Las Vegas Business News

People on the Move: May 15-21

In the Notes: Sean Higgins, Randy Garcia, Brian Buckley, Deborah Danielson, Nadine Faulis, Andy Ferguson, Julie Higgins, Kimberly Joi McDonald, YaeBin Kim and more ...

Passions for work, family and pets can be balanced

Jennifer Braster is an attorney with Maupin • Naylor • Braster and also on the board of directors for a local animal shelter Hearts Alive Village.

The treasurer of the State Bar of Nevada’s Animal Law Section and a founding member of the law firm Maupin Naylor Braster talks about education, animal rights and balancing her professional and personal obligations.

Allegiant buys more Airbus 319 aircraft

A new Allegiant Air Airbus A319 passenger jet is parked at a gate at McCarran International Airport Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. The new jet is more fuel efficient than the company's current jets.

Allegiant Travel Co., corporate parent of Allegiant Air, is taking another step toward its long-term transition to an all Airbus fleet ...

Golden Entertainment buys Montana gaming-machine vendor for $25 million

Tina Gonzalez of Las Vegas plays the slots at the Golden Gaming area inside a Vons Supermarket in Las Vegas on Friday, February  1, 2013.

Amusement Services has been sold to Nevada's largest slot machine operator for $25 million. With the acquisition, Las Vegas-based Golden Entertainment has added ...

Panel discusses merits of allowing wagering on video gaming events

In this Feb. 20, 2016, file photo, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval participates in the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington.

State leaders and regulators explored today whether Nevada could allow wagering on e-sports, a growing industry of video game competitions that attracts millennials and is expected to bring in $1.9 billion by 2018 ...

Sandoval getting crash course in pro video gaming

Gov. Brian Sandoval and other members of a Nevada gambling policy committee are getting ...

Despite legal setback, group to keep battling Nevada’s commerce tax

Nevada's Assistant State Controller Geoffrey Lawrence, left, State Controller Ron Knecht and Assemblyman Jim Wheeler, R-Minden, present an alternative tax plan to Gov. Brian Sandoval's plan during a budget hearing Thursday, May 14, 2015, inside the Nevada Legislative Building in Carson City.

A conservative group isn't giving up its fight to repeal a tax passed by the Nevada Legislature last spring, despite a major blow dealt to its efforts Wednesday by the Nevada Supreme Court. In a ruling focusing on a petition circulated last fall by the group, RIP Commerce Tax, justices concluded that ...

L.V. leaders hot on getting NFL team, aren’t sold on public funding for stadium

Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis stands with local Raiders fans after a meeting of the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at UNLV.

Backers of a proposed 65,000-seat football stadium have presented local tourism leaders with a tricky question: How badly do they want to bring an NFL team to Las Vegas?

Station Casinos official calls Palms a ‘compelling strategic addition’ to casino empire

An exterior view of the Palms Casino Resort, June 6, 2013.

Station’s first-quarter results come on the heels of significant huge transactions ...

U.S. stocks finish little changed after weak employment report

U.S. stocks ended pretty much where they started Thursday after spending the day cycling up and down. Investors bought safe picks like phone companies ...

MGM Resorts parking to stay free for locals through Dec. 29

Cars enter MGM Grand on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International announced Friday that it plans to begin charging visitors for parking this year at some of its properties in Las Vegas.

MGM Resorts International will start introducing paid parking across its Las Vegas hotels June 6, but the casino operator said today that Nevada residents won’t be charged to self-park for more than …

Nevada officials had to hustle to get Hyperloop test-ready in six months

Guests and media check out several tubes after a Hyperloop One sled test Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in North Las Vegas.

The story of how Hyperloop One came to test its product in Nevada started 2,400 miles away in Washington, D.C., with a former top aide of President Barack Obama and a venture capitalist who heard firsthand of the hyperloop concept while traveling with SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In 2013, Musk had outlined ...

Mortgages issued to Las Vegas home buyers trail national numbers

A look at model homes for sale at the Toll Brothers' first Active Adult Community called Regency at Summerlin on March 3, 2016

Lenders issued a bump in mortgages to U.S. homebuyers in recent months compared to last year, but such financing ...

Las Vegas Sands agrees to $2 million fine from Nevada gaming regulators

In this photo taken Nov. 23, 2014, visitors walk across the road in front of the Venetian Macao casino resort in Macau.

Las Vegas Sands has agreed to pay a $2 million state fine due to previous federal-level allegations of accounting violations in China and anti-money-laundering failures in Las Vegas. The Gaming Control Board said ...

High court deals major setback to commerce tax repeal effort

An effort to repeal the state's new commerce tax suffered a likely fatal setback on Wednesday after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled a petition that's been circulating isn't fit for ...

Ikea will give freebies to first 142 customers

Part of the interior of IKEA Las Vegas is shown at 6500 IKEA Way on Wednesday, May 11, 2016.

You may want to get in line early. Being one of the initial 142 visitors at Ikea during its grand opening will have its perks. The first 42 customers ...

U.S. stocks skid as Macy’s drags retailers sharply lower

U.S. stock indexes are falling Wednesday morning, a day after their biggest gain in two months. Office supply companies Office Depot and Staples are tumbling after a judge blocked their plans to merge ...

Chicago pizzeria Giordano’s plans Las Vegas Strip location

A rendering shows the 4,000 square-foot Giordano's at the Grand Bazaar Shops on the Las Vegas Strip.

Giordano's, a renowned Chicago pizzeria, is opening its first Nevada location on the Las Vegas Strip this fall, the Grand Bazaar Shops at Bally's announced ...

Q+A: Why Goodwill is growing by leaps and bounds in Las Vegas

Goodwill, 3700 S. Maryland Parkway, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Boulevard Mall.

Goodwill of Southern Nevada is known as a place to donate clothing, electronics, kitchenware and other household goods. Someone out there wants your hand-me-downs, right? More than you might think — and Goodwill is betting big on it by ...

Oregon senator probes Nevada businesses tied to Panama Papers

The MF Corporate Services office, 5858 S. Pecos Rd., is shown in an office park in this April 6, 2016 file photo. The office is a subsidiary of the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca.

Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske has been asked by the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee to detail her office’s oversight of more than 1,000 Nevada companies tied to ...