Infrastructure

After years of excitement, the iconic Allegiant Stadium, a global events destination and home to the Las Vegas Raiders and the UNLV football team, opened its doors further solidifying Las Vegas as the ultimate entertainment destination. Brownstein was integral to making Allegiant Stadium’s opening happen, serving as Nevada counsel to the Las Vegas Stadium Authority. Our real estate team handled the leasing and development of this $1.97 billion, 65,000-seat enclosed stadium. As part of hosting a variety of sports and entertainment events, Allegiant Stadium is expected to generate $620 million annually and create 6,000 permanent jobs in southern Nevada. The Brownstein team also represented the City of Henderson in the sale and development of the Raiders’ team headquarters and practice facility.

We’ve been there. For nearly two decades we’ve partnered with Freeport LNG, one of the largest U.S. exporters of liquefied natural gas, on some of this innovative company’s key milestones—starting with the structuring, strategy and development of a LNG receiving and regasification facility in Texas. We navigated the LNG export licensing process and hurdles with a variety of federal agencies—Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Energy Regulatory Committee and EPA—and continue to advocate for ongoing issues impacting the project such as EPA and Federal Energy Regulatory Committee permit needs. We have also represented Freeport LNG and its affiliates in connection with billions of dollars of financings secured by the Texas facility.

Brownstein tackles big challenges at the intersection of law and policy. In 2019, Colorado Parks and Wildlife identified Buffalo Horn Ranch as its top priority for protection of a critically important wildlife migration corridor. We led the legal effort to conserve 12,000 acres of land on the ranch with two conservation easements after an effort over several years by multiple public and private stakeholders, including state agencies, Great Outdoors Colorado, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. A premier hunting destination with the largest migratory elk herds in Colorado, the Buffalo Horn Ranch provides important habitat for elk and mule deer as well as greater sage-grouse, bald eagle, ferruginous hawk and burrowing owl. The conservation easements will protect this habitat for generations.

When a large wind project off the coast of New York was looking to secure funding support for their project, they turned to Brownstein for our deep top-level connectivity and intelligence on a federal grant program. We secured letters of support from local elected officials and federal representatives, who weighed in favorably with the government. We provided analysis of the rules and weighing factors that would determine the grant’s recipient in order to ensure the most competitive application for our client.