The Oakland Raiders are close to announcing the selection of a Minneapolis firm with ties to a Henderson company as general contractor for the $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed football stadium it will build to begin play in Las Vegas in 2020.
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The average independent hardware retail store owner — the neighborhood Joe making your keys or selling you paint — is turning 60 and his children are not rushing to take over the store, according to the North American Retail Hardware Association.
A crowd turned out Tuesday at Fashion Show mall for the Las Vegas and Convention and Vistors Authority’s annual rally to celebrate tourism.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors board of directors on Tuesday got its first look at the 2018 fiscal year budget — a financial plan expected to include record room tax revenue.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority has issued a draft of a preliminary project timeline that shows completion of the 65,000-seat domed football stadium by June 2020, giving the Raiders three months to move in before their first NFL regular-season game.
There was no opposition Thursday to a bill imposing lodging taxes on short-term rentals arranged through online outfits like Airbnb if such rentals are allowed by local governments.
Professional boxers will show their softer side this Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center as they pose for photos and autograph gloves for hardcore supporters at the Box Fan Expo.
Frontier Airlines on Thursday added four more cities to a roster of new destinations scheduled to launch this summer from Las Vegas.
American Airlines will shrink the space between most rows to 30 inches on its newest Boeing 737 jetliners.
Southern Nevada’s only ski resort plans new ski runs, lifts and snowmaking equipment, as well as zip lines, downhill bike trails and a thrill ride called a “mountain coaster” to lure more visitors in the summer.
McCarran International Airport’s former air traffic control tower is pegged for demolition, although not in the spectacular Las Vegas style of hotel implosions.
The Oakland Raiders have closed on the purchase of 62 acres west of the Mandalay Bay resort clearing a hurdle in the team’s bid to relocate to Las Vegas for the 2020 NFL season.
A preview was held Thursday for the planetariumlike Dome theater inside Downtown Container Park on Fremont Street.
As the third day of the National Association of Broadcasters Show came to an end, a few hundred people made their way past the booths showing off the broadcasting technology of the future to relish in what many would consider the broadcast technology of a long gone era.
The seven-member panel overseeing the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s Convention Center project will receive a recommendation to use a design-build construction method.