Las Vegas Business News

Study links sports betting with binge drinking

Friends discuss their bets in the restaurant at the Meadowlands Racetrack, which houses FanDuel Sportsbook, a legal sports-betting venue, in East Rutherford, N.J., Sept. 9, 2018. On several Saturdays in September, there were hourslong lines outside the sports book. Some people couldn’t even place bets before game time. So the sports book expanded, moving upstairs and taking up the second floor. Turns out New Jersey really enjoys sports betting.

A new study shows that sports bettors are more likely to binge drink than individuals who are not gambling at all or who are gambling in another way ...

Financial literacy class sets teens on path to succeed in life

Financial literacy teacher Richard Shipin poses for a photo at Delta Academy in North Las Vegas Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

Richard Shipin, who teaches a financial literacy class at the Delta Academy, said it’s critical to instruct students about what’s ahead in life. Financial literacy, he says, is learning how ...

Why money burns a hole in your pocket and how to build financial resilience

How "banked" are you?

When my kids were little, we would occasionally give them a few dollars as a reward. They would put the money in their pocket, then take it out and stare at it, then put it back into the pocket, and repeat. They clutched the money so tight for so long, it became a crumpled paper ball. They imagined the candies and toys they could buy and couldn’t wait to spend the money.

The Notes: Philanthropy, April 29, 2024

In the Notes: Caridad, Three Square Food Bank, Shade Tree, Check City, Special Olympics Nevada, Boyd Gaming and more ...

Last hurrah on TikTok? City of Las Vegas weighs impact of potential ban

This screenshot from the city of Las Vegas’ TikTok account shows a sampling of some of the many TikTok videos the city has posted on its account. With TikTok’s future in the United States now in jeopardy, city officials say they’re taking a wait-and-see approach to using the social media site.

When you open the social media application TikTok and type in “Las Vegas,” you’ll get several videos — the brightly lit Sphere, local businesswoman Alexandra ...

Kroger, Albertsons — still hoping to merge — agree to sell more stores to satisfy regulators

An Albertsons supermarket is shown in a Mountain View, Calif., file photo from May 30, 2006.

Supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons said Monday they will sell more of their stores in an effort to quell the federal government’s concerns about their proposed merger. The companies now plan to ...

Rate changes are looming: Follow long-term game plan for winning capital decisions

While basketball fans everywhere are following NBA schedules, business owners are tracking the 2024 Fed meeting schedule.

Merger will help streamline Nevada's cannabis industry

Merger will help streamline Nevada's cannabis industry

A new partnership is seeking to iron out wrinkles in Nevada’s cannabis supply chain. Blackbird, a cannabis distribution company, was recently acquired by cannabis ...

The Notes: Philanthropy, April 22, 2024

In the Notes: Communities In Schools of Nevada, Nevada Gold Mines, GiGi’s Playhouse, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas, Just One Project and more ...

The Biden administration recruits 15 states to help enforce airline consumer laws

People wait in the Southwest ticketing line at Harry Reid International Airport Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022.

The Biden administration is enlisting the help of officials in 15 states to enforce consumer-protection laws covering airline travelers, a power that by law is limited to the federal government.

Las Vegas companies saving time, money by converting offices instead of constructing them

Cory Frank, vice president of business development and project management for Nigro Construction Inc., and Melissa Katz, CCO for the Comprehensive Digestive Institute of Nevada, pose with a finish board in a nurses’ station in the Saint Rose Parkway office in Henderson Friday, April 5, 2024. Nigro Construction converted the building from a financial services company to an office for the Comprehensive Digestive Institute.

The Comprehensive Digestive Institute of Nevada’s location in the southeast Las Vegas Valley boasts nearly a dozen exam rooms, a collaborative office space for physicians, an open-concept ...

The Notes: Philanthropy, April 15, 2024

In the Notes: Special Olympics Nevada, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Rebels Give, Interblock, Three Square Food Bank and more ...

Column: Affordable housing is a catalyst for sustainable economic growth in Southern Nevada

The need to increase affordable and general housing stock in Nevada is undeniable as we face a severe housing shortage and mounting affordability challenges.

Helping build middle class is Vegas real estate agent's American dream

Nora Aguirre

Nora Aguirre, who was born in Mexico and grew up in North Las Vegas, said she first strayed into the world of real estate because she had to act as a translator for her parents ...

Fore! Sports and entertainment themed businesses taking Las Vegas by storm

Brett Jones of Las Vegas tees off at Atomic Golf, a new golf entertainment venue, Friday, March 29, 2024.

Atomic Golf is the latest in an ongoing trend of sports-entertainment complexes making Las Vegas their home. And more are on their way.