Las Vegas Business News

People on the Move: Oct. 3, 2022

In the Notes: Robert Cerminaro, Mike Larson, JoyceLynn Lagula, Michael Clutts, Shawn McClain, Michael Vargas, Amber Stidham and more ...

3 October 2022

By VEGAS INC Staff

Las Vegas on track to top last year’s 32 million visitors

Tourists walk by the Slotzilla tower at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Saturday, April 17, 2021.

Nearly 3.2 million people visited Las Vegas in August, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. That is up 6% from August 2021 but 11% down from ...

29 September 2022

By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas-based pet food producer finds its niche with minimally processed offerings

Kiesha and Troy Allison pose in the lobby of Fetching Foods, an ultra-premium pet food company, at 3111 S. Valley View Blvd., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022.

Fetching Foods sources everything from rabbit meat to duck, chicken, turkey, venison, beef, lamb, salmon, kangaroo, pheasant, goose, pigeon, wild boar and even camel. From those meats, the company produces “the highest quality natural USDA human grade food for dogs and cats,” according to its website.

27 September 2022

By Bryan Horwath

County resources can help businesses take advantage of perks of locating in Southern Nevada

With Harry Reid International Airport having the busiest month in its history in July with just under 4.9 million passengers, it’s easy to assume that is solely due to summer tourism.

26 September 2022

By Shani Coleman

Lifelong friends have turned simple sandwich concept at Capriotti's into nationwide marvel

Ashley Morris, left, and Jason Smylie are co-owners of the Capriotti’s chain of sandwich shops.

While the Capriotti’s brand is headquartered in Las Vegas, where it has about 40 shops, it will have about 200 sandwich shops around the country by the end of the year.

26 September 2022

By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas-based Shelby American auto line remains a ‘true winner'

AC Cobras are displayed in the Shelby Heritage Center at the Shelby American facility in Las Vegas Tuesday, August 2, 2022.

After walking out of the Shelby Heritage Center just south of the Strip on Wednesday, Wade Bentley reflected on why it took so long for him to visit the sports car museum.

26 September 2022

By Bryan Horwath

People on the Move: Sept. 26, 2022

In the Notes: Ronald Ganzon, Tony Yousfi, Asheesh S. Bhalla, Jason Dailey, Jamie Curreri and more ...

26 September 2022

By VEGAS INC Staff

Execs: U.S. casinos learned some useful lessons from pandemic

A dealer prepared to spin the ball during a game of roulette at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Aug. 8, 2022.

The COVID pandemic forced most U.S. casinos to close for months, causing payrolls, revenue and earnings to tumble. But the forced shutdowns and highly regulated recoveries also taught ...

24 September 2022

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Company offering $15,000 for new home-health nursing hires

A health care company is offering $15,000 sign-on bonuses for new hire nurses in the Las Vegas Valley, an area that has long struggled to find enough nursing professionals to fill the needs of its growing population.

23 September 2022

By Bryan Horwath

2022 Angel Awards: Celebrating 15 years of philanthropic excellence in Southern Nevada

The Angel Awards have been celebrating Southern Nevada’s exceptional philanthropic leaders—both individuals and organizations—for the past 15 years.

22 September 2022

Emma Cauthorn

Record spending over California's legal sports betting initiative

In this Oct. 29, 2013, photo is Graton Resort and Casino in Rohnert Park, Calif. The campaign that could bring legalized sports betting to California has become the most expensive ballot-initiative fight in state history, pitting wealthy Indian tribes against online gambling companies in a contest over what could become the nation's most lucrative marketplace.

The campaign that could bring legalized sports betting to California is the most expensive ballot-initiative fight in U.S. history at about $400 million and counting, pitting wealthy ...

21 September 2022

By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press

Tech summit showcases off-Strip attractions for would-be transplants

UFC COO Lawrence Epstein and Las Vegas entrepreneur Teddy Liaw, CEO of Nexrep, have a discussion during a tech-business conference at The Summit, which is aimed at bringing various tech companies and investors to the Vegas valley, Thursday Sept. 15, 2022.

With the temperature hovering close to 90 degrees, bright Southern Nevada sunshine beaming, and a hawk gliding periodically over the nearby golf course, Marc Schorr’s mansion at the Summit Club seemed to be the perfect place to woo business owners to move ...

20 September 2022

By Bryan Horwath

The Notes: Sep. 19, 2022

In the Notes: Rick Synrod, Albert Kovacs, Brian Burton, Kaytlin Knudson, Jesse Oakley III and more ...

19 September 2022

As southern Nevada water levels drop, golf course managers adjust

Mickey Brown, left, CEO of Pro Turf International, and Jared Bumpus, director of maintenance operations, pose by the seventh tee of the Mountain Course at Red Rock Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The company has been reducing turf at the private course and the public Arroyo at Red Rock course in order to save water.

Pat Putnam walked into the Red Rock Country Club on the western edge of the Las Vegas Valley for another round of golf. It’s an activity he loves—regardless of the amount of ...

19 September 2022

By Bryan Horwath

Rainbow Club celebrating 55 years in downtown Henderson

A view of the Rainbow Club on Water Street in downtown Henderson Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021.

The Rainbow Club in downtown Henderson, long one of the anchor businesses on Water Street, is turning 55 on Saturday. The casino will celebrate ...

16 September 2022

By Ray Brewer

Nevada cannabis board starting consumption-lounge applications in October

Cannabis product is displayed at Thrive Cannabis Marketplace on S Sammy Davis Jr Dr Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022.

State cannabis regulators on Wednesday announced an October gathering period for consumption lounge applications, according to a news release.

14 September 2022

By Bryan Horwath

Raiders’ Davante Adams named MGM Resorts brand ambassador

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams speaks at a news conference Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Henderson, Nev.

Raiders star Davante Adams will be brand ambassador for MGM Resorts International, which will feature the first-year Las Vegas wide receiver in company marketing campaigns and ...

13 September 2022

By Ray Brewer

Panel discussion on Atlantic City casino smoking is scrapped

A gambler plays a slot machine in a smoking section of the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J on Aug. 8, 2022.

Whether casinos should continue to allow smoking is a contentious issue in numerous states, particularly New Jersey, where the governor and more than half the state Legislature supports a bill to ...

13 September 2022

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Demolition starts at 2 Station Casinos sites in Las Vegas area

This file photo shows signs for Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho in North Las Vegas.

Demolition has begun at two Las Vegas-area casino properties that remained shuttered since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. A spokesman for ...

12 September 2022

Associated Press

Demand grows for streamlined local liquor-delivery laws

Many jurisdictions in Nevada expanded alcohol delivery privileges during the early stages of the pandemic to liquor stores and restaurants on a temporary basis.