Las Vegas Business News

LVCVA exec: Imagination is the only limitation on what kinds of sporting events Las Vegas can host

LVCVA Vice President of Marketing Fletch Brunelle speaks during a news conference to announce Las Vegas as the host of "Leagues Cup," the first-ever final of the new competition between Major League Soccer and Liga MX Thursday, July 11, 2019, at the Bellagio.

Las Vegas tourism officials late last year introduced a national advertising campaign that refers to the city as the “Greatest Arena on Earth.” The drive is part of a new ...

11 April 2022
By Bryan Horwath

UNLV students compete to rock Las Vegas economic boat with innovations

Godson Ebenezer Adjovu, with the Aero AI team, helps give a presentation during the President's Innovation Challenge at UNLV Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Nine student teams competed for $25,000 as they submitted solutions to Southern Nevadas biggest challenges.

A hyperloop public transportation system. An initiative to funnel students from marginalized communities into tech-related fields. A plan to brand Las Vegas as a “medical tourism” destination. Those were just some of the ideas pitched by ...

8 April 2022
By Bryan Horwath

More homebuyers paying cash in busy Las Vegas real estate market

A house is shown for sale Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, in Las Vegas.

Last month, nearly one-third of all home sales in Southern Nevada were paid for in cash, according to a report released Wednesday morning. The report, commissioned by ...

6 April 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Welcome back: Palms to reopen April 27 in Las Vegas

An exterior view of the Palms Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. The resort, sold to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in 2021, will reopen on April 27, officials said.

The Palms, shuttered since the outset of pandemic in March 2020 and then sold to a new hospitality company, will reopen April 27, officials announced this morning. The resort, west of the Strip on ...

5 April 2022
By Ray Brewer,
Bryan Horwath

This airline’s subscription plan includes roundtrip flights to Las Vegas

An Alaska Airlines passenger jet taxis to a runway for take off at Harry Reid International Airport Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

The program offers customers up to two-dozen roundtrip flights a year to destinations in California, Arizona and Nevada, including Las Vegas and Reno.

5 April 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Vegas jewelry store owner donating sales to Ukraine relief

Vladi Bergman, founder and CEO of Las Vegas-based Karma and Luck, poses with a rose quartz gemstone tree in his store Karma and Luck at The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay Friday, March 25, 2022. Bergman plans to also sell about 1,000 blue-and-yellow (lapis and citrine) gemstone trees, emblematic of the Ukrainian flag, for $99 each, with 100 percent of sales to be donated to Doctors Without Borders.

Glimmering gemstones in blue and yellow highlight the decorative trees that will be sold at Karma and Luck, a Las Vegas-based jewelry company. But all the sales of these sparkling trees will not go to owner Vladi Bergman’s pocket. Rather, the Ukrainian business owner said he wants to instead give back to his country, struggling under ...

4 April 2022
By Arleigh Rodgers

When talk of economic diversification becomes action, Las Vegas will have 'grown up' as a city

A worker polishes a coining dye, a metal piece used for imprinting onto a coin, at Sunshine Minting Inc in Henderson Friday, March 18, 2022.

The 175-employee company is one example of how the manufacturing industry is taking some pressure off the region’s tourism-heavy economy.

4 April 2022
By Bryan Horwath

People on the Move: April 4, 2022

In the People: Katie Stambaugh, Sara Hall, Steve Manley, Mike Dini, Carl Nassib, Marty Cordova and more ...

4 April 2022
By VEGAS INC Staff

Las Vegas transplant hopes to lure tech ‘game-changers’ to Southern Nevada

Teddy Liaw, CEO of Nexrep, posses for a portrait overlooking the Wynn Fairway in Las Vegas, Tuesday March 22, 2022.

As he stood on a villa balcony overlooking the posh Wynn Golf Club, Teddy Liaw peered off in the distance. On this near-perfect spring day on the Strip, an onlooker might have mistaken the pause by Liaw, an avid golfer, for a brief daydream, possibly a yearning to be ...

3 April 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Steve Wynn discipline case heading back to Nevada regulators

Former Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn gestures at a news conference in Medford, Mass., March 15, 2016.

Nevada casino regulators could still impose a $500,000 fine and discipline former Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn over allegations of workplace ...

1 April 2022
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Man wins $1 million at Las Vegas Strip casino

A man playing Let It Ride at a Las Vegas Strip casino won a $1 million jackpot Wednesday, according to a social media post. The Twitter post from ...

31 March 2022
By Bryan Horwath

40 Under 40: Rising to the challenge of changing times

40 Under 40: Rising to the challenge of changing times

This year’s 40 Under 40 awards highlights the emerging business and community leaders who have risen to the challenge of these changing times and are paving the way for what’s next.

31 March 2022
By Jennifer Inaba

40 Under 40: Mandy Telleria, Founder/Executive Director, The Good Deed Project & Owner/Interior Architect, Mandy Telleria

Mandy Telleria

Mandy Telleria leverages her vast expertise and successful career in architecture and design to give back to the community through her charitable organization, The Good Deed Project.

31 March 2022

40 Under 40: Joseph Simpson III, Audit Managing Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Joseph Simpson III

From a kid with an affinity for numbers, to a high school finance intern at MTV, Joseph Simpson has built a career that both satisfies his interests and challenges him—but, most importantly, that he finds genuinely rewarding.

31 March 2022

40 Under 40: Allison Monette, Director of Communications and Brand Management, Vegas PBS

Allison Monette

Allison Monette has covered nearly every facet of marketing and communications throughout her career, including interviewing politicians and celebrities, representing high-profile clients in public relations, developing award-winning integrated marketing campaigns and expanding into the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.

31 March 2022

40 Under 40: Lanette Rivera, Director of Engagement and Communications, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth

Lanette Rivera

Driven to make a meaningful change in the community, Lanette Rivera found her calling when she was introduced to Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth.

31 March 2022

40 Under 40: John Murray, Executive Director of Race and Sports Operations, SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas

John Murray

Right out of college, John Murray began his career as a front-line, entry level ticket writer at the Las Vegas Hilton and today, he is the Executive Director of Race and Sports Operations at Westgate Las Vegas.

31 March 2022

40 Under 40: Lisa Kalkes, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, Optum

Lisa Kalkes

In addition to being a leader in health care marketing in multiple states, Lisa Kalkes is a U.S. Army veteran—serving for four years, including a 15-month deployment in Iraq.

31 March 2022

40 Under 40: William McCurdy II, Clark County Commissioner, Clark County, District D

William McCurdy II

William McCurdy II represents the best that local government has to offer, and he’s only just begun.

31 March 2022

40 Under 40: Dinisha Mingo, CEO, Mingo Health Solutions & Founder, Solutions of Change

Dinisha Mingo

Dinisha Mingo says she fell in love with seeing change, helping people, building a team and making an impact.

31 March 2022
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