The LVCVA’s board of directors accepted the recommendation of its compensation committee to give president and CEO Steve Hill a 4 percent pay increase effective in September.
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.
One of Liberace’s pianos is on display at the 5,500-square-foot store that offers sales of dress shirts, jackets, V-neck Ts, polo shirts and custom-blended fragrances.
After a competition that included a presentation by four finalists, the LVCVA board of directors named R&R Partners its advertising and marketing agency of record.
Two flights a day are planned to and from Honolulu and Maui, with new flights later this year to Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii.
In addition to enabling sports betting at 10 tribal casinos and at 10 sports franchises’ stadiums, the bill adds craps, baccarat and roulette to the casino mix.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday agreed to spend nearly $9 million to sponsor six sporting events at Allegiant Stadium over the next five years.
John Acres has developed a Hall-of-Fame reputation in the slot machine systems world. Now, he and son Noah have formed Acres Technology to change the casino floor again.
Naming an airport after a polarizing political figure will likely always offend someone, but the best response to promote tourism is to just put Las Vegas’ name on the facility.
After spending more than $100 million to develop The Row in 2019, the company is renovating 1,199 rooms at the Silver Legacy in a project due to be completed in June.
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.
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission unanimously approved Eldorado Resorts Inc.’s acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Corp. Monday.
It took longer than most expected and the price is rising by $2.3 million every day, but it appears Reno-based Eldorado Resorts will soon hold the keys to Caesars Palace.
The top executive of Full House Resorts is hoping demand will be as strong as it’s been for tribal casinos that already have opened their doors — especially since one of the company’s five properties is due to open May 22.