Ever since Assembly Bill 341 passed last June, paving the way for cannabis consumption lounges, Nevadans have been ablaze with questions. When will they open? Who gets to open one? What will they be like? Here’s a breakdown as we prepare for lounges to open around town.
When will cannabis consumption lounges open? One already has. The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe’s Vegas Tasting Room, at Downtown’s NuWu Cannabis Marketplace, is the only cannabis consumption lounge to open in Las Vegas so far. But for non-tribal lounges, we’ve still got a wait. Scot Rutledge, a cannabis lobbyist and partner of Argentum Partners, says regulations still need to be finalized and approved by the Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB), but once that’s done, the application and licensing process can begin.