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Josh Abelson - Las Vegas Has Better Pizza Than New York? This Festival Founder Says YES. | DSH #1693
20 Dec 2025
Chapter 1: How did the Las Vegas Pizza Festival start?
When did the pizza festival start?
Because you also run that, right?
Chapter 2: What challenges did Josh face while building an event space in Las Vegas?
Yeah, so we started that five years ago, 2019.
Chapter 3: How did COVID-19 impact the event industry in Las Vegas?
We realized there was no pizza festival in Las Vegas.
Chapter 4: What unique events has Josh hosted at The Industrial Event Space?
So the reason why we started it is to really highlight Las Vegas pizza talent, right?
Chapter 5: How do locals feel about the Formula 1 race in Las Vegas?
You think of pizza, you're thinking of New York, Chicago, LA, whatever it is.
Chapter 6: Why is Las Vegas becoming a global hub for events?
But if you look at the restaurants that are in Las Vegas, there is world champions every There's really, really good talent there.
Chapter 7: What makes the Las Vegas Pizza Festival special?
So we started with highlighting the Las Vegas pizza industry and the talent there, right? All of our vendors are local Las Vegas pizza areas.
Chapter 8: How can wellness practices enhance productivity for entrepreneurs?
I think we have one that's kind of an international one. Had really good success with it.
Okay, guys, got a fellow Vegas entrepreneur local here. We got Josh, 40 under 40. Thanks for coming on, man.
Yeah, thanks for having me.
Yeah, that's awesome. Been here for nine years, triple the amount of time I've been here.
Yeah, yeah. Transplant from Chicago. Lived in California for about four years and love in Vegas.
What do you like the most of those three?
I'd say Vegas now. California was great when I was in my 20s. Chicago was great too when I was growing up, but I love Vegas.
Chicago for me, too cold. Cali for me, it's the politics. Vegas is great. Yeah, right in the middle. Yeah, it's hard to be.
Summers kind of suck, but you get over that.
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