers and constraints owing to their familial nature. As such, successfully leading a family business may, in some cases, run afoul of traditional notions of business management. A significant example of this arises as a family business grows and its founders are faced with the choice of keeping management in the family or hiring professional nonfamily managers.

A recent study of more than 7,000 family businesses from across the nation, conducted by researchers at UNLV, Mississippi State University and the University of North Carolina, explores this relationship. The data collected suggest that while professional managers may have superior capability, they take positions that potentially could be filled by family members. Thus, they may not only threaten the familial nature of the business but, in the long run, increase barriers to successfully grooming family successors, inhibiting a business’ ability to succeed ownership to later generations.

This puts many family businesses between a rock and a hard place; it is the desire of the founders to do everything in their power to maximize the performance and growth of their business to make it a positive source of employment,

wealth and pride for future family members, but the limited managerial capabilities of family members may lead the business instead to rely on expertise provided by professional nonfamily managers.

The conclusions of this research confirm the notion: that regardless of performance, age or industry, businesses with higher degrees of family ownership and stronger intentions for transgenerational succession are less likely to employ nonfamily managers.

That being said, the threats facing family businesses regarding employment of nonfamily managers weaken as the business grows.

Las Vegas family businesses facing this issue may benefit from this research by putting greater consideration into their expansion strategies. While it potentially could lead to short-term success, an overreliance on professional management in younger and smaller businesses may erect long-term barriers that inhibit family managers from being able to successfully enter, and potentially even succeed ownership of, the business.

These findings suggest a family business certainly should not reject the idea of professionalizing its management outright, but instead should incorporate professional management gradually as the business grows, ensuring its ability to retain and benefit from its family-owned nature.

Robert Randolph is an assistant professor of management in the Lee Business School at UNLV.

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Houses popping up at long-dormant Skye CanyonBy eli segallStaff Writer

In the midst of the real estate bub-ble, developer John Ritter led a group that paid more than half a billion dol-lars for sprawling desert land in the upper northwest corner of Las Vegas, with plans for a massive community.

But Ritter, CEO of Focus Property Group, never built a thing, and his consortium lost the site to foreclo-sure in the early days of the financial crisis.

Today, new owners are in charge and homes are sprouting at the val-ley’s edge.

The first phase of 1,700-acre Skye Canyon, at U.S. 95 and Horse Drive, is underway. Work crews are building roads, installing utilities and land-scaping, and constructing about 15 homes, most of which are models. The first ones are expected to open Aug. 1.

Olympia Cos., led by founder Garry Goett, is developing the project. The Las Vegas-based company owns the site with New York investment firms Stonehill Capital Management and Spectrum Group Management. The trio bought the site out of foreclosure over the course of about a year and a half.

The group has sold roughly 120 acres — a fraction of the overall land — to Pulte Homes, Century Commu-nities and Woodside Homes. The en-tire first phase will comprise 160 acres with about 750 homes.

Skye Canyon, however, is designed for 9,000 homes and, if all goes as planned, would take about 15 years to complete. But building that many homes seems unlikely, as Las Vegas’ housing market is a shadow of what it was during the bubble.

“I don’t know if we’ll get to that,” said Chris Armstrong, vice president of development for Olympia. “Right now ... I’d say 9,000 is not likely, but we’re designing infrastructure to be able to support that.”

Ritter’s group, which boasted sev-eral homebuilders including Pulte and Woodside, bought the project site for $510 million at a U.S. Bureau of Land Management auction in 2005. The former Wachovia Bank, however, foreclosed on the untouched prop-erty in September 2008, less than two weeks after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and helped set off the na-tional financial meltdown.

The developers’ envisioned master-planned community wasn’t the only

mini-city in Southern Nevada that stalled during the recession — and Goett’s isn’t the only group reviving one.

Other projects that were derailed but got back in business in the past few years include 2,200-acre Cadence in Henderson, 2,700-acre Park High-lands in North Las Vegas and 1,900-acre Inspirada in Henderson.

Olympia, which developed the 2,750-acre Southern Highlands com-munity off Interstate 15, at the south-ern tip of the valley, broke ground on Skye Canyon last year. Project plans call for schools, parks, retail, hiking and biking trails, and even a casino — but like the 9,000 homes, a big gam-bling den on the outskirts of town is unlikely to be built anytime soon.

Armstrong met with VEGAS INC at at Skye Canyon to discuss the project.

What kind of homes will be here?

We’ve got some low-density resi-dential and some higher-density. A lot of it depends on the market, obvious-ly. We’ll eventually have some rental product, but the first phase is all single-family detached homes. We’ve got a park in the first phase that’s cen-trally located with a basketball court, splash pad and tot-lot type facilities. Recreational amenities are important to our project. If you look at where we’re located, it’s the great outdoors; that’s how we’re labeling ourselves.

Do you have any lingering con-cerns that this is too far, that it’s too far northwest and too removed from, say, the strip or other parts of the valley?

I don’t think so. Being close to a

freeway interchange makes a huge difference. When we were originally looking at the project, I looked at it on a map and thought, “Wow, that’s far away.” But when you drive it from the central part of town, it’s not that bad. I drove up today from Southern Highlands and it took me 32 min-utes. From the central part of town, it took me 16 minutes. If you talk to our owner, people told him that Southern Highlands was too far out there.

in general now, homebuilders are not breaking ground un-til they pre-sell homes. is that what’s going on here?

Woodside has models under con-struction now but also some produc-tion homes, and they haven’t opened their sales office. It looks like there are three or four homes under con-struction on spec. They’re jumping out in front of the curve.

But you’re not expecting waves of spec construction.

No. It’s not like it was back in the early 2000s. There’s a general sense of optimism from the builders, but it’s cautionary optimism.

What was the appeal of the site?

It’s an easy drive when you’ve got great freeway access. That’s a big deal. We’ve got a full interchange, Horse Drive, but we’re changing the name to Skye Canyon Park Drive, so the exit will be called Skye Canyon. We’ve al-ready approved that through the city and are working to change the street and interchange signs. It helps in branding our project.

Howard Hughes Corp. is big on promoting and building out-door amenities in summerlin. it seems like you’re doing the same thing. are you trying to get people here as a cheaper alternative?

You hit the nail on the head. We’re going to look out for any opportuni-ties that we can seek, and one of those is definitely Summerlin. They do a great job of promoting the outdoors; we see that it works well for Summer-lin, so we’ve taken that into consider-ation in the design of our project. We will be trying to capture some of that market that goes to Summerlin now. And you’re right: The prices will be a little lower.

are you going to have a Ridg-es-esque section of megaman-sions like summerlin has?

