David Jin, the developer of the Grand Canyon Skywalk on the Hualapai Indian Reservation at Grand Canyon West, has died after a four-year battle with cancer.
State transportation leaders are confident that construction will begin by the second quarter of 2015 on the $1.8 billion Project Neon that will ease access to downtown Las Vegas and revamp the Spaghetti Bowl interchange with high-occupancy vehicle flyover lanes.
Allegiant Air’s union flight attendants delivered a cake with a message to company managers on the second anniversary of the start of contract negotiations today.
It's been a record-breaking IPW so far, and if Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter has his way, all the records set this year will be shattered again in 2020. The U.S. Travel Association announced today that IPW — a gathering of travel and tourism companies that meet with buyers and distributors in a trade-show setting — will return to Las Vegas in 2020.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s top executive is getting an 8 percent pay increase and a 40 percent bonus that will take his annual cash compensation to $409,704 a year.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has signed a trade promotion partner agreement with a division of the Commerce Department to share resources to attract more international tourists.
Despite the sweltering heat, cooler heads prevailed when a plane full of people stranded at the Las Vegas airport Sunday showed their frustration not through angry words but with a song.
Michael Balaban runs a small law practice that focuses exclusively on employment and business law. He handles cases involving worker discrimination, wrongful termination and sexual harassment. Balaban spoke about sexual harassment cases from the employee perspective.
Malani Kotchka, a shareholder at Lionel Sawyer Collins, has worked on behalf of companies involved in labor cases for 35 years. She spoke about sexual harassment cases from the employer perspective.
Visitors to the state already pay enough without being asked to cover cost of stadium
Monday, June 10, 2013
As appealing as it may sound for Majestic Realty and the state to build an off-campus football stadium using money generated from new taxes on taxi customers or rental cars, it’s a horrible idea.
Las Vegas ranks slightly above the national average for sexual harassment cases, according to local employment law attorneys. But there also are more unreported incidents of harassment here, they said, because Las Vegas’ sex-heavy environment is considered the norm by most valley residents.
A Salt Lake City company that had been on the fence over whether to build a new distribution center in North Las Vegas or Phoenix has opted for Nevada.
The longtime public face of Cox Communications will leave the company later this year. Public Affairs Vice President Steve Schorr, who has been with the company and its predecessors for 25 years, said today he’s “looking forward to my next adventure in this community.”
Representatives of Barrett-Jackson, a large collector car auctioning operation based in Scottsdale, Ariz., say the company’s expansion to Northern Nevada’s Hot August Nights classic car event won’t hurt attendance at its Las Vegas show.
Las Vegas-based SHFL entertainment rode strong demand for its automatic shuffling machines to record second-quarter revenue of $77.4 million, 17 percent ahead of last year's quarter, the company announced today.
The Tropicana Las Vegas, one of the last of the iconic classic Strip hotel brands, is expanding its meetings and conventions area in the property’s Club Tower.
TaxiGuard, designed to help prevent sexual assault, could be applied to long-hauling
Monday, June 3, 2013
An Australian technology company is weighing in on Las Vegas’ taxicab long-hauling problem, and cab drivers aren’t going to be happy about the implications brought to the table by its product, TaxiGuard.
Wagering on sports has come a long way since the days of the cigar-chomping, mob-backed neighborhood bookie who would take bets on games. Several presentations at this week's International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking offered research on trends gamblers are using to become more sophisticated in their betting.
Critics of online gaming say a new generation of problem gamblers is likely to emerge with Internet poker being so readily available. But two presenters at this week's 15th International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking at Caesars Palace say computer programs are being used to educate online gamblers and force them to think twice before making wagers they can't afford.
LVCVA reboots ‘What happens here’ ads in foreign markets to attract new tourists
Monday, May 27, 2013
Today is the unofficial start of the summer vacation season and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is ready to reel in tourists with strategies that have twists on campaigns that have worked well in the past.
Passenger traffic was flat again at McCarran International Airport in April with statistics showing a familiar pattern for the city: slight international growth nearly offsetting a dip in domestic traffic.
A pro-business group working to diversify Southern Nevada’s economy is advocating legislation that would lead to a gasoline tax increase. The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance announced today that it is backing legislation that would enable Clark County to raise gasoline taxes.
