Restaurants, stores and casino floors in Las Vegas are bumping up to 50 percent of their fire-code capacities, right around the time stimulus checks arrive.
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.
It seemed 2020 was going to be a transformative year for Southern Nevada. Then, the pandemic hit. But there’s much to look forward to in the months ahead.
Figures from Golden Entertainment Inc.’s Total Rewards loyalty program indicate 40 percent of the Strat’s core customers are waiting out the coronavirus.
Las Vegas Sands Corp., Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts International are interested in expanding their domestic footprint to major U.S. population centers.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will initiate a legal action against a Henderson company that is blocking its efforts to stage a Formula One car race.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is hoping casino companies with Las Vegas addresses will respond to a request for proposals to build a resort in the Windy City.
The Downtown Rocks concert series, Life Is Beautiful, the Professional Bull Riders championships and the U.S. Bowling Congress championships will be funded by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is taking an unorthodox path to let traveling social media influencers tell their thousands of followers about the good times they had in Las Vegas.
With new stakeholders taking part in sports betting, it may get harder for companies to sustain growth that has fueled the industry in its first three years.
The concept of skill-based games in casinos may be a part of Nevada’s future. But it will be without Blaine Graboyes, former CEO of GameCo LLC, who was denied a license.
Approval makes Virginia the fourth state where it’s available and the company also has tie-ins with NASCAR and the Martinsville Speedway and Richmond Raceway.
The real estate investment trust will sell up to 69 million shares of common stock to finance its share of the $6.25 billion cost of Las Vegas Sands’ Strip resorts.
Two companies with connections to Caesars Entertainment Inc. received unanimous recommendations for licensing Wednesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Affiliates of Apollo Global Management Inc. and Vici Properties Inc. will acquire The Venetian, Palazzo and the Sands Expo & Convention Center.