Why Henderson is the Las Vegas Valley Address for Success

LESS TAXING
Nevada's tax environment (including corporate or personal income tax) makes it continually one of the most-business friendly states in the nation.

LOCATION
Henderson is becoming a hub for business in the Southwest, conveniently located between five major markets (Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Diego and San Francisco).

LIFESTYLE
Known for its master-planned communities and high-quality of living, Henderson leads Nevada cities in income per capita and education levels of its residents. It was also named one of America's Safest Cities by Money magazine. Henderson is just 15 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip and 10 minutes from McCarran International Airport, the nation’s seventh busiest airport.

LABOR MARKET
Henderson has been at the front of Nevada's growth spurt, growing from just 60,000 to more than 270,000 today. By the end of the year 2025, nearly 400,000 residents are expected to call Henderson home. Henderson's population would qualify it as the 14th largest city in the state of California, larger than such cities as Irvine, Glendale and San Bernardino.

Location and Transportation

Location

Henderson: The new business hub of the Southwest

Located adjacent to Las Vegas in booming Clark County, Nevada, Henderson is conveniently situated between five major Southwest markets (Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Diego and San Francisco).

Because of its location, easy access and business-friendly environment, Henderson is becoming a hub for business in the Southwest. In fact, some are viewing Henderson as a complement to the Southern California marketplace because of its close proximity to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Henderson is located 15 minutes from the world famous Las Vegas Strip. Stretching over 100 square miles from Lake Las Vegas to the east and Interstate-15 on the west, Henderson forms the southern edge of the Las Vegas Valley.

Transportation by Air and Land

Henderson’s easy access to McCarran International Airport (located just five minutes via freeway from Henderson) and convenient location between major freeways and highways connecting the Las Vegas Valley to California, Arizona and Utah, makes getting to and from Henderson easy.

Major highways serving Henderson include I-15, US 93/95, Highway 146, and the Southern Nevada Beltway (I-215).  I-15 also provides immediate east-west access from California to the East Coast  via  I-80, I-70, and I-40, as well as north-south access from Mexico to Canada via I-15.

It is approximately a 40-minute flight or a four-hour drive from Los Angeles. It can be reached by air, from Phoenix, Salt Lake City and San Diego in under an hour and from San Francisco in 75 minutes.

McCarran International Airport, ranked among the 10 busiest airports in the nation, served more than 39.6 million passengers in 2013.

Some of the major carriers serving the Henderson/Las Vegas area are:  AeroMexico, Air Canada, Allegiant, American Airlines, British Airways, COPA, Delta,  Hawaiian, JetBlue,  Korean Air, Southwest (AirTran & WestJet) Airlines, U.S. Airways, and United (Continental) Airlines, Virgin.

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Telecommunications

The Las Vegas Valley offers excellent telecommunication and broadband connectivity as well, which is increasingly important from a business continuity perspective. Numerous national backbone connections are routed through the valley providing significant benefits to businesses in the form of superior telecommunications products and services, attractive rates and pricing, redundancy and disaster avoidance (as the valley is free from natural disasters - such as tornadoes, earthquakes and hurricanes - as well as power outages).

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