A Denver cannabis lounge that has drawn a waitlist of more than 6,000 people is planning to open a Las Vegas outpost by fall 2027, setting up shop at 4240 W. Flamingo Road even as Nevada’s cannabis consumption lounges continue to struggle to find solid footing. Cirrus Social Club, founded by Arend Richard, says the planned Las Vegas location would include a members-only lounge section alongside a main lounge area open to everyone.
A Hospitality Pitch Lands on the Strip’s Doorstep
Richard said he is excited to bring a high-end cannabis social experience to the Las Vegas Valley, according to KTNV Las Vegas. The planned Flamingo Road expansion is expected to create 120 to 150 jobs, the station reports, and Cirrus has not finalized what Las Vegas membership will cost. The address itself has a wrinkle: 4240 W. Flamingo Road is also the site of a Cookies dispensary across from the Palms, and Richard declined to comment on other businesses operating at the planned address when KTNV asked. The station said it contacted Cookies but had not received a response by its deadline.
Cirrus Social Club opened in Denver in 2025 and has already served more than 50,000 guests, per the same KTNV report. The company has positioned itself less as a smoke spot and more as a hospitality business, with Richard previously telling Denver’s ABC affiliate that “our end goal is to get people to spend time us,” a line from denver7.com’s coverage of the Colfax Avenue flagship. That Denver7 report also notes patrons must be 21 to enter the lounge at 3200 E. Colfax Ave.
The Denver Numbers Behind the Expansion Bet
Cirrus’s Denver success has been striking given the state of the local market. Denver7 reports that Colorado’s cannabis revenue has fallen as more states have legalized the drug, and 5280 magazine notes the state’s retail cannabis industry has struggled for years, with marijuana sales hitting a seven-year low the prior year, according to 5280. Even against that backdrop, Cirrus says it served nearly 15,000 guests in its first seven months and built a waitlist topping 6,000 names.
Getting there wasn’t cheap or fast. Richard told 5280 that city licensing cost him $500,000 in investment funds, and he went on to raise another $2.5 million to convert a former tae kwon do studio into the lounge. Denver7 reports the process took more than a year just to clear permitting, part of a roughly three-year path to opening. Membership at the Denver club runs $50 a month, with perks including priority seating, a members-only night, early access to events and an Experts Only menu, according to Cirrus Social Club’s own membership page, which also states that membership carries over to every future Cirrus location worldwide.
Nevada’s Lounge Market Remains a Tough Room
Las Vegas is not exactly fertile ground for cannabis lounges right now. Nevada cannabis sales declined 9 percent to $757.7 million in the 12 months ending June 30, 2025, according to The Nevada Independent, and taxable sales statewide have fallen 17 percent since 2021 per the same outlet’s separate reporting. That’s a steep drop from the more than $829 million in taxable sales Nevada recorded in fiscal 2024, as reported by Las Vegas Weekly…