Las Vegas Business News

Guests at Westgate Las Vegas complain about water outage

An exterior view of the Westgate hotel and casino Sunday, June 28, 2015.

A water main break Tuesday outside the Westgate Las Vegas left resort guests without water for about 12 hours and temporarily closed several restaurants, according to ...

30 December 2015
By Pashtana Usufzy

Nevada gaming revenue up 7.8 percent in November

Tapanee “Jib Jib” Songsee deals blackjack Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Cromwell.

Nevada gaming revenue increased 7.8 percent in November, led by a particularly strong month for casinos in Clark County, the state reported today. The Gaming Control Board said ...

30 December 2015
By J.D. Morris

Las Vegas news quiz 2015: Test your knowledge

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talk during a news conference outside the White House on Sept. 17, 2015, after a meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C.

Were you paying attention to news in Southern Nevada during 2015? Test your knowledge in this news quiz developed by editors at the Sun ...

30 December 2015
By Ric Anderson

For owner of downtown Las Vegas motel, the time was finally right for new on-site venture

Owner Rajesh Patel poses in front of the City Center Motel, where an Indian restaurant is under construction at Fremont and Seventh streets, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. The 6,000-square-foot restaurant, including an outdoor second-floor dining area, is expected to open in the summer of 2016, he said.

A restaurant and bar under construction on the grounds of the City Center Motel is the latest sign that times have changed in downtown Las Vegas. A decade ago, the motel's operators would never have considered such a project ...

30 December 2015
By Eli Segall

Emerging from shadows, pot industry tries to build brands

In this Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, photograph, LivWell store manager Carlyssa Scanlon shows off some of the products available in the marijuana line marketed by rapper Snoop Dogg in one of the marijuana chain's outlets south of downtown Denver. LivWell grows the Snoop pot alongside many other strains on its menu.

Snoop Dogg has his own line of marijuana. So does Willie Nelson. Melissa Etheridge has a marijuana-infused wine. As the fast-growing marijuana industry emerges from the black market ...

30 December 2015
By Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press

Commercial photographer offers first glimpse inside Tesla’s Nevada battery factory

Framing of Tesla Motors’ new factory under construction is visible June 14, 2015, behind a security gate on Electric Avenue at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center about 15 miles east of Sparks along U.S. Interstate 80.

Since Tesla Motors broke ground on its 5.5 million-square-foot battery manufacturing plant near Reno last year, the company has been quiet about its progress. Now it appears the company is ...

29 December 2015
By Daniel Rothberg

Regulators urged to delay new rates for Nevada solar customers

Exterior view of the NV Energy building Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, in Las Vegas.

The Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection is again asking for a delay in raising rates for rooftop solar customers to give Nevada utility regulators time to consider appeals ...

29 December 2015
By Daniel Rothberg

Plaza renovating its rooftop pool in downtown Las Vegas

An exterior view of the Plaza casino in downtown Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

The Plaza in downtown Las Vegas today announced it will undertake a major renovation of its rooftop pool starting next week. The hotel-casino said its “extensive, multi-million dollar” pool renovation will begin ...

29 December 2015
By J.D. Morris

High tech: How software firms are benefiting from legalized marijuana industry

Medical Marijuana is on display during the opening Eurphoria Wellness, the first marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas, Monday Aug. 24, 2015.

Over the last decade, as nearly 25 states have authorized the use of marijuana in some form, several jurisdictions have imposed rules that require the substance be tracked from ...

29 December 2015
By Daniel Rothberg

In NLV speech, Sanders calls PUC solar decision ‘just about the dumbest thing I have ever heard’

Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, takes photos with supporters during a rally Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, in North Las Vegas.

With less than two months remaining before the Nevada caucuses, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke in North Las Vegas before an overflow crowd of 3,200 supporters, according to a count by the school’s assistant principal, calling for a “political revolution” to transform the United States. In an aside to his stump speech, he also touched on ...

28 December 2015
By Scott Lucas

Whole Foods to pay $500K to settle overcharging allegations

Pedestrians pass in front of a Whole Foods Market store in Union Square, Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in New York. New York City's consumer chief said Wednesday that Whole Foods supermarkets have been routinely overcharging customers by overstating the weight of prepackaged meat, dairy and baked goods.

