Pahrump Hires Zambelli, Relocates and Expands Fourth Fireworks

Zambelli Fireworks is booked to stage a larger Fourth of July display in Pahrump this July for America’s 250th anniversary, and town leaders have moved the shoot from long‑time Petrack Park to vacant land near Ian Deutch Memorial Park amid safety and development concerns. The town says it is putting more funding toward this year’s show than ever before as it prepares for a bigger spectacle.

Eddie O’Brien, one of the lead pyrotechnicians, pushed back on rumors the show was canceled and explained why the location changed. “I have also had people asking me if there will be a Fourth of July fireworks show in Pahrump at all, since we stated we had to stop the shows at the Petrack Park location due to rising concerns with safety for the people and structures. This may have been misunderstood,” Eddie added. “We just had to change locations because of those concerns.”

Officials describe the new shoot site in two ways: as vacant land just south of Ian Deutch Memorial Park, formerly Honeysuckle Park, and elsewhere as taking place across the street from Ian Deutch Memorial Park. The town has specified the shoot area will be within the corner of Pahrump Valley Blvd. and Honeysuckle Street and will extend south through the desert in a 600‑foot diameter; that area will be marked and show attendees are not permitted inside the exclusion zone.

Zambelli will be led on site by Eddie and his father, John O’Brien, who are listed as lead pyrotechnicians for the event. Town organizers are coordinating a display timed to mark the United States’ semiquincentennial and say the scale will exceed recent years, though exact shell counts, show length and technical contract details with Zambelli have not yet been released.

Retail and festival activity around Pahrump is already ramping up. Red Apple Fireworks is promoting its A‑MAY‑ZING™ Fireworks Festival set for May 2, 2026, and Douglas Burda, Red Apple CEO and founder, expects “more than 10,000 customers from around the world to come through his store to purchase fireworks this Fourth of July season.” Red Apple operates a 60,000‑square‑foot warehouse and offers over 300 kinds of consumer fireworks, while a new Phantom Fireworks store in Pahrump has two Nye County Sheriff’s Office officers greeting customers at the entrance and manager Kellie Mendenhall said they’ve hired law enforcement as guards “for many years.”

Consumer behavior already reflects regional differences in law. Crystal Martinez, a stay‑at‑home mom from Las Vegas who has driven to Pahrump to buy fireworks with her three children, said, “We don’t have a budget; we’re just grabbing whatever we see and like.” Clark County codes restrict sales to “safe and sane” fireworks and carry fines ranging from $500 to $10,000 depending on product weight, while Nye County vendors may sell any federally approved consumer‑grade fireworks. The town also points residents and visitors to a local Fireworks Safety Site at 3770 Fox Ave, Pahrump, NV, which opens on limited days and times.

Organizers confirm the show is planned for this July to mark the semiquincentennial, but detailed schedules, exact parcel coordinates for the shoot site, the town’s dollar amount for the increased funding, and final public safety and permitting documents are not yet public and remain to be finalized before the event.