Las Vegas Business News

Power struggle: Can advocates for solar energy, consumer issues prevail in Nevada?

Protestors, including Ronald Brittan, right, line up along the street during a rally in front of NV Energy Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Las Vegas. Hundreds of activists gathered outside NV Energy headquarters in Las Vegas to protest a state cap affecting rooftop solar installations and urge the Legislature to lift it.

A cohort of gaming, tech and renewable energy groups has a long list of requests for the Legislature, from nurturing the rooftop solar industry to increasing incentives for ...

12 May 2015
By Kyle Roerink

Amid resignations, law firm Gordon Silver figuring out what’s next

A view of an office building at 3690 Howard Hughes Parkway Monday, May 11, 2015. The law firm of Gordon Silver is a tenant of the building occupying the top three floors.

The resignations have shrunk the roster of local attorneys at the firm, known for its big bankruptcy practice, and sparked rumors that it’s on the brink of closing ...

11 May 2015
By Eli Segall

Reid renews push to ban online gaming, maybe even poker

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Interstate-11/Boulder City Bypass project near Boulder City Monday, April 6, 2015. The $318 million project is expected to be completed in 2018 and create about 4,000 jobs.

Online poker is legal and up and running in Nevada. Poker and other online gambling is legal in New Jersey and Delaware, with at least 10 more states considering joining in ...

11 May 2015
By Amber Phillips

Temps heating up job market

James McKoy (sitting) discusses job openings for clients with Demont Daniel (left), branch manager at PrideStaff, and owner Robert Daniel.

In Las Vegas, the number of temporary jobs posted by staffing agencies increased about 5 percent from February 2013 to November 2014 and is rising again, according to CareerBuilder ...

11 May 2015
Julie Ann Formoso

What makes a successful restaurateur in Las Vegas? Ask the owner of Table 89

Restaurateur Sami Ladeki recently opened Table 89 at 7160 N. Durango Drive. The restaurant focuses on fast service and using local and organic ingredients.

Sami Ladeki, owner and founder of Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza + Grill, is a self-described student of food and how it affects the body. He frequently travels the country and world to keep abreast of trends to keep his restaurants’ offerings fresh and relevant. Ladeki is ...

11 May 2015
By VEGAS INC Staff

Music recording studios must keep pace with changes in music industry

Darren Sher, owner of Omnitone Records, on April, 23 2015.

Back in the day, recording an album used to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Today, you can get an A-plus quality recording with Grammy-nominated talent attached and it will sound as if it had the platinum Warner Bros. sound, for a quarter of that price ...

11 May 2015
By VEGAS INC Staff

The Data: May 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].

10 May 2015

The Notes: May 10-16

In the Notes: Wynn Resorts, Zappos.com, Itsy Bitsy: Ramen and Whisky, Rick’s Rollin Smoke BBQ and Tavern, Smoke’s Poutinerie and Rita’s Italian Ice ...

10 May 2015

Guest column: Why an SBA loan may be a good option for your business

Healthier businesses in stronger industries are in a better position to get approved for credit, and business owners are more confident about pursuing financing. With low-interest rates and favorable real estate values, more small-business owners are looking to expand or buy land instead of leasing space. To get there, an SBA 7(a) term loan makes sense for many ...

10 May 2015
Guy Gugino

Hooters casino in Las Vegas is snapped up for $53.8 million

Hooters hotel-casino just off the Las Vegas Strip.

The Las Vegas resort famous for its wings, and other things, has been sold. Hooters Casino, just east of the recently sold Tropicana, has been snapped up by the resort investment company Trinity Hotel Investments of New York. Hooters Las Vegas ...

8 May 2015

Robotic security guards and giant water slides: UNLV engineering students show off inventions

Jennifer Bateau, left, shows the Recoil to graduate student Shelby Nelson during the Fred and Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition at UNLV Thursday, May 7, 2015. The Recoil allows smartphone owners use the cable that comes with the phone and turn it into a retractable cable.

