Construction crews working on the $1.9 billion MSG Sphere at The Venetian will continue to install the exterior LED lighting system and begin work on interior features of the venue.
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.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was hoping companies with Strip addresses would submit a proposal to build a casino there, and now the process has been delayed to October.
ZenSports Inc., a company that advocates peer-to-peer sports betting and someday hopes to allow cryptocurrency for sports wagers, was narrowly approved for licensing.
The National Association of Broadcasters announced Wednesday that it will require attendees of its October trade show to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
A letter signed by more than two dozen gaming operators, tavern owners and Northern Nevada resort operators opposes the expansion of online gaming in Nevada.
Amendments on wagering accounts and esports moved to Nevada Gaming Commission for final approval in unanimous Control Board votes.
When registrants for CES roll into Las Vegas in January, they’ll be required to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 before they can attend the four-day show.
SIAL America will make its debut at the Las Vegas Convention Center in March, thanks to Emerald Holding and Comexposium partnering to bring the trade show to the city.
Hearings and decisions Wednesday and Thursday by gaming regulators could possibly point the way to peer-to-peer casino game play and cryptocurrency wagering.
Arizona law allows 10 licenses for sports teams and outlets and 10 for tribes, but there are now 15 tribal applicants and regulators must decide which get final approval
The iconic sign featuring the portrait of Abram Henson “Arizona Charlie” Meadows, a Wild West Show performer, will arrive later in the summer to the downtown museum.
The Konami Gaming slot-floor management system installed in Colorado and Indiana by Full House Resorts boosts the Las Vegas company to a record second quarter.
The LVCVA has approved a contract revision giving employees more time on the COVID layoff call-back list. Next come discussions for employee vaccinations or testing.
“It’s the first sound you hear when you get to Las Vegas and the last sound you hear when you leave. It’s almost synonymous with Vegas, that Wheel of Fortune song and the sound of those reels.”
The company still maintains high average daily room rates and occupancy rates in the 90s on weekends and 80s at midweek, but still reported a second-quarter loss.