The city of Las Vegas, Zappos and DTP are teaming up to honor Tony Hsieh’s memory.
Eli Segall
Reporter: Business
Email: esegall@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0342
Eli Segall joined the Review-Journal in 2016, covering real estate until 2023 when he joined the paper's investigations team. He rejoined the RJ's Business desk in 2025 to cover commercial real estate and other topics. Before the RJ, he covered real estate for four years at the Las Vegas Sun. Segall has also worked for the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, The Associated Press and other news groups. He has a bachelor’s in political science from the University of Michigan and a master’s in journalism from the University of Maryland. He has earned awards from the Nevada Press Association, Best of the West, New York State Society of CPAs, National Association of Real Estate Editors and others.
Olive Garden plans to open a restaurant in the Showcase Mall, Clark County records show.
The pause comes at a volatile and uncertain time for Southern Nevada, its workforce and its rental market.
With plans for an extreme sports park dead on the drawing board, its former project site in Las Vegas is now up for grabs.
With his new rental house project in North Las Vegas, developer Randy Bury is betting on an industry that exploded in growth from the last recession.
Tony Hsieh was making waves in Park City, Utah, throwing parties at his new mansion protected by armed security guards. Then came the flamethrower.
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Southern Nevada homebuilders notched another record price level as the market continues to defy logic amid an overall bleak economy.
Tony Hsieh was a major real estate investor in Las Vegas who, in a short period, became a dominant property owner downtown.
Ex-Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh died from complications of smoke inhalation in a death ruled an accident by the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Monday. But police and the local fire marshal said an investigation into the death is active and ongoing.
A tribute honoring the memory of Tony Hsieh was unveiled Saturday night on the Fremont Street Experience canopy. The former chief executive of online shoe seller Zappos died Friday at age 46 from injuries sustained in a house fire.
Tourism has fueled the economy for decades. The pandemic has painfully exposed its dangers.
When people have money to burn, Las Vegas heats up. But as seen twice now in the past decade or so, when the national economy gets hit hard, Southern Nevada ends up on life support.
Tony Hsieh, the former chief executive of Zappos who pumped a fortune into downtown Las Vegas and became the face of its revitalization, died Friday after being injured in a house fire.
Casinos and others will have to slash the number of customers allowed inside their doors in an already badly battered economy.