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The Notes: Philanthropy, Feb. 3, 2020

In the Notes: Cox Charities, Amanda Klein, Walker Furniture, Sunrise Children’s Foundation, Adam S. Kutner & Associates, Helix Electric and more ..

Office space looks different for a new generation of Las Vegas employees

Cooper Powell and Lucas Gardner, employees of Aristocrat Technologies Incorporated, pose for a photo  Jan. 15, 2020.

In place of offices and rows of identical cubicles, the twin buildings that make up the 180,000-square-foot complex for slots manufacturer Aristocrat Technologies ...

Las Vegas oddsmakers share their favorite Super Bowl stories

Seattle Seahawks fans react during Super Bowl XLIX between the Seahawks and New England Patriots on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz.

Jimmy Vaccaro, one of the deans of the Las Vegas bookmaking community, marvels at how popular and accepted sports betting has become. Now in his 46th year in the business ...

Good intentions collide when renewable energy efforts can run afoul of wildlife conservation

Good intentions collide when renewable energy efforts can run afoul of wildlife conservation

As the scramble to find renewable alternatives to fossil fuels peaks, the path toward renewable energy can be problematic ...

Nevada casino winnings in December push 2019 total past $12B

Nevada casinos reaped more than $1 billion in winnings in December, pushing the tally for 2019 past $12 billion in a key index of state fiscal health. The statewide ...

Las Vegas airport reports record 51.5 million travelers in 2019

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport June 5, 2017.

McCarran International Airport says a jump in the number of travelers in December pushed it to a record 51.5 million passengers in ...

Allegiant becomes official airline of NFL’s Colts

An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

When the Las Vegas Raiders host the Indianapolis Colts later this year, it will be a big day for locally-based Allegiant Air. Allegiant today announced a deal to become the ...

Atlantic City pier sold; return of gambling to Showboat eyed

This June 27, 2014, photo shows the Showboat casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

Five years after a Philadelphia developer bought an Atlantic City shopping and entertainment pier from Caesars Entertainment, he's selling it back to them so he can concentrate on his plan to return gambling to the former Showboat casino. Bart Blatstein told The Associated Press on Tuesday he has sold the ...

Airbnb stays up 19% last year in Clark County

 In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky speaks during an event in San Francisco.

Airbnb stays in Clark County increased by 19% last year compared to 2018, even though residential short-term rentals are illegal in much of the valley. Guest arrivals in Clark County totaled ...

Silver Dollar Club in Elko to close after storied decades

This undated photo shows the Silver Dollar Club, an iconic bar dating to the Prohibition era in one of the oldest buildings in Elko, Nevada. Owner Sam Horvitz tells the Elko Daily Free Press he's closing Jan. 30, 2020. The building was Elko's first bank, founded in 1880; a "soft drink" parlor during Prohibition; and spent 86 years as a bar hosting stories and songs rooted in northeast Nevada's wild-West days.

The Silver Dollar Club, an iconic bar dating to the Prohibition era in one of Elko’s oldest buildings, is closing after 86 years of stories and songs rooted in northeast Nevada's Wild West days. Sam Horvitz, the club proprietor, told the Elko Daily Free Press he's closing Jan. 30. “I’ve been waiting to buy the building for ...

The Notes: Jan. 27, 2020

In the Notes: Colliers International Las Vegas, Maximilien Fetaz, Nevada State Apartment Association, Desert Radiology, A. Collins Hunsaker, Monique Hafen and more ...

Gaming in 2020: Five things to watch

In this Nov. 18, 2019, photo, patrons visit the sports betting area of Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I. Gambling regulators and sports books in several U.S. states are preparing to allow gamblers to bet on XFL games once the league's season begins in early February.

This past year proved, once again, that change is the only constant in the ever-evolving world of legal gaming. And, 2020 promises to bring even more disruption to the industry worldwide ...

After Kobe's death, LVCVA postpones ad campaign rollout activities

In this July 26, 2018 file photo former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch during the U.S. national championships swimming meet in Irvine, Calif. Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. Gianna also died in the crash. She was 13.

Local festivities surrounding the unveiling of a new Las Vegas tourism slogan have been postponed after the unexpected death of basketball great Kobe Bryant ...

UNLV's solar house is 'not science fiction;' it can be built now

UNLV’s latest Solar Decathlon project, called Desert Bloom, will be designed to help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) return to civilian life.

Not so long ago, when the world was still analog, architecture students came into college already having some experience building things. Previous generations took shop classes or tinkered in their parents’ garage.

Las Vegas company sells 3 casinos in Colorado

A Rhode Island casino company said Friday it has completed the purchase of three casinos in Colorado. Twin River Worldwide Holdings Inc. said it closed on the Golden Gates, Golden Gulch and Mardi Gras casinos in ...

Murren: Raiders, MGM have ‘perfect partnership’ in Las Vegas

Jim Murren, center, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, poses with Chuck Bowling, left, president and COO of Mandalay Bay, and Tony Gladney, vice president of community engagement for MGM Resorts, during a news conference at Mandalay Bay Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020.

When Jim Murren arrived in Las Vegas in 1998, the thought of a gaming company like MGM Resorts International becoming a partner with an NFL team was unthinkable. The divide between sports leagues like ...

MGM is gaming partner of Las Vegas Raiders

Jim Murren, right, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, poses with Marc Badain, president of the Las Vegas Raiders, during a news conference at Mandalay Bay Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. MGM Resorts International announced a founding partnership with the Las Vegas Raiders.

MGM is now the official gaming partner of the Las Vegas Raiders. MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren made the announcement this morning at Mandalay Bay with ...

Casino says O.J. Simpson too tarnished to defame

This photo provided by Didier J. Fabien shows O.J. Simpson in the garden of his Las Vegas area home on Monday, June 3, 2019.

O.J. Simpson couldn’t have been defamed by accounts that he was drunk and disruptive before being banned from a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino, because his reputation was already ...

South Point gambler hits nearly $500K jackpot on Wheel of Fortune game

A visitor to South Point walked away with close to a half-million dollars after playing a slot machine on Sunday. The player, who chose to remain anonymous ...

10 things to know about the NFL Draft in Las Vegas

An artist's rendering of the NFL Draft red carpet stage at the Fountains of Bellagio.

Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly attended last year’s NFL Draft in Nashville, Tenn. He wanted to see what Nashville did right and make sure when April’s draft is conducted in Las Vegas, it is bigger and better. “They did a fantastic job, but this is Las Vegas,” Weekly said. The NFL submitted draft details to ...