“Las Vegas, especially our company but really the whole city, is dependent on group, convention and banquet segments’ return. I see nothing that indicates that 2020 will return at all,” Sands Chief Operating Officer Rob Goldstein said.
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.
The MSG Sphere at The Venetian has a skeleton crew on the job site to keep watch on the project, but workers recently removed scaffolding and shoring from the site.
The famed Stardust, which once hosted Lido de Paris and Siegfried & Roy, is returning as Boyd Gaming Corp.’s entry as a play-for-fun app on Apple or Android smartphones.
After winning regulatory approval from the Federal Trade Commission and gaming regulators in 16 states, including Nevada, executives could finally close the deal.
Travelers to the city are still having fun and data suggest Las Vegas is still a big attraction, but marketers have to incorporate health and safety into their messaging.
Saying 22 union members and their families have died of COVID-19 and 352 are hospitalized, Culinary leaders are asking Gov. Sisolak, the Legislature and casinos to do more for them.
Over two days, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission took testimony before voting Thursday to approve Eldorado Resorts’ acquisition of Caesars Entertainment.
The New Jersey Casino Control Commission received petitions from two Eldorado competitors in the Atlantic City market seeking to be included in the deal discussion.
Community nonprofit organizations may be able to use an Allegiant Stadium suite for fundraising under a policy adopted Thursday by the Las Vegas Stadium Authority.
With COVID-19 showing its teeth and board members deciding against raises and bonuses for the foreseeable future, President and CEO Steve Hill takes a 10% pay cut.
The company with a large Las Vegas presence has become the “Official Credit Card Processing Company of the Las Vegas Raiders and Allegiant Stadium.”
The real work begins for representatives of Eldorado Resorts Inc. after regulators in New Jersey consider the $17.3 billion acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Corp.
President and CEO Steve Hill told the LVCVA board of directors Tuesday that talks with the transit system are early, but “could move rapidly.”
With a quarantine rule on the verge of being lifted, Macao’s casinos, including some owned by Las Vegas companies, anticipate a return to billion-dollar gaming revenue.
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission unanimously approved Eldorado Resorts Inc.’s acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Corp. Monday.