Las Vegas Business News

How hotels are increasingly able to cut back on housekeeping

A look inside the newly remodeled rooms at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.

The question came at check-in: Did I want to forgo housekeeping for the two days I was staying at the Flamingo in Las Vegas in exchange for a $10 a day food and beverage credit? Huh? The clerk repeated himself. Some guests, he said, didn’t want to be bothered during their stay. So the Flamingo, along with nearly all of its sister properties in Las Vegas (it is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment), decided ...

5 March 2018
By Abby Ellin, New York Times News Service

College professor delights in empowering students

Joni Flowers is executive director of the Cultural Diversity Foundation.

The founder, president and executive director of the Cultural Diversity Foundation talks about the organization's upcoming wine tasting fundraiser, provides tips for novice wine shoppers and shares a moving success story of her organization's scholarship program.

5 March 2018
By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz

Authority OKs agreements for Raiders stadium

This rendering shows the Las Vegas Raiders stadium west of Interstate 15 and the Strip. Construction on the 65,000-seat stadium is expected to be completed in time for the 2020 NFL season.

The Las Vegas Stadium Authority today approved all agreements and documents related to the planned Raiders football stadium, pending a legal review. Raiders President Marc Badain also announced that the team is in talks to secure some 30,000 off-site parking spots within 1.5 miles of the Russell Road stadium site. The approval of the agreements represents significant step toward Clark County issuing construction bonds for the ...

1 March 2018
By Mick Akers

How are Las Vegas retailers holding their own in the age of Amazon?

The Writer’s Block Book Shop

Learn some of the ways the Writer’s Block, B&C Camera and Kappa Toys keep customers coming back.

1 March 2018
By Geoff Carter

Las Vegas airport passenger traffic up 2.7 percent in January

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

McCarran International Airport saw 3.77 million passengers pass through its gates in January, a 2.7 percent increase from January 2017, the Clark County ...

28 February 2018
By Mick Akers

Las Vegas among first getting T-Mobile 5G smartphone service

T-Mobile CEO John Legere speaks at a T-Mobile announcement in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. T-Mobile will sell more than 100 smartphone models with a built-in feature that taps into Wi-Fi networks to make phone calls and send texts when customers can't connect to the wireless carrier's cellular network.

Las Vegas will be one of the first cities in the U.S. to get T-Mobile’s 5G smartphone service, the company announced today. Las Vegas joins New York, Los Angeles and ...

27 February 2018
By Mick Akers

To see what drives a tech company, look who has a desk near the boss

Work stations for researchers outside Overstock chief executive Patrick Byrne's office, in background, at the company's headquarters in Midvale, Utah, Feb. 12, 2018. A growing number of tech companies are moving research labs and other far-reaching engineering efforts closer to the boss: a clear statement of priorities.

If you want to understand the priorities of a technology company, first look at the seating chart ...

27 February 2018
By Cade Metz, New York Times News Service

Women of color are starting businesses at ‘record rates’

Tanitsha Bridgers started her business, Mobile Mental Health Support Services, after working her first few years in Nevada hospitals and mental health centers as a licensed clinical social worker. “Opening my own business seemed like the next appropriate step,” said Bridgers.

Tanitsha Bridgers tells people there are two reasons someone might start a business. “It’s either out of a need they see and a void that needs to be filled or out of frustration.” She started Mobile Mental Health Support Services because she saw people who wanted access to mental health care yet obstacles prevented them from getting it.

26 February 2018
By Michael Lyle, Special to VEGAS INC

40 Under 40 Alumni: Arash Ghafoori and Danielle Bisterfeldt

Arash Ghafoori is the Executive Director of Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY). NPHY provide services for homeless teens to meet their immediate needs and provide a safe, supportive environment and a path to self-sufficiency.

Arash Ghafoori and Danielle Bisterfeldt are former honorees of VEGAS INC's 40 Under 40 awards. We caught up with them ...

26 February 2018
By VEGAS INC Staff

The Notes: Feb. 26-March 3

In the Notes: Henderson Chamber of Commerce, John O’Rourke, Baby’s Bounty, Raymond Green, Beverly Eickmeyer, Colby Balkenbush and more ...

26 February 2018
By VEGAS INC Staff

Local advocates for the homeless have big hopes for tiny homes

A view of a tiny home, made from a shipping container, at Veterans Village 2 near downtown Las Vegas Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018.

Despite their small size, tiny homes could play a big role in providing shelter for the homeless, advocates say. Veterans Village is exploring the feasibility of tiny homes for those in need with ...

26 February 2018
By Mick Akers

The List: Manufacturers, Feb. 26, 2018

Find out about manufacturers. This week, we rank them by permanent local employees as of Feb. 16

26 February 2018
By VEGAS INC Staff

New concept in real estate can serve homeowners' wanderlust

Members of the Opendoor national real estate firm pose for a photo in front of one of their properties.

Opendoor’s founder and CEO, Eric Wu, bought his first house at 19 and was instantly hooked. He bought 20 homes within the next three years and went on to start two real estate technology companies. After selling ...

26 February 2018
By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz

Tesla opening new Las Vegas electric car showroom

A Tesla Model S, left, and Model X are displayed in a 26,000-square-foot Tesla showroom and service center, 7077 W. Sahara Ave., Friday, Feb. 23, 2018.

Electric carmaker Tesla is charging up the valley with a new Las Vegas showroom. The California-based manufacturer, which has battery factory in ...

23 February 2018
By Mick Akers

Winning bid tossed in Pennsylvania casino license auction

Las Vegas Sands Corp. submitted the highest bid Wednesday in an auction for the rights to Pennsylvania's fourth mini-casino license, but ...

21 February 2018
Associated Press

County considers beer, wine sales at hair salons

A client drinks beer while receiving a cut at Blind Barber Shop in New York, May 28, 2015. A proposed Clark County ordinance would approve alcohol service at salons, barbershops and spas.

One commissioner is concerned about expanding alcohol availability in a town with legal marijuana and other businesses already serving beer and wine ...

21 February 2018
By Yvonne Gonzalez

MGM says Mandalay Bay business recovering after Oct. 1 shooting

A view of the Mandalay Bay Friday, July 24, 2015.

Mandalay Bay is beginning to emerge from the cloud of the Oct. 1 mass shooting, but the Strip resort isn’t out of the woods yet, MGM Resorts International executives said today during ...

20 February 2018
By Mick Akers

Court ruling fails to curb development plans at former Badlands golf course

Councilman Steve Seroka is shown at the site of the defunct Badlands Golf Course, surrounded by the Queensridge community, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018.

Residents are fighting the latest iteration of plans to develop housing on the site of the former Badlands Golf Club after a recent court ruling against the new owner of ...

20 February 2018
By Yvonne Gonzalez

Why investing in Las Vegas real estate makes sense

Uri Vaknin is a partner at KRE Capital.

While real estate in Las Vegas is always uplifted by the city’s universal appeal, it’s especially strong today because of prices that are highly affordable relative to other markets ...

19 February 2018
By Uri Vaknin

Are female-led companies the answer to sexual misconduct?

In this Jan. 15, 2014, file photo, Maria Contreras-Sweet, founder and board chairman of a Latino-owned community bank in Los Angeles, listens as President Barack Obama announces he will nominate her to head of the Small Business Administration in Washington. A group of investors led by a Contreras-Sweet offered to acquire Weinstein Co., rebrand it and install a female-led board of directors.

The Weinstein Co. thought it had found a path to survival. A group of investors led by a respected businesswoman offered to acquire the company, rebrand it and install a female-led board of directors. It was an ...

19 February 2018
By Alexandra Olson, Associated Press
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