Las Vegas Business News

Five trends in gaming for 2018 and beyond

Technology advancements have continually changed the landscape of the gaming industry, and will continue an upward trajectory this year.

15 January 2018
By Ellen Whittemore and Mackenzie Warren

Crafty restaurant taps into the Las Vegas food scene

Chris Barish, left, and Joe Isidori own Black Tap Burgers Las Vegas, the brand’s first location outside of New York Guests at the Venetian can try Black Tap’s burgers and gravity-defying milkshakes across from the resort’s poker room.

Chris Barish and Chef Joe Isidori have brought crazy shakes and burger salads to the Strip.

15 January 2018
By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz

The Data: Jan. 14-20

All of the information your business needs: Bid opportunities, bankruptcies filed and building permits issued. To add to our data, email us at [email protected].

15 January 2018
By VEGAS INC Staff

Exec's thrills: Business, sports, fast cars, educating children

Johnny McMahon learned the value of customer service during his 20-plus years working in the hospitality industry. Recently, he became president and chief operating officer of SpeedVegas.

The president and chief operating officer of SpeedVegas talks about his appreciation for customer service, names his favorite car to drive and explains his passion for improving education in Nevada.

15 January 2018
By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz

Lawmakers to Justice Department: Keep online gambling legal

This Jan. 31, 2014, photo shows a game of Texas Hold 'Em under way on a computer screen in Atlantic City.

Federal lawmakers who represent New Jersey from both parties have asked the U.S. Justice Department to keep internet gambling legal. In a letter ...

14 January 2018
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Nevada resort revenue hits record levels in 2017

A view of the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017.

Nongaming spending on the Strip drove resort revenue in Nevada to record levels in 2017, according to numbers released today by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Each January, the board release its Nevada Gaming Abstract, a review of the ...

12 January 2018
By Thomas Moore

Atlantic City casino revenue rose in 2017 for second year

This July 11, 2014, aerial photo shows the Atlantic City, N.J., beachfront with many of its Boardwalk casinos.

Atlantic City's casinos saw their gambling revenue increase in 2017 for the second year in a row. Figures released Friday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show the seven casinos won $2.66 billion in 2017. That's an ...

12 January 2018
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

State Sen. Becky Harris to chair Gaming Control Board

State Sen. Becky Harris, R-Las Vegas, listens to testimony during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Carson City on Friday, June 2, 2017.

Gov. Brian Sandoval has chosen Republican state Sen. Becky Harris as the new chairwoman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Harris replaces ...

12 January 2018
By Thomas Moore

Downtown's Golden Gate to celebrate 112th birthday

A view of the Golden Gate in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Jan. 24, 2015.

One of the oldest structures in Southern Nevada, the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino will celebrate its 112th birthday on Saturday. The hotel was founded in 1906, a year after much of the land that would become downtown Las Vegas was parceled out and sold in an auction next to the rail line. Room rates, according to the company, were a $1 a day. The hotel has undergone ...

12 January 2018
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Nevada commission to consider $27M tax refund for AT&T

The Nevada Tax Commission will consider approving a nearly $27 million tax refund for AT&T after officials say the company paid sales and use taxes it didn't owe to the state. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports state tax auditors are recommending for ...

11 January 2018
Associated Press

Las Vegas, others won't say what they're offering to lure Amazon headquarters

In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, photo, Migdawlaw Yisrael, a staffer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Hill Student Center, pushes a large Amazon Dash button, in Birmingham, Ala. The large Dash buttons are part of the city's campaign to lure Amazon's second headquarters to Birmingham.

State and local governments have been more than happy to play up the amenities they think make their locations the best choice for Amazon's second headquarters. But many of them will not disclose the tax breaks or other financial incentives they are offering the online giant. More than 15 states and ...

11 January 2018
By Josh Cornfield, Associated Press

Police investigating theft of gaming chips from Strip casino

Metro Police say they are looking for three people who stole chips from a Las Vegas Strip casino Wednesday night. Detectives are investigating the incident, which happened just before 10 p.m. at ...

11 January 2018
By Jesse Granger

Luxor esports arena to open in March

Exterior of Luxor on Las Vegas Blvd on September 30, 2015.

Esports Arena Las Vegas, the new gaming venue where the LAX nightclub used to be located at the Luxor, will open March 22, according to a statement released today by ...

11 January 2018
By Thomas Moore

Konami's old-school horse racing game rides new technology in test run

This image from the Fortune Cup horse racing game appears on a 65-inch LCD display that is surrounded by 10 betting stations.

The basic action of the Fortune Cup game is a series of tiny horse figurines “racing” around a track roughly the size of a foosball table. Konami describes it as a multistation mechanical horse racing game with ...

11 January 2018
By Thomas Moore

Four buildings in Las Vegas among the world’s most expensive

The Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip as seen on Sept. 30, 2015.

Apple Park in Cupertino, Apple’s new “spaceship” campus, tops the list of the most expensive buildings in the United States. With an estimated price of ...

10 January 2018
The Mercury News

Lights out: Convention center loses power during CES tech show

The central hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center is evacuated after a power outage during CES International, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas’ largest convention, the CES tech show, had its plug pulled today when the Las Vegas Convention Center experienced a power outage for more than an hour. The outage ...

10 January 2018
By Mick Akers

Police looking for man who robbed Strip casino

Police are looking for a man who robbed a Las Vegas Strip casino-hotel. Metro Police Lt. David Gordon says a man armed with a handgun on Tuesday night demanded ...

10 January 2018
Associated Press

Penn National sues over Pennsylvania’s casino expansion

Pennsylvania-based casino owner Penn National Gaming sued Tuesday in a challenge to a central element of the state’s aggressive new law expanding casino gambling that Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signed as part of ...

10 January 2018
By Marc Levy, Associated Press

Summerlin is No. 4 best-selling master-planned community in U.S.

Housing construction continues in Summerlin on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018.

Summerlin ended 2017 as the fourth best-selling master-planned community in the nation, according to RCLCO, a real estate consulting company that has been ranking communities since 1994. In 2017, 1,052 new homes were sold in Summerlin, a 37 percent increase over 2016, when it was ranked No. 5. The 22,500-acre Las Vegas community, which started ...

10 January 2018
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Stan Fulton, casino owner, video slot machine pioneer, dies in Las Vegas

Stan Fulton, owner of Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino and a pioneer in the world of video slot machines, has died. The casino said Fulton died Thursday in Las Vegas, Nevada, where ...

9 January 2018
Associated Press
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