They could have been rivals, but Nick Fotheringham and Jonathan Borchetta realized they’d make better business partners. The result is The Nerd, a new nightclub in Neonopolis.
“I wanted to do a comic-con-themed venue,” Borchetta said. “It’s a self-indulgence really. I wanted to fill it with cool stuff I liked.”
Borchetta has been in Las Vegas for seven years and operates several photo-related businesses on the Strip. He also created and operates the VooDoo Zipline on top of the Rio.
Fotheringham has been involved with video games and esports for 15 years. He opened Millennial Esports, a video game competition arena, also in Neonopolis. At a tenant’s meeting, he was introduced to Borchetta and his idea for bringing The Nerd to Neonopolis.
“I was thinking that I don’t want this guy in here,” Fotheringham said. “I want to do that.”
The pair met again at the Consumer Electronics Show and discovered they were more simpatico than either had realized. Within in a short time they joined forces, bringing their dovetailing visions of a comic-con themed nightclub and a bar with arcade games together.
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