Coming in this week’s Las Vegas Business Press

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

November 13, 2011 - 2:01 am

COVER STORY: The El Cortez is celebrating its 70th year of business by looking to the future. The hotel-casino has helped revitalize downtown Las Vegas by leasing space to an arts collective. And it has given itself a new look with renovations.

BUSINESS LIFE: The Micatrotto Restaurant Group opened the first of five Raising Cane's chicken fingers restaurants in Las Vegas in 2006. The company, which owns the Raising Cane's franchise rights in Nevada and Arizona, is completing two restaurants in Phoenix and one in Tempe.

EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT: Capriotti's Sandwich Shop President and CEO Ashley Morris discusses achieving success at an early age.

Tourists watch the fountains go off to the tune of “Luck Be a Lady” by Frank Sina ...

Las Vegas room tax, gaming fee revenue down affecting tourism agency’s budget

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

November 12, 2025 - 5:16 pm

Uncertainty exists about the nation’s economy, which is keeping tourists and their discretionary spending on the sidelines, the LVCVA’s top executive says.

The Goodyear blimp cruises near Allegiant Stadium, in town to provide aerial coverage for Wrest ...

$7M spend on WrestleMania, F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix approved by LVCVA

By Mick Akers / RJ

November 12, 2025 - 3:28 pm

Las Vegas’ tourism arm approved spending over $7 million to go toward hosting WrestleMania next year and buying tickets to this year’s Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix.

The new Solidcore studio located at The District at Green Valley Ranch. It will replace the pre ...

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

November 12, 2025 - 1:48 pm

Solidcore, a viral workout, is opening its first location in Nevada.

Nevada workers have not become a lot more productive over the years according to a new report. ...

Here’s why Nevada is one of the least productive states, according to a new study

By Patrick Blennerhassett / RJ

November 12, 2025 - 1:30 pm

The study, which used U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, found that only two states saw less productivity growth than Nevada from 2007 to 2024.

Critical House vote to dictate Southern Nevada’s tourism direction

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

November 12, 2025 - 5:56 pm

With room and gaming taxes waning for Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, all eyes are expected to be on the House and its vote to end the government shutdown.

(Rampart Casino at the Resort at Summerlin)

$175K keno jackpot hits at west Las Vegas Valley casino

By Tony Garcia / RJ

November 12, 2025 - 10:03 am

In addition, a video poker player at an off-Strip casino hit back-to-back jackpots for a haul of over $100,000.

A person walks towards a Target store, July 15, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walk ...

Target to cut prices on 3K grocery and essential items

Carson Hartzog, The Minnesota Star Tribune

November 12, 2025 - 9:03 am

Target said Tuesday that it will cut prices on 3,000 food, beverage and household essentials, joining retailers across the nation lowering prices on milk, eggs and butter ahead of the holiday season.

Nearly 20 percent of residential real estate deals in the Las Vegas Valley fell through in Augu ...

Only 1 job sector is outpacing inflation in Clark County. It’s not hospitality

By Patrick Blennerhassett / RJ

November 12, 2025 - 6:00 am

A UNLV researcher said only one sector’s wage growth has kept up with inflation since the end of the pandemic, according to new data, and since the pandemic rising costs of living have outpaced workers’ salaries.

An under-construction apartment complex is seen in the southwest Las Vegas Valley on Thursday, ...

New apartments coming next to site being rebuilt from huge fire

By Eli Segall / RJ

November 12, 2025 - 5:30 am

Clark County commissioners approved plans for an apartment building in the southwest valley.

Gas prices on display at a Chevron pump on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens ...

Las Vegas Valley gas prices spike, surpassing $4 per gallon mark. Is relief on the way?

By Mick Akers / RJ

November 12, 2025 - 9:58 am

Las Vegas Valley gas prices are up 16 cents over the last month, surpassing the $4 per gallon mark for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel for the first time since 2024.