Four companies submit bids on five proposals for Chicago’s first integrated resort with Bally’s Corp., Rush Street and Hard Rock International all in the mix.
Richard N. Velotta
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Richard N. “Rick” Velotta has covered business, the gaming industry, tourism, transportation and aviation in Las Vegas for 25 years. A former reporter and editor with the Las Vegas Sun, the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff and the Aurora (Colo.) Sun, Velotta is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he won the school’s top journalism honor. He became the Review-Journal's assistant business editor in September 2018.
Sportico is reporting that New York Mets majority owner Steven Cohen is in preliminary talks with Las Vegas Sands Corp. to build a casino next to the Mets’ stadium, Citi Field.
A New York private equity firm specializing in acquisitions is buying Scientific Games lottery division for $6.05 billion in a deal that would close in the second quarter of 2022.