Bryan Horwath

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Next generation looks to carry on Pin Kaow restaurant tradition
Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019
As a boy, Kevin Kittisoros remembers running around his parents' restaurant in northwest Las Vegas. Back in 2000, Kit and Joy Kittisoros were working to get their ...
Conference organizers focus on need for more angel investors in the Valley
Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019
Jeff Saling, co-founder and executive director of StartUpNV, said the goal of the inaugural Southern Nevada Angel Conference was to give Nevada’s startup community a jolt and raise awareness of investor options.

Salvation Army steps up tech offerings for holiday donation season
Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019
In an increasingly cashless society, the Salvation Army is changing with the times. Beginning this holiday season, the charitable organization will accept financial donations through Apple Pay and ...
October numbers show little change in Las Vegas housing market
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019
The report showed that the median price for an existing home in the Las Vegas area was $307,000 last month, down just slightly from September, but up more than 4% from October 2018. The all-time high for the area was $315,000 in June 2006, just before the Great Recession when ...
Carnegie Deli, with its famed sandwiches, set to close at Mirage
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019
The famed Carnegie Deli at the Mirage will close next year, according to an MGM Resorts spokeswoman. Tailored after the original Carnegie Deli that opened in the 1930s in New York City, the Las Vegas location will close its doors for good in February, according to a statement from the spokeswoman. The deli, famous for ...
Innovation Center aims to boost Nevada’s technology presence
Monday, Nov. 4, 2019
Last month, the City of Las Vegas hosted an open house for its 11,000-square-foot Downtown innovation incubator at Bank of America Plaza.

Once left behind, north end of Las Vegas Strip humming along with development
Monday, Nov. 4, 2019
For the past three decades, Leon Boghossian has visited Las Vegas about twice a year. The Rhode Island resident has seen many changes to the city during that time, but is particularly ...
Field trip to Las Vegas esports arena opens eyes of middle school girls to future careers
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019
As they played the popular video game "Fortnite" at the HyperX Esports Arena on Wednesday, middle schoolers Sasha Lira and Ruby Ramirez didn’t seem especially interested in pursuing careers in esports. The fact that neither eighth-grader expressed interest in ...
Chick-fil-A to open at Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
The Golden Nugget announced that Chick-fil-A will open inside the downtown Las Vegas property’s Carson Tower in December ...
Smith’s reverses course, allows Visa credit card payments
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
Smith’s Food & Drug corporate affairs manager Aubriana Martindale said Visa credit cards are again being accepted at all Kroger Co. stores ...
Intel offers technology boost to UNLV-Caesars project to elevate hospitality experience
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
Sensing an opportunity to add its tech prowess to a unique existing partnership, the Silicon Valley company, known mostly for its computer processors, announced a deal to work with Caesars Entertainment and UNLV on the Black Fire Innovation education hub ...
Walgreens closing in-store clinics in Las Vegas area
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
Walgreens plans to close all in-store health care clinics at its Las Vegas Valley locations by the end of the year, a company spokesman said. After the company announced plans to ...
Three area Nevada State Bank branches closing
Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
Two Nevada State Bank branches in Las Vegas and one in Boulder City will close after the bank’s holding company announced staffing cuts. The branches at 4970 E. Tropicana Ave. and 9305 S. Cimmaron Road in ...
Potbelly Sandwich Shop coming to Las Vegas
Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
Potbelly Sandwich Shop, a fast-casual eatery that serves up everything from PB&J to roast beef on bread, is coming to Las Vegas. Casino owner and entrepreneur Eric Persson said ...
Las Vegas company joins sports betting gold rush
Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019
Matthew Holt recognized the proliferation of legal sports betting as a modern-day gold rush and quickly staked his claim, launching a Las Vegas company that works with teams, leagues and sportsbooks to detect possible cheating or irregularities. “What do you do in a gold rush?” Holt asked rhetorically. “You ...
Police: Woman crashes RV into casino, hits employee
Friday, Oct. 25, 2019
A woman was taken into custody today after she hit a casino employee with a recreational vehicle and crashed into the front entrance of the ...
