Las Vegas Business News

Cortez Masto’s tourism bill gets trade rep’s backing amid visitor decline in Las Vegas

An Air Canada passenger jet takes off from Harry Reid International Airport Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

The push comes as Canadian tourism to Las Vegas dropped 17.4% from 2024 to 2025, a loss of 252,400 visitors, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Terrible’s completes rapid turnaround, will reopen iconic Primm property Wednesday

A view of the Primm Valley Hotel & Casino in Primm on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.

The property will reopen with 422 gaming machines, 250 rooms, a William Hill Sports Book, a sports bar and a 24/7 quick-bites eatery. Terrible’s also announced there will be no resort fees ...

La nueva presidenta de la CTA planea que el CES siga evolucionando en la era de la IA

An AI-enabled home robot poses with show attendees at the LG booth Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.

Kinsey Fabrizio asumió recientemente el cargo de presidenta y directora ejecutiva de la Asociación de Tecnología de Consumo (CTA), la gran organización comercial propietaria y organizadora de la conferencia tecnológica anual CES en Las Vegas, que a principios de este año atrajo a casi 150,000 asistentes.

New CTA president plans to keep CES evolving in the age of AI

An AI-enabled home robot poses with show attendees at the LG booth Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.

Newly appointed CTA President and CEO Kinsey Fabrizio shares her vision for the future of CES, the rise of agentic AI, and why she wouldn't host the world's largest tech show anywhere but Las Vegas ...

Smart routes, loyal customers drive Allegiant to top-5 spot in airline survey

An Allegiant Air passenger jet takes off from the Las Vegas airport, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air ranked No. 5 in the economy segment of JD Power’s 2026 North America Airline Satisfaction Study, trailing only Alaska Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines and Southwest at the top.

Hot Dog on a Stick looking to plant flagship restaurant on Strip

Amazing Brands is targeting the Las Vegas Strip for a potential flagship location for Hot Dog on a Stick.

Hot Dog on a Stick, the restaurant chain known for its striped uniforms and mall food court presence, is targeting the Las Vegas Strip for a potential flagship location following its acquisition by an affiliate of Amazing Brands, the company announced …

Dean Heller defects from Nevada gaming interests to champion prediction markets

Former Nevada Sen. Dean Heller speaks during a Las Vegas event in 2022. Heller appeared Thursday on CNBC to defend prediction market platform Kalshi, arguing its peer-to-peer model is fundamentally different from casino gambling.

Appearing on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” as an adviser to prediction market platform Kalshi, Heller sided with the company in its escalating fight with Nevada regulators ...

Hoping to snuff out smoking, health advocates push to nearly double Nevada tobacco tax

In this June 22, 2012, file photo, a smoker snuffs out a cigarette at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.

The Nevada Tobacco Control and Smoke Free Coalition is urging state lawmakers to raise the cigarette tax, arguing that an increase would drive down smoking rates after a decade without one. The coalition also wants ...

Las Vegas home prices match record high of $490K in June

A for-sale sign stands in front of a home in an east Las Vegas neighborhood near Charleston and Nellis boulevards.

Southern Nevada’s median home price held at $490,000 in June, matching the all-time high set in May and up 1% from June 2025, according to a report released today by Las Vegas Realtors. The median price of local condos and townhomes was $292,000 ...

Nevada senators fight to protect oversight of prediction markets

A Kalshi advertisement draped on a building at 13th and L streets in northwest Washington touts the prediction market platform’s federal regulation status, April 1, 2026. Democratic senators, including Nevada’s Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto, are pushing to bar the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from using federal funds to block states from regulating platforms like Kalshi.

The push, led by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., follows several CFTC lawsuits in recent months targeting states that have sought to regulate and impose safeguards on prediction markets ...

Shoppers keep spending even as inflation hits the pump

 Customers wait in line for eggs at a Costco store in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.

While people may have been expected to reduce discretionary spending as gas cost about $4.50 a gallon, Bank of America’s credit and debit card spending growth data in May showed spending—without gas—still ran close to the strongest it’s been for three or four years.

Consumers still gloomy about economy; US hiring falls in June

A now hiring sign sits on a display in a clothing store Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Here’s a snapshot of prominent economic data and news that occurred over the past week and what it potentially means for you.

Las Vegas Strip drives statewide gaming win to $1.39 billion with historic May growth

Traffic moves along the Las Vegas Boulevard in this 2023 file photo. The Strip generated $807.9 million in gaming win in May 2026, a 13.19% surge over the prior year that ranks as the eighth-best single month in Nevada history for the corridor.

The Las Vegas Strip posted an $807.9 million gaming win in May, the eighth-highest monthly total in the corridor’s history, and a 13.19% increase over May 2025 …

Theme park veteran takes the wheel at Area15 to capture growing local and family market

Omega Mart at AREA15 in Las Vegas

Bonnie Weber traded roller coasters for something altogether stranger: a Las Vegas venue where the art talks back, the grocery store isn’t real and the entire point is to lose yourself.

New Applebees opens Monday in Henderson

A new Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar is scheduled to open Monday, June 29, 2026, at 530 N. Stephanie St. in Henderson.

The 5,500-square-foot location, which previously housed a Marie Callender’s Restaurant & Bakery, includes open dining areas with multiple seating configurations and an updated bar area …

Major funding boost helps online retail middleman expand its Las Vegas footprint

Neato was founded in CEO Anthony Connelly’s garage in 2018. It helps brands manage and grow their presence on major marketplaces worldwide.

Neato functions within a unique business model it has dubbed “2P.” Instead of first-party sales, which would be a brand selling to a retailer, or third-party sales — a brand selling on a retail platform — Neato acts as a middleman with brands to sell ...

Nevada gaming abstract shows Las Vegas Strip revenue remains strong, but high expenses are swallowing profits

Coin operated slot machines are seen at Slots A Fun Friday Feb. 20, 2026.

Las Vegas Strip casino profits plunged 81.2% in fiscal year 2025 — a far steeper drop than most other Nevada gaming markets — as heavy interest expense consumed much of the corridor’s revenue and left it with far less profit than its top-line numbers would suggest.

Rosen links erratic DC policies and childcare shortages to the struggle of Nevada businesses

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Washington.

At a Senate hearing Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., framed those twin pressures — a tourism slowdown and rising childcare costs — as interconnected challenges hitting the state’s economic backbone.

Report: Nevada casino revenue stays steady while bottom line profits take hit

The Las Vegas Strip is shown from above in this 2015 image.

The 305 Nevada casinos generating at least $1 million in gaming revenue posted combined net income of $1.7 billion in fiscal 2025, down 34.8% from fiscal 2024, the report showed.

Los líderes empresariales de Las Vegas se centran en cinco sectores clave para reducir la dependencia de la ciudad del turismo

Danielle Casey, left, incoming president/CEO of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, speaks with Laurie Perdue, LVGEA board chair, during the Las Vegas Perspective at Aria Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025.

La Alianza Económica Global de Las Vegas ha puesto en marcha un plan estratégico de tres años que los dirigentes de la organización describen como una "estrategia de alineación regional" con las partes interesadas y otros socios para diversificar la economía local.