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Las Vegas-based real estate development company LVXP said it has selected AECOM to carry out design and engineering services for the arena.
Here’s a look at how gas prices have changed in Las Vegas in the last week.
Nearly every tourism indicator climbed in April compared with last year, but the 36.3 percent increase in convention attendance stood out the most for Southern Nevada.
The UNLV study looked at rental cost burdens and discovered the Las Vegas metro area and Nevada have some of the highest costs in the entire country.
A state task force on Thursday agreed to ask the Legislature in 2017 to grandfather in as many as 31,000 existing rooftop solar customers who are in a less favorable rate class.
Tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to state lawmakers made by two companies at odds overthe development of rooftop solar in Nevada suggest the issue will see another hard fought battle in the 2017 Legislature.
Officials say the huge Mojave Desert solar-thermal power plant damaged last week by fire could be back on line within three weeks.
Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. is the primary backer of a proposed constitutional amendment to open up Nevada’s electricity markets to competition.
Gov. Brian Sandoval and the CEO of the rooftop solar company Sunrun have mutually agreed to dismiss a public records court case after meeting Tuesday and agreeing instead to focus efforts on the future of solar energy in Nevada.
Two separate reports released Monday, one from the Brookings Institution and the other from SolarCity and the Natural Resources Defense Council, both conclude that net metering is a benefit to all utility ratepayers.
Two of three major hotel-casinos have made filings with state regulators to leave as customers of Nevada Power later this year, while a third has let the process come to a close.
Las Vegas gaming giant MGM Resorts International told state regulators on Thursday that it will exercise its option to exit as a customer of Nevada Power and purchase its own electricity on the wholesale market.
There could be hope yet for Nevada rooftop solar customers who have argued they should not be included in a new, less favorable net metering rate that took effect Jan. 1.
Local natural-gas utility Southwest Gas Corp. improved its financial results in the quarter that ended March 31.
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Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
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The UNLV study looked at rental cost burdens and discovered the Las Vegas metro area and Nevada have some of the highest costs in the entire country.
The Mirage volcano’s days are numbered after permits to clear the area for future construction were issued to Hard Rock contractors.
Atomic Golf confirmed it has had recent layoffs. The 100,000-square-foot, $75 million venue opened in late March at The Strat.
MGM Resorts International,has passed its goal of providing 5 million meals to the Las Vegas community and to other cities it operates resorts in well before 2025.
