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
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.
Bally’s Corp. moved closer to becoming the omnichannel gaming company it is building after winningNevada regulatory approval Thursday to amend its registration as a gaming company in the state.
Las Vegas visitation numbers tell the same story with hotel occupancy rates staying average, but resort operators managing to keep average daily room rates at their highest level in the pandemic era.
September gaming win topped $1 billion for the seventh straight month, capping a record quarterly performance, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Wednesday.
Reno-based Monarch Casino Resort Inc. may soon compete for Las Vegas customers at its Black Hawk, Colorado, property, a gaming analyst said in a report to investors Monday.
The top executive of Boyd Gaming Corp. on Tuesday said fundamental shifts toward building customer loyalty are driving growth and resulted in record third-quarter earnings results for the Las Vegas company.
While Southwest Airlines resolves how its employees get COVID-19 vaccinations, the tourism industry watches and waits to see if it could ultimately affect them.
A late surge in COVID-19 cases affected Las Vegas’ busiest air carrier, but the problems were not related to Oct. 9-10 issues when hundreds of flights were canceled.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. CEO Rob Goldstein said Wednesday that the company expects to continue operating in Macao after the government there reconsiders gaming licenses next year.
Brightline leaders say the high-speed rail plan would benefit Southern Nevada tourism with seamless train service to downtown Los Angeles and the Inland Empire.
Sandra Douglass Morgan, the state’s first African American chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, was appointed to the board of directors of Allegiant Travel Co. on Monday.
Rep. Dina Titus and LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill say highway gridlock is hurting Southern Nevada’s tourist economy, but the problems can be fixed.
Southern Nevada tourism officials say the formal date announcement by the Biden adminstration means airlines can finally make plans for the return of international flights.