Ralenkotter is credited with helping to build the Las Vegas brand. He left the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority in 2018 amid scandal.
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.
MGM Resorts International President and CEO Bill Hornbuckle emphasized the international in his appearance before the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
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A photographer during the Nova Music Festival in Israel two years ago, Inor Roni Kagno told a Las Vegas audience about his post-attack journey.
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Tony Alamo, a longtime education advocate that has a Las Vegas elementary school named for him, was father to a former Nevada Gaming Commission chairman.
New lawsuits say cyberattack against the Las Vegas casino company occurred earlier in the month and Boyd has delayed informing victims about details of the data breach.
After two bankruptcy filings, the airline sent a WARN notice announcing that nearly 400 Las Vegas-based flight attendants will be furloughed.
Plus, a new Las Vegas manufacturing company will make its debut at next week’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
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