Clark County contributed 86.1 percent of the state’s gaming win with Strip casinos taking $567.2 million from players — a 76.4 percent increase over January 2021.
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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.
Bally’s CEO Lee Fenton tells analysts in an earnings conference call that plans and partners on the Tropicana would likely be announced in the middle of 2022.
The Venetian, Palazzo and The Venetian Expo officially have new owners. The sale of the Strip properties closed Wednesday.
An arched metal support structure, nicknamed after the spiky haircut, reaches 240 feet above the venue floor. It will support LED screens and sound systems.
Travel to Hawaii is getting easier and customers of restaurants, bars, gyms and movie theaters on Oahu will no longer be required to prove vaccination starting next month.
After years of seeing big plans come and go, the north edge of Las Vegas’ famed casino corridor is showing more momentum than it has in years.
Gradual increases in occupancy rates, gaming revenue and robust convention calendars indicate 2022 will be an important year to return to pre-pandemic tourism levels.
The deal could close as early as next week after commissioners agreed the association of former CEO Leon Black would not be a problem for licensing.
Wynn CEO Craig Billings said the sales proceeds would “provide us with liquidity for several of our upcoming development projects and the potential to retire other debt.”
“These results are nothing short of remarkable,” AGA President and CEO Bill Miller said of the revenue total that easily shattered 2019’s previous record.
Rep. John Mizuno’s bill would impose a 55 percent tax on sports bets, but it’s unclear if the tax would be imposed on players or on sportsbook providers.
Apollo Global Management Inc., one of the future owners of The Venetian, Palazzo and The Venetian Expo, reported higher earnings and are paying dividends to shareholders.
The International Pizza Expo and the World Tea Conference are among four trade shows planned simultaneously at the Convention Center for Food & Beverage Industry Week.
Las Vegas casinos moved swiftly after Gov. Steve Sisolak announced the immediate end of Nevada’s indoor mask mandate Thursday morning, taking down signs that had stood as a reminder to guests to keep their faces covered.
Reno company that operates Atlantis resort fights off bad Sierra weather, COVID-19 variant challenges with higher betting limits at its Black Hawk, Colorado casino.