Southwest should know within weeks from Transportation Secretary Buttigieg whether it will get a new nonstop route to Reagan National Airport in central Washington D.C.
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.
Former Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn wrote a tribute to “Lady Mirage” days before the resort that changed Las Vegas is scheduled to close.
Paul Steelman has a global reputation for casino design and remembers some of the details of the opening of The Mirage with developer Steve Wynn.
A toll plaza has been built between a security checkpoint and Hoover Dam, but when it will be activated and what — if anything — will be charged is still unknown.
The airline, which already serves nine nonstop destinations from Harry Reid International Airport, will begin twice-weekly flights on 137-passenger jets in January.
They will be honored in a ceremony when the American Gaming Association meets for the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas in October.
The Canadian flagship air carrier will use Boeing 787 and Airbus A330 widebody jets on long-haul flights to Las Vegas from Toronto and Montreal in the fall.
The LVCVA board rewarded its president and CEO for helping the city record one of its best tourism years, including the Super Bowl and the Las Vegas Grand Prix
The music and arts festival, which is getting $1 million from the LVCVA, is designed to persuade Formula 1 fans to visit downtown Las Vegas.
A new study shows that visitation is increasing and those who arrive have higher median incomes than in past years. Many of those affluent visitors are staying.
The CEO faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison if convicted.
The former chairman and CEO of the Henderson-based company could face prison time when a federal judge sentences him in October.
A six-page letter from activist investor Will Wyatt to Penn Entertainment’s board of directors is reverberating through the regional casino market and Boyd Gaming.
The Las Vegas casino operator’s new partnership with Playtech will enable live broadcasts of games from two Strip casinos to a worldwide audience.
Rural county fair horse races in eastern Nevada are popular events and will be staged this summer in Ely and Elko.