Las Vegas Business News

New Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance CEO brings vision of economic diversification

Danielle Casey, left, incoming president/CEO of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA), speaks with Laurie Perdue, LVGEA board chair, during the Las Vegas Perspective at Aria Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. The 45th annual event was hosted by LVGEA in partnership with its Perspective Council sponsors.

Danielle Casey, the new president and CEO of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, has spent two decades driving economic development across the Southwest ...

20 October 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

La diversificación estratégica de la economía tiene como objetivo beneficiar a la comunidad

Danielle Casey, left, incoming president/CEO of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA), speaks with Laurie Perdue, LVGEA board chair, during the Las Vegas Perspective at Aria Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. The 45th annual event was hosted by LVGEA in partnership with its Perspective Council sponsors.

Danielle Casey, la nueva presidenta y directora ejecutiva de la Alianza Económica Global de Las Vegas, lleva dos décadas impulsando el desarrollo económico en todo el suroeste, incluyendo puestos de liderazgo en Arizona, California y Nuevo México.

20 October 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

2025 Angel Awards: Recognizing those who give, lead and inspire

2025 Angel Awards: Recognizing those who give, lead and inspire

The Vegas Inc Angel Awards honors the individuals, businesses and organizations whose generosity and commitment to service make Southern Nevada a better place to live.

16 October 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

Las Vegas EV advocates unfazed by federal policy shifts

A man unplugs his electric vehicle after fully charging at the Electrify America charging station in the Southern Premium Outlets parking lot, Tuesday Nov. 21, 2023.

The future of electric vehicles in the U.S. hangs in the balance as the Trump administration dismantles the goals and mandates established by previous administrations to boost EV sales and expand charging infrastructure.

13 October 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Hall of Fame inductee’s small business has made major impact on gaming industry’s leadership, future

Ann Simmons Nicholson, president and founder of the Simmons Group, poses before the American Gaming Association Hall of Fame Ceremony at the Palazzo Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.

Visitors to Las Vegas have likely never heard of the Simmons Group. But after just one trip, there’s a chance an employee who helped them along the way was one of the 27,000 people in the gaming industry across the globe that the company has trained.

13 October 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Propietario de una pequeña empresa de Las Vegas honrado por capacitar a miles de trabajadores del sector del juego

Ann Simmons Nicholson, president and founder of the Simmons Group, poses before the American Gaming Association Hall of Fame Ceremony at the Palazzo Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.

Es probable que los visitantes de Las Vegas nunca hayan oído hablar de Simmons Group. Pero después de un solo viaje, es posible que uno de los empleados que les ayudó durante su estancia sea una de las 27,000 personas de la industria del juego en todo el mundo que la empresa ha formado.

13 October 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Los expertos del sector de los vehículos eléctricos siguen siendo optimistas

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak center, Mendis Cooper, left, Overton Power District #5 general manager, and Doug Cannon, president/CEO of NV Energy, pose by electric vehicle charging stations at the Eagle's Landing Travel Plaza in Mesquite, Nev. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. With the new charging stations, Interstate 15 though Nevada became the Intermountain's West's first electric vehicle interstate corridor.

El futuro de los vehículos eléctricos en Estados Unidos pende de un hilo, ya que la administración Trump está desmantelando los objetivos y mandatos establecidos por administraciones anteriores para impulsar las ventas de vehículos eléctricos y ampliar la infraestructura de recarga.

13 October 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Southern Hills Hospital provides a circle of care for moms and babies

Southern Hills Hospital provides a circle of care for moms and babies

Welcoming a new baby is one of life’s greatest joys, but also one of its biggest challenges.

13 October 2025
By Heather Mills

Regulators, casinos unite against new gambling gray zone

Bill Miller, CEO of the American Gaming Association, says the AGA and its members are mobilizing to fight what he calls illegal and unregulated sports betting taking place on prediction markets — marketplaces for betting on real-world events in which collective opinion drives odds and payouts resemble wagers. “They’re threatening the communities we serve, the customers and consumers we protect and the standards we uphold,” Miller said last week in an address at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.

