A 12-minute online countdown to the start of 2021 will feature an explosive, real-time demolition of a 2020 sign and a contest for people to win a trip to Las Vegas.
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.
IGT will look more like a lottery company than a gaming company after a $1.27 billion transaction announced Monday.
Crews finished the $980.3 million building in time for CES — which was canceled — but the LVCVA now must start paying for utilities and insurance without a revenue source.
The American Gaming Association also reported gains in gross gaming revenue in commercial casinos in October from the previous month, but still well below 2019 numbers.
In a report on the LVCVA’s acquisition of the system, President and CEO Steve Hill said he’s optimistic about reopening the Monorail at the traditional start of summer.
Actions at a pair of meetings will complete the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $24.26 million acquisition of the Las Vegas Monorail system.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board’s appeal of a court ruling is more about keeping its ability to discipline licensees than chasing after Steve Wynn.
The California-based Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights wants an assurance that casino companies would reject COVID-19 relief unless they have no-smoking policies in place.
The COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association opting to move NFR to Dallas this year, but the 10-day rodeo will be back in 2021.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board unanimously agreed Wednesday to appeal Clark County District Court Judge Adriana Escobar’s ruling regarding jurisdiction over Steve Wynn.
In an interview with the president of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, Wynn CEO Matt Maddox talks about the city’s recovery, another shutdown and how Macao prepared him.
The casino, which includes a 10-story, 288-room hotel in Louisiana’s capital city, was sold by Caesars Entertainment Inc. to CQ Holding Company Inc. of Illinois.
While business is slowly improving for the 41 casinos operating in the special administrative area, revenue continues to be down dramatically in November.
The lack of convention sand trade shows and fewer flights are the biggest reasons Strip properties are having greater financial angst than their locals counterparts.
Casino companies operating in Massachusetts are required to provide financial information that is kept confidential in Nevada and Wynn Resorts reported numbers last week.