Las Vegas Business News

Hard Rock, Loews hotels warn of data breach

Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos alongside Loews Hotels have warned customers that a security failure may have resulted in ...

11 July 2017
ZDNet

Why marijuana dispensaries now need to focus on gaining market share

People wait in line at the Essence cannabis dispensary in Las Vegas, Saturday, July 1, 2017, as recreational sales of marijuana begin.

Most marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas reported similar results during the first week of legal recreation sales: Long lines of eager customers and strong revenue. That was ...

11 July 2017
By Chris Kudialis

Foreclosure prevention lifeline again available to Nevadans

Nevada homeowners facing financial difficulties can once again take advantage of a foreclosure prevention lifeline offered by the state. The foreclosure mediation program allows homeowners to sit down with ...

10 July 2017
Associated Press

Faraday stops work on North Las Vegas factory

The Faraday Future FF91 concept car is displayed before the North Las Vegas "State of the City" address at Aliante in North Las Vegas Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.

Upstart electric car company Faraday Future announced today it would stop work on a $1 billion manufacturing plant at the Apex Industrial Park in North Las Vegas. Faraday said it is shifting its attention to a new facility to accelerate the start of production on its flagship vehicle, the FF91. “As a result of this shift in direction, we are in the process of identifying a manufacturing facility that presents a faster path to a start-of-production and aligns with ...

10 July 2017
By Mick Akers

Enduring office designs include minimalist floor plans, huddle zones and fitness amenities

A look inside the new Cosmopolitan office spaces at Howard Hughes Center, Friday, June 30, 2017.

In case you didn’t get the memo, recent trends in office-space configuration, size and amenities have led to increased efficiency, productivity and employee collaboration. Workers have been saying goodbye to boxed-in cubicles and large private offices. They’re heralding open floor plans, adaptable furnishings, wireless technology, and green design and construction.

10 July 2017
By Danielle Birkin, Special to VEGAS INC

Restaurateurs keep it simple: Fresh food, emphasis on customer service

Partners Daniel Kouretas, left, and Jared DeBehnke pose in front of Jared's Old Fashioned Hot Dogs & Hamburgers at Pawn Plaza, 725 Las Vegas Boulevard South, in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

Jared Debehnke and Daniel Kouretas don’t do gourmet. Instead, their business relies on keeping it simple with tried-and-true American favorites, served with a smile.

10 July 2017
By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz

The List: Available commercial space, July 9, 2017

Find out about available commercial space. This week, we rank it by available square feet as of July 1.

10 July 2017
By VEGAS INC Staff

Businesses should prepare to handle opioid abuse

The face of addiction has changed. A survey conducted in March by the National Safety Council revealed that 70 percent of businesses said narcotic painkillers had affected their business.

10 July 2017
By Dr. Matt McCarty

The Notes: Philanthropy, July 9-15

In the Notes: UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm Life, Assurant, Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation, Thrive Cannabis Marketplace, City National Bank, First American Equipment Finance, Touro University Nevada, Make-A-Wish Southern Nevada, Blind Center of Nevada and more ...

10 July 2017
By VEGAS INC Staff

Waste management exec says opportunity comes with expanded thinking

Scott Seastrand, Vice President of Western Elite poses for a photo in front of a green waste area in Las Vegas, Nev. on March 28, 2017.

The vice president of waste management company Western Elite talks about the value of failure, the strides made in his industry through the years, and what he would say, if he could travel through time, to the high school version of himself.

10 July 2017
By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz

The Data: July 9-15

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].

10 July 2017
By VEGAS INC Staff

WSOP boss Stewart: ‘Main Event has proved to be Teflon’

A stack of $50,000 tournament chips await a poker player before the start of the 2017 World of Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio Convention Center on Saturday, July 8, 2017.

Ty Stewart easily rattles of the names of past World Series of Poker champions and a few notable occurrences in the event’s 48-year history in Las Vegas when talking to a group of supporters Saturday at the Rio Convention Center. The event’s executive director ...

9 July 2017
By Ray Brewer

Black homeowners struggle as US housing market recovers

In this Nov. 9, 2015, file photo, Pastor Yul Dorn poses for a portrait inside his home, where he was facing eviction due to foreclosure in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point district. Dorn and his wife expect to join the growing ranks of African-Americans who do not own their homes, a rate that was nearly 30 percentage points higher than that of whites in 2016, according to a report by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Yul Dorn and his wife raised their son and daughter in a three-bedroom home crammed with family photos, one they bought in a historically African-American neighborhood in ...

9 July 2017
By Janie Har, Associated Press

Blackstone buys World Market Center

The exterior of the World Market Center in Las Vegas, Nev. on Nov. 18, 2016.

Investment firm Blackstone, in partnership with Fireside Investments, announced Thursday it is buying International Market Centers, owner-operator of World Market Center in ...

7 July 2017
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

MGM National Harbor's monthly revenue tops $50 million to lead state casinos

Seven-month-old MGM National Harbor topped $50 million in monthly revenue for the third time in June to remain Maryland's highest-generating casino as ...

6 July 2017
The Baltimore Sun

Art of the steal: Liquidation sale at Trump's former casino

Gerald Winchester, left, chats with Marie Marine, right, as they wait to enter the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Thursday July 6, 2017, for a sale of the casino hotel's contents. Included in the items for sale were crystal chandeliers from Austria that now-President Donald Trump bought for the casino when he opened it in 1990. The casino shut down last year under different ownership.

For some, it was The Art of the Steal. Hundreds of people swarmed the lobby of Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino on Thursday, hoping to score big. But they weren't gamblers. They were bargain hunters searching for ...

6 July 2017
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Local home prices, sales keep climbing in June

A view of residential rooftops near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Gibson Road in Henderson.

Southern Nevada home prices and sales continued to climb in June, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

6 July 2017
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Apartment rents rise for 15th straight month as valley's housing market tightens

A view of the Harbor Island Apartments on Harmon Avenue Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

The impact of a vanishing housing supply in Southern Nevada ripples its way through the local rental market this summer with little relief in sight. Driven by the area’s ...

6 July 2017
By Adam Candee

First days of recreational marijuana sales generate about $500,000 in taxes

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.

The first four days of legal recreational marijuana sales generated $3 million in sales revenue and about $500,000 in tax revenue, putting Nevada on pace to achieve an estimated $30 million in sales revenue over the next six months of recreational sales, according to the Nevada Dispensary Association. The sales figure was ...

5 July 2017
By Chris Kudialis

Why Yelp harbors a long-running grudge against Google

Jeremy Stoppelman, chief executive of Yelp, in its office in San Francisco, March 28, 2016. For six years, Yelp has been locked in a three-continent campaign to get the world’s antitrust regulators to punish Google. Now in 2017, the European Union has fined Google $2.7 billion for unfairly favoring its own services over those of rivals.

For six years, Jeremy Stoppelman's company has been locked in a campaign on three continents to get antitrust regulators to punish Google, Yelp’s larger, richer and more politically connected competitor ...

5 July 2017
By Conor Dougherty, New York Times News Service
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