VEGAS CHAMBER SEPTEMBER 2021 BUSINESS VOICE 1 ARE YOU THE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR? Celebrate the nominees & winners! Wednesday, Oct. 27 Details at VegasChamber.com Categories Business of the Year Small, Medium, Large Corporate Citizen of the Year Emerging Business of the Year Executive of the Year Winners announced in October Financial institutions are excluded Exclusive Sponsor 2 BUSINESS VOICE SEPTEMBER 2021 VEGAS CHAMBER Cultivating growth and prosperity MARY BETH SEWALD PRESIDENT & CEO his month, the Vegas Chamber will take more The Vegas Chamber is proud to be part of this eort. than 150 business and community leaders to And to ensure Southern Nevada receives its fair share our nation’s capital for our annual Washington, of funding, it is essential that Nevada’s Congressional D.C. Fly-In. As our community recovers from delegation hear from the business community about the impact of the pandemic, this trip is more the economic and workforce challenges employers and important than ever. small businesses are facing and how ARP funding could be productively utilized in our state. It is important for TDuring this annual trip, the Vegas Chamber will meet Nevada to access the federal grants it will need for our with Nevada’s senators and representatives, along with economy – and our people – to recover and thrive. other key decision-makers on Capitol Hill. This trip has been instrumental in achieving many positive things Additionally, the Vegas Chamber will be advocating on a for our region including the designation and funding variety of other issues that impact the economic future for Interstate 11; the creation of Tule Springs national of our state including, transportation infrastructure, monument; additional Homeland Security Funding to cyber security, immigration, United States and Mexico protect Las Vegas; the renewal of Brand USA funding to trade relationships, water policy and the Colorado River, help promote the United States to international visitors; labor regulations, and public lands. and the reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. And we will also be sharing with policy makers the new web portal the Vegas Chamber has created to help So, what’s at stake this year? connect workers with employment opportunities, along with the training and skills they need to obtain good Federal funding to help our community and economy paying jobs and build sustainable careers. The Vegas recover from COVID is a top priority. Clark County has Chamber has built a coalition of workforce training, assembled the largest ever regional collaboration to education, and employer partners from across the state. apply for federal funding in response to the $3 billion You will hear more about this groundbreaking work in “Investing in America’s Communities” initiative funded the coming months. by the American Rescue Plan (ARP). We hope you will join us in Washington, D.C., either in- The federal initiative aims to accelerate economic person or virtually, to help amplify the voice of business recovery from the corona virus pandemic and help on Capitol Hill. communities that were disproportionately impacted build back better. VEGAS CHAMBER SEPTEMBER 2021 BUSINESS VOICE 3 LV in DC 2021 Washington, D.C. Fly-In BusinessBusiness Voice Voice VOLUME 43 NUMBER 09 Vegas Chamber 575 Symphony Park Avenue, Ste. 100 Las Vegas, NV 89106 702.641.5822 • VegasChamber.com Mary Beth Sewald President & CEO Vegas Chamber 2021 Board of Trustees Trustees Emeritus Board Executive Committee Gina Bongiovi Paul Anderson Jay Barrett REGISTER TODAY! Chairwoman Boyd Gaming Corporation The JABarrett Company Bongiovi Law Firm Joseph Asher Senator Richard Bryan Brandon Barkhuff Fennemore Craig, P.C. 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Meanwhile, across Interstate 15 inside Allegiant upcoming residency at Caesars Palace prompted the Stadium, 68,000 fans sang with country music legend addition of six dates on top of the original 12. Garth Brooks as he kicked o his stadium tour after nearly a year of waiting. With their star power and overwhelming This demand for live events is not unexpected. Concert and box oce success, the events showcased a Las Vegas that sporting events have become an important and growing is bouncing back with a bang. part of the Las Vegas experience, but coming out of a pandemic where isolation has been prevalent and public After more than a year of staying home, wearing masks, interactions limited, congregating among thousands avoiding crowds and cooking at home, Americans are through a shared passion may be more important than ready to let their hair down and party like it’s 2019 again. ever. The pace of ticket sales across the entertainment They’ve made that clear through brisk sales for an ever- spectrum in Las Vegas certainly supports that. expanding slate of concerts and sporting events that is filling up weekends through 2021 and beyond. The success of UFC 264 and the Garth Brooks concert, along with the Illenium concert a week earlier, are just the tip of the entertainment iceberg as events throughout the upcoming calendar have been selling out almost as quickly as tickets became available no matter what the venue. UFC 264 sold out in seconds. The Life is Beautiful and Electric Daisy Carnival music festivals, which each host hundreds of thousands of fans, sold out in a matter of hours.