The omicron variant of COVID-19 was believed to be the reason less than a quarter of the usual CES attendance was in Las Vegas for the shortened three-day tech show.
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.
MGM Resorts International’s revamped MGM Rewards program keeps five tiers of membership, but offers new benefits, including airfare credits, free parking and dinners.
MSG Entertainment Corp. won a competition that will enable the camera creating content for the MSG Sphere at The Venetian to be tested by scientists on the space station.
MGM Resorts International’s purchase of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the company’s planned sale of The Mirage and remarks by Penn National CEO make gaming headlines.
Louisiana, which absorbed the brunt of Hurricane Ida’s Category 4 winds, will see casino revenue decline by 19 percent from 2019, a gaming industry analyst said Tuesday.
After a competitive bid process. R&R was selected for the lucrative five-year contract, but it will get an assist from New York-based Grey Global for social media work.
Critics of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s COVID-19 health and safety policies enforced by gaming regulators spent 45 minutes urging board mask and vaccination policies be rescinded.
Conventioneers attending the World of Concrete trade show on Monday were the first customers to use the $52.5 million underground transit system developed by Elon Musk.
Transfers in ownership and the licensing of a race and sportsbook at The Pass were recommended for approval Wednesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
In a preliminary suitability hearing before the Gaming Control Board, Dreamscape’s Eric Birnbaum talks about upgrading rooms and matching amenities with its customer base.
New cashless gaming rules and regulations could go a long way toward keeping customers coming to the state for their casino fun.
The first hotel-casino operated by an Indian tribe in Las Vegas’ resort corridor won a recommendation of approval from the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Wrigley Field could become the second sports venue with a legal sportsbook onsite, but a Las Vegas Stadium Authority lease agreement prohibits that at Allegiant Stadium.
In the month that casinos and resorts were allowed to reopen, leisure visitors arrived, but there were still 70.5 percent fewer of them than in June 2019, the LVCVA said.
The new-to-Nevada PeakBarTop units with a design that includes a 23-inch curved, full-HD display and a front-mounted ticket printer are in use at six local properties.