Phil Ivey One Of 26 People in Las Vegas To Be Granted Approval To Operate a Weed Dispensary
Review Journal - Las Vegas’ first round of pot permit hearings was a marathon, not a sprint. City Council members spent the better part of 16 hours mulling preliminary land use and licensing entitlements sought by 50 would-be medical marijuana business operators on Tuesday and Wednesday. They approved 26 pot dispensaries, more than double the number set aside for the city by Nevada regulators. It remains unclear how many of those city-qualified applicants will get the go-ahead from the state health department. City Council members denied credentials to 11 permit applicants, citing everything from missing paperwork to questions over onsite security. It took council members 45 minutes to finally approve the city’s first medical pot shop applicant, one that more than a dozen area residents stood up to oppose. Notables approved for a city pot permit include restaurateur Michael Morton, downtown entrepreneur Michael Cornthwaite, developer James Hammer, former state Sen. Mark James, political consultant David Thomas and professional poker player Phil Ivey.
The legend grows. Known for taking private planes to the dentist, beating casinos for over 12 million dollars and over 9 million dollars and promptly getting sued by them, not remembering if he won or lost $200,000 on the Super Bowl, and just being an all-around legend, he now has jumped into the medical marijuana game. Is there a better idea than that? If I had to name one business that will never go broke, it’s the marijuana business in Las Vegas. That’s what happens when they take 12 million dollars out of your pocket, you just move onto the next hustle. We’ve all done that right? Right? No nothing like it? We lose a 20 dollar bill and search high and low for it for hours, checking the same pair of pants 10 times hoping it magically shows up. Kinda the same thing.
One of my favorite pictures. Entire crowd going nuts, Ivey just sitting there because now they didn’t cover and he lost 6 figures. Another day in the life.