Las Vegas Business News

Flashlight innovator Olight chooses Las Vegas Strip for first storefront

Flashlight innovator Olight chooses Las Vegas Strip for first storefront

Olight, an East Asia-based lighting company that sells high-quality flashlights, recently debuted its first-ever brick-and-mortar store in the U.S. at the Fashion Show mall, directly on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Notes: Philanthropy, Oct. 28, 2024

In the Notes: Opportunity Village, Jane Papa Ramos, Robin Dennis, Janae Downey, Engelstad Foundation, Olive Crest and more ...

Nevada lithium mine wins approval despite potential harm to wildflower

Tiehm's buckwheat grows in a greenhouse in Gardnerville, Nevada, Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

For the first time under President Joe Biden, a federal permit for a new lithium mine has been approved for a Nevada project essential to his clean energy agenda, despite ...

VEGAS INC and Cox Business present the 2024 Top Tech Awards

<em>VEGAS INC</em> and Cox Business present the 2024 Top Tech Awards

VEGAS INC, in partnership with Cox business, presents the 2024 Top Tech Awards. Technology continues to evolve with the help of the innovative honorees featured here.

National Park Service opens bid for concession contract at Lake Mead

A view of the marina during a solicitation site visit Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Willow Beach, Ariz.

The contract includes guided raft tours to Hoover Dam, a marina, boat rentals, houseboat lodging, food and beverage stand, retail and campgrounds at Willow Beach and Black Canyon.

Content creators sing TikTok’s praises for boosting restaurants in Las Vegas

Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV 4th District), left, speaks to a panel of Nevada business owners about TikTok’s economic impact on their bussinesses at Seven:45, downtown, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. Panel participants include, from left, VegasStarfish owner Jennifer Gay, TSP Baking Co. owner Kari Garcia, Tastebudz Creole Kitchen owner Sean Nelson, Refined Hospitality owner Alexandra Lourdes and La Vecindad owner Vanessa Barreat.

Data presented by Lean during the roundtable showed that 70,000 businesses and 1.1 million people use TikTok in Nevada. The social media company conducted a survey with Oxford Economics earlier this year ...

People on the Move: Oct. 21, 2024

In the Notes: Scott Vivier, Richard Derrick, Shawn White, Linda Bridges, William Kibler, Lori Calderon Flahive and more ...

The housing cost crunch: What is happening in your legislative district?

Nicholas Irwin (Left) and Shawn McCoy

With overall inflation down from a summer 2022 peak, the Federal Reserve’s effort to tame inflation through monetary policy has been on many accounts ...

Creative coworking connections distinguish Vestra at UnCommons

Vestra Entrance

The intention behind Vestra, the residential complex located at UnCommons in the southwest Las Vegas Valley, was to bring a “first of its kind, modern, sophisticated, mature” and elegant apartment community ...

From showgirl feathers to shimmering chandeliers, casino kitsch finds new life

People look at items for sale at the shuttered Tropicana hotel-casino Saturday, May 25, 2024, in Las Vegas.

Buyers of all ages filled wagons and luggage carts with arm chairs priced at $25, mirrors at $6, floor lamps at $28.

New Jersey internet gambling revenue set new record in Sept. at $208 million

New Jersey's red-hot internet gambling market set another record in September with Atlantic City's casinos and their technical and online partners winning over $208 million. Figures released Thursday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show ...

Walgreens to close 1,200 stores as pharmacies try to define new role

A Walgreens store in Bradenton, Fla., is shown on Feb. 9, 2024.

Walgreens is planning to close around 1,200 locations, as the drugstore chain and its rivals struggle to define their role for U.S. shoppers who no longer look to them first for ...

People on the Move: Oct. 14, 2024

In the Notes: Sari Mann, Nathalie Majorek, Eric Lhuillier, Michael Kendall, Gian Bruno, Dan Doherty and more ...

Community focus has made Vegas team pro sports’ sponsor king

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Tanner Pearson (70)  and Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty (8) skate after the puck during the first period of an NHL preseason game at T-Mobile Arena Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Las Vegas. (

Research by SponsorUnited shows the Vegas Golden Knights have the most sponsorship deals in the National Hockey League.

Closing the wealth gap, one female entrepreneur at a time

Although women could be set to inherit a large portion of the $9 trillion expected to horizontally transfer over the next decade from spouses and partners, closing the wealth gap will also depend on their independent financial success.

Trop is dropped: Legendary Vegas casino imploded in early-morning spectacle

Fireworks explode from the Tropicana’s Paradise Tower before the Paradise and Club towers are imploded Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. The casino was imploded to make space for a baseball stadium for the Athletics.

The Paradise and Club Towers fell at 2:36 a.m. A minute later, all that remained was a dust cloud and the fading smell of fireworks.

Nevada Congresswoman speaks on gambling as now a national interest

Rep. Dina Titus, right, and American Gaming Association's Chris Cylke discuss the evolving view of the gaming industry in Washington. Titus said its perception became much more positive during the pandemic.

After being unanimously elected as co-chair of the Congressional Gaming Caucus in 2020, Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., has watched the halls of the United States Capitol change their tune on ...

G2E highlights Las Vegas’ shift to attract millennials to casinos

From left, Ballard Spahr Office Managing Partner Rob Kim, Grant Thornton Senior Manager Anne Layne, PwC Managing Director Jim Daly and Deputy Chief of the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s Investigation Division Luke Rippee discuss the ramifications of the law at the Global Gaming Expo on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The Act requires companies to disclose their ownership by the end of the year.

Innovations in gaming space and expanding technology in the postpandemic era continue to attract a new, younger generation to Las Vegas and its casinos.

Price for condos, townhomes reach all-time high in Las Vegas

Tri Pointe model townhomes are shown in the Inspirada community of Henderson Thursday, April 28, 2022.

The median sales price for condos and townhomes in Southern Nevada hit an all-time high in September, according to a report released this morning by Las Vegas Realtors.

Global Gaming Expo panel discusses looming Corporate Transparency Act deadline

From left, Ballard Spahr Office Managing Partner Rob Kim, Grant Thornton Senior Manager Anne Layne, PwC Managing Director Jim Daly and Deputy Chief of the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s Investigation Division Luke Rippee discuss the ramifications of the law at the Global Gaming Expo on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The Act requires companies to disclose their ownership by the end of the year.

Businesses have until the end of the year to file the initial Beneficial Ownership Information report with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network as part of the Corporate Transparency Act.