With convention center expansion halfway done, people-mover project set to start
Friday, Oct. 25, 2019
With the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion project about halfway complete, The Boring Company is readying to begin tunnel-digging work that will eventually lead to a ...
Sun asks judge to uphold arbitration ruling against R-J
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019
The Las Vegas Sun on Tuesday asked a Clark County district judge to uphold a recent arbitration ruling that the Las Vegas Review-Journal owed the Sun millions of dollars in back payments under a ...
Technology has slot machines staring back at players
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019
In the not too distant future, slot machine players might not need to insert their loyalty cards to rack up points. Using facial-recognition technology, the ...
Fertitta talks business, his new book and a Las Vegas NBA team
Monday, Oct. 21, 2019
Tilman Fertitta can lay claim to a number of titles—billionaire, casino and restaurant mogul, TV personality and pro sports team owner. And as of September 17, the Houston native can add the title of author to that list.

U.S. Travel Association exec talks China visitation, Real ID
Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019
The annual number of Chinese travelers to the United States has been dropping recently, a trend that has caught the attention of the U.S. Travel Association. That’s a topic that ...
Ruffin’s first act as Circus Circus owner? Renovating Slots-A-Fun
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
Casino mogul Phil Ruffin didn’t want to leave anything to chance in his pursuit of acquiring Circus Circus on the Las Vegas Strip. So, he put in an “over-the-top offer.”
NHL's Bettman: Sports betting can help grow league's audience
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019
Don’t be surprised if National Hockey League broadcasts eventually include heavy dosages of sports gambling references and information. That was part of commissioner Gary Bettman’s message today at a sports betting symposium at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas ...
Is Major League Baseball in Southern Nevada's future?
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019
If Southern Nevada eventually woos a Major League Baseball franchise, a longtime Las Vegas baseball man doubts it will be the Oakland Athletics. Following MLB Commissioner ...
MGM to sell Bellagio for $4.25 billion, lease property back
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019
MGM Resorts International has a deal in place to sell the Bellagio to a real estate investment trust for $4.25 billion. In a joint news release, MGM and real estate firm Blackstone today ...
Raiders, California casino trumpet Allegiant Stadium partnership
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019
The agreement made sense on a number of levels, including the fact that the Raiders will maintain a strong Southern California following after the team moves to Las Vegas ...
New station: Funding secured for Las Vegas Monorail expansion
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019
The Las Vegas Monorail Co. has funds in place for a new station on the Strip that will provide transportation to the Sands Expo Center, the Venetian and ...
Hawaii resident hits for nearly $1 million on Madonna machine in downtown Las Vegas
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019
The winner, a long-time Boyd Gaming customer who chose to remain anonymous, hit the jackpot ...
Home prices approach all-time highs for Southern Nevada
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019
The median price for an existing home in the Las Vegas area at the end of September was $310,000, according to a report released today by the ...
UNLV’s Tuition+ grants help in-state students
Monday, Oct. 7, 2019
A 2019 UNLV graduate, Natnael Gebremariam knows the stresses of figuring out how to pay for college. “I applied for scholarships and grants, basically anything that I could get to ...
Coin slot machines offer old-school Vegas experience at El Cortez
Monday, Oct. 7, 2019
During a recent morning at the El Cortez, Phyllis Henry heard a noise that has become all but extinct on Las Vegas casino floors. It was the ching-ching-ching of coins crashing down from a machine into a metal tray. In this case, it was ...
Former schoolmates find their success running catering service in Las Vegas
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019
Founded eight years ago, Cut and Taste is the brainchild of Adam Pusateri and Las Vegas native Jeremy Jordan. “We want to be known as the best caterer in Las Vegas,” Barnett said. That might be up for debate, but there’s no debating the company’s recent rise.
Goodbye alfalfa, hello hemp
Some small Nevada farmers are making the switch and benefiting from hemp’s resilience in the desert climate
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019
In 2017, the first year it was legal to grow industrial hemp in Nevada, Harris Farms began cultivating it outdoors on a 10-acre plot north of Pahrump. By 2018, a federal reclassification removed the hemp plant from being labeled as a controlled substance.