A table that lifts itself up at the push of a button, a handheld device that protects fragile phone chargers, a drone that detects pollution, a gigantic 2,500 foot water slide and a robot that automatically detects intruders ...

8 May 2015
By Ian Whitaker

Henderson man has good reason for building igloo-shaped house

Aeron Tozier, shown Saturday, March, 28, 2015, is building a large, eco-friendly, arch-shaped home in Henderson. He will live there, but it's also a prototype, as he hopes to build a business developing such homes.

In east Henderson, in a quiet neighborhood with custom homes, equestrian properties and wandering coyotes, Aeron Tozier is building a house that, at first glance, looks like a big, steel igloo. His two-story home — with an attached garage in front — also looks like ...

8 May 2015
By Eli Segall

Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance names new CEO

The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance board of directors today appointed Jonas Peterson as the organization's chief executive officer.

7 May 2015
By Andrea Domanick

Sales and prices of used homes rise in April in Las Vegas

Real estate agent Teresa McCormick, left, worked with Lisa Colavito and her husband to buy this house on Decatur Boulevard near Blue Diamond Road.

The median sales price of single-family homes in Southern Nevada in April was $212,568, up 3.7 percent from March and 10.7 percent from a year ago, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors ...

7 May 2015
By Eli Segall

Two-day Collision Conference closes strong: smart homes, smart search and drones

Chris Martin, left, and Scott Entwistle of Las Vegas-based JobHive, listen to Jeremy Landau of Confidential CC during the Collision technology conference at the World Market Center Pavilions Wednesday, May 6, 2015. JobHive makes automated job recruiting software. Confidential CC offers a new email protocol that can erase itself after being read.

For the last two days during the second-annual Collision Conference, the pavilions at downtown Las Vegas’ World Market Center have played host to a horde of startups, investors, marketers, developers and ...

7 May 2015
By Gautham Thomas, Special to VEGAS INC

Fuel-purchasing strategy helps low-cost Allegiant save even more

A Southwest jet taxis by parked Allegiant Air jets at McCarran International Airport in 2013. Unlike most airlines, Allegiant buys its jet fuel only at current market prices rather than hedging through futures.

The Las Vegas-based discount airline booked a record $65 million in net income in the first quarter, nearly double from a year earlier, despite only a 9 percent rise in revenue. Airlines’ biggest expense is fuel, and Allegiant wasn’t alone in reaping the benefits of cheaper ...

7 May 2015
By Eli Segall

Flipping homes remains profitable — especially outside Nevada

A view inside a foreclosed home in Summerlin on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. Stars of the TV series "Flipping Vegas" were in negotiations to buy the home.

House-flipping is still a popular pastime in Nevada, but investors can make a lot more money doing it elsewhere, a new report says. Flipping accounted for 6.4 percent of home sales statewide in the first quarter, the ...

6 May 2015
By Eli Segall

Startup with Las Vegas connection scores $100 million investment

Banjo CEO Damien Patton announces a $100 million investment from SoftBank during the Collision technology conference at the World Market Center Pavilions Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Banjo is a Las Vegas-based social data startup company.

In conversation with Martin Giles of Wing Venture Capital at the two-day Collision Conference, Patton said the funding would enable Banjo to expand and hire ...

6 May 2015
Gautham Thomas, Special to VEGAS INC

Caesars CEO: First quarter was company’s best since 2008

An exterior view of Paris Hotel and Casino, June 6, 2013.

On a conference call with analysts, outgoing Caesars CEO Gary Loveman said the company has cut costs, made “new and exciting” investments in its hospitality offerings and ...

6 May 2015
By J.D. Morris

Collision Conference Day One Roundup: Weed, hackers and robots

More than 1,000 startups are exhibiting at this year's Collision Conference. The two-day event kicked off Tuesday at the World Market Center in downtown Las Vegas.

Standing at the Owlintel booth among the rows of startups on the first day of the second-annual Collision Conference, founder Donavon Urfalian looked over longingly toward the Pitch Stage ...

6 May 2015
By Gautham Thomas, Special to the Sun
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