Las Vegas Business News

Strip rebound: Aided by NCAA viewing events, Las Vegas Strip packed with visitors

Visitors dance to music played by a Mexican band at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road, Jan 19, 2019. Aided by NCAA viewing events, Las Vegas Strip packed with visitors to bring a sense of normalcy in slow reopening after nearly one year of COVID closures.

At times Friday night, sidewalks and escalators along Las Vegas Boulevard were packed shoulder-to-shoulder.

‘Wolf of Water Street’ bullish on potential of downtown Henderson

Tim Brooks poses for a photo at his casino, Emerald Island, in downtown Henderson,Thursday, March 11, 2021.

Isolation is not the preferred environment for Henderson casino owner Tim Brooks. Brooks, owner of Emerald Island and the Rainbow Club in downtown ...

The Notes: March 22, 2021

In the Notes: Carole Fisher, James Resendez, Andrew Ho, Karen Sierra-Hughes, Brooke Conway-Kleven, Candace Ochoa, Hilary Nelson and more ...

Showboat Park Apartments rise from the footprint of once-famous casino

A living room inside a two-bedroom model is shown at the Showboat Park Apartments, Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

John Hunt grew up in the shadow of the old Showboat casino and got his first hotel job there in the early 1990s, working as a kitchen runner. Some 30 years later, Hunt is now living at the site of the former resort as one of the first residents of the Showboat Park Apartments ...

Rebranded Virgin Hotels Las Vegas has feel of desert oasis

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas is scheduled to open March 25. The reimagined and remodeled off-Strip resort features a desert theme instead of the former Hard Rock Hotel's rock ’n’ roll vibe.

The opening of a new or rebranded casino in Las Vegas is typically an over-the-top celebration with fireworks, bands and people lined up to get in. But the ...

Rio to be remodeled, rebranded as Hyatt

An exterior view of the Rio Sunday Dec. 7, 2014.

Hyatt Hotels Corp. plans to remodel the Rio’s roughly 2,500 rooms and rebrand the off-Strip resort under the Hyatt brand. The Rio’s gaming, retail, restaurant, spa ...

NV Energy says Nevada power grid can handle extreme weather

Exterior view of the NV Energy building Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, in Las Vegas.

The head of NV Energy assured the Clark County Commission and customers that power outages like the one that crippled Texas after a devastating winter ...

Rent a Lamborghini in Las Vegas for $1,000 a day

A Lamborghini Urus is parked in the garage at All Star Cars, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Las Vegas last year, Cory McCormack’s job with one of the major Strip resort companies became a casualty.

The Notes: March 15, 2021

In the notes: Kelly Beard, Mike Longi, Laura Rymut, Karim Jabal, Cassie Catania-Hsu, David Werly and more ...

Circa Sports opening at casinos off the Strip, in downtown Henderson

Invited guests check out the three-story sportsbook, billed as the worlds largest, before the opening of Circa in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.

Circa Sports is branching out in the Las Vegas Valley. The Derek Stevens sportsbook brand will debut books at the off-Strip Tuscany and the Pass, which is expected to be taking bets ...

Las Vegas casino, hospitality workers can get vaccinations

From left, Evan Savar, Nabu Reyes and dealer Leah Prerost are shown at a Red Rock Resort blackjack table just after the casino opened, Thursday, June 4, 2020.

Workers in the key Las Vegas restaurant, hospitality and casino sectors were told Thursday they can get a coronavirus vaccination. State COVID-19 response ...

Las Vegas restaurant owners team up to take on big food delivery services

Kristen Corral, co-owner of Tacotarian, poses at the restaurant at Casino Center Boulevard and California Avenue, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020.

Fed up with the fees charged by third-party delivery services, a group of Las Vegas restaurants is banding together to form their own service, Loco Co-op. As many as 70 restaurants will be able to buy a share of ownership in the Loco Las Vegas franchise established by Kristen Corral of ... About 30 restaurants have indicated they wa

Las Vegas resort operator interested in proposed Chicago casino

The Chicago skyline is seen from the Museum Campus during a cold weather day in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021.

At least one Las Vegas gaming company has expressed interest in operating a proposed casino in Chicago. Wynn Resorts was among several Las Vegas-based ...

MGM diversity program helps small businesses navigate the pandemic

Leanne Duong-Ma, owner of Direct Source Procurement,, is interviewed at the Las Vegas Sun newsroom, Thursday, March 4, 2021.

In 2017, Leanne Duong-Ma quit her corporate day job to focus full time on the business she had started four years earlier. Her company, Direct Source Procurement, was growing ...

Median home sales price in Las Vegas hits record high

A sign advertises a home for sale in the northwest valley, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020.

The Las Vegas Valley existing home market continues to be unflinchingly in seller’s territory. Aldo Martinez, president of the Las Vegas Realtors trade group, said there was less than a one-month supply of preowned homes on the market at the end of February. A six-month supply is ...

Vegas Realtor on a mission to close the homeownership gap for Black Americans

Legacy Home Loans President Ben Slayton

The homeownership rate for Blacks was just 44%, a little more than 30 percentage points lower than the rate for white Americans.

Following his ‘younger next year’ mantra, Vegas developer has no plans of slowing down

In the past 50 years, Schulman Properties has developed about $2 billion in real estate. “Nevertheless, I believe it will be bigger than ever in the next five years,” says its chairman, Bob Schulman.

People on the Move: March 8, 2021

In the Notes: Lexicon Bank, KelseyAnn Salas, Norma Intriago, Dan Ventrelle, Debbie Schmitt, Troy Tuke and more ...

Las Vegas OKs drive-thru service for marijuana dispensaries

In this Thursday, April 16, 2020 photo, wearing a protective mask and gloves, budtender Alexi Ezdrin attends to a customer with curbside service at The Higher Path cannabis dispensary in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles.  Nevada has allowed curbside pickup at its dispensaries to help limit the spread of COVID-19. 

The Las Vegas City Council today approved allowing drive-thru service at marijuana dispensaries. In an emergency order last May, the state temporarily allowed curbside pickup for ...

Las Vegas Sands sells the Venetian, Palazzo, Sands Expo for $6.25B

An exterior view of the Venetian in Las Vegas,Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

In the two-part deal, VICI Properties will buy the property and all assets associated with the Venetian Resort Las Vegas and the Sands Expo for $4 billion.