We’ve got a very nice custom-home area in Southern Highlands, and obvi-ously the Ridges has theirs. We’ll have some executive homes; we’ve already got homes proposed upwards of 4,000 square feet. But right now, we’re not contemplating doing custom homes.

This isn’t the only master-planned community that was essentially left for dead during the recession. Why are these projects back on track?

Land prices went through the roof but are now at a level that can sup-port growth again. At the end of the boom, we actually sold land at close to $1 million an acre in Southern Highlands for higher-end, executive homes. Typical suburban stuff was going for probably $700,000 an acre. Prices today are considerably lower but up from four to five years ago when they hit bottom.

How much did you sell the land for in the first phase here?

Generally around $350,000 to $400,000 an acre.

Do you have any land set aside for a possible casino?

On the originally approved project, there was a 35- to 40-acre site dedi-cated for a casino. We’ve kept those entitlements active. We’ve discussed it with casino companies. Obviously it won’t happen now because the rooftops aren’t here, but there’s in-terest in the site, which we’re opti-mistic about.

Construction is underway in the Skye Canyon development. (mikayla whitmore/Staff)

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By ian whitakerStaff Writer

Private school administrators are worried that a stipulation of Nevada’s comprehensive new voucher law could put them temporarily out of business.

In an email to lawmakers, Lake Mead Christian Academy founder Sue Blake-ley said families had begun withdrawing their children from the private school in order to be eligible for the state’s new Education Savings Account program in January. That’s because the program is only available to families whose chil-dren have attended public school for at least 100 days. After that, they can re-ceive upwards of $5,000 in state money per year to spend on things such as pri-vate school tuition, tutoring and online education.

That creates a serious problem for the 25-year-old Henderson academy, which Blakeley said has historically served low-income families. Some fami-lies are scrambling to receive the funds to spend on tuition later, but every child who leaves means less money for the

Private schools worried new program could put them out of business

school now. Blakely said it could force the academy to scale back consider-ably or possibly shut down.

“We’re going to have to figure out how to weather a 100-day storm,” she said. “It will be very problematic if we have an exodus of families next semester. We’re going to have to let staff go.”

Blakeley is a supporter of the new voucher bill but said the 100-day re-quirement could endanger many pri-vate schools.

“Most private schools do not have the funding to operate for the next six months without enrolling the num-ber of students that our budgets are built on,” Blakeley said in her email to lawmakers.

Private school administrators said they raised that concern in spring during a Q&A session with Republi-can state Sen. Scott Hammond. But Hammond said the 100-day require-ment couldn’t be changed.

He also said new private schools opening could be a factor in some families’ decision to leave.

“What’s happening right now is competition,” he said. “I’m not sure how much of the student drain on the private schools is due to the 100-day requirement.”

Hammond said the concerns would be addressed by the Treasurer’s Office as they work this summer to draw up regulations for the program.

“These guys are dealing with some-

thing that is brand new,” he said. “I’m not going to fault them for being con-cerned.”

Not every private school is feeling the burn. Faith Lutheran, one of the largest private schools in the valley, hasn’t seen any families withdraw yet, according to CEO Steven Buuck.

“But it’s a deep concern,” he said. “If the word gets out, we could poten-tially lose (students).”

That may not be as big an issue for Faith Lutheran, which offers middle and high school in a relatively wealthy part of town.

Buuck said it could be a differ-ent story for Nevada’s K-12 private schools. Low-income families whose children attend private school from kindergarten through high school have a much greater incentive to leave to claim state money than par-ents with children who have only a few years of school remaining.

“I do feel sorry for the smaller schools,” he said. “They’re going to lose a ton of money.”

“We’re going to have to figure out how to weather a 100-day storm. It will be very problematic if we have an exodus of families next semester. We’re going to

have to let staff go.”

— Sue Blakeley, founder of Lake Mead Christian academy

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Report: Southern Nevada’s retail market is most saturated in the nation

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Machine Zone Inc., the company behind “Game of War: Fire Age” — the top grossing iPhone game in 30 countries — plans to expand its op-eration into Southern Nevada.

The company is expected to make a $50 million investment in the state, in large part by pur-chasing up to 4,000 servers. Ma-chine Zone has signed a lease for a 12,000-square-foot property in Southern Nevada and plans to hire 50 full-time employees in data, customer service and quality assur-ance.

The Governor’s Office of Eco-nomic Development board unani-mously approved about $3.8 mil-lion in tax breaks for the company over the next three years.

“The economic development incentives ... have been an integral factor in our decision-making pro-cess to locate our operation here,” Chief Legal Officer Victoria Valen-

zuela wrote in a letter submitted to the board. “We have been examin-ing multiple locations throughout the western states and ultimately, after much due diligence and eco-nomic feasibility analysis, Nevada was chosen for its overall incentive package and pro-business climate.”

Valenzuela said the firm also considered locations in Texas, Ari-zona and on the East Coast.

“This is a significant step out of California for us,” she said.

The move is a big win for Las Ve-gas data company Switch, which Machine Zone officials said was a significant factor in their decision.

“We are locating our major data operations into the best data cen-ter in North America,” Valenzuela’s letter said.

Southern Nevada will serve as a data hub for the company. Its serv-ers will be housed at Switch and managed by Machine Zone.

It will remain headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.

By eli segallStaff Writer

Driving around Las Vegas, it’s easy to think the valley has far too much retail, as shopping plazas big and small line the main roadways with a seemingly endless amount of big-box stores, eateries, clothing shops and beauty salons.

Southern Nevada, it turns out, is the most saturated retail market in the country.

A new report, by publisher Di-rectory of Major Malls and mail-services and software company Pit-ney Bowes, says Las Vegas has 44.9 square feet of gross leasable retail space per household. That’s highest among the 54 U.S. metro areas with at least 1.5 million residents.

Phoenix is No. 2 at 42.5 square feet, and Albuquerque is last at 13 square feet.

Las Vegas also has the youngest retail centers in the country, with an average opening year of 1999. Phoenix again was No. 2, at 1998, and three cities were tied for last, at 1981

— Buffalo, N.Y.; Louisville, Ky.; and Baltimore.

The report looked at nearly 5,000 shopping centers nationally, all with at least 200,000 square feet of leas-able space.

Las Vegas’ resort corridor is packed with malls, and Hal Hopson, a managing director with Pitney Bowes, says one reason the valley tops the list is because a lot of its re-tail centers cater to tourists.

