Applications are official open in Nevada for marijuana consumption lounges—a license type that many are hopeful will attract cannabis tourism and further drive sales.
The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) started accepting the applications on Friday morning, and the window will close on October 27.
This comes more than a year after Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) signed a bill from Assemblyman Steve Yeager (D) legalizing consumption lounges.
Existing retailers are able to apply for one lounge license category to build onto their operations, and there will also be independent lounges that can enter into a contract with a retailer to purchase and prepare ready-to-consume marijuana products for resale.
Regulators said that they expect to receive about 40-45 applications from retailers. They don’t currently have an estimate for how many independent lounge applications will be submitted. However, they’re only authorized to issue up to 20, half of which must be for social equity applicants.
CCB approved regulations for marijuana lounges over the summer. They also notified people on Friday that a statewide IT issue is affecting the board’s website, but they directed prospective applications to a separate site where they can submit their forms.
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