Las Vegas Business News

Shutdown paused some business but opened other avenues for founder of Vegans, Baby

Diana Edelman, Founder of Vegans Baby, poses for a photo at VegeNation in Downtown Las Vegas, Thursday, March 19, 2020.

When Diana Edelman searched for vegan options online, she was dismayed to find so few. She knew that wasn’t accurate, though, so she set out to document and share information on local restaurants with vegan options. In short, she founded Vegans, Baby.

Aviators, Summerlin cope with consequences of lost baseball season

Fans hang out by The Hanger as the Las Vegas Aviators take on the Sacramento River Cats at the Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin Thursday, June 20, 2019. The Aviators were behind but rallied in the ninth inning to win 11-10.

This summer has been quite different for Las Vegas Ballpark in Downtown Summerlin. Instead of packing in 9,000-plus fans during a 70-date home schedule, the second-year ballpark for the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators has sat mostly empty because of the coronavirus pandemic. On June 30, Minor League Baseball announced ...

The Notes: Philanthropy, July 13, 2020

In the Notes: Curaleaf Nevada, Massage Envy, College of Southern Nevada, Nevada Women’s Philanthropy, St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, Commercial Real Estate Women Las Vegas and more ...

40 Under 40 Alumni: Bobby Reynolds

Bobby Reynolds, senior vice president of AEG Presents Las Vegas

Bobby Reynolds is a former honoree of VEGAS INC's 40 Under 40 awards. We caught up with him ...

Less crowded these days, Las Vegas airport adjusts to new normal

A couple uses a self-service kiosk to check in for a flight at McCarran International Airport Thursday, July 2, 2020.

While waiting for her luggage at McCarran International Airport, Christina Esposito of San Diego said she was concerned about traveling in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. But she and her friend were on a mission, headed to South Dakota to buy ...

Bally’s reopening July 23 amid 'solid customer interest' in Las Vegas

An exterior view of Bally's on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

Bally’s will reopen from the coronavirus shutdown on July 23, Caesars Entertainment announced today, noting "solid customer interest" in Las Vegas this summer. Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered ...

Circa releases renderings of massive pool complex

An artist's rendering of the Stadium Swim amphitheater at the Circa resort in downtown Las Vegas.

The Stadium Swim amphitheater at the under-construction Circa resort will include a massive video screen for watching sports, six pools, two spas and a high-tech ...

G2E trade show is latest coronavirus casualty in Las Vegas

Attendees check out the latest in slot machines and other gaming technology during the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) at the Sands Expo Center Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019.

This year’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The trade show, which drew ...

Las Vegas-area home prices unfazed by pandemic

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

“The demise of the housing market due to COVID-19 was highly overrated. The Las Vegas housing market is alive and well."

Some visitors returning from Nevada will have to quarantine out of COVID-19 concerns

A couple uses a self-service kiosk to check in for a flight at McCarran International Airport Thursday, July 2, 2020.

Tourism officials say it’s too early to determine if self-isolation mandates for travelers returning to four states from Nevada will have a significant ...

Appreciation for small businesses drives entrepreneur's mission in a world of "forced digitization"

Jake Ward

Jake Ward started Connected Commerce Council (3C) in 2019 to help small businesses, promoting access to and adoption of digital technologies and tools. His timing could not have been more serendipitous, as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced so many industries to rethink the way they conduct business.

Henderson company develops device to help businesses fight COVID-19

Brandon Main, CEO of Xtreme Manufacturing, speaks on the process behind their new Xtreme Opti-Clean Cube, a portable 360 degree walk-through disinfecting machine that utilizes an all-natural dry mist, Monday, June 22, 2020.

With concerns about limiting the spread of COVID-19 likely to linger through this year and into 2021, the Henderson company Xtreme Cubes Corp. can’t make their "dry mist" sanitizing machines fast enough.

People on the Move: July 6, 2020

In the Notes: Dr. Julian Hardman, Goettl Air Conditioning and Plumbing, Lynda Mathis, Lucia Mathis, Dr. Jessica Caldwell, Dr. Pedro “Joe” Greer Jr. and more ...

People mover, Monorail to coexist on the north Strip

A train leaves the Convention Center station during the Las Vegas Monorail's 10th anniversary celebration Saturday, July 26, 2014.

In Las Vegas, it’s often the shiny new thing that grabs most of the attention. As plans proceed for a possible expansion of the underground people mover project at the Las Vegas Convention Center, a more dated transit system — the Las Vegas Monorail — has taken a back seat ...

Weekend won’t be 'typical' Fourth of July in Vegas

A sign at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign recommends social distancing to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Las Vegas Strip Friday, March 27, 2020.

Some Las Vegas resorts are reporting positive predictions for the weekend, although visitor capacity is limited because many properties have self-imposed occupancy limits.

Amid stall in flight bookings, Allegiant to cut about 220 positions

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., the parent company of Allegiant Air, has announced it will eliminate more than 200 positions. The company will cut about ...

No smoking, drinking or eating as Atlantic City casinos open

In this June 24, 2020 photo, Dean Loveland, a worker at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J., installs plexiglass barriers between player positions at a card table at the casino a week before it was to reopen amid the coronavirus outbreak. Smoking, drinking and eating will all be prohibited when Atlantic City's casinos reopen after being shut for three months due to the coronavirus outbreak under rules imposed by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on June 29, 2020.

Atlantic City tried Prohibition once before. It worked so well that Nucky Johnson, the legendary politician and racketeer, built a Boardwalk empire immortalized on HBO nearly a century later. It also tried banning smoking, too. That lasted for 20 days as ...

Nevada casino, tourism, airport data reflect May closures

In this May 21, 2020, photo, chairs have been removed at some electronic slot machines to maintain social distancing at a closed Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Nevada casinos were closed throughout May due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Casinos that were closed through May due to the coronavirus pandemic yielded nearly no tax revenue for Nevada, state regulators reported Tuesday. In one of a series of economic reports showing tourism fell dramatically after businesses ...

MGM Resorts set to reopen Mandalay Bay and Aria on Wednesday

An exterior view of the Mandalay Bay and Delano Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.

Mandalay Bay and Aria join other resurrected MGM properties Luxor, which opened its doors again last week, and Bellagio, MGM Grand and New York-New York, all of which reopened on June 4 when Gov. Steve Sisolak gave Nevada casinos the green light.

'When it comes to security, everything is fine until it isn’t,' says Southern Nevada entrepreneur

James Kerr is CEO and founder of Boss Security Screens.

James Kerr’s wife confided in him that she felt unsafe when he was away on business, even though they lived in a gated community within a safe neighborhood. He asked if she wanted a gun, but she didn’t want to shoot anyone. A big dog? She wouldn’t want it hurt while protecting her or their children. So Kerr came up with a different solution to their security needs.