But his group’s findings also seem to highlight how overbuilt Las Vegas became during the boom years.

As of 2012, the valley had the most Wal-Marts in the country — 19 with-in 10 miles of the center of town, ac-cording to Forbes magazine.

“For a city of just under 2 mil-lion, that’s a whole lot of Wal-Mart,” Forbes wrote.

The vacancy rate for anchored re-tail centers soared from about 4 per-cent in 2007 to 12 percent in 2011, according to Colliers International. The rate was 9.9 percent in the first quarter this year.

By Kyle roerinKStaff Writer

Less than two months after solar companies and NV Energy reached a compromise on a controversial ener-gy policy, the two groups are rehash-ing their battle.

The Alliance for Solar Choice filed a petition with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada this month, saying it would soon hit a controver-sial cap limiting participation in a program called net metering. The al-liance said it would hit the cap in six weeks because NV Energy, the state’s largest power provider that monitors the use of rooftop solar, gave lawmak-ers and solar officials inaccurate in-formation during the legislative ses-sion.

The alliance filed the petition to question the veracity of the utility and ask the PUC to rule on the matter.

The utility has yet to file a formal response about how it would react if the cap is met but says it is working to accommodate new rooftop solar cus-tomers after the limit is reached.

On multiple occasions, NV Energy assured the media and lawmakers the

cap would not be met this summer.In a packet the company provided

to lawmakers in May, the utility said the solar industry would not hit the cap until March 2016. Lawmakers boosted the limit from 225 megawatts to 235 megawatts. In testimony, the solar industry said it was comfortable with the hike because it was confident the cap would not be hit.

But this month, NV Energy officials told solar companies the cap would be reached in the coming weeks.

The petition continues the conver-sation about consumer choice in NV Energy’s regulated electricity monop-oly. The utility spent the legislative session trying to prevent an increase in the cap, saying net metering offers a subsidy that only benefits custom-ers with rooftop solar. The policy al-lows NV Energy customers to use solar panels for powering their homes and providing energy to the grid. The program provides a 6-cent credit per kilowatt hour for solar energy they provide to the grid. NV Energy says each additional megawatt could cost nonsolar customers around $8 mil-lion.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy, which owns NV Energy, has panned net me-tering as a policy that cuts into its rev-enues and has waged a battle against the policy in states such as Utah, Washington and Arizona.

“We will continue our efforts to develop just and reasonable charges for net metering that avoid, reduce or eliminate an unreasonable shifting of costs to customers who do not install rooftop solar,” Jennifer Schuricht, an NV Energy spokeswoman, said.

The utility, according to the peti-tion, told solar companies it had mis-calculated how many participants were generating energy with rooftop solar, saying it found an additional 17.5 megawatts worth of NV Energy cus-tomers participating in the program.

“No explanation has been provided as to the reason that the 17.5 MW was overlooked or how the discovery was made that the 17.5 MW was not in-cluded in the calculations that were provided in several public statements to Nevada’s legislators,” TASC attor-neys wrote in the petition. “As a result of this discovery, NV Energy now rec-ognizes that the cap could be hit in as

few as six and a half weeks.”The solar alliance said the Legisla-

ture’s compromise was supposed to provide stability in a market that sup-ports 6,000 jobs — the No. 1 ranking per capita in the nation.

“It is imperative that in order to meet the very specific expectations of the Nevada legislators … the commis-sion clarify that (net metering) will be offered without interruption,” TASC attorneys wrote in the petition.

The Legislature’s compromise gave the solar industry a bump in the cap while mandating that the PUC study adding a fee for net metering custom-ers and asking regulators to look at a new participation policy to replace the cap.

The solar industry spent the ses-sion lobbying that customer demand would hit the cap by the end of sum-mer. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the same thing in a letter to Gov. Brian Sandoval when a solar compromise was still in the works.

Schuricht said the utility’s analysis during the session came from histori-cal data and input from solar compa-nies.

Solar companies say NV Energy misled them on cap limit

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women of switch, from page 1

Gender gap in tech industry begins as early as high school

Switch, NV Energy work out deal to maintain relationshipnoise about it.”

“That’s the way things are,” her mother responded.

Young, now 44, works in technology, an industry dominated by men. While women make up 59 percent of the U.S. labor force, women hold only about 22 percent of leadership positions in the country’s top tech companies, ac-cording to company diversity reports.

That’s not the case at Switch, where half of the company’s 14 top executives are women. Several hold high-level technical positions, including having chief responsibility for construction and engineering.

“I’d say we’re a little odd,” said Kristi Overgaard, Switch’s vice president of marketing.

Although the company declined to disclose statistics for companywide gender distribution in technical versus nontechnical jobs, a boardroom with gender parity is rare, even outside of tech.

The three Switch executives inter-viewed for this story said credit for the company’s balance among its highest-ranking executives belongs to the com-pany’s CEO rather than any official ini-tiative to promote gender equity.

Overgaard said by prioritizing talent and creating a meritocratic work envi-ronment, Switch founder Rob Roy cre-ated a company culture in which gen-der is irrelevant.

Roy “doesn’t walk through life going, ‘Are they male or female?’ ” Overgaard said. “He walks through life looking for, or seeing, innate talent. ‘Can this person problem solve? Can this person lead? Can this person communicate? Can they get results?’ ”

Experts say tech’s gender problems stem from a web of factors, including — but hardly limited to — workplace envi-ronment. The industrywide imbalance begins much earlier, with education and perception of what constitutes ap-propriate work for women.

But culture can make a difference, said Joan Williams, author of “What Works for Women at Work” and direc-tor of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

“It depends, from firm to firm, but in computer science (the gap is) a combi-nation of a dearth of applicants and a hostile environment for women, which leads to a higher level of attrition,” Wil-

liams said.At Switch, Young is in charge of sales

and works closely with other firms. She got her first job in tech during the dot-com boom in the 1990s and has seen firsthand how gender bias can run rampant in environments that allow it. Her first boss, a woman, wanted to give other women a chance to break into the industry.

“She was replaced by a man who thought I had no business in technol-ogy,” Young said.

The gender gap develops as early as high school. The 2015 U.S. News/Raytheon STEM Index found large disparities in the interests of high school students based on their genders. Thirty-one percent of high school boys said they were interested in engineer-ing, compared with 3 percent of girls. Fifteen percent of high school boys reported interest in technology, com-pared with 2 percent of girls.

