A Las Vegas publication · Est. 2026
Issue 01 · The founding set
Guides for getting inked — and for building a shop.
Photo: Annie Spratt / Unsplash
The lead
Business · 14 min read
A practical, sequence-correct guide to opening a body art establishment in Clark County — from Secretary of State filings to SNHD buildout requirements to the things that sink new shops in their first year.
By 702 Editors
Paid placement · Gold tier
The library
Las Vegas · 12 min read
A plainspoken, local-first guide to where to actually get tattooed in Las Vegas in 2026 — Strip, Downtown, and the neighborhoods in between.
By 702 Editors
Business · 14 min read
A blunt, itemized look at what it actually takes to open a tattoo shop in Las Vegas in 2026, from lean single-chair operations to Strip-adjacent destination studios.
By 702 Editors
Business · 9 min read
The four policies every tattoo shop needs, what they actually cover, what the common exclusions are, and how to avoid the quiet mistakes that make a claim unpayable.
By 702 Editors
Business · 10 min read
Most Las Vegas tattoo shops run some flavor of booth rent. Done wrong, it's one of the fastest ways to end up paying back wages, unpaid workers' comp premiums, and penalties to the Nevada Labor Commissioner.
By 702 Editors
Getting Inked · 11 min read
Most tattoo regret is predictable in hindsight. Ten signals that tell you to walk out before the machine is even on — and a few that tell you you're in the right shop.
By 702 Editors
Getting Inked · 9 min read
Custom tattoo pricing looks opaque because shops are careful about how they talk about money. The actual structure is straightforward — once you know what you're looking at.
By 702 Editors
