In June 2022, the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB)
approved regulations pertaining to the licensing and operation of
cannabis consumption lounges in accordance with its authority under
Assembly Bill 341 (2021). Following the CCB's implementation of
the regulations, the license application window was opened from
October 14 – October 27, 2022. During the application period,
the CCB received ninety-nine applications, and on November 30,
2022, the CCB identified forty applicants who would be prospective
holders of consumption lounge licenses. Of the total forty
applicants identified, twenty were applicants that already held
cannabis retail licenses in Nevada and intended to operate
consumption lounges attached to their retail dispensaries, ten were
social equity applicants that intended to operate standalone
consumption lounges, and ten were non-social equity applicants that
intended to operate standalone consumption lounges.
