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Richard N. Velotta
Assistant Business Editor
Email: rvelotta@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 477-3893
X: @RickVelotta
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 Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority also monitors convention attendance, hotel occupancy rates, passengers at Reid International Airport and gaming win.
Analysts — and some Canadian visitors — split over whether the president’s tariff policies and talk of annexing Canada as 51st state are keeping visitors away from Las Vegas.
The new casino will replace Jokers Wild and eventually will have an attached hotel once the Cadence community in Henderson is built to its 12,000-home capacity.
Nevada gaming regulators will consider partnerships that will help Station Casinos expand its sportsbook operations.
Steve Wynn, now a Florida resident, was not available to discuss whether he’s been approached on AppLovin’s plans to acquire TikTok from its Chinese owner, ByteDance.
Southern Nevada’s tourism and gaming numbers in February simply couldn’t keep up with the year Las Vegas hosted Super Bowl 58. And it was Leap Year.
Boyd Gaming is set to break ground this week in Henderson for its newest locals property, which will be built near the site of one of its current casinos.
Nevada gaming regulators say Kalshi LLC’s derivatives exchange looks too much like sports betting and is illegal, so the New York company has sued the regulators.
A lawsuit filed against the Sphere for violating county noise ordinances will be allowed to continue in Clark County District Court.
The advertising, marketing and public relations agency that invented ‘What happens here, stays here,’ R&R Partners, has big executive changes coming.
After three unsuccessful tries, the co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Gaming Caucus are attempting to remove the 0.25 percent “handle tax” on sports bets.
British Airways’ Friday night flight to London is still scheduled to depart from Harry Reid International Airport after Thursday flights were canceled.
Construction crews have begun work on a series of projects designed to enhance the customer experience at the airport serving Las Vegas.
Caesars Entertainment said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. that it has expanded its board of directors and added two from Carl Icahn’s business empire.