'Las Vegas formula' for gaming, tourism often copied, rarely equaled, says famed gaming architect Steelman
News - February 18, 2025

"They don't have the government.They don't have Steve Hill at the convention center. They don't have the integration of sports. They don't have low taxes. They don't have a development-friendly government. So they all want it. But then they pull back." International gaming architect Paul Steelman, on why the 'Las Vegas formula' doesn't work in other gaming juristictions

Steelman's secret for Las Vegas architecture: 'We have to make you feel like James Bond'
News - February 18, 2025

"Steve (Wynn) always had a thing, hated mirrors. If we put a mirror in a casino like Bob Stupak would do, well, you would look at yourself and, you know, it's over. You're not James Bond. You are you." Paul Steelman, international gaming architect

After settlement of 'Badlands' lawsuit, new Las Vegas mayor turns focus to homeless people, abused animals
News - February 12, 2025

"If it was easy to solve, it would have been solved years ago," Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley said about the homeless problem.

Expansion of data-center industry could 'quadruple' size of Northern Nevada's electrical grid, NV Energy CEO says
News - February 10, 2025

"So it is absolutely foreseeable in the next several years that you could double, triple, even quadruple the size of the total electric grid in Northern Nevada." Doug Cannon, CEO & president of NV Energy

Reno Mayor Schieve no 'lame duck,' wants to fight crime, improve neighborhoods & reviltalize downtown in final 2 years
News - December 17, 2024

"Everyone's asking me, 'What's next?' It's funny because, as you know, I'm a nonpartisan, and it's very hard to run for another office if you're not in a party." Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve on her future in politics

CD-2 debate: Can Kidd effectively represent Reno & Northern Nevada in Congress with no political party backing?
News - October 18, 2024

Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District has 187,409 registered non-partisan voters as of September of 2024, according to the Nevada Secretary of State. The congressional district has roughly 36,000 more registered non-partisans than Democrats.

CD-2 debate: Kidd ties Amodei to do-nothing Congress; Amodei calls Kidd's non-partisanship a sham
News - October 17, 2024

Candidates square off in day one of two-day debate on Nevada Newsmakers

Interest rates, not election, key reason for slowdown in real estate, development markets, Reno's Tolles said
News - October 13, 2024

"Everybody always puts it (slowdown) on the election but from a real estate standpoint, if you look at the last 20 years, there's been no meaningful changes in real estate because of an election year." Par Tolles, CEO of Tolles Development of Reno

Sparks mayor makes case for toll road to ease dangerous traffic on stretch of I-80 to Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center
Commentary - October 6, 2024

"If you're not doing 85, you're getting run over." Sparks Mayor Ed Lawson, on the frantic traffic on the 12-mile stretch of Interstate-80 from Sparks to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County

Rep. Titus says she won't give up on passing bump-stock ban in U.S. Congress
News - October 3, 2024

"Well, I've got the bill to do away with the bump stocks, and I have a discharge petition where a number of people have signed it to say, 'Bring that bill to the floor, because if you brought it to the floor, I think it would pass.'" Dina Titus, Nevada's 1st U.S. House District representative

Nevada's CD 3 Rep. Susie Lee masters art of playing politics in middle of the field
Commentary - September 23, 2024

"You know, I don't want to live in a country where you have to wait for the political tides to swing to get things done." Nevada's 3rd U.S. House District Rep. Susie Lee, D-Las Vegas

Reno's issues with U.S. Postal Service far from over, Amodei warns: Questions of packages, parcels & Reno postal jobs need answers
News - September 23, 2024

"As we've learned over the years, the Postal Service is a constant oversight challenge, even to the point where we've got a couple of new things now where apparently, they're not watering the lawns in in some of the post offices around (Northern Nevada)." Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District representative.

Horsford, Black Caucus leader, appointed to powerful committee after death of elderly Democratic colleague
News - September 18, 2024

"Ways and Means is one of the committees in Congress where you can get big things done, in a bipartisan way." U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford

'You know you're a Nevadan if ... you knew Guy Clifton,' Silver State loses great author, journalist & friend
Commentary - September 13, 2024

Sportswriter Chris Murray eloquently pointed out recently that Guy "might have been the most influential journalist in Reno's history" because Guy was a mentor who influenced so many of today's journalists and other media professionals in Northern Nevada.

Proposed Grand Sierra arena will seek corporate naming-rights partner, Meruelo Gaming executive says
News - August 27, 2024

"We are now calling it the Nevada Arena or the Reno Arena. Those are placeholders. But you know, we'll probably have a corporate partner. So if you want to name it the Nevada Newsmakers Arena, feel free to make a proposal." Andrew Diss, senior vice president and chief strategy officer for Meruelo Gaming

Nevada's 'Lithium Loop' prepares for major expansion with billions in federal loans & education programs, Nevada Mining president says
News - July 15, 2024

"LIthium is certainly the talk of the state right now." Amanda Hilton, president of the Nevada Mining Association.

Non-partisan CD-2 congressional candidate Kidd wants to add 'processing' to Nevada's 'lithium loop'
News - June 27, 2024

"Right now, today, that lithium that comes out of the ground is headed for China, for some further processing, or Japan and Korea, and then coming back. (We need) to complete the lithium loop, something that (Gov. Joe) Lombardo and (former Gov. Brian) Sandoval have both spoken about." Greg Kidd, CD2 non-partisan congressional candidate

Tract CEO predicts 'some of the largest construction projects in world' at Storey Co. data-storage development
News - June 24, 2024

"So, just to put it into context, on the scale of the infrastructure, the work we're delivering here, we are talking about some of the largest construction projects in the world." Grant van Rooyen, Tract CEO