Las Vegas Business News

People on the Move: Nov. 29-Dec. 5

In the People: Jose Navarro, Stephanie Bolton, Vince Telles, Cecila Darr, Miranda LaBlanc, Jennifer Nichols, Amber Beason, Blake Sartini, Ricardo Regner, Kimani Williams, and more ...

Three Stations Casinos employees climb the corporate ladder — in heels

Three of Station Casinos' property general managers are women: Carol Thompson at Green Valley Ranch, Lydia Mason at Texas Station and Stacy Stagg at Fiesta Rancho. They are pictured here at Hank’s Fine Steaks & Martinis at Green Valley Ranch.

The gaming industry traditionally has been dominated by men, but three women have risen to impressive heights at Station Casinos. They spoke with us about their journey up the corporate ladder and offered advice to young people who want to work their way up to become executives ...

Now we can seriously get down to recycling in this community

With Republic Services’ new plant up and running, Southern Nevadans’ well-meaning efforts will not be in vain.

Local shops hoping Small Business Saturday generates big interest

Small Business Saturday is a nationwide initiative that began in 2010 to encourage consumers to shop at their local mom-and-pop stores. Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s a reminder that ...

Accordionists, door makers and tribologists: Las Vegas’ colorful mix of conventions

Jay Schuurman, 26, of Sacramento, Calif. competes in the masters acrobatic portion of the World Pizza Games, part of the International Pizza Expo, at the Las Vegas Convention Center Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Schuurman took first place in the masters division.

You may not know what tribologists are, but they know Las Vegas. The scientists are among a broad range of groups that hold conventions or trade shows in Sin City, where such other organizations as ...

Nevada taxable sales up 5.1 percent in September

Taxable sales, one indicator of the Nevada economy, rose by 5.1 percent in September, the 57th straight month of increases. Sales reached $4.4 billion, with seven of Nevada’s 17 counties reporting ...

Texas man hits $1.8 million jackpot at Laughlin casino

Ernest Lopez of San Antonio was playing a 1,000,000 Degrees slot machine with girlfriend Linda Boelter when he hit a $1,824,943 jackpot on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, at the Golden Nugget Laughlin.

A Texas man hit a $1,824,943 jackpot at the Golden Nugget Laughlin while playing a 1,000,000 Degrees slot machine. Ernest Lopez and his girlfriend, Linda Boelter, were vacationing from ...

Growth — but not expansion — in U.S. Internet gambling market

In this Nov. 26, 2013, photo, Jon Hernandez chooses from several games of online poker from his home in Roselle Park, N.J., the day after New Jersey began offering Internet gambling statewide.

Internet gambling is slowly growing — but not expanding — after 2 1/2 years of online betting in the United States. Online gambling revenue is increasing in at least two of the three states that currently offer it — New Jersey and Delaware. The third, Nevada, doesn't report ...

Caesars appeals court ruling that opens it up to $364 million claim

Casino giant Caesars Entertainment is appealing a bankruptcy court ruling that could put it on the hook for nearly $364 million. That's the amount a pension fund wants Caesars to ...

Developer spending millions to halt decay in Las Vegas’ Huntridge area

The Huntridge Shopping Center, 1120 E. Charleston Blvd.

Las Vegas investor J Dapper plans to spend a few million dollars to revive a collection of downtrodden properties clustered around the intersection of Maryland Parkway and Charleston Boulevard. And he’s hoping ...

With billions at stake, contractors eye bid to operate National Security Site

The Priscilla nuclear bomb is detonated over Frenchman Flat on June 24, 1957.  The test was one of a series of controversial nuclear tests codenamed Operation Plumbbob.   The 37 kiloton bomb was detonated at 700 feet above the valley floor via hot air balloon. Operation Plumbbob sought to take advantage of the nuclear tests with training exercises, war games and lectures for military personnel on how the atom bomb would change the way wars would be fought, culminating in the actual explosions every 5 days during the late spring and summer of 1957.

Major contractors, including Lockheed Martin, are exploring bids on a multibillion-dollar opportunity to operate the Nevada National Security Site, the 1,360-square-mile tract once used for nuclear tests and now largely for research on security, emergency response and arms control. The contract, estimated to be worth ...

Las Vegas airport traffic grows to 4.1 million in October

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013, photo, an Allegiant Air jetliner flies over the the the New York-New York Hotel & Casino after taking off from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

The number of people traveling to and from Las Vegas is once again growing. McCarran International Airport released statistics on Monday showing Las Vegas had 6.4 percent more passengers in October than ...

Site of stalled SkyVue observation wheel for sale on the south Strip

A view of the SkyVue project across from Mandalay Bay on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, on Las Vegas Boulevard South. The project was to be the site of an observation wheel.

After the recession clobbered Las Vegas, real estate investor Howard Bulloch still had big plans for the south Strip, landing approvals to build an amusement park and breaking ground on a 500-foot observation wheel across from Mandalay Bay. “Every airplane that flies in and out of Vegas will fly past that wheel,” he said in spring 2012. Months later, however ...

Westgate welcomes Italian dining spot; store fills in Gap at Downtown Summerlin

The renovation of the Smith's at 10616 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson, included the addition of a made-to-order pizza counter with a brick oven.

An Italian restaurant arrives at the Westgate as another shutters at the Rio. Meanwhile, a Smith's renovation adds a range of new services to the store ...

Report: Troubles in housing market remain like ‘unwanted house guest’

Carpenters work on a home in the Ridges Las Vegas, a luxury residential community in Summerlin, Thursday, June 11, 2015.

Las Vegas builders sold the fewest homes and pulled the fewest permits in months in October, a new report shows. And while business this year remains above ...

The List: Credit Unions

Find out about credit unions, ranked by assets as of Sept. 30, 2015.

Technology executives lauded by Cox Business, VEGAS INC

The fifth annual Las Vegas Top Tech Exec Awards, a collaboration between Cox Business and VEGAS INC, recognizes Southern Nevadans who are helping shape the future ...

Criminals aren’t the only ones breaking in

Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at the Black Hat conference Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Las Vegas. The annual computer security conference draws thousands of hackers and security professionals to Las Vegas.

Meet a lock picker, an urban explorer, a safe cracker and a computer hacker who all call Southern Nevada home. Some of what they do is legal, and encouraged. Some ...

The Data: Nov. 22-28

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Restaurateur: Be aware of the entire experience, not just your performance

Off the Strip co-owner Tom Goldsbury within his restaurant at The Linq.

The founder of the restaurant Off the Strip talks about his emphasis on customer service, the people he most admires and what other restaurants he likes to visit.