Las Vegas Business News

Las Vegas dispensaries expecting big crowds for 420 marijuana celebration

In this Saturday, July 1, 2017, file photo, people line up at the NuLeaf marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas.

Long lines are expected at Las Vegas marijuana dispensaries on Friday, the first 420 marijuana holiday in Nevada since recreational sales became legal. Roy Bingham, CEO of the ...

Caesars to manage 2 luxury hotels in Dubai

Dubai's Meraas Holding has tied up with the U.S.-based Caesars Entertainment to manage two luxury hotels, a conference centre and a beach club on Bluewaters in Dubai, adding another ...

Icahn's company strikes approximately $1.85B Tropicana deal

This Jan. 31, 2018, photo shows part of the casino floor at the Tropicana in Atlantic City N.J. On Monday April 16, Carl Icahn sold the real estate assets of Tropicana Entertainment to Gaming and Leisure Properties, and its casino operations to Eldorado Resorts in a $1.85 billion deal. Tropicana's casino in Aruba is not part of the deal.

Carl Icahn's company has struck an approximately $1.85 billion deal that would fuse the gaming and hotel operations of Tropicana Entertainment to ...

Zillow is getting into the home-flipping business

Most people simply list their home and wait for the best offer. But Zillow is hoping people who don’t want to go through the ...

New cultivation facility near Reno to ship marijuana to Las Vegas

MedMen co-founder Andrew Modlin, left, cuts the ribbon on a new marijuana cultivation facility near Reno on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.

A massive, 45,000-square-foot marijuana cultivation and production facility in Northern Nevada plans to supply most of its weed products in ...

The Notes: April 16, 2018

In the Notes: Kelly Shibari, Rusty McAllister, 411 Locals, UNLV, Heidi Glassman, Denis Bacon, the Gaming Standards Association and more ...

The List: Colleges, universities and technical schools, April 16, 2018

Find out about colleges, universities and technical schools. This week, we rank them by enrollment as of Jan. 1.

Business owners' exit strategy shouldn't start with a for-sale sign

Business owners' exit strategy shouldn't start with a for-sale sign

From the creation of a business, a business owner should be thinking of the exit strategy.

MGM helps produce an LGBT wedding album

MGM helps produce an LGBT wedding album

MGM sees the endeavor more as an extension of its inclusive values than an attempt to lure more LGBT guests.

Carl’s Donuts reopening retail store in Las Vegas

The sign outside the Carl's Donuts retail shop at 3170 E. Sunset Road.

Carl’s Donuts, which has been providing pastries to convenience stores for years, has reopened a retail shop in Las Vegas for the first time in more two decades. The shop, located at 3170 E. Sunset Road, is open from ...

Slot player wins $620K at The Orleans in Las Vegas

An exterior view of the Orleans, 4500 W Tropicana Ave., in Las Vegas Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

The lucky woman was playing the Aristocrat's Buffalo Grand machine about 2:30 a.m. when she won ...

Clark County sells bonds to help build Raiders stadium

An artist's rendering of the stadium being built in Las Vegas where the Raiders and UNLV will play football.

Clark County on Wednesday sold bonds to finance the public’s $750 million contribution toward construction of a 65,000-seat stadium where the Raiders and UNLV will play football. A total of $645 million in bonds were sold in 90 minutes to 43 different ...

Record number of convention visitors helps boost Vegas tourism spending

This file photo shows the iconic Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

The 42.2 million visitors to Las Vegas last year, including 6.6 million conventioneers, accounted for $34.8 billion in direct spending ...

This Las Vegas casino is turning waste into profit through recycling

Glass bottles separated from the garbage at the Silver Sevens casino are stored in a bin for recycling. The Las Vegas property is expected to net a savings of about $25,000 a year.

Silver Sevens, looking to limit its environmental footprint, instituted a conservation and sustainability program last year. The first six months of the effort led to the recycling of ...

Convention Center expansion marries ‘cool’ styling and function

This artist's rendering shows the entry to the expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The project is expected to be completed by January 2021, in time to welcome the annual CES gadget show.

The ribbon-style roof of the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion doesn’t only look “cool” but helps define the spaces beneath it — lower where people are circulating and cresting where they will congregate, the designer said. “The design is defined by this wavy roof structure, which basically traces the circulation of the building,” said Robert Svedberg, principal at tvsdesign, who presented ...

Atlantic City casino earnings up 22.5 percent in 2017

This Jan. 31, 2018, photo shows a gambler playing a slot machine at the Tropicana Casino and resort in Atlantic City N.J.

Less competition has led to higher profits for Atlantic City's casinos in 2017 — but will it last with two more casinos soon to join the mix? The seven casinos saw their gross operating profits increase by ...

Las Vegas Convention Center $860M expansion design unveiled

This artist's rendering shows the entry to the expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The project is expected to be completed by January 2021, in time to welcome the annual CES gadget show.

The multimillion-dollar expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center that officials say will allow the city to remain at the top of the list of trade show destinations will have a modern design tied by a ribbon-like roof on the outside and iconic imagery inside ...

Australians are the world's biggest gambling losers, and some seek action

Players at electronic gaming machines in Australia, March 26, 2018. Legalized gambling, including from electronic gaming machines known as pokies, is an important source of tax revenues for Australian states and territories.

The average Australian adult loses around $900 to gambling each year — more than double the rate of Americans — and electronic gaming machines are getting the blame ...

New venue at Aria to feature poker, esports productions

A rendering of the PokerGo Studio at the Aria, which will feature poker and esports productions.

ESP Gaming and Poker Central are partnering to open a television studio on the Strip at Aria ...

Smart homes making life easier, especially for older residents

Smart devices are displayed in a kitchen during a Cox Smart Home tour, Thursday, April 5, 2018. The Cox Smart Home by KB Home is designed to showcase how high-speed internet, smart devices and monitoring apps offer greater control, comfort, safety and independence to older adults.

Fifteen years ago, a friend of Sam Palermo’s showed him a comic strip of a person getting a medical exam through their television. A joke then, Palermo told his friend the idea wouldn’t be so laughable in the future. And he was right. “You know what, we walked in here and we just saw it come to life here today,” Palmero said Thursday as he toured a technology-filled model smart home in ...