Wendy and Bill Hornbuckle speak Monday at the kickoff of the Nevada Campaign for Kids, which is seeking to raise $1 billion for a standalone children’s hospital in Las Vegas. Photo by: Ray Brewer
By Grace Da Rocha (contact)
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 1:35 p.m.
Clark County unanimously approved the development and use permits for Intermountain Health’s proposed standalone children’s hospital in the southwest valley.
The future facility will be located on a roughly 32 acre site in UNLV’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park at Durango Drive and Patrick Lane.
Commissioners today approved the hospital and heliport use permits during a zoning commission meeting, clearing the way for construction on the hospital to begin.
The decision is a “historic” moment, one that “has been discussed for generations in this community” and “will not only so badly and desperately diversify and add to the healthcare portfolio that we have here, but one that will also diversify our economy in huge ways,” Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft said.
Las Vegas is the largest metropolitan area in the country without a standalone children’s hospital to address pediatric medical needs.
The hospital is expected to break ground later this year and open in 2030.
“Today’s historic approval of Nevada’s first standalone pediatric hospital, by the Clark County Commission, will forever change healthcare in southern Nevada,” Naft said. “The significant investment being made by Intermountain will save lives while diversifying our economy and I could not be more proud to have moved it forward.”
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