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Las Vegas sports teams to add $636M to the local economy

Jeremy Aguero, principal analyst for Las Vegas-based Applied Analysis, discussed Las Vegas sports’ influence on the local economy at Outlook ‘19, the second annual economic forecasting event hosted by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance and UNLV.

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Company behind Las Vegas high-speed rail plans to go public

Privately held Fortress Investment Group on Friday filed a preliminary prospectus for Virgin Trains USA LLC with the Securities and Exchange Commission providing new details about the expansion of rail service in South Florida and building a 185-mile dual-track line between Las Vegas and Victorville, California.

Marijuana bankers ‘drowning in a sea of paperwork’

Cannabis banker Sundie Seefried is drowning in a sea of paperwork. And that — she told a Las Vegas audience — is why her financial institution and other banks have to charge high fees to work with marijuana companies.