Las Vegas Business News

Switch employee named among leading female executives

Lesley McVay

A top executive at Las Vegas data company Switch was named to an annual list of leading female executives in the …

Longtime Las Vegas Sands board member Michael Leven retires

Las Vegas Sands Corp. said today that former president Michael Leven has decided to retire from the company’s board of directors. The casino operator told the Securities and Exchange Commission that ...

Four Denny’s restaurants reopening with meal discounts, free coffee

Four Denny’s restaurants reopening with meal discounts, free coffee

Denny’s is celebrating the reopening of four Las Vegas Valley restaurants with prizes, meal discounts and free coffee. Starting April 23, one of the renovated restaurants will open ...

Ignoring security puts tourism industry in peril, expert says

Conference organizer Peter Tarlow speaks during the 23rd International Tourism Safety Conference at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, April 12, 2016.

Security experts from across the globe discussed the growing impact of terrorism on tourism as they met today at the Golden Nugget for the annual ...

Gasoline in Nevada 3rd-most expensive nationwide

Nevada has the third-most expensive gasoline in the nation, according to the latest AAA gas survey. The average price for unleaded regular gasoline has risen ...

Officials approve $42 million to implode old Riviera

Traffic passes in front of the Riviera on Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Las Vegas. The casino closed at noon May 4.

It’s official: Two hotel towers at the shuttered Riviera will be subject to separate implosions in June and August, more than a year after the historic resort closed its doors. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority ...

Mike Tyson knocks out nearly $1.5 million sale of his old home in Henderson

Boxer Mike Tyson, former undisputed heavyweight champion, responds to a question during an interview at his home Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, in Henderson.

After sparring with potential buyers for a little over a month, retired boxer Mike Tyson has sold his home in the suburbs of Las Vegas for $1.475 million. Chalk it up as a loss for Tyson, who bought ...

Former Bellagio dealer, 2 others get prison time in cheating case

An ex-Bellagio craps dealer and two friends were each sentenced Tuesday to at least four years in Nevada state prison for using phantom "hop" bets to cheat the Las Vegas Strip resort out of more than $1 million. The dealer ...

Stocks eke out modest gains as focus turns to U.S. earnings

U.S. stocks were steadily higher in early trading Tuesday, as investors worked through the first batch of earnings from the first quarter of the year ...

Q+A: How Henderson is tackling its squatter problem

The city of Henderson, according to its website, is “a place to call home.” Squatters are taking that to heart. Henderson police have received dozens of service calls since last fall about ...

Riviera name brought down from closed hotel-casino

Riviera at night

A piece of Las Vegas history was removed from the Strip on Monday as crews worked to take down the Riviera name from the former hotel and casino. The Riviera sign was removed ...

Leave your wallet behind for Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day

Mariah, from Fantasy, scoops ice cream during Ben & Jerry's "Free Cone Day" event in The District at Green Valley Ranch benefiting St. Jude's Ranch for Children, Tuesday April 9, 2013.

Four Ben & Jerry’s stores in the Las Vegas Valley will offer free ice cream Tuesday. From noon until 8 p.m., the stores at Red Rock Resort in Summerlin, the Miracle Mile Shops on ...

Stocks rise ahead of company earnings reports

Stocks were higher in early morning trading Monday as investors wait for the official start of earnings season ...

Construction industry has been a wild ride

Kevin E. Burke is president and CEO of Burke Construction.

CEO of Burke Construction Group talks about the industry’s past, present and future in Las Vegas and beyond ...

The List: Homebuilders, April 10, 2016

Find out about homebuilders. This week, we rank them by 2015 sales volume.

The Data: April 10-16

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].

Revisiting construction-defect law, a year later

While many changes govern litigation practice once a defect notice has been issued, certain provisions call for homebuilders to update their form agreements.

‘It’s a good time to sell,’ but for buyers, value ‘is still out there if you turn over all the rocks’

Brian Fike is vice president of investment sales at Colliers International and stands about some of the undeveloped property they have for sale/lease along E. Craig Road on Wednesday, April 6, 2016.

The vice president of investment sales at Colliers International forecasts the year for Southern Nevada’s commercial real estate industry, offers advice for buyers and sellers, and talks about how Las Vegas has changed in his 57 years here.

Their vision: Making historic eyewear fashion-forward for modern customers

Jay Owens and Marya Francis own Retrospecs & Co., a vintage eyewear company with stores in Los Angeles, San Francisco and at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

Jay Owens and Marya Francis opened their first store in 1992 and recently added a location at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, catering to eyewear connoisseurs, professionals, hipsters and the fashion set.

The Notes: Focus on construction, April 10-16

In the Notes: Larry Staples, Patti Meeker, Bryce Clutts, Frank Martin, Craig Russie, Katie Mulryan, Sara Griesche, Andrew Lynam, Araceli Gomez, Sabrina Lee and more ...