LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill says he’ll rely on research to determine when will be the best time boost the city in advertisements as fear bites into tourism revenue.
Richard N. Velotta
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.
A track worker affiliated with the Standardbred Owners Association based at Yonkers Raceway died after being infected by the coronavirus and MGM has closed the track.
The 600,000-square-foot grid of panels is expected to generate 8.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year, 30-40 percent of the building’s expected usage.