The resort operator’s numbers reflect the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic and government-ordered casino shutdowns in Nevada and Macao.
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.
State gaming regulators have issued a memorandum addressing the filing of forms and paperwork that will enable casinos to reopen — but there’s no date for that to occur.
The Herbst family is developing a casino near Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs that is expected to open in early June.