Las Vegas Business News

Three days of Formula One excitement about to hit the Las Vegas Strip

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, drives the course during qualifying for the 2024 Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix auto race Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.

The Las Vegas Grand Prix returns for its third year this week, transforming the Strip into a three-day motorsports extravaganza — complete with racing action, associated events and road closures across the corridor …

18 November 2025
By Grace Da Rocha

Humboldt County well shows big promise for geothermal power

This geothermal well in Humboldt County being developed by Zanskar could become Nevada’s largest geothermal power facility and supply electricity to the state’s grid within three years.

Zanskar, a geothermal energy firm that uses artificial intelligence to identify and tap underground heat sources, announced it has drilled a successful geothermal well at a site in Humboldt County in Northern Nevada.

17 November 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Tariffs take toll on Las Vegas coffee industry despite Trump rollback

Kyle Porterfield, owner and operator of Dark Moon Coffee Roasters, poses for a portrait in his Henderson shop Tuesday Nov. 11, 2025.

Coffee shops and roasteries that talked to the Sun described tightening margins due to tariffs and other market forces as they resist raising prices on customers. Less than 1% of coffee is grown domestically.

16 November 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Grand Prix glows as Las Vegas weathers international visitor slump

Mercedes driver George Russell of Great Britain leads a pack of drivers during the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Formula One event, which is expected draw upwards of 100,000 people for each of its three days of racing, returns to Las Vegas this week.

While many visitors come from nearby “feeder markets” like California and Arizona, race officials say they have seen growing interest from Mexico, Canada and throughout Europe.

16 November 2025
By Grace Da Rocha

2025 Top Doctors: A list of some of the exceptional physicians in Las Vegas

2025 Top Doctors: A list of some of the exceptional physicians in Las Vegas

The annual Top Doctors issue of Health Care Quarterly celebrates the physicians who set the standard for medical excellence in Southern Nevada. Selected through a peer-nomination process ...

13 November 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

TSA workers at Las Vegas airport weathering government shutdown

Passengers head to baggage claim after arriving at Harry Reid International Airport Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.

Karen Burke, TSA’s federal security director for Nevada, told Las Vegas’ tourism board this afternoon that Harry Reid International Airport had handled the federal government shutdown ...

12 November 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Las Vegas tourism budget report shows mounting strain from visitor declines

Traffic is shown on Las Vegas Boulevard Saturday, April 17, 2021.

With fewer people visiting Las Vegas, room tax receipts for the three months ending Sept. 30 were $73.9 million, down $12.3 million, or 14%, from the same period a year ago.

12 November 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Dubai overtakes Las Vegas with surge in hotel rooms

Bicyclists ride along Sheikh Zayed highway during the Dubai Ride annual event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.

According to new data pulled for Bloomberg by real estate analyst CoStar Group, the Middle Eastern city now has more hotel rooms than America’s resort capital.

10 November 2025
Omar El Chmouri Bloomberg News (TNS)

Las Vegas real estate leader: Why mortgage rates climbed after the fed cut interest rates

George Kypreos, president of Las Vegas Realtors, dumps a load of rock in the front yard of a house belonging to a low-income senior homeowner near downtown Henderson Friday, May 16, 2025. The event, in collaboration with Rebuilding Together Southern Nevada, was part of Realtor Volunteer Days being held nationwide May 10-18.

When the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, shouldn’t mortgage rates follow? Not this time. Mortgage rates moved in the opposite direction late last month. ...

10 November 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

El salón de peluquería más nuevo del sur de Nevada tiene el encanto de un pueblo pequeño

Azure White, left, gives a blowout to her daughter Bailee Read at Blo Blow Dry Bar's newest location in Southwest Las Vegas, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. WADE VANDERVORT

Un dúo de madre e hija ha traído el primer salón Blo Blow Dry Bar al Valle, ofreciendo lo que ellas describen como un ambiente positivo y electrizante para las mujeres que buscan un lugar donde recibir desde extensiones adhesivas y cambios de imagen hasta un impulso a su autoestima.

10 November 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Agente inmobiliario a los posibles compradores de vivienda: ‘No creo que medio punto porcentual vaya a cambiar nada’

George Kypreos, president of Las Vegas Realtors, dumps a load of rock in the front yard of a house belonging to a low-income senior homeowner near downtown Henderson Friday, May 16, 2025. The event, in collaboration with Rebuilding Together Southern Nevada, was part of Realtor Volunteer Days being held nationwide May 10-18.

Cuando la Reserva Federal baja las tasas de interés, ¿no deberían bajar también las tasas hipotecarias? Esta vez no.

10 November 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Las Vegas' new blow dry bar has small-town charms

Azure White, left, gives a blowout to her daughter Bailee Read at Blo Blow Dry Bar's newest location in Southwest Las Vegas, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. WADE VANDERVORT

A mother-daughter duo has brought the first Blo Blow Dry Bar to the Valley, offering what they describe as a positive and electric environment for women looking for a place to receive ...

10 November 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

People on the Move: Nov. 10, 2025

In the Notes: Hope For The City, The Maxx Crosby Foundation, WOW Carwash, Tutor Perini Building Corporation, Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada and more ...

10 November 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

Canceled flights and disruptions hit Las Vegas travelers as air traffic cuts begin

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from Harry Reid International Airport Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

At least 35 flights were canceled at Harry Reid International Airport on Friday, the first day of federally mandated air traffic reductions.

7 November 2025
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Report: Las Vegas among 40 airports facing flight cuts due to shutdown

A view of the airport traffic control Tower at Harry Reid International Airport as an American Airlines passenger jet comes in for a landing Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the FAA would reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets to maintain safety as controllers working without pay show signs of strain.

6 November 2025
By Ray Brewer

Report: Las Vegas home prices slightly down year-over-year

The median price for existing single-family homes sold in October was $474,370, down 0.2% from the same month in 2024, Las Vegas Realtors reported.

6 November 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

Real estate trade group in Las Vegas names new CEO

Fernandez comes to Las Vegas from the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors in White Plains, N.Y., where she served as CEO.

3 November 2025
By VEGAS INC Staff

Nevada convierte en realidad las ideas de las empresas emergentes dedicadas a la tecnología del agua

Rebecca Shanahan, executive director of WaterStart, a local nonprofit partnering with the Governor's Office of Economic Development to grow and commercialize water technologies in Nevada, poses for a photo, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

Una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en Nevada se ha asociado con el gobierno estatal para impulsar el crecimiento de las empresas de tecnología del agua y sus innovaciones en todo el estado.

3 November 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Nevada turning water tech startups’ ideas into reality

Rebecca Shanahan, executive director of WaterStart, a local nonprofit partnering with the Governor's Office of Economic Development to grow and commercialize water technologies in Nevada, poses for a photo, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

A Nevada-based nonprofit is partnering with state government to scale water technology companies and their innovations across the state.

3 November 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Las Vegas tourism down again in September with Strip revenue falling 5.5%

The Las Vegas Strip is seen looking south from Flamingo Road in this March 24, 2023, photo. The next president won’t immediately affect the path of gaming and tourism in Las Vegas, said Andrew Woods, an economist and director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at UNLV.

Las Vegas tourism again lagged behind 2024 in September, this time welcoming around 300,000 fewer visitors largely due to “slower midweek volumes,” according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority ...

29 October 2025
By Kyle Chouinard
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