Overgaard, who holds the playful title of executive vice president of awe-someness, said the industrywide gen-der gap has persisted in large part as the result of a “historic groove line” that for many years did not encourage women to pursue education or employment in STEM fields.

That was obvious in nearly every technology class Switch executive Les-ley McVay attended at the University of California, Riverside, where she earned a minor in computer science.

“They were certainly much more male dominated,” she said.

McVay, who has two female team members and oversees the company’s facilities, echoed the sentiment that Roy, the company’s CEO and founder, has been able to correct that at Switch.

“We are able to find women who are really able to stand up and perform in the roles they are given,” McVay said. “I think he really trusts us.”

Still, executives at Switch can’t shield themselves from the larger industry.

“Even now, I walk into meetings with clients and I’m the only woman in the room,” Young said.

Overgaard, who mentors several stu-dents, recalled meeting an eighth-grad-er who was being taught code. She was so good, Overgaard said, she almost was ready to be hired.

“When you have a coding mindset, you’re a rock star,” Overgaard said. “You can start tomorrow.”

By Kyle roerinKStaff Writer

After more than eight months of debate, Las Vegas data company Switch and NV Energy have reached a compromise that will keep the tech firm as a customer of the power company.

The deal, which awaits approval from the Public Utilities Commission, will end an attempt by Switch, a large-scale electricity consumer, to cut ties with the power company in order to produce and buy energy from other sources.

It mandates the utility build a 100-megawatt solar array north of Las Vegas that will generate power for Switch by the end of 2016. NV Energy will partner with First Solar to build the array. When the sun is down, Switch will be able to access the utility’s geothermal and wind resources to power its operations.

The company will pay a premium to use the renewable energy and will no longer purchase power from carbon-emitting sources. Until its completion, Switch will be able to use credits to buy renewable electricity on the wholesale market.

“We plan on being 100 percent green immediately,” said Adam Kramer, Switch’s vice president of government affairs.

The company, which provides data storage for an array of Fortune 1000 companies, has facilities in Southern Nevada and recently broke ground on a facility near the site of the Tesla Motors battery factory near Reno.

Switch wanted to cut ties with NV Energy as part of a plan to consume 100 percent renewable energy and save money on energy costs. Switch filed an application with the PUC to leave in November, and three commissioners denied it last month. Switch then signaled that it would take legal action and filed a petition for reconsideration, but the deal will put an end to those attempts.

Switch, which consumes the equivalent power of more than 50 Super Wal-Marts annually, is among the state’s largest energy users, and the commission worried that prices for remaining customers would rise if the tech company exited. The utility said during negotiations with the PUC that if Switch paid at least $27 million, its exit wouldn’t increase costs for other customers. Switch suggested it pay around $18 million. In its decision, the PUC said those forecasts did not provide enough assurance that power bills for remaining customers would not increase.

Switch’s attempt sparked a battle unseen in Nevada in more than a decade. Two mining companies, Barrick Goldstrike and Newmont Mining, took advantage of a law that allows large-scale companies to exit the grid if they consume more than 1 megawatt of energy, bring new generation into the state and receive PUC approval. The mining companies built coal and natural gas plants to create their own energy. Casino companies attempted exits but failed to receive PUC approval.

The law, dubbed 704b, passed in 2001 at a time when NV Energy was largely buying power on the wholesale market. The company has since built and signed into power purchase agreements in which it supplies at least 80 percent of its power needs, calling many to question a Switch exit in the current market conditions.

The Switch decision doesn’t end the exit debate. Three casinos — Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands and MGM Resorts International — have all filed applications to exit.

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Calendar of eventsMonday, july 21

Henderson Chamber of Commerce

member briefing

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

Location: HBRC Seminar Room, Wells Fargo

Building, 112 S. Water St., Henderson

Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com

Increase your organization’s visibility by con-

necting with Henderson business professionals.

RIMS educational session and meeting

Time: Doors open 11 a.m. Cost: $27 for mem-

bers with RSVP, $30 for nonmembers with

RSVP, $32 for members without RSVP, $35 for

nonmembers without RSVP

Location: Lawry’s, 4043 Howard Hughes Park-

way, Las Vegas

Information: Email RSVP@nvrims.org

Michael P. Lowry, a shareholder at Thorndal

Armstrong Delk Balkenbush & Eisinger, will dis-

cuss how to avoid being accused of tampering

with evidence during an investigation.

Wednesday, july 22 Convention Services Association luncheon

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

bers, $35 for nonmembers

Location: Canaletto Ristorante Veneto, Vene-

tian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit conventionservicesassocia-

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Network with local professionals in the trade-

show and tourism industries. Money raised from

a raffle will be donated to Baby’s Bounty.

Stirling Club luncheon

Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $26

Location: Gordon Biersch, 3987 Paradise Road,

Las Vegas

Information: Visit celebrityspeakersentertain-

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Andy Hangarter will speak about his experi-

ences promoting magician Tommy Wind and

hypnotist Justin Tranz.

thursday, july 22 The Social Register of Las Vegas workshop

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: Free for members,

$20 for nonmembers

Location: Spanish Trail Country Club, 5050

Spanish Trail Lane, Las Vegas

Information: Call 702-256-0123

Differentiating yourself on the Internet can be

difficult. Stormie Andrews, author of “Power of

the Platform: Speakers on Success,” will discuss

ways to stand out in the digital market and at-

tract potential customers for your business.

Public Relations Society of America Las

Vegas Valley Chapter mid-year membership

mixer

Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free for PRSA

members, $10 nonmembers

Location: Tapas By Alex Stratta, Tivoli Village,

440 S. Rampart Blvd., B-180, Las Vegas

Information: Visit prsalasvegas.com

Catch up with colleagues and friends, compare

notes on market trends and connect with new

business contacts.

Henderson Chamber of Commerce

networking mixer

Time: 5-8 p.m. Cost: $15 for members, $25 for

nonmembers, additional $10 for walk-ins

Location: Bravo! Cucina Italiana, 1300 W. Sunset

Road, Suite 1950, Henderson

Information: Email disraelson@hendersoncham-

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Exchange contacts, referrals and ideas with lo-

cal business professionals.

tuesday, july 28 HR Insights webinar: “From Hiring to Firing”

Time: 9 a.m. Cost: Free

Location and information: Visit nsbank.com

Jill Bell, human resources director at Nevada

State Bank, will lead a panel discussion on how

to implement human resources policies at your

business, ways to manage employment issues

as your business grows and how to avoid legal

problems.

