Topic: Las Vegas

ÔIt's a death spiral'

Amid the worst recession in more than 50 years, the Clark County School District estimates it will need $5.1 billion (with a "b") to repair and modernize its school buildings over the next 10 years - work that was put off because ...

Financial guru bids farewell to LVCVA

It was one of those comic-relief moments of the monthly Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority meeting.Brenda Siddall, the LVCVA's vice president of finance, would face the board and its chairman, former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, to talk about tax collections, ...

LVCVA boss in line for pay raise

It would be Ralenkotter's first since 2007The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's compensation committee is recommending a 4 percent raise and a 12.5 percent bonus for the organization's president and CEO, Rossi Ralenkotter.That would be a $10,238 increase in Ralenkotter's annual ...
During the boom years, life for Dwayne Eshenbaugh was good. And now, having lost his job, he's wondering if it just got better. An architect at one of Las Vegas' top firms, Eshenbaugh, 45, said there was no shortage of great projects ...
Grocery store, park to replace failed condo siteThree years ago - in the waning days of Las Vegas' building boom - developers envisioned high-rise condominiums and mixed-use retail at the intersection of Stephanie Street and Wigwam Parkway, just off Interstate 215 in ...

Las Vegas Sands in talks to build "strip" in Spain

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. casino operator Las Vegas Sands is talking to local governments in Spain about building a Vegas-style strip that would cost 10 billion to 15 billion euros and create up to 180,000 jobs, its CEO said on Thursday."We considered ...
International study ranks Las Vegas fifth worst economy in world, says recovery prospects dimAn international study says Las Vegas has one of the worst economies in the world, and prospects for a rapid recovery appear dim.The Brookings Institution and London School of ...

What have your slots done for you lately?

Reacting to recession, makers aiming to pleaseSlot machine manufacturers, beaten up by gamblers who often complain about tight machines, have redirected their marketing campaign. Three years into a recession that has decimated discretionary spending, slot makers at this week's premier trade show ...
Do you live in Las Vegas or are you moving to the city? Because Las Vegas has plenty of homes to choose from right now, and most if not all of them are at the right price. Las Vegas got hit very ...

Their perspective on their perspective

FOUR PROLIFIC CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SUN WEBSITE TALK ABOUT TOPICS AND OTHER MOTIVATIONS THAT SPUR THEM TO WRITESteve Mincer (stevem)Steve Mincer, 40, lived in Las Vegas for seven years before moving to St. Louis in 2008 in hopes of finding better opportunities ...
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