The Raiders are looking for 24 of 32 NFL owners to approve relocating to Las Vegas
Monday, March 27, 2017
In the heart of the Sonoran desert stands the Arizona Biltmore resort, a stunning oasis built in 1929 that long has served as a getaway for the famous and fabulous. Wealth and power will gather at the Biltmore again this week as National Football League owners ...
The Oakland Raiders soon will find out if they can put a $1.9 billion stadium on layaway. The team’s complicated stadium financing structure must pass its first major stress test when ...
Basketball analyst Debbie Antonelli is on a mission to bring the women’s Sweet 16 to Las Vegas, and she's pouring all of her experience in marketing and playing the ...
The Raiders do not call Las Vegas home just yet, but Nevada’s public investment in the team’s proposed $1.9 billion stadium already is accumulating. A room tax increase dedicated to funding the the Las Vegas Raiders stadium ...
Cheering union workers wearing silver-and-black Oakland Raiders helmets filled council chambers at Clark County Government Center on Thursday afternoon, a return to ...
Enrollment via Nevada’s hybrid marketplace — in which the state certifies plans and determines eligibility while sign-ups process through the federal ...
With its next milepost less than a week away, the Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board awaits a restructured lease agreement proposal from the Oakland Raiders after outlining to the team concerns about the original document’s structure. Amid a climate of questions surrounding stadium financing, the board meets Thursday in Las Vegas and will discuss progress on ...
Both of Nevada’s senators turned up pressure today on Attorney General Jeff Sessions as news of Sessions’ contact with a Russian official during the presidential campaign continued to ...
Union membership in Nevada dropped last year to its lowest level since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began collecting data in 1989, according to statistics released last week by the federal government. ...
After witnessing one of the busiest years in its long history, McCarran International Airport began 2017 with another month of passenger growth. International travel proved ...
As it becomes more expensive to buy a house in Southern Nevada in early 2017, home and apartment rental rates creep upward as well. RentRange’s final quarterly report for 2016 showed that the average monthly rent for a three-bedroom home in the Las Vegas area bumped up to ...
Proponents of the voter-approved Question 1 background-check measure cast a broad net this week in filing a massive public records request to state and federal agencies. “I think we’re just trying to get a handle on what took place, including all the agencies that have ...
Oakland Raiders officials insisted Thursday they will acquire the suddenly missing $650 million needed to finance their new $1.9 billion stadium in Las Vegas. Exactly who will put up that money remains a mystery now that billionaire Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson withdrew his financial commitment to the project last week. Members of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board and Raiders representatives attempted to calm concerns about ...
Following the apparent withdrawal of Sheldon Adelson and financing partner Goldman Sachs, the Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board and Oakland Raiders attempted to calm concerns about the franchise’s proposed move to Las Vegas at Thursday’s board meeting. Raiders President Marc Badain told board members at ...
Nevada has taken a leading role in the testing and development of autonomous vehicles. Once a science fiction fever dream, self-driving cars equipped with lasers, cameras and radar ...
With half of the state’s six congressional seats changing hands as the executive branch switches parties, Nevadans will be represented by a group that includes the first ...
Drone industry leaders and government officials bantered during a CES panel discussion last week on regulation, specifically what needs to be done to create a clear set of guidelines from the federal level on down to the neighborhood streets. The race, as both sides see it, is against time: one major accident involving a drone could cause public panic and knee-jerk political response before those working on a comprehensive solution can present their case.
That iPhone in your pocket or purse brings you the outside world in a convenient and powerful tiny package. It also allows the rest of the world right inside yours at the same time ...
Pixels and progress demand your eyes and ears each moment on the show floor at CES, where a hailstorm of brighter, faster and smarter sweeps across your skin at a blinding pace. Taking in what just hit ...
Hey Siri, did you tell Alexa what we talked about last night? This is not sample conversation from the latest episode of "The Bachelor." Within the “internet of things” that connects everything from our phones to our ...
The technological dream of hyperloop transport does not belong solely to Hyperloop One, but the company’s investment in testing at Apex Industrial Park north of the valley makes it the speed merchant of interest in Southern Nevada. That investment apparently ...
