LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas small businesses are feeling the squeeze as tariffs and a slowdown in tourism drive up costs and cut into profits.

A new national survey from Small Business for America’s Future shows that 80% of small business owners worry the current economy poses a serious threat to their survival.

Here in Las Vegas, that concern is hitting especially hard.

I spoke to some local business owners who are feeling the strain. Tariffs and slow tourism put pressure on Las Vegas small businesses

Trina Jiles, longtime owner of Gritz Café, says expanding her business with another brick-and-mortar location just isn’t realistic right now. Instead, she shifted to a ghost kitchen model — cooking and selling food online while cutting costs by eliminating dine-in service.

“We’re

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