A rate increase approved by the Clark County Commission in October should produce more revenue on Formula One arrivals than last year with nearly 400 already reserved.
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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.
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Gordon has taken under advisement findings in a Friday court hearing before ruling on a preliminary injunction matter.
A survey of hotel rates shows the high end for luxury for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, but lots of extreme value for Thanksgiving stays a week later.
While temporary funding has been approved to reopen the federal government, there are still expected to be flight delays and cancellations for a few days.
An industry notice issued Wednesday says FanDuel’s bid to offer sports prediction markets with an app is incompatible with Nevada’s sports wagering laws.
Uncertainty exists about the nation’s economy, which is keeping tourists and their discretionary spending on the sidelines, the LVCVA’s top executive says.
With room and gaming taxes waning for Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, all eyes are expected to be on the House and its vote to end the government shutdown.
Aviation experts say despite a congressional vote to end the government shutdown nearing, it could take weeks before flight schedules return to normal.
Las Vegas housekeepers and custodial staff put their skills to the test Monday evening during the annual Housekeeping Olympics inside Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.
The first of two expansions for southwest Las Vegas’ Durango property will debut soon with the opening of a high-limit room and a new parking garage.
FlightAware is projecting 1,o58 flight cancellations today, 47 of those at Harry Reid International Airport.
Mike Boyd of Evergreen, Colorado-based Boyd Group International, said airlines are carefully choosing which flights to cut to inconvenience the fewest number of passengers possible.
He is attempting to do something no other person has done — be removed from the Black Book while still alive. Those on the Black Book are banned by Nevada law from entering any of the state’s licensed casino properties.
Wynn Resort’s CEO said the property charges a premium room rate but doesn’t want guests “to feel nickel and dimed.”
The planned opening of the new tower will double M’s capacity, but that news was overshadowed by parent company’s Dec. 1 split with ESPNBet.