Question: Where was the owner of the Gold Spike, located in the large city in Southeastern Nevada, educated?

A major part of Southern Nevada's economy is based on tourism, including gambling. The primary drivers of the Las Vegas economy have been the confluence of tourism, gaming, and conventions which in turn feed the retail and dining industries. The city serves as world headquarters for the world's two largest Fortune 500 gaming companies, Harrah's Entertainment and MGM Mirage. <SEP> the nevada national security site (n2s2), (though the abbreviation nnss is still used), previously the nevada test site (nts), is a united states department of energy reservation located in southeastern nye county, nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the city of las vegas. formerly known as the nevada proving grounds, the site was established on 11 january 1951 for the testing of nuclear devices, covering approximately 1,360 square miles (3,500 km) of desert and mountainous terrain. nuclear weapons testing at the nevada test site began with a 1 - kiloton - of - tnt (4.2 tj) bomb dropped on frenchman flat on 27 january 1951. many of the iconic images of the nuclear era come from the nts. nnss is operated by national security technologies, llc, a joint venture of northrop grumman, aecom, ch2m hill, and babcock & wilcox. <SEP> It was owned by entrepreneur Tony Hsieh and his Downtown Project, having bought it from The Siegel Group; and the casino was operated by Golden Gaming. Gold Spike (formerly Gold Spike Hotel & Casino) is a bar, lounge, residential building, and former boutique 112 - room, seven floor hotel. It is connected with the Oasis at the Gold Spike, a 50 - room three floor hotel located in downtown Las Vegas. <SEP> Ali Partovi later joined them as a third partner in August 1996. It was founded in March 1996 by 23-year-old Harvard graduates Tony Hsieh (who later went on to invest in and become the CEO of Zappos) and Sanjay Madan. In November 1996, when the company consisted of about 10 people, it moved from Hsieh's and Madan's living room to an office in San Francisco. In May 1997, the company received US$3 million in funding from Sequoia Capital. <SEP> nevada (spanish for ``snowy ''; see pronunciations) is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the united states of america. nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 34th most populous, but the 9th least densely populated of the 50 united states. nearly three - quarters of nevada's people live in clark county, which contains the las vegas -- paradise metropolitan area where three of the state's four largest incorporated cities are located. nevada's capital is carson city. nevada is officially known as the`` silver state'' because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. it is also known as the ``battle born state '', because it achieved statehood during the civil war (the words`` battle born'' also appear on the state flag); as the ``sagebrush state '', for the native plant of the same name; and as the`` sage - hen state''. nevada borders oregon to the northwest, idaho to the northeast, california to the west, arizona to the southeast and utah to the east.