Las Vegas Business News

ESPN Bet, a rebranded sports gambling app from Penn Entertainment, is here

ESPN Bet, a sports-gambling service rebranded with the name of the Disney-owned sports channel, launched Tuesday in 17 U.S. states. Penn Entertainment, which owns the service, signed a $1.5 billion deal with ...

14 November 2023

Associated Press

Plans in place to get resort workers to jobs on Strip during Formula One weekend

The Las Vegas Convention Center is opening up their convention parking lot off of Paradise Road, where Strip employees can park-and-ride into the Strip via Monorail or by Bus, Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Brian Ramos.

With Formula One road closures expected to cause heavy traffic later this week, the plan to get workers to and from Strip resorts is looking like a logistical jigsaw puzzle. The jumble of pieces include remote parking lots, shuttles ...

14 November 2023

By Grace Da Rocha

StartUpNV’s accelerator program helps turn business vision into reality

Amer Tadayon, Founder and CEO of Lucihub, an AI-powered video production platform and mobile app that has been selected to participate in the Accelerator Program, sponsored by StartUpNV. Monday, Oct 30, 2023, Brian Ramos.

Lucihub, a Las Vegas-based video production platform and mobile app powered by artificial intelligence, will grow with the help of FundNV and a capital match from Nevada’s State Small Business Credit Initiative, which offers startups an investment match of up to $500,000.

13 November 2023

By Katie Ann McCarver

People on the Move: Nov. 13, 2023

In the Notes: City of Henderson, Punam Mathur, Scott Scherer, Kelly Lavigne, Lisa Levine, Kimberly Case-Nichols and more ...

13 November 2023

By VEGAS INC Staff

Shopping on Las Vegas-based marketplace site supports veterans

This apparel is available at Spouse-ly, an online marketplace with original artwork, jewelry, gifts and more. The outlet is a place where members of the military community — who may be full of creativity but constantly moving around — can share their business or product online.

When shopping on the Spouse-ly website, consumers can click through an online marketplace teeming with original artwork, jewelry, gifts and more. And unlike its peers, Spouse-ly boasts products solely created by military and first-responder families.

11 November 2023

By Katie Ann McCarver

Wynn Resorts reaches deal with Culinary in Las Vegas to avoid strike

A view of the Encore and Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, Dec. 26, 2017.

The union agreed to a tentative five-year contract for hospitality workers at Wynn Resorts about three hours before the this morning’s strike deadline, union officials said.

10 November 2023

By Ray Brewer

Vegas Inc and Cox Business present the 2023 Top Tech Awards

The information technology professionals and innovators honored here are at the forefront of the tech industry in their respective fields.

10 November 2023

By VEGAS INC Staff

Silver Sevens casino to be remodeled, rebranded as the Continental

The neon sign at Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino is shown in this, July 1, 2013, file photo.

The Silver Sevens, just east of the Las Vegas Strip, will undergo major renovations and ultimately be rebranded as the Continental, the casino’s operator announced today. The Continental will ...

9 November 2023

By Katie Ann McCarver

Culinary, MGM agree on new 5-year deal to avoid Strip strike

Jennifer Black, a guest room attendant at the Flamingo, speaks during a break in contract negotiations between the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, and Caesars Entertainment at the Horseshoe Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, listens at left.

Culinary Union Local 226 has agreed to a tentative five-year contract for hospitality workers at MGM Resorts International properties in Las Vegas, union officials said this morning.

9 November 2023

By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Las Vegas Sphere reports $98.4 million loss; CFO quits

A look of MSG Sphere on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Sphere in Las Vegas reported an operating loss of $98.4 million for the fiscal quarter ending Sept. 30, Sphere Entertainment Co. said this morning on an earnings call. Additionally, the company lost its chief financial officer, as ...

8 November 2023

By Ray Brewer

Culinary Union: Tentative deal reached with Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas on new contract

Ted Pappageorge, center, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, speaks during a break in contract negotiations between the union and Caesars Entertainment at the Horseshoe Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. With Pappageorge, from left, Leain Vashon, Diana Valles, president of Local 226, Maria Espino, and Jennifer Black. Terry Greenwald, secretary-treasurer of Bartenders Union, Local 165, is seated at right.

Representatives of Culinary Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract with Caesars Entertainment after ...

8 November 2023

By Katie Ann McCarver

Conference shines light on downtown Las Vegas' post-pandemic recovery

Dr. Karen Chapple, Director of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto, speaks during a UNLV Center for Business and Economic Research event at UNLV Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

Las Vegas’ downtown district is leading its peers in other North American cities when it comes to bouncing back from pandemic lows, which experts attribute to various jobs, transit, food and accommodations ...

8 November 2023

By Katie Ann McCarver

Oakland passes resolution to keep A's as MLB vote on move to Las Vegas looms

From left to right, Nina Thorsen, of Alameda, Calif., along with an As usher and Will MacNeil, of Dublin, Calif., tape homemade signs to the right-field fence at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Thorsen and MacNeil are part of the Oakland 68s, a group of A's megafans partnering with the Nevada State Education Association to circulate a petition to repeal a public financing bill for a new A's stadium in Las Vegas.

Dozens of Athletics fans converged on Oakland city hall on Tuesday as officials unanimously passed a resolution reaffirming the city’s commitment to keeping the professional ballclub rooted in the Bay Area as MLB owners could vote as soon as next week on approval for the team’s relocation to Las Vegas ...

7 November 2023

By Casey Harrison

Vivid Seats strikes $240 million deal to buy Vegas.com travel site

The stands at Allegiant Stadium on a Sunday in September featured many fans wearing black and yellow. The Las Vegas Raiders were playing a home game, but supporters of the Pittsburgh Steelers had ...

7 November 2023

By Ray Brewer

Durango Resort opening pushed back to Dec. 5

A view of Durango Resort during the official lighting of marquee at Durango Drive and I-215 Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.

The opening of Durango Resort has been pushed back more than two weeks to ensure a “first-class opening of the property,” operator Station Casinos announced today. Station’s latest entry into the locals casino market had been set to open Nov. 20. The new grand opening is scheduled for Dec. 5. People who had booked hotel stays at the new resort ...

7 November 2023

By Las Vegas Sun Staff

October listed homes nearly halved from last year in Las Vegas area

A home for sale is shown in a residential area near Wigwam Avenue and Buffalo Drive Thursday, June 9, 2022.

There were 4,213 single-family homes listed for sale in the Las Vegas area at the end of October without an offer, according to a report released this morning by Las Vegas Realtors.

7 November 2023

By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Nevada SPCA shelter experiencing pinch of more animals, higher costs

Dogs wait to be adopted at Nevada SPCA Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.

The shelter annually cares for 2,500 animals. And, as executive director Lori Heeren put it, its resources are being stretched thin and making it “really difficult” to maintain ...

7 November 2023

By Grace Da Rocha

Financial literacy courses at UNLV aim to prepare students for life

Student loans, housing and ever-increasing inflation are just a few of the fiscal challenges facing college students nationwide, and a new UNLV initiative has aimed itself at helping students weather the ...

6 November 2023

By Katie Ann McCarver

Column: Financial literacy has role in support of affordable housing in Vegas

For many households in Southern Nevada, the COVID-19 pandemic was not an event they financially planned for. It crippled our primary industries and resulted in job loss for the masses.

6 November 2023

By Angela Phillips

People on the Move: Nov. 6, 2023

In the Notes: Sean Salce, Mark Wiedemer, Sallie Doebler, Southwest Medical, Iris Ramos Jones and more ...