Nevada’s first cannabis consumption lounge shuttered

The first cannabis consumption lounge in Nevada has closed its doors just over a year after opening for business.

The closure of Thrive Cannabis Marketplace’s Smoke and Mirrors consumption lounge, which opened in February 2024, leaves the Dazed! Consumption Lounge inside Planet 13’s store next to the Strip as the only state-sanctioned venue for marijuana consumption, according to Las Vegas Weekly.

In addition to Dazed, Nevada has a third consumption lounge, Sky High Lounge, which has been operating since 2019.

But because Sky High is located on sovereign tribal land owned by the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, it isn’t subject to state regulations.

Nevada legislators approved the state’s consumption lounge program in 2021, providing spaces where people can use marijuana legally.

“It gives (tourists) a safe place to consume their cannabis so they don’t have to walk up and down the street or risk a hotel fine,” Blake Anderson, manager of Planet 13’s Dazed lounge, told Las Vegas Weekly.

Anderson estimates 250 customers visit Dazed daily.

An additional 21 consumption lounges have received conditional approval, but no dates have been set for any of them to open.

Nevada is one of 12 states that permit recreational cannabis lounges, according to the Marijuana Policy Project.