Caesars Entertainment, the casino giant behind many resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and elsewhere, reported its first quarter earnings today ...
5 May 2016
By J.D. Morris
CEO Steve Wynn recently revealed that he wants to develop a huge lake attraction, along with an additional hotel tower, meeting space and more, on land that currently houses ...
5 May 2016
By J.D. Morris
Town Square Las Vegas is already one of the largest open-air shopping centers in the valley, and it’s adding even more stores. The 1.2 million-square-foot mall has added ...
5 May 2016
By Jesse Granger
Backers of the Lucky Dragon resort under construction just off the north end of the Strip say the project is fully financed and on track to open later this year. The boutique project hit ...
5 May 2016
By J.D. Morris
MGM Resorts, the casino company behind such Las Vegas Strip properties as the MGM Grand, Bellagio and Aria, reported its first-quarter earnings today. Revenue at the company’s United States resorts grew 3 percent compared to 2015, excluding its jointly owned properties. But revenue from ...
5 May 2016
By J.D. Morris
Las Vegas house prices stayed largely flat again last month, a new report shows, in yet another sign of the market’s ongoing cool-down ...
5 May 2016
By Eli Segall
NV Energy does not expect to build a new fossil fuel power plant in the next decade, making it unlikely that it will go forward with a controversial $1 billion natural gas plant that the utility had proposed last fall. The utility, instead, signed an agreement early last month to purchase an existing Arizona natural gas plant, according to a recent federal regulatory filing. Pending state and federal approval ...
5 May 2016
By Daniel Rothberg
Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. brushed off a big first-quarter loss and cheered investors with news that it plans to accelerate its production plans ...
4 May 2016
By Dee-ann Durbin, Associated Press
Resorts World Las Vegas will begin full-scale construction sometime in the last three months of this year. Appearing before the Nevada Gaming Control Board ...
4 May 2016
By J.D. Morris
Career and technical schools are among the highest-performing public schools in Nevada, but is the Silver State getting shortchanged when it comes to federal funding for them?
4 May 2016
By Ian Whitaker
As a registered nurse working in trauma and rehabilitation centers in Kansas, Jennifer Shepherd cared for patients who weren't benefiting from the pain medications prescribed to them. She noticed a pattern that prompted her to detour from her 13-year career in ...
4 May 2016
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Plans to build an elevated expressway between McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip were again received favorably by county officials Tuesday as they discussed some $427 million in financing for ...
3 May 2016
By J.D. Morris
Owners of Tivoli Village have announced plans to open the Las Vegas property’s expansion, but their confirmed tenant lineup appears sparse. The expansion — part of Tivoli’s original plans last decade but shelved during the recession — would add ...
3 May 2016
By Eli Segall
The Salt Lake Tribune's pending sale to the wealthy Huntsman family unshackles the newspaper from cost-cutting corporate owners and resolves crippling financial uncertainty — but it also raises concerns about ...
3 May 2016
By Brady McCombs, Associated Press
Security lines at airports are getting longer — much longer — and wait times could reach epidemic levels when air travel peaks this summer, according to airlines, airports and federal officials. A combination of fewer ...
3 May 2016
By Jad Mouawad, New York Times News Service
It's a crowded world after all — at least in Orlando's hotels and theme parks. Tourism officials announced Monday that the number of visitors coming to Orlando last year jumped 5.5 percent to more than 66 million visitors. That figure sets a record for ...
3 May 2016
By Mike Schneider, Associated Press
Uncertainty about the approaching presidential election is leading small-business owners to take a wait-and-see approach to the economy and ...
3 May 2016
By Joyce M. Rosenberg, Associated Press
The vast majority of consumers born in the 1990s and early part of this century have never known a world without high-speed Internet access. This informs their shopping patterns and decision-making process, and businesses that react to this generation’s needs will be best positioned for success in the coming years.
2 May 2016
By Howard Riell, Special to VEGAS INC
The battle over the future of Nevada’s energy grid is being waged now, with billionaires Elon Musk and Warren Buffett on opposing sides. Both say the goal is to go green, but they have different methods of ...
2 May 2016
By Daniel Rothberg
Left for dead during the recession, the Las Vegas real estate market has come back to life over the past few years. Buyers are picking up new and used properties. Homeowners are getting above water. Developers are building apartment complexes. Employment and wages ...
2 May 2016
