Las Vegas Business News

The Data: Sept. 20-26

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].

Eater outreach: Restaurants invest in social media to attract customers, but how well does it work?

Eater outreach: Restaurants invest in social media to attract customers, but how well does it work?

Offline word-of-mouth, from face-to-face or phone conversations, has a significant advantage over online interactions with respect to purchase intent, a Keller Fay Group TalkTrack study found.

The Notes: Sept. 20-26

In the Notes: Meadows Bank, Nevada Youth Legislature Foundation, MGM Resorts International, the Firm Public Relations and Marketing, Silver Ridge Healthcare Center, Smith's, Braddah's Island Style and more ...

People on the Move: Sept. 20-26

In the Notes: Wes Crockett, Patrice Ross, Maranda Jacobs, Jamie Garrett, Gabriel Shepherd, Daniel Wani, John Garner and more ...

Nevada agriculture is not an enemy of conservation

Some folks pit agriculture against the environment, but farmers and ranchers depend on the health of the land to stay in business.

Attorney to women in business: ‘Working hard is no longer enough to advance’

Ellen Schulhofer, a partner at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, poses at the firm's offices Monday, Aug. 17, 2015.

A co-managing parter of the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck talks about hunger and education in Southern Nevada, the challenge of making time for family and work, and the revitalization of downtown Las Vegas’ food scene.

At Siena Golf Club and elsewhere, soccer meets golf in a game for all

Las Vegas Footgolf Club members watch as a ball drops into a hole as a group plays a round Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, at Anthem Hills Park.

Las Vegas man Pablo Rodriguez is a pioneer and enthusiastic devotee of a new sport that combines the affordability of soccer with the rules of golf. He can play footgolf at Siena Golf Club, which opened a course for the sport in September 2012, the second of its kind in the country. Rodriguez discovered footgolf, which originated in 2008 in Holland, after …

‘We’re trying to stop the decay’: Effort to fuel redevelopment begins with Sahara Decatur Plaza

Sahara Decatur Plaza, pictured here Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, is a sprawling strip mall with vacancies at the southwest corner of Sahara Avenue and Decatur Boulevard.

At Sahara Decatur Plaza, a once-bustling strip mall, Circuit City’s doors are locked (“Store closing sale,” a sign still says, several years after the retailer shut down) and used-car dealer Charlie Cheap Car hawks vehicles in the parking lot (“No credit? Bad credit? OK!” a banner says). Meanwhile, an armed security guard ...

Qualcomm to slash more than 1,300 jobs in San Diego

Qualcomm is slashing more than 1,300 full-time jobs in San Diego and has cut hundreds more in ...

Gambler who turned $50 into $40 million added to Nevada ‘black book’

A Black Book, a State Gaming Control Board list of people excluded from Nevada casinos, is displayed at the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. At right is a page on former mobster Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, who was removed from the book only after his death.

The famous Nevada “black book,” a list of individuals barred from entering any of the state’s casinos, has received its latest entry. The Nevada Gaming Commission approved placing the well-known gambler ...

Regulators OK $1.5 million fine against Caesars for weak anti-money-laundering procedures

Exterior of Caesars Palace on Wednesday, August 5, 2015.

FinCen called the resort's private salons a “blind spot” and said that even though they posed a greater risk of being used to mask the movement of illicit funds, Caesars Palace “allowed some of the most lucrative and riskiest financial transactions to go unreported.”

Gaming Commission approves regulations for skill-based slot machines

A man operates a joystick for a skill-based bonus game on an IGT slot machine during the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) at the Sands Expo Center on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

Nevada’s foray into skill-based slot machines took a big step forward today when state regulators gave final approval to the rules that will govern ...

Chinese, U.S. firms hope to resurrect California-Las Vegas train

An artist’s rendering of a train on the XpressWest high-speed rail line.

An American company that has labored for a decade to build a high-speed train between Southern California and Las Vegas is hoping help from China will get the project on track. XpressWest said ...

Amazon dangles $50 tablet computer to hook more consumers

In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, photo, Amazon's new $50 Fire tablet is displayed next to a six-pack of them and assorted colored cases in San Francisco. Amazon.com is introducing the $50 tablet computer in its latest attempt to boost its online store sales by luring consumers who can’t afford more expensive Internet-connected devices made by Apple and other rivals.

Amazon is dangling a $50 tablet computer in its latest attempt to lure consumers who can't afford or don't want the more expensive Internet-connected devices made by Apple and other rivals. The 7-inch Fire tablet unveiled Thursday ...

Stocks close lower after Fed keeps interest rates low

This April 22, 2010, file photo shows a Wall Street sign in front of the New York Stock Exchange.

Stocks ended mostly lower after a volatile day as traders tried to figure out what was next for U.S. interest rates. The bumpy trading Thursday came after the Federal Reserve decided to ...

Turnaround for downtown casinos: Gaming revenue up two fiscal years in a row

Fremont will never look the same.

More than a third of tourists polled in an authority survey last year said they visited downtown, up 6 percent from the year before ...

Clark County Commission mulls options after Uber and Lyft flout regulations

“It’s unfortunate because we want good community partners,” said Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick. “I don’t know what their expectation is as a community partner ...

Great Basin National Park is Nevada’s intergalactic planetarium

A bristlecone pine in Great Basin National Park.

The 60-foot laser beam streaked like a lightsaber across the night sky, playing connect-the-dots with constellations in the plane of the Milky Way. On a hillside 300 miles northeast of Las Vegas in the Great Basin National Park, Derek Demeter controlled the light with shifts of his wrist. Each movement sent the laser on a light-years’ long course. It was 10 p.m. on a recent weekend and 300 park guests ...

Nevada’s foreclosure rate is back to No. 1 in the nation

A foreclosed home is shown in a neighborhood near Tenaya Way and Russell Road on Thursday, June 25, 2015.

The state's foreclosure rate was highest in the country for more than five years until March 2012, a sign of how bad things got after the once-booming real estate market collapsed ...

Affinity Gaming elects new board chairman

The neon sign at Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino is shown in this, July 1, 2013, file photo.

Affinity Gaming, a Las Vegas-based casino company with properties in Nevada, Colorado and the Midwest, announced on Tuesday that it has elected a new board chairman. David Reganato has replaced ...