Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has introduced bipartisan legislation for tax credits to provide relief for convention, trade show, entertainment workers for COVID-19 recovery.
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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.
The saga of how the casino will open separately from Circa’s hotel will be one of the many stories that become a part of Derek Steven’ cultural legacy.
With an original goal of completing Circa in time for a December opening, things changed when the coronavirus hit and social distancing was imposed on work crews.
Company failed to properly register four employees with the Nevada Gaming Control Board; one failed registration went unnoticed for nearly 12 years.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday unanimously approved the licensing of the first tribal gaming enterprise to operate a casino in the Las Vegas resort corridor.
Despite adopting numerous cost-saving measures, McCarran’s busiest commercial air carrier is continuing to endure downturns resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak.
There are plenty of questions for The Boring Co. to answer about the innovative Vegas Loop transit system conceived for Las Vegas by entrepreneur Elon Musk.
A small company that failed to register four of its employees with the Nevada Gaming Control Board is expected to be fined for violating gaming regulations.
New Jersey sportsbooks won $45.1 million on record handle of $748.6 million in September as the convergence of multiple sports brought bettors out in force.
The pandemic continued to affect gaming revenue and resulting tax collections in Massachusetts with declines at three casinos, including two based in Las Vegas.
The general manager of a Penn National casino in Ohio thinks slot floor layouts could change forever thanks to lessons learned from social distancing for the coronavirus.
The installation of steel beams that will be critical for supporting the 13,000-ton domed steel roof of the MSG Sphere was completed by the construction crew.
Construction of the new Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall is 95 percent complete and on track for a Dec. 14 completion with workers doing finishing work now.
Elon Musk’s Boring Co., which has nearly completed its mile-long Convention Center underground transit system, wants to begin a system in the resort corridor.
The company declared Chatper 11 bankruptcy as part of its sales agreement with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.