Whether it’s an Olli or a NAVLY, Southern Nevadans and tourists could be getting around busy areas of the valley in driverless shuttles in the near future. Both Local Motors and Keolis discussed plans to bring their self-driving shuttles to the Las Vegas area Tuesday at Mandalay Bay during the GO-NV Summit, presented by the Nevada Center for Advanced Mobility. The half-day conversation about ...
The passenger count dipped in November from a busy October, but 2016 is poised to be one of the best in the history of McCarran International Airport when year-end totals become available. ...
Packing on a little extra at the holidays goes well beyond the dinner table for many people. And much like those pesky five pounds, shedding credit card debt often requires more time to shed than it took to acquire ...
The future of Gold Butte tipped toward the side of environmentalists today when President Barack Obama designated the desert land as a national monument, but protecting it could prove challenging. Gold Butte is northeast of the Las Vegas, between Lake Mead National Recreation Area and ...
Racial diversity within Las Vegas neighborhoods ranks among the best in the country, according to a recent analysis of census data released by the Brookings Institution. ...
Citing a laundry list of concerns about its development and implementation, the Clark County School Board of Trustees filed suit Wednesday against the state regulation that directed a required reorganization of the school district. ...
Reports detailing the breach of more than a billion Yahoo user accounts last week provide a sober reminder of the need to protect your personal information, especially during the retail-heavy holiday season. ...
Steve Phillips and his family venture up to Oregon every year in August to walk his favorite Christmas tree plantation. This year, he discovered early in the process that tree prices would shoot upward, as growers in Oregon and Washington charge more for ...
Don’t worry if Mary Jane buys the house next door. She might just make yours more valuable. Recreational marijuana use becomes legal in January after Nevada voters passed ...
Sell, sell, sell. Whether it’s Mayor John Lee pushing the virtues of North Las Vegas or the assembled audience of real estate professionals Wednesday morning at City Hall, that’s the ultimate goal ...
Christmas came early for the local real-estate community with news that housing resale prices edged upward in November, defying the usual trend for ...
Home rental prices continue to trend upward in Southern Nevada, even as home purchase prices experience a seasonal lull. Average apartment rents have shown ...
Boosted by strong gains in international travel, the Las Vegas airport continues a stellar 2016 in terms of passenger growth. More than 4.2 million people traveled through McCarran International Airport last month ...
As America waits to see if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on promises to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, policy wonks are musing on what’s likely to unfold. For local unions, there may be less to worry about, as they could negotiate better terms for health benefits than is available in Trump’s “new normal.”
The next closure of the 215 Beltway will not cause the heartburn of last weekend’s full shutdown, but drivers should prepare for another partial blockage Monday night. ...
Setting up a tent and camping for days outside your favorite big-box retailer for those screaming Black Friday deals sounds like either an adventure or a nightmare ...
A rising economic tide will lift all Thanksgiving travelers this year, as local and national reports expect more people to venture from home for the holiday. Local officials ...
Continuing work on the Airport Connector project will cause its most severe traffic impact to date, forcing the full closure of the 215 Beltway in both directions at ...
They scream at you every day for months from street corners and chain-link fences, rarely drawing their desired attention and often merely creating a morass of colors and shapes. ...
Small-business owners looking to make connections to grow their enterprise are encouraged to attend an event Thursday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. ...
Las Vegas home listings last month reached their lowest level since December 2015, while the median sale price continued a modest four-month slide, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors (GLVAR.) ...
The clarity elections typically bring to markets not so certain this cycle
Friday, Nov. 4, 2016
Markets love certainty, the axiom holds, and this presidential election offers little of it. The best most experts can make of it is that a Hillary Clinton victory would do very little to ...
Employers must provide time if Tuesday’s your only chance to vote
Friday, Nov. 4, 2016
Nevada law requires your employer to give you time to vote on Election Day, but be prepared to prove that the hours you work present your only chance to exercise the right. ...
Black and Hispanic mortgage applicants are significantly more likely to be denied for a loan than white and Asian borrowers, according to recently released federal data. ...