A marketing subcommittee recommends that the state’s Commission on Tourism should spend $300,000 encouraging Nevadans to stay at home with their tourism dollars.
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.
The sister property to Sahara Las Vegas, also operated by The Meruelo Group, was the sixth casino property to be named in a complaint involving health and safety matters.
Deloitte & Touche LLP will replace Ernst and Young LLP, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Barry Diller, who founded Fox Broadcasting Co. and USA Broadcasting, reportedly invested $1 billion in MGM and his company may be asked to join the board of directors.
WeChat — one of the apps President Donald Trump believes could be a national security risk — is no longer being used as a tourism guide for Chinese visitors at McCarran International Airport.
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