Las Vegas Business News

Despite Wynn’s move, gaming grows slowly on north Strip

A view of the former New Frontier casino site Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, on Las Vegas Boulevard South.

Whether Wynn Resorts’ purchase of the site where the New Frontier was located will be the spark that ignites development on the northern stretch of the Las Vegas Strip remains to be seen since many proposed projects have significant issues that could delay or even prevent them from coming to fruition. ...

Pedestrian bridges on Las Vegas Strip at Tropicana to open

The pedestrian bridges at Tropicana Avenue and the Las Vegas Strip, which have been under construction since May 2016 in a $34 million project, will

County scraps proposal for elevated expressway

Clark County is abandoning its pursuit of an elevated expressway. The proposed expressway, which would have cost an estimated $200 million, would have run along Koval Lane and Swenson Street to and from ...

Las Vegas air traffic up slightly in November

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas increased slightly in November compared to a year earlier. Data released Tuesday by the Clark County Department of Aviation show more than ...

UNLV to host esports exhibition during Mountain West basketball tournament

Millennial Esports CEO Alex Igelman speaks at an event marking the opening night of UNLV's academic esports class and lab, inside an actual esports arena on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017.

Looking to further its reach into the developing esports industry, UNLV plans to host an exhibition competition among fellow Mountain West schools during the conference’s annual basketball tournaments. ...

Hard Rock Hotel agrees to settle Culinary charges

Management at the Hard Rock Hotel agreed today to settle with the National Labor Relations Board charges that the company engaged in unfair labor practices to ...

New high roller at the table: Penn buys Pinnacle for $2.8B

A Dec. 19, 2007, file photo shows some of the 2,000 slot machines on the 75,000-square-foot casino floor are in place at the Pinnacle Entertainment's Lumiere Place casino, in St. Louis.

Pinnacle Entertainment is being snapped up by Penn National in a deal worth about $2.8 billion as the gaming industry seeks to diversify and cut costs at the same time. Penn National Gaming Inc. is spending $20 in cash for each share, and Pinnacle shareholders will ...

The Notes: Philanthropy, Dec. 17, 2017

In the Notes: Penta Building Group, Pia Zadora, Nacho Daddy, Safe Nest, Opportunity Village, Nevada State Bank, Goettl Air Conditioning

Consultant: Focus on solutions, not problems

Ann Simmons Nicholson says if you take care of relationships in business, success will come.

The owner of the Simmons Group consulting firm talks about the importance of cultivating relationships in business, the rewards of helping children through nonprofit work and “the most valuable thing a leader can learn.”

Connoisseurs of cigars have a new home away from home

Amit Mehra is the owner of Helios Cigar Lounge, which he opened several years ago in Riverside, Calif., and this year expanded to Southern Nevada.

Amit Mehra is a fan of Las Vegas’ energy and emphasis on helping small businesses succeed. So this year, he brought his smokers’ lounge concept here from California.

Are you protecting your business investment?

All business owners are likely to face construction needs at one time or another. Before soliciting bids, it is important to have a defined scope of work for the project you are preparing to undertake. This will ensure more consistent and complete bids from contractors to review and compare to the anticipated budget costs.

The List: Nonprofit groups, Dec. 17, 2017

Find out about nonprofit groups. This week, we rank them by revenue reported to the Internal Revenue Service as of Oct. 1 ...

The Data: Dec. 17-23, 2017

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].

Downtown’s D-finitive personality: Derek Stevens moving full speed ahead

Derek Stevens, CEO of Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, offers a toast during the opening ceremony of the casino's expansion, Friday Sept. 1, 2017.

Walk into the D on any given night, and odds are good that you’ll find Derek Stevens there. He’ll be the big guy at the Long Bar, possibly buying a drink for a new acquaintance and likely wearing a jacket designed to make it impossible for you to miss him. It may be a color you’d normally see on a muscle car, or maybe two-tone, or maybe with lapels as wide as the mouth of a martini glass. Stevens and his brother Greg own the D, as well as the Golden Gate, the Downtown Events Center and the property that ...

Dispensaries trading free weed for holiday donations

Terry Barton, right, of Veterans Village, helps Rob Ruckus, manager of Inyo Fine Cannabis Dispensary, with a delivery of nonperishable food from a holiday food drive at the Las Vegas dispensary on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. The donations benefit residents of Veterans Village.

Rob Ruckus, a worker at Inyo Fine Cannabis dispensary in Las Vegas, grabbed a tub of more than 50 canned food items Thursday morning to load into his pickup truck. Over the last couple weeks, donated food — items such as ...

Light rail system on Maryland Parkway a good bet for fed funding, RTC official says

A rendering of a proposed light rail system along Maryland Parkway.

A proposed light rail system along Maryland Parkway would be a boon for the economy and a good bet for millions of dollars in federal funding, said Tina Quigley, general ...

Viva Aerobus adding nonstop flights from Mexico City to Las Vegas

Consul General of Mexico Alejandro Madrigal speaks during a news conference at McCarran International Airport to announce new Viva Aerobus service between Las Vegas and Mexico City Friday, December 15, 2017.

Just past noon Saturday, travelers from Mexico City will start arriving in Las Vegas via new nonstop service on budget airline Viva Aerobus. At a news conference to announce the new route, officials with ...

17-story hotel under construction next to Palms on Flamingo Road

Rendering of a 3883 Flamingo, a CAI Investments retail and housing development which will be located just east of the Palms.

Construction is underway on a 17-story non-gaming hotel on Flamingo Road, next door to the Palms resort just west of the Las Vegas Strip. The project, called 3883 Flamingo, sits on almost 9 acres and will include multifamily housing and retail, according to the developer, CAI Investments, which hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday. Tenants at the site will include ...

Wynn Resorts buying site of former New Frontier on Strip

A view of the former New Frontier casino site Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, on Las Vegas Boulevard South.

Wynn Resorts announced today it is buying 38 acres of land on the Strip across from the Wynn Las Vegas and the Encore. Most of the land — 34 acres — is on the site of the ...

Marijuana leaders, city officials discuss pot lounge ordinance

Customers wait in a long line at Reef Dispensaries in Las Vegas as recreational marijuana sales begin at midnight in Nevada on Friday, June 30, 2017.

Officials want to make Las Vegas the country’s first city to allow marijuana smoking lounges, and hope to do so by ...