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Takeaways – Will Las Vegas Skip the Next Recession Part 3
This is Part 3, and the final post of a series titled Will Las Vegas Skip the Next Recession. Part 1 covered two major projects in the Raiders Stadium and Convention Center Expansion. If you missed it you can read it by clicking here. Part 2 covered Nevada...
Takeaways – Will Las Vegas Skip the Next Recession Part 2
This is Part 2 of a series titled Will Las Vegas Skip the Next Recession. Part 1 covered two major projects in the Raiders Stadium and Convention Center Expansion. If you missed it you can read it by clicking here Part 2 of this series is near and dear to...
Takeaways – Will Las Vegas Skip the Next Recession?
This time I am taking a different approach, consolidating my thoughts about several topics, and will break it up in three parts. I hope you enjoy! In January I heard two economists forecast the next recession will hit the nation around 2019. You can read about it more...
Takeaways – My night with Mark Cuban
Sunday, March 26th the Adelson Education Campus held its annual “In Pursuit of Excellence” gala. This year’s honoree was none other than, Mark Cuban, Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and one of ABC’s “Sharks” on the hit show Shark Tank. To...
Takeaways – NAIOP Breakfast March
Thursday, March 16th the NAIOP Southern Nevada chapter brought in Tina Quigley, General Manager (and presenter extraordinaire), of the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC). I was expecting Tina to get into the weeds about this “Fuel...
Takeaways – City of Las Vegas Downtown Momentum Bus Tour
Thursday, March 2nd the City of Las Vegas held their Downtown Momentum Bus Tour organized by the magnificent Julie Quisenberry. This event has been going on for years. I think the last one I attended was over 5 years ago. We kicked off at Las Vegas...
Takeaways – CORFAC Spring Conference
Friday, February 24th the CORFAC International Spring Conference was in San Diego. It didn’t suck. The conference was from the 22nd to the 25th. One of the opening sessions featured keynote speaker Greg Lindsay, Author and Industry Trend...
Takeaways – NAIOP Breakfast February
Thursday, February 16th the NAIOP Southern Nevada breakfast featured the Len Jessup, President of UNLV. His presentation was title Building a New Future! Like any great leader, Len gave due credit to his team. He mentioned more than once David Frommer,...
Takeaways – SIOR Luncheon February
Wednesday, February 8th the Southern Nevada SIOR Chapter luncheon featured the LVGEA (Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance). The presenters were Jonas Peterson, CEO and Jared Smith, COO. The title of the presentation was “Winning the Jobs War”. It was a rather intense...
Takeaways – NAIOP Forecast January
This time I am going to talk about two events, both which featured speakers forecasting on the state of the economy, nationally and globally. As you can image I could inundate you with the slides and information that they provided. But I thought it would be cool to...
Takeaways – SIOR Luncheon January
Good evening everyone! One of the things I am committed to this year is capturing value add, take-aways, and “ah ha’s” from the various events that I attend throughout the year. Feel free to pass these along as they come to employees, clients, vendors, etc. Enjoy!!...