Las Vegas Business News

People on the Move: Nov. 13, 2023

In the Notes: City of Henderson, Punam Mathur, Scott Scherer, Kelly Lavigne, Lisa Levine, Kimberly Case-Nichols and more ...

Shopping on Las Vegas-based marketplace site supports veterans

This apparel is available at Spouse-ly, an online marketplace with original artwork, jewelry, gifts and more. The outlet is a place where members of the military community — who may be full of creativity but constantly moving around — can share their business or product online.

When shopping on the Spouse-ly website, consumers can click through an online marketplace teeming with original artwork, jewelry, gifts and more. And unlike its peers, Spouse-ly boasts products solely created by military and first-responder families.

Wynn Resorts reaches deal with Culinary in Las Vegas to avoid strike

A view of the Encore and Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, Dec. 26, 2017.

The union agreed to a tentative five-year contract for hospitality workers at Wynn Resorts about three hours before the this morning’s strike deadline, union officials said.

Vegas Inc and Cox Business present the 2023 Top Tech Awards

Vegas Inc and Cox Business present the 2023 Top Tech Awards

The information technology professionals and innovators honored here are at the forefront of the tech industry in their respective fields.

Silver Sevens casino to be remodeled, rebranded as the Continental

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

The Silver Sevens, just east of the Las Vegas Strip, will undergo major renovations and ultimately be rebranded as the Continental, the casino’s operator announced today. The Continental will ...

Culinary, MGM agree on new 5-year deal to avoid Strip strike

Jennifer Black, a guest room attendant at the Flamingo, speaks during a break in contract negotiations between the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, and Caesars Entertainment at the Horseshoe Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, listens at left.

Culinary Union Local 226 has agreed to a tentative five-year contract for hospitality workers at MGM Resorts International properties in Las Vegas, union officials said this morning.

Las Vegas Sphere reports $98.4 million loss; CFO quits

A look of MSG Sphere on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Sphere in Las Vegas reported an operating loss of $98.4 million for the fiscal quarter ending Sept. 30, Sphere Entertainment Co. said this morning on an earnings call. Additionally, the company lost its chief financial officer, as ...

Culinary Union: Tentative deal reached with Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas on new contract

Ted Pappageorge, center, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, speaks during a break in contract negotiations between the union and Caesars Entertainment at the Horseshoe Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. With Pappageorge, from left, Leain Vashon, Diana Valles, president of Local 226, Maria Espino, and Jennifer Black. Terry Greenwald, secretary-treasurer of Bartenders Union, Local 165, is seated at right.

Representatives of Culinary Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract with Caesars Entertainment after ...

Conference shines light on downtown Las Vegas' post-pandemic recovery

Dr. Karen Chapple, Director of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto, speaks during a UNLV Center for Business and Economic Research event at UNLV Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

Las Vegas’ downtown district is leading its peers in other North American cities when it comes to bouncing back from pandemic lows, which experts attribute to various jobs, transit, food and accommodations ...

Oakland passes resolution to keep A's as MLB vote on move to Las Vegas looms

From left to right, Nina Thorsen, of Alameda, Calif., along with an As usher and Will MacNeil, of Dublin, Calif., tape homemade signs to the right-field fence at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Thorsen and MacNeil are part of the Oakland 68s, a group of A's megafans partnering with the Nevada State Education Association to circulate a petition to repeal a public financing bill for a new A's stadium in Las Vegas.

Dozens of Athletics fans converged on Oakland city hall on Tuesday as officials unanimously passed a resolution reaffirming the city’s commitment to keeping the professional ballclub rooted in the Bay Area as MLB owners could vote as soon as next week on approval for the team’s relocation to Las Vegas ...

Vivid Seats strikes $240 million deal to buy Vegas.com travel site

The Vivid Seats logo.

The stands at Allegiant Stadium on a Sunday in September featured many fans wearing black and yellow. The Las Vegas Raiders were playing a home game, but supporters of the Pittsburgh Steelers had ...

Durango Resort opening pushed back to Dec. 5

A view of Durango Resort during the official lighting of marquee at Durango Drive and I-215 Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.

The opening of Durango Resort has been pushed back more than two weeks to ensure a “first-class opening of the property,” operator Station Casinos announced today. Station’s latest entry into the locals casino market had been set to open Nov. 20. The new grand opening is scheduled for Dec. 5. People who had booked hotel stays at the new resort ...

October listed homes nearly halved from last year in Las Vegas area

A home for sale is shown in a residential area near Wigwam Avenue and Buffalo Drive Thursday, June 9, 2022.

There were 4,213 single-family homes listed for sale in the Las Vegas area at the end of October without an offer, according to a report released this morning by Las Vegas Realtors.

Nevada SPCA shelter experiencing pinch of more animals, higher costs

Dogs wait to be adopted at Nevada SPCA Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.

The shelter annually cares for 2,500 animals. And, as executive director Lori Heeren put it, its resources are being stretched thin and making it “really difficult” to maintain ...

Financial literacy courses at UNLV aim to prepare students for life

Financial literacy courses at UNLV aim to prepare students for life

Student loans, housing and ever-increasing inflation are just a few of the fiscal challenges facing college students nationwide, and a new UNLV initiative has aimed itself at helping students weather the ...

Column: Financial literacy has role in support of affordable housing in Vegas

For many households in Southern Nevada, the COVID-19 pandemic was not an event they financially planned for. It crippled our primary industries and resulted in job loss for the masses.

People on the Move: Nov. 6, 2023

In the Notes: Sean Salce, Mark Wiedemer, Sallie Doebler, Southwest Medical, Iris Ramos Jones and more ...

Tens of thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could on go strike this month

Members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, react as members and leadership are arrested after blocking traffic in a Culinary Union civil disobedience protest on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. The union is currently in contract negotiations with the casinos.

Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers set a deadline Thursday for a sweeping strike, threatening major disruptions to the city's economic backbone that could coincide with the Strip's inaugural Formula 1 races later ...

Las Vegas prepares to host prestigious UFI Global Congress

Panelists, including Kai Hattendorf, foreground, CEO and managing director of UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, watch a new commercial from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) during a news conference at the Aria convention center Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. The news conference highlighted the 90th UFI Global Congress which will open at the convention center on Wednesday.

The UFI Global Congress, which brings together exhibition organizers and trade show operators, will run today through Saturday at Aria, where 500 industry leaders across 50 markets are scheduled to discuss trade shows and their destinations. About 20% of participants at the UFI Global Congress, now marking ...

Culinary reports Las Vegas Strip resorts making ‘some movement,’ but strike still a possibility

Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, speaks with reporters before a Culinary Union civil disobedience protest on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. The union is currently in contract negotiations with the casinos.

Culinary met Oct. 23 with MGM Resorts International, Friday with Caesars Entertainment and Monday with Wynn Resorts, all of which have been in talks with the union since April to establish a new five-year contract ...