Las Vegas Business News

Brighter days are on the horizon for the local real estate market in 2025

By most accounts and across various measures, the real estate professionals I trust in Southern Nevada are expecting the market to perform better in 2025 than in 2024.

10 February 2025
By Jennifer Weinberg

People on the Move: Feb. 10, 2025

In the Notes: Michael Edwards, Frank Prado, Jill Marano, Jonathan Schwartz, Jonathan Bauman and more ...

10 February 2025

Las Vegas native Alex Dixon leads Resorts World into a new era

Alex Dixon, CEO of Resorts World, poses for a photo at Crockfords Villa 66, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

Alex Dixon was a young entrepreneur eager to learn the ropes of the tourism industry when he first met Bill Hornbuckle, now the CEO of MGM Resorts International. Hornbuckle, president of Mandalay Bay at the time, warmly ...

9 February 2025
By Grace Da Rocha

Establishing a Nevada business court could attract billions in revenue, lawmaker says

Co-founders Drew Houston, left, and Arash Ferdowsi, recently reincorporated Dropbox in Nevada. The move was part of “DExit,” a small but growing group of companies leaving the historically corporate-friendly Delaware for opportunity out West.

Two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware, a state with no corporate income tax on ...

9 February 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

A'ja Wilson's release of Nike shoe, apparel collection shows growth and interest in women's sports

A'ja Wilson waves during a number-retirement ceremony before an NCAA college basketball game between South Carolina and Auburn in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.

A’ja Wilson has come to realize what is delayed is not always denied. The two-time WNBA champion and three-time league MVP proudly released her long-awaited Nike signature shoe and athletic apparel collection in her hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, where she ...

4 February 2025
By Steve Reed, Associated Press

Touchless car wash rooted in Henderson community aims to branch out

Touchless car wash rooted in Henderson community aims to branch out

The new, state-of-the-art 24-hour car wash in Henderson—powered by artificial intelligence and fully touchless—is looking to team up with the community and ultimately be a local car wash, and an alternative to a slew of national chains, said Benjamin Ralphs, president of Scotty’s Car Wash.

3 February 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

People on the Move: Feb. 3, 2025

In the Notes: Nevada State University, Jason Mahfood, Whiting-Turner Contracting Compan, Klai Juba Wald Architecture + Interiors, Stephanie Garcia-Vause, Deanna Reynolds and more ...

3 February 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

GOP’s war on DEI disrespects business owners and shareholders

A cart wrangler gathers shopping carts outside a Costco warehouse in Sheridan, Colo., July 16, 2024.

For decades, conservatives have preached the virtues of free markets, railed against government overreach and ch ampioned the idea that business owners — not bureaucrats — should ...

30 January 2025

People on the Move: Jan. 27, 2025

In the Notes: Walter Flores-Aguirre, Pinkbox Doughnuts, Dr. David Mulligan, Mary Vail, Felix Lin and more ...

27 January 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

X-ray visionaries: Company's system to purify cannabis sets it up for long-term success in Las Vegas

Joseph Bancheri, Sales Manager at XR Pure, an advance irradiation system solution for cannabis producers, capable of eliminating mold, bacteria, mildew and other harmful pathogens, poses with one of the x-ray tubes in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, January 16, 2025.

A Las Vegas-based company is using X-ray technology to decontaminate cannabis. XRpure, a subsidiary of Varex Imaging Corporation—a global supplier of X-ray imaging components—launched a few years ago with ...

27 January 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Striking workers at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas ratify contract

Members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, walk a picket line at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas before a civil disobedience protest Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Fifty-seven people were arrested, according to a union spokeswoman. The union contract at Virgin Las Vegas expired on June 1, 2023 and workers are on strike as the union and hotel management try to reach a new contract.

The longest strike in decades by Culinary Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 is coming to an end after 69 days. A vote today among workers to ratify a five-year contract with Virgin Hotels Las Vegas was ...

22 January 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Electric vehicle charging infrastructure still evolving in Nevada

A Blink Charging Series 7 level 2 charger is displayed during CES 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Blink Charging is an EV charging company with a goal to provide reliable, affordable and convenient charging solutions for drivers of electric vehicles.

Wendy Green and her husband travel to Las Vegas from Los Angeles at least twice a year in their Tesla.

20 January 2025
By Ilana Williams

Vegas Chamber's new job-matching tool has potential to reshape local workforce

Mary Beth Sewald, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Board Member and Vegas Chamber President/CEO, attends a public meeting at the Las Vegas Convention Center board room Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. WADE VANDERVORT

The Vegas Chamber recently launched JobX—an online platform that not only provides job seekers with insight into the most in-demand careers in Southern Nevada, but also a quiz to determine with which job they may have the most compatibility.

20 January 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

People on the Move: Jan. 20, 2025

In the Notes: Lawrence Close, Joseph Hamel, Dan Boyer, Jim Seely, Emily Dyer, Leean Hernandez and more ...

20 January 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

Report: Ruffin plans to sell Circus Circus, buy another Strip property

An exterior view of the neon lights at Circus Circus, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020.

Billionaire Phil Ruffin is looking to sell Circus Circus and its prime real estate on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip, he told Forbes in an interview published today. Ruffin bought the property for ...

17 January 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Visitors authority chief questions news report, says Las Vegas Loop is safe, has adequate oversight

A view of the LVCC Central Station during a tour of Elon Musk's underground transportation system under the Las Vegas Convention Center Friday, April 9, 2021. The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop is the first commercial endeavor for Musk's Boring Company.

The head of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority defended the tunnel system connecting the Las Vegas Convention Center’s campus and Resorts World ...

15 January 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Las Vegas tourism agency OKs $40 million for College Football Championship

The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy is shown before the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal game between Texas and Ohio State, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has approved spending up to $40 million if Las Vegas is selected to host the College Football Championship at some point from 2027 to 2031. The funding approved today would be ...

14 January 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

The Notes: Philanthropy, Jan. 13, 2025

In the Notes: Green Valley Grocery, The Shade Tree, Jewish Nevada, William N. Pennington Foundation and more ...

13 January 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

AI opens the playing field for golf entertainment business in Vegas

AI opens the playing field for golf entertainment business in Vegas

As off-course golf entertainment outpaces the traditional game in popularity, a Las Vegas-based company is using patented AI technology to “meet the golfer where they are,” according to its co-founder Sameer Gupta.

13 January 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Las Vegas resorts helping displaced Californians with discounted room rates, donations

An exterior view of the MGM Grand hotel-casino Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024.

Las Vegas resort companies are coming to the aid of Californians impacted by the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area ...

10 January 2025
By Ray Brewer
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