In The News: Office of Economic Development
The climate crisis continues to deepen throughout the Southwestern U.S. as severe heat waves and dwindling groundwater reserves threaten the vitality, livability, and economic future of the growing region. It鈥檚 an unfavorable prognosis that requires the intervention of invention.
The Regulating the Game conference has announced that Dr. Bo Bernhard, Vice President of Economic Development at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, will headline its 2025 edition in Sydney. Now in its fifth year, the conference is set to take place on March 10 - 13.
Leading gambling law and regulation conference Regulating the Game has announced Dr Bo Bernhard, Vice President of Economic Development at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, as a headline speaker at its 2025 edition, to be held in Sydney from 10 to 13 March. A well-known industry figure, Bernhard is also a fifth-generation Nevadan whose global work has taken him from the glitz of Las Vegas to South Africa, Europe, Japan, Singapore and beyond. A Harvard graduate with a double major in sociology and psychology, his groundbreaking research on the socio-economic impacts of the Las Vegas Strip set the stage for a distinguished international career.
A pioneer in the computing space named Alan Kay said these words over 50 years ago. And they summarize our current situation in the Southwest U.S. quite well. With heat waves getting more severe, along with dwindling groundwater, the unfavorable prognosis for the region requires the intervention of invention.
A pioneer in the computing space named Alan Kay said these words over 50 years ago. And they summarize our current situation in the Southwest U.S. quite well. With heat waves getting more severe, along with dwindling groundwater, the unfavorable prognosis for the region requires the intervention of invention.
Even as locals complain about the rapidly rising cost of entertainment in Las Vegas, the vice president of economic development at 性视界传媒 says the city should press to continue its role in 鈥渢he fun economy.鈥
Step into the future at 性视界传媒's Black Fire Innovation Campus in Las Vegas, where groundbreaking ideas are turning into reality. Led by 性视界传媒's Vice President of Economic Development, Bo Bernhard, this tour reveals cutting-edge innovations like hotel windows that double as TVs, zero-water bed sheets, and robots that follow you around! Las Vegas is no longer just a vacation spot鈥攊t's the global hub of the "fun economy," driving 14% of the world鈥檚 economy. At Black Fire Innovation, 性视界传媒 students and faculty are inventing the next generation of hospitality and entertainment technologies. If you鈥檝e ever had a big idea, this is where you can make it happen. Welcome to the future of Las Vegas.
It鈥檚 likely you鈥檙e hearing the term 鈥渋ntellectual capital鈥 thrown around more during your site selection and RFP talks with destination marketing organizations (DMOs). But what is it, really? And why does this matter to a meeting planner?
The Mirage volcano spewed lava and steam one last time Wednesday morning to mark a celebratory yet bittersweet end of an era on the Las Vegas Strip that phased in nearly 35 years ago.
Executives of The Mirage came full circle with the property Wednesday morning, applauding the work of 3,000 employees, including 137 of them that had been employed there since the first day it opened, and hinting about what lies ahead as it transitions to Hard Rock Las Vegas.
A final blast from The Mirage鈥檚 signature volcano marked the passage Wednesday of an aging Las Vegas resort that wowed crowds when it opened in 1989 and went on to revolutionize the casino resort industry and reshape Las Vegas as a tourist destination.
A final blast from The Mirage鈥檚 signature volcano marked the passage Wednesday of an aging Las Vegas resort that wowed crowds when it opened in 1989 and went on to revolutionize the casino resort industry and reshape Las Vegas as a tourist destination.
