In The News: Department of Economics
Taxpayer subsidies for stadiums part of doing business, experts say
Las Vegas is prepared to welcome international high rollers and the jet set when it hosts the Formula One circuit this week, and operators and analysts are excited about what it will mean for the bottom line on a traditionally slow weekend before Thanksgiving and for years to come.
With only days left until thousands of Culinary Local 226 members on the Las Vegas Strip threatened to go on strike, negotiations took a bit of skill and several late nights to wrap up.
Two big unions reached contract agreements with the three largest resort operators ahead of a series of events crucial to the city’s economic rebound.
Three weeks before the Las Vegas Aces won their second straight WNBA championship, the league announced it was adding a 13th franchise in time for the 2025 season.
Three weeks before the Las Vegas Aces won their second straight WNBA championship, the league announced it was adding a 13th franchise in time for the 2025 season.
All-you-can-eat buffets highlight an economic idea known as the flat rate pricing bias. To explain how it works, our Planet Money team went to the buffet capital of America: Las Vegas.
The Culinary and Bartenders Unions have plans to put on a show befitting a big-stage Vegas production. The organizations trying to secure better contracts for casino workers are choreographing a shutdown of Las Vegas Boulevard on Wednesday, with some protestors prepared to get arrested.
The university received grants from Google, the National Security Agency and Small Business Administration to bolster its cybersecurity efforts.
The university received grants from Google, the National Security Agency and Small Business Administration to bolster its cybersecurity efforts.
The developer of a planned mixed-use development near downtown wants to create a new neighborhood in the heart of Las Vegas.
Welcome to UNLV. Today is the first of our four live shows from campus and Greenspun Hall during this, the university’s Homecoming Week.
