Boosters of a domed stadium project on the UNLV campus have mentioned an NFL Pro Bowl and NFL pre-season games as potential events that would help generate millions of dollars for the local economy. But the NFL doesn’t appear likely it would stage a Pro Bowl event or sanction a game at the proposed “Mega-Event Center,” as officials for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and their private development partner are calling the proposed 60,000-seat venue.
North Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace has landed a $17.8 million contract with NASA to build, launch and install its Bigelow Expandable Activity Module at the International Space Station. If the module holds up, it might replace today’s aluminum-based space stations for orbital travel and living.
Foreclosure filings in Clark County fell 3 percent from a year ago to 953 in December, and the inventory of homes in some stage of foreclosure dropped to 12,469 at the end of last year, compared with 21,539 at the end of 2011, ForeclosureRadar.com reported Wednesday.
LIVERMORE, Calif. – Conrad Bain, who starred as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died.
The Nevada State Development Corp. said Tuesday that it refinanced more than 30 small business loans valued at $87.2 million last year, with the help of local banks. The federal refinance program, which ended in September, allowed businesses to refinance loans at interest rates as low as 4.29 percent.
Jim deProsse has been appointed administrator of the Nevada Housing Division beginning Jan. 22, the Nevada Department of Business and Industry announced Tuesday. He replaces former administrator Charles Horsey, who retired after 30 years of state service.
MELBOURNE, Australia – Agnieszka Radwanska extended the best winning streak of the year to 11 matches as she rolled into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu today.
Candace Bailey has real estate and hotel-management businesses. In her spare time, she participates in triathlons. Eating right became a problem, so she founded My Healthy Meal, which opened in Summerlin in mid-December and had a grand opening earlier this month.
Personal and business ties that date back more than a decade between Steve Wynn and Japanese gaming magnate Kazuo Okada could come to hurt the lawsuit brought by Wynn Resorts Ltd. to validate the forced redemption of Okada’s stake in February.
LOS ANGELES – Dwight Howard had 31 points and 16 rebounds, Kobe Bryant also scored 31 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 104-88 Tuesday night for their second straight win after a six-game skid.
