A recent study conducted by Anthony Lucas, a researcher at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), indicates that the effectiveness of casino free-play promotions may be decreasing among certain player groups.

“GOED is actively building an electric, innovative and connected Nevada future,” said Tom Burns, executive director at the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED). “We certainly recognize the contributions mining and hospitality have made to the state. But we take advantage of building and expanding other sectors by bringing companies into Nevada. As new industries emerge this will provide career opportunities for our kids as well as diversifying our tax base.”

Jump in the Mud on Vegas All In at "Dig This," where owner Ed Mum lets us play with bulldozers and excavators. The whole family can have fun competing in games and crushing cars. Next, we tour the Black Fire Institute at UNLV with Bob Bernhard, exploring its revolutionary vision for hotels, gaming, and restaurants. At the Atomic Museum, Joe Kent shows us a popular exhibit.

Jump in the Mud on Vegas All In at "Dig This," where owner Ed Mum lets us play with bulldozers and excavators. The whole family can have fun competing in games and crushing cars. Next, we tour the Black Fire Institute at UNLV with Bob Bernhard, exploring its revolutionary vision for hotels, gaming, and restaurants. At the Atomic Museum, Joe Kent shows us a popular exhibit.

Tina Quigley, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, had her reservations about LOCATE Las Vegas. The initiative, which entrusted the developmental authority with courting 17 global company leaders in hopes of attracting them to Southern Nevada, already felt like an expensive, time-intensive task. Add on the pressure of doing it during Super Bowl LVIII weekend and they certainly had their work cut out for them.

As robot technology and machine learning continue to develop, this advancement has increasingly entered Las Vegas valley resorts and eateries, dazzling guests and causing some unease for service industry workers.

From our valley’s record-breaking temperatures to low water levels at Lake Mead, the southwest faces big challenges on a warming planet. Since the very first Earth Day that took place on April 22, 1970, Nevada has warmed and so has the rest of the country.

UNLV is looking to cash in on the positive momentum of development in the southwest Las Vegas Valley to lure high-profile companies to its tech park in the area.

Bill Hornbuckle remembers being a community college student in Connecticut when he saw a commercial advertising UNLV’s hospitality college during a broadcast of a UNLV basketball game. Only two months later, he moved to Las Vegas with friends and $22 in his pocket, soon walking onto UNLV’s campus as a business major and working on the Strip at night.

Bill Hornbuckle remembers being a community college student in Connecticut when he saw a commercial advertising UNLV’s hospitality college during a broadcast of a UNLV basketball game. Only two months later, he moved to Las Vegas with friends and $22 in his pocket, soon walking onto UNLV’s campus as a business major and working on the Strip at night.

Agua Caliente Casinos’ Rancho Mirage resort is set to host the Casino Esport Conference (CEC) next week, running from March 19 to 21. Founded by brothers Ben and Ari Fox, the 2024 CEC Live integrates esports, virtual and augmented reality, table games, and new forms of entertainment.

In order to attract businesses to relocate to Southern Nevada, economic development agencies need to start going “spearfishing,” a economic development leader told lawmakers.