A study by a top global travel data company says airline seat capacity has recovered faster at Harry Reid International than at any other major airport in the world.
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.
Randy Morton, the former co-CEO of Foley Entertainment Group and longtime Bellagio executive, joins former Raiders President Marc Badain at new south Strip project.
Incumbent Assemblyman David Orentlicher is getting a Democratic primary election challenge from long-time resident Trish Marsh in Assembly District 20.
Jon S. Petrick, Rachel Agatep Puaina and Ron Q. Quilang are vying for the Republican nomination to oppose incumbent Democratic Assemblywoman Elaine Marzola.
Denise E. Ashurst, Danielle Gallant and Dan Lier run for the Republican nomination for Assembly Distict 23 against Democrat Brickfield and Libertarian Manley.
Aaron Bautista, Reuben D’Silva and Cindi L. Rivera are the educators on the ballot while Antonio Bowen does not expect to be able to serve after his house was sold.
The ‘Weird Nevada’ campaign includes open-air museums, an alien research center, an accidental geyser, a garnet-spewing volcano — and hundreds of clowns.
Wynn CEO Craig Billings said the sales proceeds would “provide us with liquidity for several of our upcoming development projects and the potential to retire other debt.”
“These results are nothing short of remarkable,” AGA President and CEO Bill Miller said of the revenue total that easily shattered 2019’s previous record.
Southern Nevada tourism officials say the formal date announcement by the Biden adminstration means airlines can finally make plans for the return of international flights.
The National Association of Broadcasters show is one of Las Vegas’ top three annual trade show gatherings by attendance. The annual convention was set to take place Oct. 9-13.
Hearings and decisions Wednesday and Thursday by gaming regulators could possibly point the way to peer-to-peer casino game play and cryptocurrency wagering.
The multiyear deal between Wynn Resorts’ WynnBET and the National Football League Detroit Lions will feature a branded sports bar where bets can be placed.
In addition to the name change at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, the meeting space within The Venetian also is taking on a new name, The Venetian Convention Center.
Las Vegas-based SciPlay, a social game developer that is a subsidiary of Scientific Games Corp., would be bought out by the parent company in plan pitched Thursday.
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