The ramp-up of the Monarch casino in Black Hawk, Colorado, went better than expected and the Reno-based company that owns the Atlantis had record results.
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.
Vici Properties plans to close on a deal to acquire The Venetian, Palazzo and the Sands Expo & Convention Center by early 2022.
Most tourism indicators point to a gradual improvement month by month, but some categories still haven’t reached pre-pandemic levels established in 2019.
State gaming win exceeded $1 billion for the fourth straight month in June, as Clark County casinos showed a 130 percent increase from 2020, bringing in $1.015 billion.