As two casino operators eye T-Mobile Arena as the potential home for the city's fifth pro sports team, others see the northern Strip area ripe for development.
Cynics would argue that both candidates are merely placating the public's distrust of the industry — but so what? Restricting corporate handouts for any politically connected industry should be seen as a step in the right direction.
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The transaction could change the ownership of 60 casinos worldwide, including 15 in Nevada. But it still requires a sign off from state and federal regulators.
The fact that Thursday's special agenda meeting of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada had to be moved to a larger space to accommodate interest from the actual public says a lot about the subject.
The order requires state officials to propose how to limit delays in meeting the exponential growth in data center power needs across the next decade. It also
Through his casino and a multiyear agreement, sports fan Derek Stevens will gain a dugout suite for preferred casino customers and other seats in the ballpark.
There are more than 70 data centers either operating in or planned for Nevada, but Nevadans are turning out in droves at public meetings to protest them. Despite this public disdain, almost everyone uses them. In this explainer, The Indy separates data center facts from fiction.
If approved, it would allow the company to bypass the traditional power grid operated by NV Energy and enable it to provide electricity to its client-users of its data centers. Sounds good? NV Energy doesn't think so.
Hundreds of Culinary Workers Union members have shown up to protest criticizing the union's new healthcare policy. Union leadership says that the concerns are based on misinformation.
Washoe County casinos are hitting their best numbers since tribal gaming decimated the market nearly two decades ago. The recovery is helping in other ways.
The county submitted a sweeping proposal to the Nevada Legislature Tuesday to shorten the length of tax incentives, impose stricter spending requirements and prohibit tax breaks for data centers located on federal land.
None of the 12 counties reached by The Indy said the state engaged with them as part of the review, which caused some concerns considering the tax breaks are likely going to burden local government coffers.
The 9th Circuit panel wrote it disagreed "with Kalshi's overly broad reading" that the Commodity Exchange Act allows it to offer sports event contracts.