Galaxy Gaming CEO 'was evasive and, in some instances, intentionally dishonest'
Friday, May 17, 2013
Galaxy Gaming, a Las Vegas manufacturer of casino table games, has been deemed unsuitable to do business in California by a judge, a recommendation that could call into question the company’s Nevada gaming license.
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development carefully considered the largest request for tax abatements in its history on Thursday — carefully, because the request came from one of the members of the board making the decision.
he Governor’s Office of Economic Development conducted a meeting today in Las Vegas, with most of the agenda dedicated to considering tax abatement incentives to companies considering expansion or relocation to Nevada.
Now that a deal has been finalized to sell the Las Vegas 51s to a group that intends to move the team to Summerlin, the clock is ticking on its lease at Cashman Field. But the deadline is far away, and Cashman officials say it's business as usual.
Declines in occupancy and room rates broadened losses in the first quarter for American Casino & Entertainment Properties, operator of the Stratosphere, the Arizona Charlie’s locals casinos and the Aquarius in Laughlin.
Station Casinos is banking on moves it made in the first three months of the year to reverse the company’s fortunes after reporting a net loss of $142.2 million for the first quarter that ended March 31.
International visitors caught up in domestic dispute
Monday, May 13, 2013
The battle over immigration reform could get heated, and local tourism leaders hope the federal government’s efforts to reduce visa wait times aren’t lost in the shuffle.
Taxi industry not happy with oversimplified study, but long-hauling remains an issue
Monday, May 6, 2013
After last month’s blowup over the Legislative Counsel Bureau’s taxicab long-hauling audit, just about everybody is ready to give flat rates a shot. But if the taxi industry has anything to say about it — and you know it does — we won’t see flat rates anytime soon.
MGM Resorts International reported its best quarter in five years Thursday. Chairman and CEO Jim Murren reflected on the good news and looked ahead to MGM's next big task: developing an outdoor dining, retail and recreation plaza on the Las Vegas Strip.
A convicted slot machine cheat has been nominated to by the state Gaming Control Board to the state’s Excluded Person List — the so-called Black Book of people not allowed to step foot in a casino. The three-member board today nominated Roderick William Dee III to the list.
Boosted by an all-time earnings record at its CityCenter development and its best-ever first quarter in Macau, MGM Resorts International shifted from the red to black for the quarter that ended March 31. The Las Vegas-based company today reported net income of $22.6 million, 1 cent a share, on revenue of $2.54 billion. That compared to a first-quarter loss of $203.3 million, 44 cents a share, on revenue of $2.47 billion for the same quarter a year earlier.
Caesars Entertainment narrowed its losses during the first quarter but still saw revenue fall 2.9 percent, from $2.21 billion to $2.14 billion, and experienced a net loss of $216.7 million.
Representatives of the South Point announced Tuesday they will build a $30 million bowling arena in a 12-year agreement to house United States Bowling Congress events that will begin in 2016.
Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport was flat in March compared with a year ago, with strong international and air tour operations offsetting a slight dip in domestic travel to Las Vegas. The Clark County Aviation Department reported 3.7 million passengers in March, a 0.7 percent increase over last year. For the first quarter, traffic was down 1.4 percent to 9.8 million passengers.
Work has begun on a new freeway interchange on Interstate 15 that will provide additional access to the Southern Highlands area and relieve traffic on other interchanges in the southern part of the city.
When medical and tourism professionals from Southern Nevada got together years ago to plot a course to bring people to Las Vegas to treat their ailments, there were plenty of skeptics. Why would anybody come to a renowned adult playground for a medical procedure? Did Las Vegas really have enough quality physicians to be considered a medical tourism destination?
More than 150 people jammed a courtroom in the Mob Museum to hear former Govs. Bob List, Richard Bryan and Bob Miller recollect about Las Vegas' history. The presentation was part of the Mob Museum’s Courtroom Conversation series. The event was punctuated by a book signing by Miller, whose “Son of a Gambling Man” went on sale earlier this month.
The company that operates Las Vegas-based Global Experience Specialists, a major convention services provider, reported that first-quarter earnings more than doubled over last year.
It’s easy to see why Las Vegas lawyer John Moran Jr. refers to his office as “the war room.” Not only are there neatly stacked piles of documents on his desk — some involving his law clients, some for his work with the Nevada Gaming Commission — there are real shotguns and rifles from past hunts mounted on the walls. But the room is more than a work or play space. It’s an informal shrine to Las Vegas’ history.