Whole Foods said Monday it will pay New York City $500,000 to settle allegations it overcharged customers for ...

28 December 2015
Associated Press

First Las Vegas-area Cracker Barrel coming to Silverton

A look at the inside of goods for sale at a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store in South Portland, Maine. The first Las Vegas area Cracker Barrel is coming to Silverton.

Restaurant chain Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is coming to the Silverton, according to a hotel spokeswoman. The restaurant will be a freestanding building that ...

28 December 2015
By Pashtana Usufzy

Amazon holiday shipping, Christmas Eve deliveries set record

A worker walks near a high-speed scanning conveyor belt at Amazon.com's fulfillment center in DuPont, Wash. Amazon Prime, the company’s $99-a-year loyalty program that includes unlimited free two-day shipping, gained 3 million new members in the third week of December.

Online retailer Amazon has been a prime beneficiary of more consumers doing their holiday shopping online and procrastinating. Amazon Prime, the company's $99-a-year loyalty program that includes unlimited free two-day shipping, gained ...

28 December 2015
By Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press

Holiday spending up 8 percent; online sales surge

Americans spent more on items like furniture during the holidays this year, with online shopping in particular seeing a big spike, according to a report released Monday ...

28 December 2015
By Associated Press

Chinese medicinal herbs provide niche market for U.S. farmers

Rebekah Rice, left, and Jean Giblette examine seedlings of trees used in Chinese herbal medicine Dec. 7, 2015, after Giblette brought them to Rice’s greenhouse for the winter in Delmar, N.Y. Rice, an organic farmer, is participating in a project launched by Giblette to foster medicinal herbs as a profitable niche crop for small farmers. Giblette estimates the market for domestically grown medicinal plants to be $200 million to $300 million a year.

Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche market for farmers who plant the varieties of herbs, flowers and trees sought by practitioners.

28 December 2015
By Mary Esch, Associated Press

Medical marijuana’s big business lures ex-law enforcers

Scott Abbott, a retired Illinois State Police colonel, center, speaks with Mark Lewis, left, and Jeff Greer at the new medical marijuana dispensary being built in Collinsville, Ill. Abbott is the director of security and compliance with Health Central, Lewis is the director of finance and human resources for Health Central, and Greer is with LRS Network Support. The Associated Press has identified no fewer than 17 former law enforcement or legal officials involved in the state's new business, from one-time undercover narcotics officers to an ex-Secret Secret senior executive.

With fewer than 4,000 approved patients, the nascent medical marijuana business in Illinois is off to a slow start. Yet it hasn't kept away a cadre of cannabis entrepreneurs who once relied on guns, badges, tough drug laws and lengthy prison sentences to fight the drug.

28 December 2015
By Alan Scher Zagier, Associated Press

A peek into the mind of Howard Hughes

One of the world's wealthiest and most powerful individuals came to Las Vegas under the cover of darkness during Thanksgiving weekend 1966. By the time he left Nevada on Thanksgiving 1970, Hughes had become the state's largest private employer, largest casino owner, largest property owner and largest mining claims owner. Hughes was influential in sweeping the mob out of controlling Vegas casinos and helping the Nevada Legislature pass the Second Corporate Gaming Act.

Last week, our staff examined how secret documents stored in a safe owned by Las Vegas Sun publisher Hank Greenspun were connected to the Watergate break-ins that sunk President Richard Nixon. This week, we take a detailed look at what the documents said ...

28 December 2015
By Megan Messerly,
J.D. Morris

Ever-changing city helps design team stay fresh

Tami Hance, left, Joyce Sherman Nelson and James Nelson own Destinations by Design, which is celebrating its 25th year in business.

Meet Destinations by Design, launched by Joyce Sherman Nelson and James Nelson, and later joined by Tami Hance. The owners must be experts on Las Vegas to meet clients’ needs for entertainment, activities and décor.

28 December 2015
By VEGAS INC Staff

The Data: Dec. 27-Jan. 9

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].

28 December 2015

The Notes: Philanthropy, Dec. 27-Jan. 9

In the Notes: Centennial Toyota, Rape Crisis Center, Cox Communications, Shari Sutton, Dominica Anderson, Medals 4 Mettle, Cure 4 the Kids Foundation and more ...

28 December 2015
By VEGAS INC Staff
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