Las Vegas Business News

Southwest Airlines breaks with 50-year tradition and will assign seats

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet taxis to a gate after landing at McCarran International Airport Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

Southwest Airlines plans to drop its tradition of more than 50 years and start assigning seats and selling premium seating for customers who want more legroom. The airline said Thursday that it has been studying ...

25 July 2024
Associated Press

2024 Angel Awards: Generosity and leadership in action

2024 Angel Awards: Generosity and leadership in action

These honorees represent the efforts of many to nurture, provide for, care for and heal the vulnerable in the community.

25 July 2024

Group’s approach to fighting homelessness in Vegas incorporates youth leadership, volunteering

Arash Ghafoori, center, CEO of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, responds to a question about homelessness in Las Vegas during a roundtable discussion at Greenspun College of Urban Affairs at UNLV Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Panelist Jess Molasky listens at right. The panel discussion was sponsored by Nevada Women's Philanthropy.

According to Arash Ghafoori, CEO of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, about 12% of all youths experiencing homelessness in the U.S. resided in Nevada as of 2022.

22 July 2024
By Katie Ann McCarver

People on the Move: July 22, 2024

In the Notes: HomeAid Southern Nevada, Shine A Light Foundation, Signs of HOPE, Monster Energy, Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, UnitedHealthcare Plan of Nevada Medicaid and more ...

22 July 2024
By VEGAS INC Staff

Allegiant Air's parent company will promote its president to CEO, replacing longtime chief Gallagher

Allegiant Air CEO Maurice Gallagher speaks at the 14th Annual Aviation Summit in Washington, March 17, 2015.

The parent company of Allegiant Air said Thursday that its president will become CEO in September, replacing longtime chief executive Maurice Gallagher, who will remain chairman of the board. Allegiant Travel Co. said ...

18 July 2024
Associated Press

Contest whets teens' appetite for learning to play the market

Students and officials pose in the lobby of the Wells Fargo Bank tower Tuesday, July 2, 2024. From left are: Wendell Blaylock, public affairs for Wells Fargo Nevada and Utah, Fineza Tangua, diverse segment leader for Wells Fargo Western Division, Pharaoh Washington, Ross Graydon, Keilana Stephenson, Kirk Richards, instructor for the 100 Black Men of Las Vegas Junior Investor Club, and Rhonda Nolen, program manager for 100 Black Men of Las Vegas.

One of the best decisions Ross Graydon said he has ever made was joining the Junior Investment Club, a partnership between 100 Black Men of America—a volunteer organization that provides mentorship to minority youths—and Wells Fargo that allows young people to practice investing through a curriculum-based simulation.

15 July 2024
By Katie Ann McCarver

Alternative investments can offer benefits of the real estate market without the headaches that often come with it

Jeff Pori

Jeff Pori answered questions from Vegas Inc about Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) and the importance of a diversified portfolio.

15 July 2024
By VEGAS INC Staff

People on the Move: July 15, 2024

In the Notes: Tina Talim, Amy Carvalho, Jeffrey Downs, Richard Derrick, Ruben Rodriguez and more ...

15 July 2024
By VEGAS INC Staff

Union protections ease transition for Mirage workers as closing nears

Gabriel Fuentes, a barista at the Starbucks in the Mirage, poses outside the casino Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

In 2022, only about a year after Gabriel Fuentes started his new role at the Mirage, the property was sold as part of a more than $1 billion cash transaction to Hard Rock International, which is owned by ...

14 July 2024
By Katie Ann McCarver

Las Vegas tourism board president to get raise, bonus

Steve Hill, CEO/president of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, speaks during a Welcome to Super Bowl LVIII news conference at Mandalay Bay Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.

Steve Hill, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, has received a salary boost and a six-figure bonus, after the LVCVA Board of Directors greenlit increasing Hill’s yearly income to ...

10 July 2024
By Katie Ann McCarver

Report: Home sales prices in Las Vegas up in June

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

The median sales price of existing single-family homes in Southern Nevada hit $475,000 in June, up nearly 8% from the same time last year, according to a report by Las Vegas Realtors. The median sales price of ...

9 July 2024
By Katie Ann McCarver

Vegas-Clark County Library District serves a wide swath of the community

Kelvin Watson, executive director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, poses under banners at the Windmill Library Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Las Vegas-Clark County Library District's new marketing campaign utilizes updated signage to advertise the Library resources.

Kelvin Watson, the executive director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, is looking forward to 2025. That’s when the system will be celebrating its 60th anniversary — and it will do so with a new library to serve the Historic Westside.

8 July 2024
By VEGAS INC Staff

People on the Move: July 8

In the Notes: Molina Healthcare of Nevada, Geena Mattox, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, Nevada Community Foundation, Mayor’s Fund for Las Vegas LIFE and more ...

8 July 2024
By VEGAS INC Staff

Midyear pit stop: How to rev up your company, from good to better to best

Many business owners in Las Vegas held their collective breath throughout 2023, anticipating the crash of the economy’s much-discussed “hard landing.” Except, it never happened.

8 July 2024
By Ivan Ferraz

SBA’s small business tour launches in Las Vegas, celebrates success of entrepreneurs

Senator Cortez Masto and Isabel Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration visited three local small businesses. La Vencindad Cantina, owners Vanessa Barreat and her husband, Raúl Martinez, also a family operated business like so many others across the country, help contribute to the local economy and make a difference in the community in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday, June 28, 2024.

Guzman’s drop-by at La Vecindad Cantina was her first stop on the SBA’s nationwide “Small Business Boom Tour,” which launched Friday in Las Vegas, where Guzman — joined by Cortez Masto — also visited ...

2 July 2024
By Katie Ann McCarver
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