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

  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.

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

  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.

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

  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

  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.

• Las Vegas business leaders target five industries to break the city’s reliance on tourism

  The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance has launched a three-year strategic plan that organizational leadership characterizes as a “regional alignment strategy” with stakeholders ...

• Historic Nevada families partner to pull Primm back from the brink

  Two Nevada families — one whose name is on the town, another that built an empire serving the state’s travelers — have joined forces to pull Primm back from the brink.

• Frontier Airlines adding nonstop flights from Las Vegas to Oakland, Boise

  Frontier Airlines is launching two new nonstop routes from Harry Reid International Airport this summer, the budget airline announced today in a news release.

• Las Vegas home prices hit record high in May

  The median price of a single-family home sold in the Las Vegas area in May was a record $490,000, according to a report released this morning by Las Vegas Realtors.

• La máquina tragamonedas ‘Wheel of Fortune’ sigue evolucionando tras 30 años

  Jean Venneman recuerda estar en la sala de juegos del Mirage viendo cómo unos desconocidos se convertían en los primeros en probar la última innovación de la desarrolladora de juegos IGT en aquel momento: las tragamonedas "Wheel of Fortune."

• Innovative ‘Wheel of Fortune’ slot machine continues to evolve after 30 years

  Jean Venneman remembers being on the casino floor at the Mirage watching strangers be among the first to play gaming developer IGT’s latest innovation at the time: the Wheel of Fortune slots.

• People on the Move: June 8, 2026

  In the Notes: StartUpNV, Spread the Word Nevada, Cirrus Aviation Services, Nevada State University and more ...

• With World Cup looming, Nevada lawmakers fight border rules threatening international travel

  Nevada’s two U.S. senators are demanding that the Trump administration reverse a proposed rule requiring international travelers to hand over five years of social media history before visiting the United States, warning that ...

• Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller to make $18 billion bid for MGM Resorts

  Barry Diller’s People Inc. has proposed buying the remaining shares of MGM Resorts International it does not already own, valuing the Las Vegas casino and resort operator at more than $18 billion.

• New St. Rose Dominican center offers a colorful escape for hospitalized children and families

  The Panda Cares Center of Hope brings patients — from infants to adolescents — out of their hospital rooms and into a bright, comfortable learning area designed to help them cope with illness through self-expression, play and arts and crafts …

• From Delaware to the desert: Capriotti’s turns 50 with Las Vegas at its heart

  When Lois Margolet opened a sandwich shop in the Little Italy neighborhood of Wilmington, Del., 50 years ago this month, she was 28 years old, had secured a $13,000 loan and was working out of a space beneath her apartment.

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