Las Vegas Business News

Borgata president accepts MGM Resorts post

The president of Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has accepted a new position with MGM Resorts. Tom Ballance will become executive vice president of operations after ...

Amazon center in North Las Vegas looking to hire 500

 In this June 30, 2011, file photo, a United Parcel Service driver delivers packages from Amazon.com in Palo Alto, Calif.

If you’re looking for a job, then Amazon might have a position for you. The company has begun the hiring process to fill 500 full-time positions at its soon-to-open fulfillment center in ...

Stadium Authority approves updated Raiders lease

A look at the proposed $1.9 billion domed football stadium for the Oakland Raiders and UNLV football in Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Stadium Authority board today unanimously approved a lease for the Raiders to use a new $1.9 billion stadium. The vote ends concerns raised at last week’s meeting that a delay in approving the lease could push back the Raiders arrival in Las Vegas by a year till ...

Flamingo Las Vegas rooms to get upgrade

A model room is shown at the Flamingo Las Vegas, part of a $90 million renovation of 1,270 rooms that will begin in August.

Rooms at the Flamingo Las Vegas will get a $90 million overhaul starting in August, parent company Caesars Entertainment officials said Thursday. ...

Redesign pushes Resorts World Las Vegas opening date to 2020

In this Tuesday, May 16, 2017, photo, people walk by the Resorts World site in Las Vegas. Malaysia-based developer Genting Group on Wednesday said the proposed 3,000-room Resorts World Las Vegas will open in 2020 after overhauling its design to have a modern Asian flair and appeal to the younger generation of gamblers.

A years-delayed multibillion-dollar casino-resort project on the Las Vegas Strip that would cater to the city's Chinese and Chinese-American tourists announced that it is pushing ...

Lawmakers question Laxalt about recorded talk with gaming board chairman

Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, shown testifying about immigration issues before the House Judiciary Committee in 2015, is expected to appear before a joint meeting of the state Senate’s Committee on Finance and Assembly’s Committee on Ways and Means on Wednesday night.

Nevada’s top prosecutor says he was working within his authority when he met with a gaming regulator to discuss weighing in on a lawsuit involving the CEO of Las Vegas Sands. Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett recorded a March 2016 conversation he had with Laxalt about ...

Paid parking starts at Cosmopolitan

An exterior view of the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, center, on the Las Vegas Strip Monday, Feb. 15, 2016.

As it promised last year, the Cosmopolitan has begun charging for parking. Guests of the Strip resort and others who wish to valet or use the self-parking garage will have to ...

Outage hits Starbucks stores in U.S. and Canada

This Dec. 20, 2010, file photo, shows signage at a Starbucks store in New York.

A computer outage crippled some Starbucks stores in the United States and ...

Committee OKs bill to crack down on short-term rentals in Las Vegas

A three-member committee today approved a bill to tighten restrictions on short-term home rentals in Las Vegas made popular by websites such as Airbnb. The bill would place restrictions on hundreds of ...

World Series of Poker final table to be played in July

Gordon Vayo, right, of San Francisco, competes against Qui Nguyen of Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016.

The World Series of Poker is going back to crowning its main event champion in July. The series on Monday said ESPN is adding live coverage for the entire Texas Hold 'em main event. That ends the ...

Franchising flurry: Nevada projected to be No. 3 state in franchise employment growth

Hyrum Pereira, left, is president of PuroClean Las Vegas. James Springob is general manager.

Output by franchise businesses is expected to grow to $710 billion in 2017, up from $674 billion last year, according to the International Franchise Association. Franchises in Nevada last year topped $3.1 billion in payroll with an economic output of $7.4 billion. About 6,000 Nevada franchises provided 73,900 jobs — while Southern Nevada franchises had more than $2.9 billion in payroll and provided 43,000 local jobs.

What to know about working in marijuana

The cultivation room at The Grove, a medical marijuana business in Las Vegas, glows purple under LED lamps, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016.

Nevada’s recreational marijuana industry is expected to bring $1.1 billion in revenue and up to 40,000 jobs over the next eight years, per a 2016 study from Las Vegas-based RCG Economics. While regulations are still being hashed out by the Legislature and Department of Taxation, marijuana businesses foresee potential employees flocking. Four local marijuana business owners were surveyed, saying that while the new recreational industry will bring more jobs, demand for those openings at dispensaries, production facilities and ...

Resort exec: Be ambitious, be a willing learner, and have fun

Justin Moore, vice president  and assistant general manager of Green Valley Ranch, poses in the resort's hotel lobby in Henderson Monday, April 24, 2017.

The vice president and assistant general manager at Green Valley Ranch Resort shares advice he’s received from several mentors throughout his career and talks about the importance of having fun at work.

The List: Public relations firms, May 14, 2017

Find out about public relations firms. This week, we rank them by number of local employees as of May 10.

The List: Advertising agencies, May 14, 2017

Find out about advertising agencies. This week, we rank them by 2016 capitalized billings.

5 tips to keep your valuables safe while on vacation

Limiting what you bring, not being showy and ditching the in-room safe are just a few ways to keep your valuables safe while traveling.

Did you know that you may be more susceptible to having your valuables, such as watches and cellphones, stolen when you’re on vacation?

The Data: May 14-20

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The Notes: May 14-20

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Is your company’s culture in need of spring cleaning?

We’re seeing a clash of core values in key areas of organizational culture. People aren’t aligned in their fundamental approach to work. In part, the conflict stems from millennials’ entrance into the workforce, but it’s not just tech-savviness (or lack thereof) creating division.

Restaurateurs appreciate adventurous eaters

Michael Solomon, left, and Lance Graulich display a variety of the menu items they’ve created at WingTime.

Friends Michael Solomon and Lance Graulich had been involved in several restaurant concepts before, and one day while discussing ideas, decided that while Las Vegas had plenty of fine eateries that specialized in chicken wings or chicken fingers, it lacked one that served both in adventurous flavors. So they partnered up and opened WingTime.