Cannabis: What You Smoke in Vegas....

Get ready, world: The biggest pot store on the planet is coming to Sin City. It seems only natural that the country’s first cannabis entertainment complex and dispensary superstore would choose to make its home in Las Vegas, one of the world’s splashiest cities.

Recreational dispensary provider Planet 13 is building a 112,000 square foot cannabis complex that will open its 40,000 square foot first phase in November. The first phase will include 16,500 SF dedicated to a dispensary, a grand hallway and offices. 

The second phase will include retail outlets and a non-cannabis-infused coffee shop. The complex is anticipated to be a pot lover’s dream, with the dispensary offering recreational cannabis, cannabis extracts and infused products. It will also be a Vegas lover’s dream, featuring more than $1M worth of special effects lighting up the space. Visitors will experience laser graffiti walls with laser spray paint cans, an interactive LED floor, robot orb entertainers and electric interactive lotus flowers on the rooftop. 

 “We are overlooked by 65,000 hotel rooms,” Planet 13 Director of Marketing David Farris said. “We wanted to be vibrant and seen from a distance."

Nevada state law prohibits casinos from being involved in marijuana, so the county restricted any cannabis businesses from opening within 1,000 feet of the strip, state Sen. Tick Segerblom said. Planet 13 is just off the South Strip about a third of a mile from Fashion Show mall. “Once Planet 13 opens, it will put Nevada at a totally new level beyond anything which exists in the world,” Segerblom said. “We know it will establish Nevada and Las Vegas as the marijuana capital of the world.” 

With a third of every dollar spent on marijuana going toward taxes, Segerblom said it is difficult to predict the exact impact to the local economy — he anticipates starting sales of several million dollars monthly.  The superstore has already received international attention.