Las Vegas Business News

Station Casinos completes Palms deal

Station Casinos purchased the Palms for $312.5 million.

Station Casinos LLC is now the owner of the Palms, after announcing Monday it had completed its deal to buy the resort on Flamingo Road just west of the Las Vegas Strip.

Google gets aggressive with new phones, other gadgets

Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about the new Google Assistant during a product event, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, in San Francisco.

Google launched an aggressive challenge to consumer electronics giants like Apple and Samsung on Tuesday, introducing a new line of smartphones called Pixel and other gadgets designed to showcase a digital helper the company calls "Google Assistant." The new devices represent ...

Cashing out: Poker notables auctioning Versailles-themed penthouse

A look inside a Versailles-themed penthouse atop the Metropolis luxury lofts building. The penthouse, owned by renowned poker players Barry and Allyn Shulman, is slated for auction by Concierge Auctions on Oct. 18.

Depending on your taste, it’s either almost $8 million of baroque beauty or another example of over-the-top Las Vegas excess. But a three-floor penthouse condo owned by ...

CG Technology to pay $16.5 million to resolve federal gambling probe

Michael Colbert, pictured in 2010, a former Cantor Gaming executive, pleaded guilty in federal court in New York in 2013 for conspiracy to participate in an illegal gambling business.

Sports book operator CG Technology has admitted guilt and agreed to pay $16.5 million to avoid criminal prosecution on illegal gambling and money laundering charges ...

The List: Commercial printers, Oct. 2, 2016

Find out about commercial printers. This week, we rank them by number of employees as of Sept. 26.

The Data: Oct. 2-8

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].

Las Vegas rich in skilled mentors, rare opportunities

You have the ability to dream big and realize your dreams. All it takes is the drive and commitment to create your own success story.

Business Academy gives students real-world edge

As I navigated through law school, the Las Vegas Business Academy gave me the chance to peek into the minds of highly successful industry leaders and provided snapshots of how different industries work. LVBA offered me access most students don’t have, and most young professionals don’t see for years. Working alongside professionals who make Las Vegas tick allowed me not only to determine what I liked and disliked; it also opened many doors.

Family-owned Maverick Helicopters shares how it grew into a tourism powerhouse

Owners Greg and Brenda Rochna are having their Maverick Helicopters 20th anniversary, standing with one of their aircraft at the Henderson Executive Airport.

Army veteran Greg Rochna, 67, walks through Maverick Helicopters’ new $5 million terminal, peering through the giant windowpanes at his fleet. The 47 choppers — ECO-Star 130s — are among the ...

People on the Move: Oct. 2-8

In the People: Lisa Cross, Ryan Whitman, Andrew Levy, Mike Dickinson, Ron Venture, John Gamby, Rick Stevens, Robin "Montana" Williams, James Boehm, Anna Cavalieri and more ...

Nevada State College president: ‘I want the college to be known as an innovator’

Nevada State College President Bart Patterson says the school exceeded its first fundraising campaign’s goal with pledges and gifts reaching almost $17 million.

The president of Nevada State College discusses the school’s growth, its future and 52 items on his bucket list.

Cybersecurity not just for big businesses, Las Vegas firm says

Shannon and Troy Wilkinson met overseas while working for the United Nations. The couple launched Axiom Cyber Solutions last year.

Troy and Shannon Wilkinson say no business is too small to take cybersecurity for granted, and the husband-and-wife team — he a former law enforcement public relations officer and she a UNLV graduate who has spent her career in software development — specializes in helping small businesses protect themselves from hack attacks.

Flexible workforce can benefit employers, temporary workers

Before adopting a flexible workforce strategy, finance and accounting organizations should do what they do best: run the numbers. But even without doing the math, it’s clear that maintaining peak-level staff during slow times is an expensive proposition.

Opening draws long lines at Nevada's first Curaçao store

Customers make their way through the crowd with microwaves during the grand opening of Curacao home electronics deparment store at Meadows Mall, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. As Part of the grand opening, Curacao offered the first 100 customers a Sunbeam microwave for $12.

Music blared, hands clapped and families from the Las Vegas Valley, Mexico and the West waited for as long as four hours this morning for the grand opening of Nevada's first …

Entrepreneurs make pitches at Governor’s Conference

Colin Seale, founder and chief executive officer of thinkLaw, speaks after winning a business-pitch competition at the fifth annual Governor's Conference on Business, hosted by the State of Nevada Department of Business and Industry at the Rio, on Friday, Sept. 30.

Young entrepreneurs, their stories and business pitches, were the focus of the fifth Governor’s Conference on Business at the Rio on Friday.

Making soft targets harder topic of G2E workshop

Metro Police SWAT Capt. Devin Ballard speaks during an Active Shooter workshop at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in the Sands Expo and Convention Center Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016.

Whirling around the clock and designed to be open and welcoming, casinos will probably always be soft targets for active shooters, so addressing the possibility of a mass shooting ...

Stern: Legal sports betting nationwide would be ‘big hit to organized crime’

Former NBA Commissioner David Stern speaks during the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) convention at the Sands Expo and Convention Center Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016.

Legal betting nationwide on professional sports would help protect the integrity of American sports while cutting down substantially on black market wagering ...

Las Vegas airport passenger count up 4.8 percent so far in 2016

Officials in Las Vegas are reporting another monthly increase in the number of people using McCarran International Airport in August, and say passenger traffic is up ...

Nevada casino revenue down 5 percent in August

Gaming revenue fell 5.2 percent statewide in August compared to the same month last year and was off 14.8 percent on the Las Vegas Strip. Statewide gaming revenue fell to $860.6 million, due mainly to ...

Sandwich chain Cosi files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Cosi, the restaurant chain known for its flatbread sandwiches, said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday and is seeking to sell itself to its lenders ...