Las Vegas Business News

Kirk Kerkorian remembered as visionary businessman, philanthropist, loyal friend

Kirk Kerkorian at the annual old timers gathering at the Stardust Sept. 24, 2006.

Friends and business associates of billionaire builder and philanthropist Kirk Kerkorian talked today about the man who helped shape Las Vegas. Kerkorian, who built or owned some of the biggest casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, died Monday at age 98 of natural causes at ...

16 June 2015
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Kerkorian’s will calls for ‘orderly’ sale of his MGM Resorts stock

Billionaire Las Vegas builder and philanthropist Kirk Kerkorian on Aug. 20, 2008. Kerkorian died Monday, June 15, 2015, at age 98.

When casino mogul Kirk Kerkorian died on Monday, he left behind an unimpeachable legacy in Las Vegas, where he built a gaming empire. He also left behind a ...

16 June 2015
By J.D. Morris

Billionaire Las Vegas builder and philanthropist Kirk Kerkorian dies at 98

Kirk Kerkorian is shown in this 1992 file photo.

Billionaire businessman Kirk Kerkorian spent a lifetime outdoing himself, whether it was being the biggest studio boss in Hollywood or one of America’s leading automaker investors or by building spectacular Las Vegas resorts, each one grander than the previous. Three times he built what was heralded as “the world’s largest hotel” — the International Hotel ...

16 June 2015
By Ed Koch

Valley jobs could come back to prerecession levels in two years

Sun archive photo of Hire Our Heros job fair event for military members. Goodwill has a veteran and civilian hiring event on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at the Boulevard Mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Employment has increased in the Las Vegas metro area with 907,000 jobs in April 2015, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but it still falls short of the 936,400 jobs from the pre-recession peak in December 2007. A number of career fairs are coming up ...

15 June 2015
By Adelaide Chen

Switch could file lawsuit over denial to leave NV Energy

Switch.

Days after regulators denied its attempt to buy and generate power without NV Energy, a Las Vegas tech company has signaled it may file a lawsuit against the Public Utilities Commission ...

15 June 2015
By Kyle Roerink

Hot drinks, cool treats and a more connected community for Las Vegas

The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, has reopened its David Bohnett Cybercenter, which is open to the public free of charge.

A taste of Oregon will come to Las Vegas when Dutch Bros. coffee opens its first drive-thru in town this summer. And more cool treats are in store for valley residents as Amorino gelato shop adds a second location at the Las Vegas North Premium Outlets. Also, the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada ...

15 June 2015
By Adwoa Fosu

The Data: June 14-20

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].

15 June 2015

Executive chef: ‘You have to always have the drive to be better’

Executive Chef Josh Smith prepares a Mediterranean seabass in the Bardot Brasserie kitchen.

Joshua Smith is executive chef at Bardot Brasserie at Aria. A Las Vegas native, Smith has more than a decade of experience in the restaurant business, including a stint at L20 in Chicago, which had two Michelin stars before it closed five months ago. Smith is responsible for developing the culinary program at Bardot Brasserie, which is Michael Mina’s first foray into traditional French cuisine on the Strip ...

15 June 2015
By VEGAS INC Staff

Law firm’s program helps entrepreneurs avoid rookie mistakes

Brothers Spencer, left, and Thomas Typinski, center, talk with Fennemore Craig director Mark Hawkins about their business, Peak Physique.

Run by attorneys who specialize in startups, the venture accelerator program offers legal advice and tailors its approach to need. But there’s much more to the program than a little lawyerly hand-holding ...

15 June 2015
Danielle Birkin

Guest column: Federal Reserve is walking a tightrope

Recently, the Federal Reserve stated it planned to slowly raise interest rates in the second half of 2015 or sometime in 2016. The Fed walks a tightrope as it considers altering monetary policy ...

14 June 2015
By Stephen M. Miller

Desert climate doesn’t stop local farm from growing, selling quality greens

Desert climate doesn’t stop local farm from growing, selling quality greens

High Desert Farms is a local farm that sells microgreens within 24 hours of cutting them ...

14 June 2015
By VEGAS INC Staff

The Notes: Philanthropy, June 14-20

More than 225 Henderson residents and volunteers from CarMax, Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada and KaBOOM! built a new playground for children served by the John C. Kish Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada Clubhouse. The CarMax Foundation also donated $10,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada.

In the Notes: Cox Communications, Desert Pines Boys & Girls Club, Stratosphere, Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Children’s Heart Foundation ...

14 June 2015

Gambler indicted, wanted for owing Downtown Grand $500,000 in losses

A view of the the Downtown Grand in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013.

A Clark County grand jury has indicted a gambler who claimed he was so drunk he lost $500,000 playing table games at the Downtown Grand ...

12 June 2015
Associated Press

Chick-fil-A confirms plans for 8 to 10 restaurants in Nevada

This Thursday, July 19, 2012, file photo shows a Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant in Atlanta.

The fast-food chicken restaurant chain Chick-fil-A said today that it plans to open eight to 10 restaurants in Nevada in the next five years. The company's first restaurant in the state will open in the Las Vegas area in late 2016 or early 2017, Chick-fil-A said. The chain did not provide ...

12 June 2015
By Brian Deka

North Las Vegas finances improve, earns credit rate upgrade

North Las Vegas officials are pointing to a credit rating agency's decision to raise the city bond rating as a key marker in an ongoing turnaround from near-insolvency. Moody's Investors Service reported Thursday that it upgraded the city's rating from ...

12 June 2015
Associated Press

Luxury-home construction may not be booming, but it is bouncing back

Workers put in a pool for a home in the Ridges, a luxury residential community in Summerlin, Thursday, June 11, 2015.

Azure, a luxury, gated community within a luxury, guard-gated community, is walking distance from a golf course and nestled outside Red Rock Canyon, with hills and mountains practically in its backyard. And now, it’s packed with work crews building mansions ...

12 June 2015
By Eli Segall

Entertainment tax reform is good for casinos, bad for Electric Daisy Carnival

Fans pack the Circuit Grounds stage as Calvin Harris performs during the final night of the 2014 Electric Daisy Carnival on Sunday, June 22, 2014, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Upcoming changes to a Nevada tax on entertainment have casino representatives breathing a sigh of relief, but the organizers of two annual festivals that contribute millions of dollars to the state economy aren’t happy. Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill on Thursday that aims to ...

12 June 2015
By J.D. Morris

Virgin’s Branson lands in Detroit to celebrate new flight

Sir Richard Branson, founder and president of Virgin Atlantic Airways, center, arrives with the flight crew of Virgin Atlantic's newest aircraft, a Boeing 787-9 named "Dream Jeannie," to celebrate a new Virgin Atlantic flight between London and Detroit, Thursday, June 11, 2015, at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich.

British billionaire Sir Richard Branson has landed at Detroit Metropolitan Airport to celebrate a new Virgin Atlantic flight between London and the Motor City ...

11 June 2015
Associated Press

Las Vegas Review-Journal gets a new publisher

Nevada's largest newspaper has a new publisher credited with growing circulation and business at the newspapers he's led. GateHouse Media announced Thursday that ...

11 June 2015
Associated Press

Nevada insurance commissioner announces resignation

State Commissioner of Insurance Scott Kipper has resigned effective July 2. Kipper served as head of the Nevada Division of Insurance starting in 2008 and ...

11 June 2015
By Cy Ryan,
Brianna Santiago
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