Although there are no World Cup games to be played in Las Vegas, the LVCVA hopes to sell the destination as an alternative place to watch with friends.
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.
The new casino on Boulder Highway will replace Henderson’s Jokers Wild casino and could eventually have hotel rooms attached to it.
Station Casinos officials say they’ll put up their Durango high-limit slot room up against any high-end venue in the city.
With the completion of a $600 million convention center renovation next month, Las Vegas should close in on a record year for conventions and trade shows.
It’s the fourth time Venetian workers will get a “Red Coin” appreciation award for surpassing goals and objectives established for the year.
Several choreographed fireworks shows and an attempt at a world record are planned for the event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The new position will oversee events like the Super Bowl, smaller events in various venues and youth and amateur tournaments that draw participants and their parents.
A new civil RICO lawsuit filed in federal court last week is reviving scrutiny of Resorts World Las Vegas and several people connected to the property’s early operations.
When it opens in January for CES, the Las Vegas Convention Center will be the second largest in the country behind Chicago’s McCormick Center by indoor exhibit space.
The upgrade to Green Valley Ranch’s poker room is a part of the resort’s $200 million renovation that includes work on rooms, convention space and the Regal Theaters.
County residents say they are being fined thousands of dollars and have had liens placed on their homes for violating Clark County’s short-term rental ordinance.
The Denver-based discount airline, now the fifth busiest at Harry Reid International Airport, is adding flights to Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Milwukee and Memphis.
The M expansion is the second of four big projects to open for Pennsylvania-based Penn Entertainment, one of the nation’s largest regional casino companies.
In Southwest Airlines’ fifth partnership with a foreign air carrier, Harry Reid International Airport will be a connecting point on flights to Germany on Condor.
No one expected the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to become a template for future big events in Las Vegas. But 40 years of success stands up as an iconic December event.