BOMA Nevada monthly breakfast meeting

Time: Registration begins

7 a.m. Cost: $35 for mem-

bers and $40 for nonmem-

bers with advance reser-

vation; $45 for members

and nonmembers without

advance registration

Location: Las Vegas Country

Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown

Drive, Las Vegas

Information: Visit bomanevada.org

Hugh Sinnock, vice president of customer expe-

rience at the Las Vegas Convention Center, will

discuss ways to promote Las Vegas to leisure

and business travelers.

Network After Work

Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: $12 for the first 100

tickets, $15 regular price, $20 at the door with

RSVP, $25 at the door with no RSVP

Location: Blue Martini, 6593 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit networkafterwork.com

Meet professionals from a variety of industries,

including the restaurant, hotel and club sectors.

Light appetizers will be served from 6 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, july 29 NAIOP Southern Nevada

bowling tournament

Time: 3:30-6 p.m. Cost: $35

per person for each five-person

team

Location: The Gold Coast Bowl-

ing Center, 4000 W. Flamingo

Road, Las Vegas

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Meet members of the real estate industry and

learn how to improve your business while taking

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TuEsdAy, July 212 p.m. Four-year open-term contract cigarette stampsState of Nevada, 8319Annette Morfin at amorfin@ admin.nv.gov

THuRsdAy, July 232 p.m. A multiple-award open-term con-tract for de-icing sand and cindersState of Nevada, 8352Marti Marsh at mmarsh@ admin.nv.gov

FRidAy, July 242:15 p.m. Clark Place parking garage: Structural wall improvementsClark County, 603735Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ClarkCountyNV.gov 2 p.m. CTF legumine fish toxicantState of Nevada, 8358Teri Becker at tbecker@ admin.nv.gov

BrOkered transactiOnssAlEs$23,400,000 for 109,838 square feet, retail 415-535 E. Windmill Lane, Las Vegas 89123Seller: Donahue Schriber Realty Seller agent: Michael Hackett and Ryan Schubert of DTZBuyer: Citywest Investments Joint VentureBuyer agent: Chris Emanuel and Jeff Mitchell of Virtus Commercial

$1,299,999 for 17,390 square feet, office 1909 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas 89146Seller: Leumi B LLCSeller agent: Mark Musser of NAI VegasBuyer: C.Y. TomBuyer agent: Eric Larkin of NAI Vegas

$875,640 for 7,297 square feet, industrial 5965-2 Wigwam Ave., Las Vegas 89139Seller: MCA Wigwam LLCSeller agent: Dan Doherty, Susan Borst, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers InternationalBuyer: VLE Holdings LLCBuyer agent: Eric Molfetta of Col-liers International

$50,000 for 72 acres, land2330 S. Corbin St., Pahrump 89048Seller: City National BankSeller agent: Grant Traub and Chris Connell of Colliers InternationalBuyer: Francisco R. Sotelo Buyer agent: Did not disclose

$1,100,000 for 4,000 square feet, industrial3588 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas 89103Seller: Jeffrey Long Family LPSeller agent: Peter Guzman of Coldwell Banker WardleyBuyer: MBSC LLC Buyer agent: Troy Tobler of Virtus Commercial

lEAsEs$61,206 for 1,121 square feet, office for 51 months1481 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 136, Henderson 89014Landlord: Transwestern Inv. Hold-ings Augusta Park LLCLandlord agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus CommercialTenant: Mother to Mother Care LLC and Great Expectations MidwiferyTenant agent: Todd Manning of Commerce Real Estate Solutions

Business licensesD&A Holdings Group LLCLicense type: Business space, rent or leaseAddress: 5041 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Dennis Hunsaker

Dakota Fabricating Inc.License type: SalesAddress: 4216 N. Pecos Road, North Las VegasOwner: Dakota Fabricating Inc.

Damon CochranLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 7181 N. Hualapai Way, Suite 135, Las Vegas

Owner: Damon Cochran

Delicias JalisciensesLicense type: Food servicesAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite E47B, Las VegasOwner: Maria Jimena Garcia

Diversified Roofing CorporationLicense type: Contractor Address: 2015 W. Mountain View Road, Las VegasOwner: Mark W. Schouten

DMV Vegas.comLicense type: DMV registrationAddress: 2065 Pabco Road, HendersonOwner: Stacey Chapman

Donan Engineering Co. Inc.License type: EngineeringAddress: 7685 Commercial Way, HendersonOwner: Donan Engineering Co. Inc.

Doug BowmanLicense type: SolicitorsAddress: 7101 Smoke Ranch Road, Suite 1079, Las VegasOwner: Doug Bowman

Drive Climo ConsultingLicense type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Thomas Climo

Dubowsky Law Office Chtd.License type: Professional servicesAddress: 300 S. Fourth St., Suites 1010 and 1020, Las VegasOwner: Peter Dubowsky

Elaine MarenLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1333 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 190, Las VegasOwner: Elaine Maren

Elegant Banquet HallLicense type: Alcohol beverage catererAddress: 3020 E. Bonanza Road, Suite 110, Las VegasOwner: Bonanza Mojave LLC

Embroidery NookLicense type: RetailAddress: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: William Hughes

EvanelliLicense type: RetailAddress: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Evanelli LLC

Exotica Skin CareLicense type: Personal servicesAddress: 2490 Paseo Verde Park-way, Suite 100, HendersonOwner: Exotica Skin Care LLC

Express FitnessLicense type: Recreation facility Address: 7135 W. Ann Road, Suite

140, Las VegasOwner: Fitness Operations Ltd.

