Las Vegas Business News

Nevada lawmakers start study of Sisolak's 'Innovation Zones'

This undated illustration provided by Blockchains LLC shows a proposed "smart city" in rural Northern Nevada.

Nevada lawmakers are convening on Thursday to discuss whether to allow technology companies to exercise powers similar to those of local governments, if they own land and ...

Slot player hits $1.5 million jackpot at Venetian

An exterior view of the Venetian in Las Vegas,Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

A guest at a Strip resort hit a $1.5 million jackpot while playing a slot machine Tuesday, according to a news release. The gambler, who chose to remain anonymous, hit the ...

In-person gamblers lifting U.S. casino market to its best year

Gamblers play Pai Gow poker at the Mohegan Sun casino inside Virgin Hotels Las Vegas Thursday, March 25, 2021.

Gamblers anxious to hit the slot machines and table games in person after a year of coronavirus restrictions are lifting the U.S. casino industry to ...

As home-rental prices soar in Las Vegas, tenants are feeling the pressure

Erika Castro, organizing director at Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, is shown Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Her family is among those facing hardships because of the pandemic, loss of employment and rising housing costs.

Erika Castro was forced to move out of her home of five years during the pandemic. Castro shared the home with her mother, her mother’s partner — both of whom are undocumented immigrants from Mexico — and brother. The rent was $980 a month ...

Downtown Las Vegas’ Main Street Station set to reopen next month

Traffic passes in front of the Main Street Station, downtown, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.

Main Street Station, closed since the coronavirus shutdown in March 2020, will reopen next month, according to a news release from Boyd Gaming. The downtown Las Vegas casino and hotel will return to ...

Premium seating for UNLV games is ‘a stock that is undervalued’

The UNLV logo is displayed on an LED screen at Allegiant Stadium Tuesday, July 27, 2021.

Scott Burk has taken plenty of UNLV supporters on their first visit inside the luxury suites at Allegiant Stadium over the past year. Each turn of the nearly $2 billion facility produces a different, over-the-top reaction from the guests, and Burk simply sits back and smiles.

UNLV dean: Pandemic has shown how resilient hospitality industry really is

Stowe Shoemaker, dean of the UNLV College of Hospitality, poses on a balcony at UNLV's Hospitality Hall Thursday, July 29, 2021.

The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality is one of UNLV’s most notable programs, credited with developing future leaders in tourism—especially at home on the Strip.

People on the Move: Aug. 9, 2021

In the Notes: Aaron West, Ed De Andrade, Alan Hedrick, Stacy Watkins, Jeff Jones, Elani Gardner, Stacy King and more ...

MGM Resorts selling land to New York-based firm in massive deal

An exterior view of the Luxor hotel-casino Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.

A New York-based real estate investment firm will emerge as the largest landholder on the Las Vegas Strip under a $17.2 billion property deal between landholding ....

Parking no longer free at Miracle Mile Shops on Las Vegas Strip

Pedestrians head toward the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017.

Self-parking is no longer free at the Miracle Mile Shops garage on the Strip. Those parking inside the garage — near Planet Hollywood — will be charged up to $15 per day.

Vegas real estate exec helps Hispanic community secure housing dreams

Flavio Jimenez, vice president for development of the Hispanic market for Fathom Realty, poses by a message door at his office Wednesday, July 21, 2021. The door is covered with messages from satisfied customers.

Part of Jimenez’s passion for financial literacy in the homebuying market comes from his belief that the Hispanic market is a sleeping giant in America.

Why Las Vegas builders might not be able to catch up to housing demand

Nat Hodgson, CEO of Southern Nevada Home Builders Association, poses for a photo in his office Tuesday, July 13, 2021.

When the price of lumber spiked to almost $1,700 per thousand board feet this spring, it sent shockwaves through the homebuilding industry.

The Notes: Aug. 2, 2021

In the Notes: Thomas Nicholas, Las Vegas Realtors, Dr. Isaac Ortiz, Dr. Dave Reddy, Ann Morgan, Jared Carlson, Joshua Smith, Mariena Mercer Boarini and more ...

Preliminary plans for Las Vegas cannabis lounges include options for dining and entertainment

David Farris, vice president of sales and marketing for Planet 13, poses July 20, 2021, in a 20,000-square-foot storage warehouse at the marijuana dispensary superstore on West Desert Inn Road. The dispensary is hoping the warehouse will become a cannabis consumption lounge.

Planet 13, a tourist hotspot, is among a number of Las Vegas marijuana dispensaries crafting plans for consumption lounges, which the state Legislature approved earlier this year. State law previously allowed …

Tourists in Las Vegas, like the rest of us, are split on the mask mandate

A couple wearing face masks kisses as they celebrate New Year's Eve along the Las Vegas Strip Thursday, Dec 31, 2020, in Las Vegas.

In spite of their vaccination status, a vast majority of Las Vegas tourists have been going bare-faced since mask mandates for vaccinated people were dropped June 1 …

Vaccinations, other precautions are key to Las Vegas' economic health

Duran Heath, 24, gets the COVID-19 vaccine at UNLV on April 5, 2021. Beginning Friday, Gov. Steve Sisolak is mandating that all people, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in most public, indoor places in Clark County.

From coast-to-coast, travelers are being urged to exercise caution in visiting Las Vegas, as the delta variant of the coronavirus is causing cases here to surge. That advice, in part, is behind recent efforts locally and on a statewide basis to stem the surge. Those efforts include …

Vegas Inc presents Inaugural Real Estate Awards

Vegas Inc presents Inaugural Real Estate Awards

Vegas Inc presents our first-ever Real Estate Awards to acknowledge the many roles found within the industry.

Man hits $627,000 jackpot at downtown Las Vegas casino

Pedestrians walk down the Fremont Street Experience in front of the D Hotel & Casino, downtown, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

A man at a downtown Las Vegas casino turned a $3.75 bet into more than $600,000 on Sunday. The gambler, whose name was withheld, hit ...

Judge refuses to block digging at lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon line

A federal judge has denied environmentalists' request for a court order temporarily blocking the government from digging trenches for archaeological surveys at a mine planned near the Nevada-Oregon line with the biggest known ...

Sickies Garage puts its stamp on Southern Nevada restaurant scene

Sickies Garage Burgers & Brew owner Kenneth Harris poses for a photo with an array of food from his restaurant Thursday, July 22, 2021.

A pandemic might not seem like the best time to open any kind of restaurant, let alone one called Sickies Garage Burgers & Brews. But Kenneth Harris, CEO and co-owner of the new establishment at Town Square in Las Vegas, didn’t see it that way.