Las Vegas Business News

Attorney: ‘Las Vegas is a meritocracy’

Attorney Joel Henriod is managing partner at the Las Vegas office of law firm Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie.

Attorney Joel Henriod, managing partner of the law firm’s Las Vegas office, fell in love with the law after watching the 1966 film “A Man for All Seasons,” the story of a man who stood up to the king after the king rejected the Roman Catholic Church so he could divorce his wife.

14 August 2017
By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz

Marijuana sparks questions for casino operators

When recreational marijuana stores opened in July, thousands took advantage of its legalization. And that created confusion in the gaming industry.

14 August 2017
By Ellen Whittemore

The Data: Aug. 13-19

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].

14 August 2017
By VEGAS INC Staff

Nevada opens pot distribution to nonliquor wholesalers

Nevada marijuana regulators have decided to start issuing pot distribution licenses to businesses other than liquor wholesalers to keep up with overwhelming ...

11 August 2017
Associated Press

$11.8 million Megabucks jackpot hit at Fremont

An exterior view of the Fremont casino in downtown Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

A visitor from Southern California hit an $11.8 million Nevada Megabucks jackpot Tuesday night at the Fremont Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. Rodolfo T. hit the jackpot on the ...

11 August 2017
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Golden Knights trademark effort gets a win, but OT still needed

Marc-Andre Fleury of the Golden Knights looks for a few new hats during media availability for new players in the official team store, The Armory, at the T-Mobile Arena on Thursday, June 22, 2017.

The war continues, but the Vegas Golden Knights won the most important battle in their trademark fight with the federal government. ...

11 August 2017
By Adam Candee

Interstate 11 segment near Railroad Pass to open on Wednesday

Construction of Interstate 11 has presented challenges for Henderson's Railroad Pass Casino, but owner Joe DeSimone is optimistic the project will ultimately help the hotel, the casino and the travel center he is building on the site.

The first portion of the Interstate 11 project is set to open next week. The Nevada Department of Transportation will open the southbound lanes of I-11 from Foothill Drive in Henderson to Silverline Road in Boulder City on Tuesday. ...

11 August 2017
By Mick Akers

Student's new Las Vegas table game similar to blackjack

The Easy Jack table game, shown at Harrah's in Las Vegas, was designed by Matthew Stream, a student at UNLV’s Center of Gaming Innovation.

Matthew Stream dealt hand after hand of blackjack at a Northern California casino and seemed to run into a similar problem for players. In the quickness of ...

10 August 2017
By Mick Akers

Reno median home prices set record, Sparks homes follow

Reno median home prices continue to climb, with Sparks homes trailing closely ...

9 August 2017
By Associated Press

Cosmopolitan launching $100 million-plus room refresh

An exterior view of the Cosmopolitan hotel tower Monday, March 11, 2013.

The Cosmopolitan has announced a major makeover of most of its hotel rooms, the latest in a series of upgrades at the resort that have included the addition of ...

9 August 2017
By Thomas Moore

Caesars taking payments in Las Vegas via popular Chinese app

Caesars Entertainment has started taking payments at multiple locations in Las Vegas from WeChat, a smartphone messaging app that’s hugely popular in China. Starting on Tuesday, the company began ...

9 August 2017
By Thomas Moore

How retail on the Las Vegas Strip appears to buck dire national trend

An exterior view of the Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017.

Recent headlines reflect the harrowing state of the retail industry in the online shopping age. Headlines about retail on the Las Vegas Strip, however, are all about big deals and growth. Specifically, Wynn Resorts is building 75,000 square feet of high-end shopping across the street from the Fashion Show. While one development is hardly a boom, the added space, along with the aforementioned deals, reveals a confidence about retail on the Strip not found elsewhere. ...

9 August 2017
By Thomas Moore

Fertitta: Palms will reflect ‘everything we've learned over last 30 years’

Station Casinos purchased the Palms for $312.5 million.

Chairman and CEO Frank J. Fertitta III said building and operating hybrid resorts (appealing to both tourists and locals) “is what we do.” “We're going to take everything ...

8 August 2017
By Thomas Moore

Free self-parking at Wynn, Encore comes to an end

The Wynn and the Encore.

Wynn Resorts' properties have joined the list of casino-resorts on the Las Vegas Strip that no longer offer free self-parking. Wynn Las Vegas and Encore began charging customers to ...

8 August 2017
Associated Press

Casinos embrace esports even as they work to understand it

Teams compete during the Dreamhack Masters e-sports tournament Feb. 17 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Casinos are slowly embracing competitive video game tournaments as a way to help their bottom lines, but the money is coming from renting hotel rooms to the young players and selling them food and drinks, not from turning them into gamblers. Like most other ways gambling halls have ...

8 August 2017
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Anthem leaving Nevada health exchange in 'significant blow'

Anthem will leave Nevada's health care exchange next year, a move that Gov. Brian Sandoval calls an abrupt and significant blow to the state's individual marketplace. Today's surprise announcement comes after Anthem said in June it would ...

7 August 2017
Associated Press

Duties of a fun-gineer: Concocting happiness at Zappos

Tyler Williams, the head of experiential marketing for Zappos, in Las Vegas, April 27, 2017. Williams’ job is to design activities for the online retailer’s 1,500 employees that keeps them smiling — and loyal to the company.

Tyler Williams, 33, is the head of experiential marketing for Zappos, an online retailer based in Las Vegas ...

7 August 2017
By Perry Garfinkel, New York Times News Service

Law firm exec: ‘If you want something, go get it’

Q&A portrait of Director of Client Relations David Kohlmeier of the Las Vegas Defense Group.

The director of client relations at the law firm Las Vegas Defense Group, who worked as a police officer for 17 years, talks about how his former career influences his current one, makes the argument for introducing a lottery in Nevada, and explains why he’s proud to be a New Yorker.

7 August 2017
By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz

The List: Subcontractors, Aug. 7, 2017

Find out about subcontractors. This week, we rank them by number of permanent full- and part-time employees as of June 27.

7 August 2017
By VEGAS INC Staff

In a connected world, risk of identity theft rises

In a recent study of American fears, more than 37 percent of those surveyed said they were afraid or very afraid of identity theft. That may seem like a lot of people, but 100 percent of Americans should understand the threat of identity theft.

7 August 2017
By Steve Bearak
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