Lake Las Vegas, Henderson’s only waterfront master plan, continues its new-home sales with communities. The community has found many fans over the past few years, with both sports and entertainment celebrities seen frequently at its neighborhood market, Seasons Grocery &Deli, on the trails and out on the golf course. “All of our outdoor fitness activities […]
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Locals Casinos Could Help Lead Way For Las Vegas Recovery
When Las Vegas casinos reopen, properties that count heavily on locals could initially lead the way to a recovery from the coronavirus-induced economic downturn. That’s how Keith Smith, Boyd Gaming’s president and CEO, is picturing the pending reopening of Southern Nevada’s gaming industry. Casinos and other nonessential businesses have been shuttered since mid-March out of […]
NLV Interior Designer Shifts to Making Face Masks
It was the moment Samantha Gass had been dreading all day, frequently looking at her office clock as 12 p.m. March 18 quickly became a reality. That’s when Gov. Steve Sisolak’s closure of the state’s nonessential businesses out of coronavirus concerns would begin, meaning Gass’ North Las Vegas interior design company would be temporarily shuttered. […]
Opportunity Village Still Providing Help For The Disabled Amid Shutdown
The new reality of the global pandemic really hit home for Opportunity Village president and CEO Bob Brown when he went grocery shopping. “It was just such a shock to me,” Brown says of the empty shelves. For him, the shortages were a lesson in community: “That’s really what this is teaching people—that we’re all […]
Half of Raiders’ Home Games Scheduled For Primetime in First Season in Las Vegas
Allegiant Stadium will receive Monday Night Football treatment for its grand opening. The Las Vegas Raiders will host the New Orleans Saints in the first game at their new home, scheduled for Monday Sept. 21 — week 2 of the upcoming NFL season. That won’t be the last time Las Vegas is in the primetime […]
In Twilight Zone 2020 Season, Raiders Make Playoffs
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension … You’ve just crossed over into … how the 2020 NFL season played out. Rod Serling wouldn’t have seen this coming. Way too bizarre for him. The just concluded NFL season might not have created a real end-of-the-world scenario, but it […]
Wynn Likely to Reopen Both its Strip Resorts Together
Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox said the company will probably reopen both its Strip resorts together at a limited capacity and predicted a “pent-up demand in the leisure segment.” “Clearly, we won’t be opening large mass gathering places — nightclubs or convention areas or shows,” Maddox said today during a quarterly earnings call. “But we […]
Why Home Equity Is a Bright Spark in the Housing Market
Given how we have seen more unemployment claims than ever before over the past several weeks, fear is spreading widely. Some good news, however, shows that more than 4 million initial unemployment filers have likely already found a new job, especially as industries such as health care, food and grocery stores, retail, delivery, and more increase […]
Las Vegas Home Prices Up in April, but Sales Sag Amid Pandemic
Las Vegas house prices last month were up from a year ago, but sales and listings fell hard amid the economic shutdown sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. The median sales price of previously owned single-family homes — the bulk of the market — was $310,000 in April, up 3.3 percent from the same month […]
‘Proper’ Social Distancing, Meticulous Sanitizing Mulled in Casino Reopening Plans
Gamblers standing shoulder-to-shoulder laying bets while a crowd gathers around to see a hot dice-thrower make point after point would be a relic of the past, if proposed new health and safety benchmarks for casinos are ratified this week by the Nevada Gaming Commission. In addition to adhering to social-distancing guidelines at and around gaming […]