A poll commissioned by the AGA released last month found that 85% of respondents believe sports event contracts are gambling. The poll found similarly ...

12 October 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Rossi Ralenkotter, Las Vegas tourism icon, dies at 78

Rossi Ralenkotter, President & CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, addresses the audience during the Las Vegas Convention Center Phase Two expansion groundbreaking ceremony on the Las Vegas Strip where the Riviera Casino once stood, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018.

Rossi Ralenkotter, the marketing visionary who helped create the iconic “What Happens Here, Stays Here” Las Vegas advertising campaign, has died after a 16-year battle with cancer.

10 October 2025
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

City: Las Vegas parking rates to increase starting Monday

A parking meter operated by the City of Las Vegas is pictured downtown in this June 2013 file photo.

The City of Las Vegas will implement new parking rates on Monday to mark the first adjustment to parking fees in six years, city officials said today..

9 October 2025
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Uncertainty over tariffs, higher costs rattle gaming equipment makers

Attendees at the Global Gaming Expo visit the GamingArts booth Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, at the Venetian Expo Center. A G2E panel discussion revolved around tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed and their effect on the cost to gaming equipment manufacturers and buyers.

Daron Dorsey, president and CEO of the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, said his industry’s focus had narrowed to the next few months as the ongoing trade war ... …

8 October 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Report: Las Vegas home prices dip; inventory surges

The Cadence master-planned community in Henderson is shown in 2015.

By the end of September, 7,502 single-family homes were listed for sale without offers — a 37.4% increase from a year earlier. Available condos and townhomes ...

7 October 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

G2E mantiene su impulso al alcanzar hitos importantes

Rob Salassi, IGT senior project manager, demonstrates IGT's cashless gaming app during Global Gaming Expo (G2E) at the Venetian Expo Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

Las Vegas se prepara para dar la bienvenida al mayor encuentro de la industria del juego, ya que la Global Gaming Expo marca un hito notable: 25 años reuniendo a la comunidad mundial del juego.

6 October 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

G2E in Las Vegas keeps momentum as it marks milestones

EGT booth at the 2023 G2E Global Gaming Expo at the Venetian Hotel from Oct. 9 to 12 in Las Vegas, Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Brian Ramos.

The numbers tell the story of the Global Gaming Expo's magnetic pull: more than 25,000 attendees journeying from more than 120 countries to converge on the entertainment capital.

6 October 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

People on the Move: Oct. 6, 2025

In the Notes: Invictus Energy, Doral Academy Red Rock, Maria Jose Gatti, Tameka Henry, Lori Rogich, Dr. Mark Nunes, Joseph Harwell and more ...

6 October 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

Shutdown threat puts already shaky Las Vegas tourism at risk

A view of the airport traffic control Tower at Harry Reid International Airport as an American Airlines passenger jet comes in for a landing Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

A federal government shutdown could cost the travel industry $1 billion a week and deliver a punishing blow to Las Vegas’ already faltering tourism economy, industry experts say …

1 October 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

New adventure hubs to highlight Nevada’s landscapes, recreation opportunities

Rafael Villanueva, CEO of Travel Nevada, speaks Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Nevada Adventure Center in Boulder City.

Boulder City is set to become a launching point for Nevada’s next big push in outdoor tourism, with work starting on the Nevada Adventure Center — a first-of-its-kind hub ...

30 September 2025
By Grace Da Rocha

The Strat: Livestreamer’s claim that SkyJump malfunctioned ‘completely false’

A jumper takes their turn at the SkyJump attraction at The Strat in this file photo.

“This situation is nothing more than a baseless attempt to generate clicks using false information,” the spokesperson said.

29 September 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Game changer: Bally’s plans Strip resort alongside MLB ballpark

The proposed Bally’s Las Vegas calls for two luxury hotel towers with 3,000 rooms combined and a 2,500-seat entertainment venue.

Bally’s Corporation plans to develop a resort on the Las Vegas Strip at the site of the demolished Tropicana Las Vegas, sharing a 35-acre campus with the planned Las Vegas Athletics stadium.

29 September 2025
By Ray Brewer
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