EZ MultiservicesLicense type: RetailAddress: 5714 W. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Quick Money Transfers LLC

Flood Doctor LLCLicense type: Janitorial serviceAddress: 1655 Stocker St., North Las VegasOwner: Flood Doctor LLC

Ftroop GunsmithLicense type: GunsmithAddress: 2908 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las VegasOwner: Family First Firearm Safety Training LLC

Gambler’s CafeLicense type: Liquor on-saleAddress: 800 S. Main St., Las VegasOwner: Allan D. Silberstang

George J. BonillaLicense type: SolicitorsAddress: 541 Sellers Place, HendersonOwner: George J. Bonilla

Glam Factory VintageLicense type: RetailAddress: 211 E. Colorado Ave., Las VegasOwner: Stephanie Soshto

Haley Lane MuaLicense type: General services - counter/officeAddress: 5012 Shoal Creek Circle, Las VegasOwner: Haley Lane LLC

Happy EventsLicense type: Professional promoterAddress: 9668 Waukegan Ave., Las VegasOwner: Happy Event Promotions LLC

Hollywood Furniture 4License type: RetailAddress: 2401 Searles Ave., Suite 110, Las VegasOwner: Hollywood Furniture LLC

Horticulture Consultants Inc.License type: Repair and maintenanceAddress: 221 Misty Garden St., Las VegasOwner: Patricia Smith

Hutton & Johnson Insurance agencyLicense type: Insurance agencyAddress: 800 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 146, Las VegasOwner: Andrew Johnson

Immaculate Solutions LLCLicense type: RetailAddress: Did not disclose, Las

VegasOwner: Deshun Lyons

Impact Installations Inc.License type: Contractor Address: 10091 Streeter Road, Suite 2, Las VegasOwner: Laura Caruso

Incrediblysimple Inc.License type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Clayton J. Hardy

Innova Beauty CorpLicense type: RetailAddress: 71 N. Pecos Road, Suite 111, Las VegasOwner: Wilson Yanez

Inscriptagraphs LLCLicense type: RetailAddress: 5953 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 315, Las VegasOwner: Tyler Feldman

Insphere Insurance Solutions Inc.License type: Insurance agencyAddress: 7500 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 13, Las VegasOwner: Peggy G. Simpson

It’s Your Party and PizzeriaLicense type: Convention hallAddress: 4040 W. Craig Road, North Las VegasOwner: Jose J. Martinez

Ja HaddadLicense type: DesignerAddress: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Ja Haddad LLC

Jaclyn N. WestLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1333 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 190, Las VegasOwner: Jaclyn N. West

Jason E. StaileyLicense type: SolicitorsAddress: 972 Wagner Valley St., HendersonOwner: Jason E. Stailey

JB Dash Covers EmbroideryLicense type: Automotive partsAddress: 2657 N. Las Vegas Blvd., North Las VegasOwner: Jose Bobadilla

Jessica TomlinsonLicense type: Instruction servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Jessica Tomlinson

JM Garage Door RepairLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Juan J. Jimenez

Joseph Charles Royce RistineLicense type: General services - counter/officeAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Joseph Ristine

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Records and TransactionsJuan Jose GranadosLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las VegasOwner: Juan J. Granados

Juliana’s FashionLicense type: Clothing accessoriesAddress: 3422 E. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite A, North Las VegasOwner: JMZ Group LLC

Kevin OberLicense type: Independent massage therapistAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Kevin Ober

Kids ClubLicense type: Amusement parkAddress: 5831 W. Craig Road, Suite 103, Las VegasOwner: Stoopid Entertainment Ltd.

Kingrace Trading Co. License type: RetailAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite C29, Las VegasOwner: Grace To

Kustom Kraft PerformanceLicense type: Automotive - cylinder repairAddress: 500 Parkson Road, Suite 110, HendersonOwner: Kustom Kraft Performance LLC

Kyle BrennanLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1333 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 190, Las VegasOwner: Kyle Brennan LLC

La Pupusa LokaLicense type: Food servicesAddress: 1956 E. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Walter Escobar

Larissa FlowersLicense type: RetailAddress: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Pedro Plaza Trujillo

Law Office of Erik A. Bromson LLCLicense type: Professional servicesAddress: 1810 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Erik A. Bromson

Legacy Auto Detailing LLCLicense type: Automobile detailingAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Brett Stultz

Lima Limon Peruvian RestaurantLicense type: Liquor on-saleAddress: 222 S. Decatur Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Quispe Segovia

Linda PearsonLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Linda Pearson

Lisa L. WetzelLicense type: Professional servicesAddress: 7331 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Lisa L. Wetzel

Lizada Law Firm Ltd.License type: Professional servicesAddress: 800 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 170, Las VegasOwner: Angela Lizada

Lowry’s Catering Inc.License type: Alcohol beverage catererAddress: 4125 W. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Robert W. Lowry

Luke JorgensonLicense type: SolicitorsAddress: 3589 Mountain Valley Drive, Las VegasOwner: Luke Jorgenson

Lung Center of NevadaLicense type: Professional services - medicalAddress: 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 125, Las VegasOwner: Allison Curtis Kingsley Meoz

Madison BlauLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1215 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 210, Las VegasOwner: Madison Blau

Make StudiosLicense type: Contractor Address: 817 S. Main St., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Green Morning LLC

Marshall James MoserLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Marshall J. Moser

Mary MaravichLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las VegasOwner: Mary Maravich Ltd.

Mary McClellanLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las VegasOwner: Mary McClellan

MCNV LLCLicense type: Medical marijuana support businessAddress: 12813 S. Rembrandt Lane, Las VegasOwner: Jason Mussotto

Memotech LLCLicense type: General services - counter/officeAddress: 6024 Draft Horse Drive, Las VegasOwner: Allen McElwain

Merly LopezLicense type: Real estate sales

Address: 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 102, Las VegasOwner: Merly Lopez

Micah LiamLicense type: RetailAddress: 72 St. Johns Wood Ave., HendersonOwner: Micah Liam LLC

Minds Matter LV LLCLicense type: Instruction servicesAddress: 6130 Elton Ave., Las VegasOwner: Michael A. Smith

Miriam WimberlyLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Miriam Wimberly

Morena SalesLicense type: Short-term residential rentalAddress: 1006 Bracken Ave., Las VegasOwner: Morena G. Sales

MS Painting & Drywall LLCLicense type: ContractorAddress: 932 Dover Glen Drive, North Las VegasOwner: MS Painting & Drywall LLC

Natural Dose Nutrition LLCLicense type: Food specialty storeAddress: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Anita Thompson

NDQ ServicesLicense type: Business support serviceAddress: 1536 Dorothy Ave., Suite 1, Las VegasOwner: Nicole Vuceta

Neurology Center of Las VegasLicense type: Professional services - medicalAddress: 2480 Professional Court, Las VegasOwner: Shanker Dixit

New Look Collision Center LLCLicense type: Automotive collision repairAddress: 100 Corporate Park Drive, HendersonOwner: New Look Collision Center LLC

Next Step Alliance LLCLicense type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Terri MacTaggart

Nicholas PanterLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 2055 Village Center Circle, Las VegasOwner: Nicholas Panter

Nina GrozavLicense type: Real estate sales

Address: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Nina Grozav

Office Tailors LLCLicense type: General services - counter/officeAddress: 6234 Windy Waters Court, Las VegasOwner: Michael Macayan

Paradise Nail BarLicense type: Cosmetics establishmentAddress: 8370 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 106, Las VegasOwner: Vjell Inc.