Software developer tops list of most in-demand jobs in Southern Nevada
Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019
Southern Nevada needs more software developers, managers and nurses, according to a workforce report released today. The product of a collaboration among the ...
Sandoval aide tapped for Cannabis Compliance Board leadership post
Monday, Sept. 30, 2019
Gov. Steve Sisolak today announced the naming of an executive director to the state’s Cannabis Compliance Board, which will is expected to take over regulation of ...
Travelers again rank McCarran among top big airports
Monday, Sept. 30, 2019
The Las Vegas airport slipped a bit but didn’t drop far in the latest J.D. Power and Associates customer satisfaction ranking for mega-airports in the U.S. and Canada. McCarran International Airport finished in ...
License plates honoring Oct. 1 victims, survivors on sale Tuesday
Monday, Sept. 30, 2019
License plates honoring victims and survivors of the Oct. 1 mass shooting are set to go on sale this week. The specialty Forever Strong plates will ...
Group honors those driving Southern Nevada economy forward
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019
Aptiv, a company focused on driverless car technology, has seen its presence in Las Vegas grow from a dozen or so employees last year to some 200 today. That rapid expansion earned the company this year’s ...
Golden Nugget owner to sign books this weekend
Friday, Sept. 27, 2019
Golden Nugget and Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta will be in Las Vegas this weekend to sign copies of his new book, “Shut Up and Listen!” The billionaire businessman and ...
Judge: Review-Journal claim against Sun can go forward
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
A claim by the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the Las Vegas Sun has breached a decades-old Joint Operating Agreement can move forward in Clark County District Court ...
Sun files lawsuit against Adelson, R-J owners over pact
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
In the complaint, the Sun contends that the R-J’s owners violated a longstanding Joint Operating Agreement, virtually eliminating profit sharing and omitting the ...
Las Vegas airport changes Uber, Lyft pickup location
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
Beginning Wednesday, ride-hailing service passengers leaving McCarran International Airport’s Terminal 1 will have a new pickup point. Passengers using services like Uber and Lyft will no ...
Caesars announces sale of Rio for $516 million
Monday, Sept. 23, 2019
Caesars Entertainment has completed a deal to sell the Rio but will continue to operate the Las Vegas property for at least two years, the company announced today ...
Las Vegas vaping businesses balk at threats of federal ban
Monday, Sept. 23, 2019
Alex Mazzola, the CEO of a Las Vegas company that produces e-liquid vape solutions, says a threatened federal ban on flavored vaping products would put him out of business and claims small enterprises like his are “getting squeezed by big tobacco.” The Trump Administration recently said it ...
Credit union donating UNLV football tickets for Oct. 1 shooting survivors
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
America First Credit Union will donate 300 UNLV football tickets to survivors of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. The credit union will donate tickets for UNLV’s Oct. 5 game ...
MedMen launches round-the-clock marijuana delivery service in Las Vegas
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019
In this 24-hour town of ours you can get a drink, go grocery shopping and lift weights whenever you desire — regardless of the time of day. Now, Las Vegas-area residents can also have legal marijuana delivered to their front door at all hours. After debuting cannabis delivery service last month in California, MedMen ...
Wynn, Encore to offer free valet parking for everyone
Monday, Sept. 16, 2019
Wynn Las Vegas and Encore will start offering free valet parking for everyone later this month. The new policy will take effect Sept. 30. “Free valet parking is an amenity that is highly appreciated by ...
Las Vegas gains momentum as budding tech infrastructure hub
Monday, Sept. 16, 2019
Dale Laizure, who has worked in information technology for more than 20 years, relocated last year to Las Vegas from Southern California to be part of the area’s emerging tech industry. He’s not alone.
Q+A: Former gaming regulator A.G. Burnett on sports betting, industry trends
Monday, Sept. 16, 2019
A well-known name in Nevada gaming circles, A.G. Burnett served on the state’s Gaming Control Board from 2011 to 2017, taking over as chairman in 2012. An attorney, Burnett, is now a partner at ...
Las Vegas-based retail company grows by catering to air travelers
Monday, Sept. 16, 2019
If retail is indeed dying, nobody told the folks at Marshall Retail Group. An independent specialty retailer with more than 600 employees based in Las Vegas and ...