A Las Vegas startup backed by the likes of supermodel Cindy Crawford has one of the best inventions of 2023, according to Time magazine. Headquartered at UNLV’s Black Fire Innovation building, within the Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in the southwest valley, Katalyst went into overdrive after receiving $26 million in series A funding in 2022 from New York-based investment firm Stripes, with participation from Incisive Ventures, Unlock Venture Partners, Robert Nelsen, Crawford and Rande Gerber.

Gaming metaverse platform Land Vegas announced that it has successfully concluded its participation in the exclusive Innovation Launchpad program , organized by Zero Labs in collaboration with the UNLV Office of Economic Development (OED) and supported by the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) from Nevada.

Bryce Hinton has spent most of his life playing sports, has planned on working in sports and has chosen a master’s program at UNLV to help achieve his goal. What he never imagined was that choosing to study in UNLV’s Intercollegiate Professional Sports Management (IPSM) graduate program would land him an internship with one of the world’s largest and most well-known sporting events, the Super Bowl.

As the Super Bowl rolls into town, Las Vegas has completed its journey from Sin City to the sports capital of the US.

The Community Access Lab will open on February 9, 2024.

Las Vegas's so-called "fun economy" is worth an astonishing $13.7 trillion when accounting for tourism, sports, and entertainment revenue streams, according to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Zero Labs. This dwarfs the size of major sectors like healthcare, with Las Vegas' leisure and hospitality ecosystem estimated to be nearly 9 times larger than Big Pharma. These figures come as Nevada's Sin City preps to accommodate visiting football fans for the Super Bowl this Sunday, February 11.

A meeting scheduled in the 1980s between the NFL and sportsbook directors sparked hope in Las Vegas that their relationship would soon take a much more positive turn after decades during which the league kept the city at arm’s length.

A meeting scheduled in the 1980s between the NFL and sportsbook directors sparked hope in Las Vegas that their relationship would soon take a much more positive turn after decades during which the league kept the city at arm’s length.

ASU explained in a press release that it will lead the SWSIE using researchers from the University of Utah, University of Nevada Las Vegas, the Desert Research Institute, Water Research Foundation, SciTech Institute, and Maricopa Community Colleges.

The Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine will receive $15 million in federal funding over two years, with more available from matching donors and in future funding cycles, to "deploy new solutions to extreme regional dryness and heat, enabling equitable water and energy access," according to a briefing Monday by the White House.

UNLV used this donation and worked with Allied Esports to transform a social lounge into a high-tech gaming center for both the experienced esports athlete as well as the passing enthusiast.

The Land Vegas gaming metaverse platform announced that it was selected to participate in the Innovation Launchpad program , organized by Zero Labs in collaboration with the Office of Economic Development of the University of Nevada ( UNLV ) and with the support of the Office of Economic Development of the Governor Joe Lombardo.