LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — There were high hopes for cannabis consumption lounges in Nevada; however, since legalization in 2021 and the first licenses being issued last year, only one state-licensed facility is currently operating statewide.

The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board’s dashboard shows two licensed consumption lounges: Smoke and Mirrors, which opened last year but has since closed, and Dazed! inside Planet 13, which remains the only operating licensed facility.

Ashley Werbiski and Osvaldo Fernandez from Mesquite, Texas, visited Dazed! during a Las Vegas trip for a Star Wars-themed Halloween wedding. They said the lounge provided a legal alternative to smoking on the Strip.

“We looked it up on Google…. we didn’t want to get in trouble smoking in the street,” Werbiski said.

“Here, we can be ourselves without wondering is worry about it, are we gonna get in trouble? Is someone gonna see us?” Fernandez explained.

Dazed! also features an array of games in the lounge and cannabis cocktails.

“We have cocktails here infused with cannabis syrup and all of our liquors have 00, so there’s no alcohol, but we basically mimic the bar culture on a cannabis side,” said Kevin Manganaro, general manager of Dazed!

Manganaro, who has worked in Las Vegas hospitality for decades, said obtaining the consumption lounge license and meeting all requirements to open proved challenging.

“It’s been a really tough process… obviously a lot of legalities that we have to work through,” Manganaro said. “It took about two or three years for us to get the licensing and everything.”

The lounge has operated for more than a year, with many customers, both locals and tourists, just discovering the venue.

The Cannabis Compliance Board will host an event on Tuesday for potential consumption lounge owners who have obtained licenses but have not yet opened businesses. The board previously reported that dozens of applicants have applied for consumption lounge licenses.

A tribal-regulated consumption lounge, Nuwu, operates north of Fremont Street downtown. The state dashboard does not include tribal establishments.

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