Las Vegas Business News

Women Inspiring Nevada: Lisa Morris Hibbler, DPA, Chief Community Services Officer, City of Las Vegas

Lisa Morris Hibbler

With a city councilwoman as her mother and a senior master sergeant in the Air Force as her father, Dr. Lisa Morris Hibbler grew up with community service as an integral part of her life.

Women Inspiring Nevada: Fuilala Riley, President & CEO, HELP of Southern Nevada

Fuilala Riley

A graduate of UNLV’s hospitality program, Fuilala Riley didn’t set out to work in the nonprofit sector. It’s something she has chosen to do.

Caesars might sell a Las Vegas Strip resort next year, CEO says

An exterior view of Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

Caesars Entertainment still plans to sell one of its eight Las Vegas Strip resorts but will wait for the market to further rebound from the coronavirus pandemic before it does, the company’s chief executive officer said. Caesars officials have said since the company’s merger with Eldorado Resorts that they plan to sell a Strip asset. “We remain convinced that ...

Allegiant Travel reports $6.9 million in net income

Allegiant Travel Co. (ALGT) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $6.9 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The Las Vegas-based company said it had net income of ...

Cosmopolitan joins Wynn Resorts properties in moving to 100% capacity

The Cosmopolitan appears to keep an eye on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday, March 22, 2020. .

The Cosmopolitan is the latest Strip resort to have its gaming floor capacity increased to 100% after nearly a year of coronavirus restrictions. Capacity is capped ...

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus applauds federal relief funding in Nevada

In this Feb. 28, 2020, photo, Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington.

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus told Nevada lawmakers on Monday that coronavirus relief funds recently passed by Congress would be a “linchpin” in the state's efforts to boost the economy. “Especially in ...

Las Vegas Convention Center expansion a ‘game-changer,’ senator says

Steve Hill, Chief Executive Officer/President of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) gives Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-NV, a tour the Las Vegas Convention Center's West Hall, Monday, May 3, 2021.

The expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center will play a big role in reviving the Las Vegas trade show industry, Nevada’s senior U.S. senator said. After a tour of the $980 million West Hall expansion today, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., called the facility a “game-changer.” “The architecture and the high-tech ability of ...

Las Vegas businesswoman helps extend her family’s local legacy

Sunshine Ray and her husband Johnny Church pose in their restaurant Johnny C's diner, 8175 Arville St.,Thursday, April 15, 2021. Church runs the diner and Ray runs Atlas Plumbing with help from her brother. Ray's father Bob Ray started the plumbing business in 1990.

Sunshine Ray is the co-owner of Atlas Plumbing with her brother, Rod Ray. She’s also part owner of a diner in southwest Las Vegas with her husband.

Business horizon looks ‘busy and prosperous’ to head of Henderson landscape design firm

Cecilia Schafler, founder and president of Lage Design, poses in front of the company offices in Henderson Thursday, April 15, 2021. Lage Design is a landscape architecture firm that provides commercial, transportation, education and recreation design to clients in Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.

As Southern Nevada continues to struggle in the grip of an ongoing drought, water officials have asked the state Legislature to consider banning ornamental grass. Such a move would create a lot of business for landscape architects such as Cecilia Schafler, president of Lage Design Inc., a downtown Henderson-based firm that has served the community for 14 years.

The Notes: May 3, 2021

In the Notes: Jamie Ioos, Dylan Kendrick, Southwest Medical, Abbi Agency, Melissa Eure, Nicole Hudock, Las Vegas Business Academy and more ...

Vegas hitting jackpot as pandemic-weary visitors crowd back

Tourists ride escalators to Planet Hollywood and the Miracle Mile Shops on the Las Vegas Strip Saturday, April 17, 2021.

To Mike Anger in Midland, Michigan, a $100 round-trip airline flight and $260 for five nights at a Las Vegas hotel made it too easy to say yes.

MGM Resorts sees increase in Strip hotel occupancy rates

An exterior view of the MGM Grand hotel-casino Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

Hotel occupancy at MGM Resorts International properties on the Strip is on the rise. During a quarterly earnings call Wednesday, MGM officials noted a steady increase in ...

Las Vegas agency links more liver ailments to Real Water brand

Health officials in Las Vegas reported six more cases of liver illness this week believed to be linked to a widely marketed bottled water brand, Real Water, that faces a ...

Dates set for 2022 CES gadget show in Las Vegas

A person walks past a sign at a Samsung keynote before the CES tech show, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The CES gadget show will return to Las Vegas next year as a live event, after organizers conducted a virtual convention this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The show is ...

Q+A: Chairman of Nevada Taxicab Authority on how COVID impacted the industry

A taxi cab drives down the Strip Thursday, April 28, 2011.

As the coronavirus pandemic gripped Las Vegas last year, nearly every aspect of the travel and tourism industry was impacted, from hotels to casinos, nightclubs and ...

Player hits $10.5 million Megabucks jackpot at South Point

In this 2009 file photo, a person plays a Megabucks slot machine at the South Point in Las Vegas.

A guest at the South Point won a $10.5 million jackpot today, according to a news release from the casino. The gambler, a visitor from New Mexico, was playing ...

New TV spot reminds tourists Las Vegas is ready for them

A view of the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on the Las Vegas Strip Friday, March 27, 2020.

As Las Vegas tourism officials prepare for what they hope will be a busy summer, a new TV advertising campaign hit the airwaves today. Dubbed “Vegas You,” the campaign’s ...

Nevada governor scraps bill to create business innovation zones

Gov. Steve Sisolak discusses NevadaOs recent COVID-19 figures during a press conference at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, in Las Vegas.

Gov. Steve Sisolak has scrapped plans for a bill to create so-called innovation zones, business-run governments similar in power to counties, in favor of a proposed ...

CityCenter selling 2-acre parcel on Strip for $80 million

An exterior view of CityCenter and Aria on the Las Vegas Strip March 1, 2016.

CityCenter is selling a 2-acre plot of undeveloped land at its Las Vegas Strip campus to another company to build a retail complex with speciality stores and restaurants. CityCenter, a venture between ...

Check your financial fitness on National Fitness Day

The first Saturday in May is known as National Fitness Day. This day is set aside to recognize the importance of physical fitness in changing lives. However, financial fitness can also be just as important for changing lives in Las Vegas.