When the new Caesars Racebook app is released in the spring, bettors will be able to wager on horse races from 250 tracks around the world.
Richard N. Velotta
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.
Las Vegas casinos moved swiftly after Gov. Steve Sisolak announced the immediate end of Nevada’s indoor mask mandate Thursday morning, taking down signs that had stood as a reminder to guests to keep their faces covered.
The parent company of Station Casinos will buy 6.9 million shares back from shareholders as part of a “Dutch auction process” that began in November and ended Thursday.
A new team event by the Professional Bull Riders may get a five-year, $6.4 million sponsorship deal from the LVCVA when its board of directors meets Tuesday.
Using an unusual “Dutch auction” sale, Station Casinos’ parent company will buy $350 million in shares also pay shareholders a $3-per-share dividend.
Rosemary Vassiliadis, then the deputy director of McCarran International, guided the speedy reopening of the airport after the 9/11 disaster grounded all flights.
The Konami Gaming slot-floor management system installed in Colorado and Indiana by Full House Resorts boosts the Las Vegas company to a record second quarter.
The LVCVA has approved a contract revision giving employees more time on the COVID layoff call-back list. Next come discussions for employee vaccinations or testing.
Responding to a question from an analyst Monday, Wynn CEO Matt Maddox said the company planned to remodel rooms in 2019, but the coronavirus pandemic delayed the project.
WynnBET, Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s sports betting and iGaming app, will become a new publicly traded company in a merger with a company operated by Knights owner Bill Foley.
Executives of the Southern Nevada’s publicly traded gaming and tourism companies would just as soon forget about their fourth-quarter earnings reports.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will initiate a legal action against a Henderson company that is blocking its efforts to stage a Formula One car race.
In a 12-1 vote, board members approved elimination of a non-compete zone that will allow Elon Musk’s tunnelling company to go forward with its 15-mile Vegas Loop project.
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.
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Tuesday his appointment of J. Brin Gibson as the board’s new chair and executive director.