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  ‘Relative improvement’: Las Vegas visitation sees slight rebound in October

  Las Vegas had 3.41 million visitors in October to mark a “relative improvement” in tourism for a region grappling with a downturn in visitation ...

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• Metro Pizza to shutter Tropicana location near UNLV

  Metro Pizza will close its flagship location on Tropicana Avenue this week, the restaurant said today in a social media post.

• From lines to links: The evolution of Black Friday

  When I first started working at Walmart in 1997, Black Friday felt like the ultimate event in retail.

• Research leaders spotlight Las Vegas’ innovation economy

  The importance of the Association of University Research Parks picking Las Vegas for its international conference at UNLV’s Harry Reid Research Technology Park can’t be understated.

• Three days of Formula One excitement about to hit the Las Vegas Strip

  The Las Vegas Grand Prix returns for its third year this week, transforming the Strip into a three-day motorsports extravaganza — complete with racing action, associated events and road closures across the corridor …

• Humboldt County well shows big promise for geothermal power

  Zanskar, a geothermal energy firm that uses artificial intelligence to identify and tap underground heat sources, announced it has drilled a successful geothermal well at a site in Humboldt County in Northern Nevada.

• Tariffs take toll on Las Vegas coffee industry despite Trump rollback

  Coffee shops and roasteries that talked to the Sun described tightening margins due to tariffs and other market forces as they resist raising prices on customers. Less than 1% of coffee is grown domestically.

• Grand Prix glows as Las Vegas weathers international visitor slump

  While many visitors come from nearby “feeder markets” like California and Arizona, race officials say they have seen growing interest from Mexico, Canada and throughout Europe.

• 2025 Top Doctors: A list of some of the exceptional physicians in Las Vegas

  The annual Top Doctors issue of Health Care Quarterly celebrates the physicians who set the standard for medical excellence in Southern Nevada. Selected through a peer-nomination process ...

• TSA workers at Las Vegas airport weathering government shutdown

  Karen Burke, TSA’s federal security director for Nevada, told Las Vegas’ tourism board this afternoon that Harry Reid International Airport had handled the federal government shutdown ...

• Las Vegas tourism budget report shows mounting strain from visitor declines

  With fewer people visiting Las Vegas, room tax receipts for the three months ending Sept. 30 were $73.9 million, down $12.3 million, or 14%, from the same period a year ago.

• Dubai overtakes Las Vegas with surge in hotel rooms

  According to new data pulled for Bloomberg by real estate analyst CoStar Group, the Middle Eastern city now has more hotel rooms than America’s resort capital.

• Las Vegas real estate leader: Why mortgage rates climbed after the fed cut interest rates

  When the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, shouldn’t mortgage rates follow? Not this time. Mortgage rates moved in the opposite direction late last month. ...

• El salón de peluquería más nuevo del sur de Nevada tiene el encanto de un pueblo pequeño

  Un dúo de madre e hija ha traído el primer salón Blo Blow Dry Bar al Valle, ofreciendo lo que ellas describen como un ambiente positivo y electrizante para las mujeres que buscan un lugar donde recibir desde extensiones adhesivas y cambios de imagen hasta un impulso a su autoestima.

• Agente inmobiliario a los posibles compradores de vivienda: ‘No creo que medio punto porcentual vaya a cambiar nada’

  Cuando la Reserva Federal baja las tasas de interés, ¿no deberían bajar también las tasas hipotecarias? Esta vez no.

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