Horowitz $150 Million Gift Anchors $1 Billion Children's Hospital Planned Near Sunset Road and Durango Drive

What happened

Felicia and Ben Horowitz on Friday committed $150 million to a planned children's hospital in southwest Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Sun reported. Intermountain Health officials told the Sun the gift ranks among the largest publicly announced donations ever made to a U.S. children's hospital. The facility will be named the Intermountain Health Felicia and Ben Horowitz Children's Hospital.

The couple announced the gift at the hospital's future site. According to the Sun, it would be Nevada's first stand-alone children's hospital. More on the donation itself is in our earlier brief on the Horowitz gift for a Las Vegas children's hospital.

Where the hospital will be built

A site in UNLV's research park

The hospital is planned for UNLV's Harry Reid Research and Technology Park, near Sunset Road and Durango Drive, the Sun reported. Clark County commissioners unanimously approved the development and use permits for the project in May, including a permit for a heliport.

What is planned on the property

The inpatient tower is scheduled to open in 2030 with 180 beds and room to expand to 228, according to the Sun. Several parts of the building already carry donor names. The inpatient tower will bear the name of Larry and Heidi Canarelli, and the bistro and inpatient rehab gym will carry the Raiders name.

Cost and who is paying

Intermountain's share

Intermountain estimates the project will cost more than $1 billion and has committed to covering two-thirds of it, the Sun reported. The health system said the Horowitz donation will help create a child-centered setting for families, recruit leading pediatric specialists and expand access to specialized care.

A string of large pledges

Earlier this month the Canarellis, whose family has built homes in Southern Nevada for decades, pledged $50 million, according to the Sun. In August, the Raiders and three team co-owners pledged $25 million: $10 million from the team and $5 million each from owner Mark Davis and limited partners Egon Durban and Michael Meldman.

Davis called that pledge the largest philanthropic commitment in franchise history, the Sun reported. Singer Bruno Mars gave $1 million at a public event in April.

Why backers say the valley needs it

Las Vegas is the largest metro area in the country without a stand-alone children's hospital, according to the Sun. Nevada ranks 48th in pediatricians per capita, and nearly 30,000 Nevada families leave the state each year to get care for their children.

Ben Horowitz said the couple moved to Southern Nevada about five years ago, and his wife was shocked to learn the state had no specialized pediatric hospital. "I don't want anyone in Las Vegas to lose a child because we don't have the right health care," he said, as quoted by the Sun.

Three decades ago, their child received life-saving care at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, and Felicia Horowitz told herself she would one day pay it forward, the Sun reported. At Friday's event she thanked the region's hospital workers, retail workers and Metro Police, then asked the crowd to stand and applaud the city's healthcare workforce.

Projected economic impact

Intermountain expects the hospital to create about 1,300 jobs and generate roughly $800 million a year in economic impact for the county, the Sun reported. Those figures are the health system's own estimates. Other large projects reshaping the valley are tracked in our development coverage.

What to watch next

• Intermountain's schedule to open the inpatient tower in 2030 with 180 beds and room to expand to 228.
• Continued fundraising for a project Intermountain estimates at more than $1 billion, of which it has committed to cover two-thirds.
• Intermountain's projection of about 1,300 jobs and roughly $800 million a year in economic impact for Clark County once the hospital operates.