The Intermountain Health Felicia and Ben Horowitz Children’s Hospital will be built near UNLV’s Harry Reid Technology Park, off Sunset Road. UNLV is partnering with Intermountain Health, with support from the state and local governments.

The project is intended to reduce the need for families to leave Nevada for specialized pediatric care. Southern Nevada is the nation’s largest metropolitan area without a standalone children’s hospital, and thousands of families travel elsewhere for treatment each year.

Judy Haynes’ family experienced that distance firsthand. Diagnosed with neuroblastoma as a newborn, Haynes was flown to Los Angeles at 2 days old and spent 30 days there as she began chemotherapy. Her parents made the roughly 300-mile trip to be with her, disrupting their work and finances, her mother, Tisha Haynes, said.

Judy later completed treatment in Las Vegas, but still sometimes needs out-of-state care for ongoing medical needs and mobility issues. She said a local hospital could help children avoid repeated travel and give doctors a fuller understanding of their medical histories.

“Doctors will be familiar with them and they won’t have to recollect information about their past,” she said.

The planned 33-acre campus will include an approximately 828,600-square-foot hospital, with a 180-bed inpatient tower that could expand to 228 beds. Services are expected to include neonatal care, pediatric and cardiac intensive care, cancer treatment and bone marrow transplants, orthopedics, emergency and trauma care, behavioral health, and advanced medical and surgical services.

Gov. Joe Lombardo said the project is an investment in children’s health and the state’s future. Intermountain Health announced its effort to bring a children’s hospital to Southern Nevada three years ago, launching the Nevada Campaign for Kids to raise an estimated $1 billion.

Recent commitments include $150 million from Ben and Felicia Horowitz, $50 million from developers Larry and Heidi Canarelli, and $25 million from the Raiders and three team co-owners. The inpatient tower will bear the Canarellis’ name; the hospital’s bistro and inpatient rehabilitation gym will carry the Raiders’ name. Other donors include singer Bruno Mars and the Leona M. and Harry D. Hemsley Charitable Trust.

The hospital is expected to open by 2030 and create an estimated 1,334 regional jobs. Project estimates also forecast $841 million in annual economic output for Nevada and a $724 million boost during five years of construction. Officials say the facility could serve families from southwest Utah, southeastern California and northwestern Arizona as well as Nevada.

The project comes as Nevada faces a shortage of pediatric care, with about 60 pediatricians for every 100,000 children, according to figures cited by officials. Intermountain Health says the hospital will bring more experienced medical professionals and resources to the state.