Las Vegas Business News

Businesses ignore importance of employee disciplinary policies at their own peril

Over the past two years, increased demand for labor has magnified the importance of employee retention for all businesses.

People on the Move: Sept. 12, 2022

In the Notes: Meredith Schaefermeyer, Eve Breier, Alexander Abesamis, Timothy Brookes, Brady Syphus, Isaac Holyoak and more ...

Emmitt Smith jumping into restaurant business at Fashion Show in Las Vegas

Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith looks over artist renderings of his restaurant at the Fashion Show Mall Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Emmitts Las Vegas, a 30,000+ sq. ft. restaurant and event venue, is expected to open at the mall near the end of 2022 of early 2023.

Taking over the location once housed by Sugar Factory, Smith’s establishment — run by executive chef Rainer Schwarz — will face the Strip and sit across from the Wynn near the intersection of Spring Mountain Road and Las Vegas Boulevard.

Las Vegas Valley home prices drop again in August, trade group says

A sign advertises a home for sale in Southern Highlands, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020.

Home prices in Southern Nevada retreated for a third consecutive month in August, according to a report released today. The median price for a home in the Las Vegas Valley last month was ...

Wins — and losses — can pile up with sped-up sports betting

A customer makes a sports bet at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. on Sept. 6, 2022.

With legal sports betting in its fifth year in much of the U.S., things are getting much more intense, with increasing ways to bet and more opportunities to rapidly win — and lose — money. When the ...

Some call it blazing trails; Raiders president calls it being qualified

The Las Vegas Raiders new President Sandra Douglass Morgan and defensive end Maxx Crosby during a news conference at Allegiant Stadium, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Brian Ramos

Morgan doesn’t spend much time ruminating about how she’s a trailblazer in the league — though she’s constantly asked about it. And it’s not the initial time ...

Started on a hunch in the ’90s, NLV cabinetmaking operation continues to grow and thrive

Zack Coenig works on a custom cabinet for a UNLV Medical office at Herrick & OHerron, Inc. CABIENTMAKERS in North Las Vegas Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022.

Cabinetmaker Brian Herrick recently remembered back to 1995 when the leadership at a Las Vegas preschool wanted some remodeling work done.

The Notes: Sep. 5, 2022

In the Notes: Sandi Milton, Tim Goldsmith, James McGinnis, Vandana Bhalla, Sarah Lester, Gavin Takeshita, Rick Arpin, Brian Burton and more ...

Local businesses hail the nation’s sweeping new Inflation Reduction Act

Lydia High, owner of Precise Business Management

Shaundell Newsome of Sumnu Marketing in Las Vegas is celebrating the Inflation Reduction Act, the sweeping $750 billion federal health ...

Caesars makes sure longtime blackjack dealer gets to retire in style

Benny Figgins, a blackjack dealer for Caesars Palace, received a grand send-off, as he retired from the job Wednesday. In 56 years since he started working the tables, Figgins has seen it all, meeting "people from all over the world" and dealing cards to stars like Frank Sinatra and Diana Ross.

In 1966, Benny Figgins of Las Vegas started a job at the brand-new Caesars Palace hotel on the Strip. Except for a four-month stint when he worked at the Nevada Test Site, Figgins remained a Caesars Palace employee — mostly as a blackjack dealer — for ...

State partners with nonprofit to keep rising startup companies rooted in Nevada

Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine speaks during an event held to announce federal funding for Nevada-based startups at the International Innovation Center, downtown, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.

Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine spoke Wednesday with small-business owners to announce that the state’s Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), will be helping more than 40 in-state startups to receive federal funds in the form of venture capital.

Las Vegas airport sets monthly record for passengers

Signage is shown in Terminal 3 at Harry Reid International Airport June 9, 2022.

If Las Vegas isn’t officially back after a tumultuous time following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s certainly getting close to it. Harry Reid International Airport, according to a report ...

‘Softness and attitude’ to be hallmarks of Ocean Prime seafood and steakhouse in Las Vegas

A look from the Strip at Ocean Prime, an American seafood and steak restaurant under construction at the new 63 commercial and retail development being built on the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue. Ocean Prime, which promises to bring “something different” to the Strip, is scheduled to open in 2023.

As he stood four stories above the intersection of Harmon Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard, David Miller of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants said his company had long wanted to bring “something different” to the Las Vegas restaurant scene. That something is ...

Convention attendees help boost Las Vegas tourism figures for July

Steve Hill, president/CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), prepares for an interview before the opening of the Las Vegas Convention Center's West Hall Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

Las Vegas welcomed just under 3.5 million visitors last month, the highest monthly total since the start of the pandemic, according to the city’s tourism bureau.

The Notes: Aug. 29, 2022

In the Notes: Aras Bahmani, Christopher Austad, Alicia Albritton, Donald Snyder, Ken Evans and more ...

Raiders hammer home commitment to local small businesses with annual marketing prize

The Raiders and America First Credit Union announce the Small Business Showcase winner, RGD Construction (from left) Dave Nellis (AFCU), Tyler Metzel (AFCU), Dawn Barnes, Tammy Gallegos and Brett Greenwell.

RGD Construction has only about a half-dozen employees, but its owner hopes to have at least five times that many in a few years. A sponsorship deal with the Las Vegas Raiders will surely help.

Guest column: What to expect when you’re expecting a recession

Where will the second half of 2022, and even 2023, take us? The Wells Fargo Investment Institute believes the economic cycle will run faster, interest rates will ...

2022 Top Doctors: Recognizing some of the best doctors in Las Vegas

2022 Top Doctors: Recognizing some of the best doctors in Las Vegas

Health Care Quarterly’s Top Doctors recognizes some of the best doctors in Southern Nevada.

Circa making room for conventions, opening up added space in Sept.

Derek Stevens, owner and CEO of Circa Las Vegas, poses for a photo in the Galaxy grand ballroom at the resorts new conference space Monday Aug. 22, 2022.

As Circa Las Vegas officials showed off the resort’s new meetings and convention space Monday, workers moved large works of art in protective packaging while a team of audio experts worked on laptops at a table. Circa owner and CEO Derek Stevens said ...

Disappearing water aside, economic forecasters expect Strip to remain magical

Josh Swissman, left, founding partner of The Strategy Organization, and Alan Feldman, a distinguished fellow at UNLVs International Gaming Institute, speak during a NAIOP Southern Nevada breakfast meeting at the Orleans Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. STEVE MARCUS

Gaming industry expert Alan Feldman sees the West’s water shortage as the biggest possible deterrent to what he projects as a banner upcoming decade of development along the Strip. Feldman, a distinguished fellow at the UNLV International Gaming Institute and a former ...