Las Vegas tourism stakeholders are urging Nevada to reconsider long-standing barriers between the cannabis and casino industries, arguing that more flexible cannabis regulations could be key to revitalizing visitation and outpacing competitors.
During a panel at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas—hosted by the Cannabis Policy Institute and the International Gaming Institute—Seth Schorr, CEO of Fifth Street Gaming, joined cannabis entrepreneur David Goldwater and UNLV law professor and former Gaming Control Board member Terry Johnson to discuss the current regulatory divide.
"We need every tool in the toolbox," Schorr emphasized, as reported by The Marijuana Herald. "Visitation is down. Maybe 10 years ago, you had to be conservative, but today it's got to be on the table."
Nevada law currently mandates a 1,500-foot distance between cannabis establishments and casinos, and Clark County regulations prohibit cannabis delivery to the Las Vegas Strip. A legislative effort to enable deliveries to non-gaming Strip properties was abandoned earlier this year, largely due to concerns from casino operators about possible violations of federal banking laws tied to marijuana's classification as a Schedule I substance.
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