The fewer number of passengers flown by Florida-based Spirit Airlines to Las Vegas is nearly the same as the decline in passengers at Harry Reid International Airport.
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.
Dreamscape Companies Inc. President and Chief Financial Officer John Eder had been recommended for licensing by the Gaming Control Board. But he ended up being denied.
Currently, the only U.S. airports with slot machines are Harry Reid International in Las Vegas and Reno-Tahoe International in Reno. That could change soon. Plus, more gaming news.
Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport says operations are continuing to run normally, but air traffic control no-shows in Los Angeles impacted flights Sunday.
After being dormant for five years, the Eastside Cannery resort site will be transformed into residential housing under Boyd Gaming’s latest plans.
With so much at stake — the arrival of 58 million passengers with a $35 billion economic impact — airport officials are doing what they can to help their federal workers.
For Southwest Airlines customers in Las Vegas, many changes are ahead, including paying for assigned seating and flights to several new destinations.
It’s a mystery even local historians can’t crack. Are the statues a local history buff recently acquired survivors of the notorious MGM Grand fire that killed 87 people in 1980?
The PT’s Taverns group is rolling out a new progressive jackpot program across 65 Southern Nevada taverns with the largest jackpots offered at a restricted gaming venue.
The French flag carrier will begin seasonal nonstop flights between Las Vegas and Paris on the airline’s Airbus A350 twin-engine jets.
A report says the $600 million Las Vegas Convention Center project is a critical factor in how and why the economy will grow in 2026.
The new mark, designed in a collaboration, was first seen on social media, but soon will appear on exterior signage and the casino’s table games.
Poker Palace Casino in North Las Vegas sold for more than $9.4 million, according to Clark County records. The sale price includes the land and building, not the gaming operations.
A bowling alley, billiard area and movie theaters are ahead for the casino property, which already has exceeded the company’s expectations.
In two votes, commissioners moved to approve the vacation of a portion of Navy Street and a design review for a casino in Henderson’s Water Street District.