Las Vegas Business News

Las Vegas vaping businesses balk at threats of federal ban

In this Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, file photo, a salesman at a vape shop exhales while using an e-cigarette in Maine.

Alex Mazzola, the CEO of a Las Vegas company that produces e-liquid vape solutions, says a threatened federal ban on flavored vaping products would put him out of business and claims small enterprises like his are “getting squeezed by big tobacco.” The Trump Administration recently said it ...

Website lets you in on culinary secrets

Jolene Mannina is president of SecretBurger.com.

Jolene Mannina is president of SecretBurger.com, which gives diners a chance to reserve off-the-menu items at restaurants in cities across the country, including Las Vegas. Users of the website search an upcoming event and reserve a dish that will be available for one day only, then show up for their exclusive meal on the day of the event.

Credit union donating UNLV football tickets for Oct. 1 shooting survivors

America First Credit Union will donate 300 UNLV football tickets to survivors of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. The credit union will donate tickets for UNLV’s Oct. 5 game ...

Annual Angel Awards celebrate caring in the community

Three Square has been a recipient of philanthropy from Westgate Las Vegas, itself a recipient of an Angel Award Tuesday, Sept. 17.

The Angel Awards are our chance to shine a spotlight on people and companies who transform their resources into something good for Southern Nevada...

Angel Awards: Keep Memory Alive

Learning curves: The Frank Gehry-designed Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1 in 3 seniors die with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. It kills more people than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined, and with no cure available, it’s vital that research gets funded to combat this scourge...

Angel Awards: Deanna Paquette

Deanna Paquette

Deanna Paquette truly has a lifetime of philanthropy under her belt, having spent almost 20 years being a part of the Children’s Heart Foundation.

Angel Awards: Diana Bennett

Diana Bennett

Diana Bennett, president of the Bennett Family Foundation, is a second-generation casino operator who was schooled in philanthropy by her father, gaming icon William Bennett. That schooling has led to work that touches millions of lives...

Angel Awards: Stefanie Tuzman

Stefanie Tuzman

Stefanie Tuzman’s influence on our culture goes beyond Southern Nevada to encompass countries all over the globe through support to over 70 different organizations. Tuzman has spent the past decade working on behalf of the Jewish community, initially joining the nonprofit organization Jewish Nevada (formerly the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas) as director of young leadership. She ascended the ranks to become president and CEO a year ago...

Angel Awards: The Rogers Foundation

The Rogers Foundation is an advocate of education.

In 2015, the Rogers Foundation kicked off with a pretty amazing announcement: An entire class of third-grade students at Reynaldo Martinez Elementary School would be receiving college scholarships from the new organization...

Angel Awards: Westgate Las Vegas

Three Square has been a recipient of philanthropy from Westgate Las Vegas, itself a recipient of an Angel Award Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Westgate Las Vegas’ philanthropic efforts tackle four vital needs in Southern Nevada...

Angel Awards: City National Bank

City National Bank has a long history of philanthropy.

When it comes to giving, the example set for City National Bank’s employees starts at the top...

'Wedding experts': How Las Vegas plans to remain a top destination for marriages

Bride Angelica Jannson kisses groom Jan Siarov as photographer Brian Hendricks (left) documents their wedding complete with a performance by Elvis at the Graceland Chapel on Thursday, August 25, 2016. The couple is from Gothenburg, Sweden, wanting an Elvis wedding performed by long-time impersonator Brendan Paul.

Graceland Wedding Chapel in downtown has been the site of numerous celebrity weddings over the years — Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Ray Cyrus, to name a few, were both married there ...

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The Notes: Sept. 16, 2019

In the Notes: Kamal Jemmoua, OneSeven Agency, Flights Kerry Cartmill, Rita Vaswani and more ...

Q+A: Former gaming regulator A.G. Burnett on sports betting, industry trends

In this file photo, then-Chairman A.G. Burnett, center, asks a question during a Nevada Gaming Control Board meeting at the Grant Sawyer State Building Wednesday, March 1, 2016. Burnett, an attorney, is now a partner at the McDonald Carano law firm.

A well-known name in Nevada gaming circles, A.G. Burnett served on the state’s Gaming Control Board from 2011 to 2017, taking over as chairman in 2012. An attorney, Burnett, is now a partner at ...

Las Vegas gains momentum as budding tech infrastructure hub

Google announces a partnership with the city of Henderson on the development of a new data center located off Warm Springs Road on Monday, July 1, 2019.

Dale Laizure, who has worked in information technology for more than 20 years, relocated last year to Las Vegas from Southern California to be part of the area’s emerging tech industry. He’s not alone.

40 Under 40 Alumni: Dimitri Mihaloliakos and David B. Rounds

Dimitri Mihaloliakos, vice president of estimating/principal at Burke Construction Group Inc. poses for a photo Friday, Aug. 2, 2019.

Dimitri Mihaloliakos and David B. Rounds are former honorees of VEGAS INC's 40 Under 40 awards. We caught up with them ...

Las Vegas-based retail company grows by catering to air travelers

David Charles, president and COO of Marshall Retail Group, poses in Misura, a menswear retail store inside the Appian Way Shops at Caesars Palace, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019.

If retail is indeed dying, nobody told the folks at Marshall Retail Group. An independent specialty retailer with more than 600 employees based in Las Vegas and ...

Hospice exec: 'The acts of love and caring we see daily is rejuvenating'

Karen Rubel

Karen Rubel, who was tapped to succeed Carole Fisher as president and CEO of Nathan Adelson Hospice, talks about her vision for the organization and explains why people are wrong to think that hospice care is a depressing workplace.

Mayor defends Reno's effort to combat housing crisis

In this Oct. 12, 2018, photo, homes fill a small valley in Reno. A population inrush to Nevada has been driven by people seeking more affordable housing and a growing tech industry around Reno.

Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve said criticism surrounding fast-rising eviction rates and a spiraling affordability crisis in the city has overshadowed many of its wins on the housing front ...