PeeplandLicense type: Adult bookstoreAddress: 2424 Western Ave., Las VegasOwner: New Vegas Ventures Inc.

Premier Solar Solutions LLCLicense type: ContractorAddress: 480 Mirror County, Suite 102, HendersonOwner: Premier Solar Solutions LLC

PricebustersLicense type: Adult Internet salesAddress: 4820 N. Rancho Drive, Suites D and C, Las VegasOwner: Momandad Inc.

Prime Estate Sales LLCLicense type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 1437 Drakewood Ave., Las VegasOwner: Scott Slowiak

Puddlemark VendingLicense type: Coin-operated amusement machineAddress: 531 National St., HendersonOwner: Duff Travis Pond

Quality Care Medical Services Inc.License type: Business support serviceAddress: 500 S. Rancho Drive, Suite 7, Las VegasOwner: Lisa Esposito

R and C Pest Control LLCLicense type: Property maintenanceAddress: 1531 Western Ave., Las VegasOwner: R and C Pest Control LLC

Ray’s Automotive License type: Automotive garageAddress: 2051 E. Sahara Ave., Las VegasOwner: Ramon Prieto

Real Estate Auctions-Nevada LLC License type: Real estate salesAddress: 7465 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Romulo (June) Silverio

Reebok License type: Retail

Address: 855 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 1855, Las VegasOwner: Reebok International Ltd.

Reghecampf Soccer Academy LLCLicense type: Soccer academyAddress: 716 Arden Valley Ave., HendersonOwner: Reghecampf Soccer Academy LLC

Relentless Elite Soccer TrainingLicense type: Training facilityAddress: 980 American Pacific Drive, Suite 107, HendersonOwner: Relentless Elite Soccer Training LLC

Reliable Automotive LLC License type: Automotive garageAddress: 2911 N. Rancho Drive, Las VegasOwner: The Ground Up LLC

Retana’s Lawn Service License type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Jaime Rodriguez

Rialto Mortgage Finance LLCLicense type: Mortgage companyAddress: 2490 Paseo Verde Park-way, Suite 115, HendersonOwner: Rialto Mortgage Finance LLC

Ricky (Ric) Rushton License type: Real estate salesAddress: 2500 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 211, Las VegasOwner: Ric Rushton LLC

Roadrunner Engine Parts License type: RetailAddress: 71 N. Pecos Road, Suite 109, Las VegasOwner: Rep Inc.

Roxasita Yasul License type: Real estate salesAddress: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Roxasita I. Yasul

S.O.S. Appliance Service Inc. License type: Repair and maintenanceAddress: 720 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 140, Las VegasOwner: Thomas Masone

Santa Fe Station Hotel & CasinoLicense type: Food servicesAddress: 4949 N. Rancho Drive, Las VegasOwner: NP Santa Fe LLC

Say It With Flowers LLC License type: RetailAddress: 3110 Polaris Ave., Suite 43, Las VegasOwner: Maria I. Morimando

Senergy Petroleum LLC License type: Express/delivery service

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Records and TransactionsAddress: 622 S. 56th Ave., Las VegasOwner: David Lueth

Sharon L. House License type: Real estate salesAddress: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las VegasOwner: Team House Inc.

Sigrid Marmann License type: Real estate salesAddress: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Sigrid Marmann

Skyline Helicopter Tours LLC License type: Oral solicitationAddress: 2826 Perimeter Road, Las VegasOwner: Dean Miarecki

Social Revolution LLC License type: General services - counter/officeAddress: 317 S. Sixth St., Las VegasOwner: Michael Tchong

Southern Nevada Counseling Associates LLC License type: Professional servicesAddress: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Daniel Reiness

Sprint Corp. License type: RetailAddress: 4450 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 1, and 2342 E. Bonanza Road, Las VegasOwner: Sprint Telephony PCS LP

Sprouts Farmers Market License type: GroceryAddress: 10000 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 180, Las VegasOwner: SF Markets LLC

Starr LandscapingLicense type: Property maintenanceAddress: 1040 Spring Pond Court, HendersonOwner: Adam Starr

Stephen CornelsenLicense type: SolicitorsAddress: 7101 Smoke Ranch Road, Suite 1079, Las VegasOwner: Stephen Cornelsen

T NailsLicense type: BarbershopAddress: 10345 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 130, HendersonOwner: Thuy Nguyen

Tacos El Centenario License type: Open-air vendingAddress: 4518 E. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Jose P. Salazar

Tevi Boutique License type: RetailAddress: Did not disclose, Las VegasOwner: Ivet Khechoumian

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

The Bach Law Firm LLC License type: Professional servicesAddress: 7881 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 165, Las VegasOwner: Jason J. Bach

The Community Tool Chest License type: Nonfarm product vendorAddress: 302 S. Rampart Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Las Vegas Woodworkers Society LLC

BuIlDING PERMITS

$596,676, multifamily4650 Ranch House Road, North Las VegasRyland Homes $582,410, patio1690 Sundown Drive, HendersonPremier Patio Covers $473,767, commercial - alteration4701 Vandenberg Drive, North Las VegasAccelerated Construction Inc. $399,000, solar4433 Erica Drive, North Las VegasSolarCity Corporation $373,100, solar4013 Aaron Scott St., North Las VegasSolarCity Corporation $292,040, commercial - remodel249 N. Stephanie St., HendersonAutoZone $254,404, residential - production1164 Sparta Crest St., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC $254,404, residential - production2802 Poseidon Shore Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC $240,819, residential - production2400 Trevisani St., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $186,256, residential - production1168 Sparta Crest St., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC $181,820, residential - production3217 Porta Cesareo Ave., HendersonToll Henderson LLC $175,032, commercial - remodel4301 E. Sunset Road, HendersonPacific Dental Services

$172,560, residential - production216 Cromarty St., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc. $169,621, residential - production1117 Echo Pass St., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $156,701, residential - production2361 Boretto St., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $149,881, residential - production1920 Galleria Spada St., HendersonToll Henderson LLC $146,665, residential - production2801 Poseidon Shore Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC $146,554, residential1093 Via Della Curia, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada LLC $145,279, residential - production98 Estes Cove Ave., HendersonRyland Homes $145,279, residential - production909 Estes Cove Ave., HendersonRyland Homes $145,279, residential - production925 Carson Bluff Ave., HendersonRyland Homes $143,615, residential - production1145 Bear Head St., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp. $142,395, residential - production728 Sea Coast Drive, HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $142,050, residential - new117 Chino Ave., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $142,050, residential - new208 Chino Ave., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $138,625, residential - production3079 Beaux Art Ave., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp.

