Success story · Audio-visual production
A $6.8 million Expansion, in the Year Events Stopped
AV Vegas is one of the region’s preeminent event production companies. NSDC backed the $6.8 million expansion of its Las Vegas headquarters — a deal closed while live events were shut down.
| City | Las Vegas |
|---|---|
| Industry | Audio-visual production |
| What the loan financed | The expansion of the company’s Las Vegas headquarters |
| Loan | $6.8 million expansion |
| NSDC filmed this story | 2020 |
The business
AV Vegas is an audio-visual production company in Las Vegas. John Hansen spoke to NSDC about expanding it with an SBA 504 loan.
Expanding in the worst year for live events
Las Vegas events stopped during the pandemic, and AV Vegas expanded anyway. NSDC filmed the company twice more on how it adapted and found new ways to work through that period.
“We had actually given up. We had gotten turned down by a bank and were just about ready to hang up the phone and give up the idea of buying this building. And my son said to Paola, “So at this point, should we be giving up?” And she said, “Absolutely not.””
John Hansen, AV Vegas
Watch the story
NSDC’s Success Story film, on NSDC’s YouTube channel.