In The News: Office of Economic Development
Robert Rippee has been a central figure in the development of the Black Fire Innovation Hub since its inception.
A team of researchers at the Desert Research Institute and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is joining forces with other regional universities to study climate challenges in the water-scarce Southwest as part of the project funded by the National Science Foundation.
A team of researchers at the Desert Research Institute and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is joining forces with other regional universities to study climate challenges in the water-scarce Southwest as part of the project funded by the National Science Foundation.
The Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine will be created with $15 million in funding from the National Science Foundation. It involves several entities including the Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada Las Vegas, University of Utah and Arizona State University.
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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ 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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ to help achieve his goal. What he never imagined was that choosing to study in 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’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.