$137,904, residential - production2606 Marvel Astoria St., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp. $137,904, residential - production2602 Marvel Astoria St., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp. $137,904, residential - production2613 Via Firenze, HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp. $137,294, residential - production686 Coastal Lagoon St., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.$137,238, residential - production

1109 Strada Cristallo, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada LLC $136,906, residential - production932 Harbor Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $130,584, residential - production3163 Baranek Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $130,584, residential - production3162 Del Dotto Walk, HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $130,005, residential - incident repair556 Engel Ave., HendersonRaymond Faber $129,475, residential - production2630 Ornate Regiment St., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp. $128,699, residential - production497 Cadence View Way, HendersonRichmond American Homes of Nevada $125,553, residential - new209 Chino Ave., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $125,553, residential - new116 Chino Ave., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $124,318, residential - production2507 Pennabilli St., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $124,318, residential - production3102 Apecchio Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $120,271, residential - production409 Via Gigante Court, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada LLC $117,368, residential - new205 Chino Ave., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $117,368, residential - new204 Chino Ave., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $117,276, residential - production962 Harbor Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $117,276, residential - production941 Harbor Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $116,056, residential - production3083 Beaux Art Ave., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp. $116,056, residential - production3068 Beaux Art Ave., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp. $115,890, residential - production

2610 Marvel Astoria St., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp. $115,890, residential - production2617 Via Firenze, HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp. $115,203, residential - new345 Casmailia Ave., North Las VegasCentury Communities of Nevada $115,010, commercial - remodel1410 Jet Stream Drive, Suite 100, HendersonApex Aviation $113,173, residential - production3157 Del Dotto Walk, HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $110,768, residential - new4316 Red Fan Palm Court, North Las VegasCentury Communities of Nevada $109,846, residential - production2614 Marvel Astoria St., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp. $107,850, residential - production384 Shanon Springs St., Hender-sonD.R. Horton Inc. $102,527, residential - production700 Bollons Island St., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $102,305, residential - production382 Shanon Springs St., Hender-sonD.R. Horton Inc. $100,742, residential - new3513 Starlight Ranch Ave., North Las VegasJ.F. Shea Co. Inc.

$90,495, residential - new5948 Montina Vines St., North Las VegasJ.F. Shea Co. Inc. $86,391, residential - production3158 Teaderman Walk, HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc. $75,000, retail745 S. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 100, HendersonWatt Unlimited LLC $52,946, pool and/or spa111 S. Gibson Road, HendersonParagon Pools $51,940, solar4340 Shannon Valley Ave., North Las VegasSolarCity Corporation

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Category: gaming suppliers(ranked By numBer of employees as of april 30)

CompanyYear est. locally Employees Services

Top local executive

1 Scientific Games6650 S. El Camino RoadLas Vegas, NV 89118702-897-2284 • scientificgames.com

1989 1,650 Slot machines, casino management systems, table-game products

Gavin Isaacs, president, CEO

2 International Game Technology6355 S. Buffalo DriveLas Vegas, NV 89113702-669-7777 • igt.com

1981 800 Game equipment sales, networking services Renato Ascoli, CEO

3 Aristocrat Technologies7230 Amigo St.Las Vegas, NV 89119702-270-1000 • aristocrat-us.com

1963 600 Slot machines, casino management systems, virtual casinos, mobile game apps

Maureen Sweeny, chief commercial officer

4 Konami Gaming Inc.585 Konami CircleLas Vegas, NV 89119702-616-1400 • konamigaming.com

2004 450 Casino slot machines, management systems and technology

Steve Sutherland, COO, executive vice president

5 Global Cash Access7250 S. Tenaya Way, Suite 100Las Vegas, NV 89113702-855-3000 • gcainc.com

1998 357 Integrated gaming payment solutions, innovative video and mechanical reel spinning gaming content and technology solutions

Ram Chary, president, CEO

6 VSR Industries6190 Mountain Vista St.Henderson, NV 89014702-382-7773 • vsrindustries.com

1969 180 Slot machine bases, high security locks, gaming cabinets

Colt Vollmann, president

7 Gaming Laboratories International7160 Amigo St.Las Vegas, NV 89119702-914-2220 • gaminglabs.com

2001 150 Gaming device and systems testing, regulatory consultation

Ian Hughes, vice president of global services

8 JCM Global925 Pilot RoadLas Vegas, NV 89119702-651-0000 • jcmglobal.com

1990 120 Bill validators, peripheral currency transaction equipment, digital display equipment

Aki Isoi, president

11 Sunkist Graphics401 E. Sunset RoadHenderson, NV 89011702-566-9008 • sunkistgrfx.com

1983 55 Gaming graphics, lighting solutions, top box integration

Erik Black, president

12 Gaming Partners International1700 Industrial RoadLas Vegas, NV 89102702-384-1965 • gpigaming.com

2002 40 Casino chips, playing cards, gaming tables and layouts

Gregory Gronau, president, CEO

13 Sting Alarm and Surveillance7120 Rafael Ridge WayLas Vegas, NV 89119702-737-8464 • stingalarm.com

2003 50 Surveillance, electronic access control, intrusion alarm and monitoring

Jon Perry, president

14 Interblock711 Pilot RoadLas Vegas, NV 89119702-260-1384 • interblockgaming.com

2002 36 Electronic table games and equipment John Connelly, CEO

15a eConnect 7710 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 126Las Vegas, NV 89117702-523-8786 • econnectglobal.com

2009 30 Loss prevention services and software through video-drive analytics

Henry Valentino III, founder, CEO, president

15b Kiesub Electronics3185 S. Highland DriveLas Vegas, NV 89146702-733-0024 • kiesub.com

1972 30 Slot machine parts, bulbs, LED bulbs, LED-lit boards and panels to replace fluorescent bulbs, LED-lit panels for signs and kiosks, network cable and connections

Mike Johnsen, director of manufacturing

17 NetEffect5575 S. Durango Drive, Suite 110Las Vegas, NV 89113702-318-7700 • neteffect-it.com

2002 23 Nnetwork monitoring, helpdesk ticketing, call center services, first level helpdesk, consulting and project manaement, staff augmentation

Jeff Grace, CEO

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