High extension costs and the bankruptcy of the company running the 3.9-mile elevated transit system doomed plans to extend it to Reid International and downtown.
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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.
The 13-member Airline Airport Affairs Committee at Reid International will hear a presentation on a proposed expansion and modernization plan.
In an effort to dodge $50 parking fees and not drive my own car into the Formula One vortex, I decided to trust a friendly Uber driver to get to the race.
For Nikki and Larry Wheeler and their dog, Masi, the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix was a surprise they didn’t know about when they arrived Friday.
Hackers apparently hit internal IGT systems, but the company says no public-facing systems appear to be affected.
Regulators have found a solution to casinos’ inability to hire armed security guards quickly by amending a regulation.
The Hard Rock International executive who formerly served the Nevada Economic Forum when he worked for Wynn Resorts was licensed after a key employee suitability hearing.
The company also is seeking sanctions against the Henderson attorneys who represented cocktail server Tiare Ramirez in the case that resulted in a $321,200 jury award.
Blackjack, also known as Twenty One, occupies the most tables in Nevada casinos and it also gives players one of the best chances of winning of any game.
The Denver-based airline will enter the popular market in March with three flights a week on twin-engine, 186-passenger Airbus A320 jets.
Airport managers are seeing less demand for aircraft parking for F1, but that may change as it gets closer to race day Saturday.
Finding a parking space at Harry Reid International Airport has grown easier — but more expensive — with the arrival of a new reserved parking pilot program.
LVXP’s planned North Strip resort will have hotel rooms, residences, a casino, an NBA-ready arena — but not the name of an Italian genius.
Opened in 1993, but closed less than seven months later, MGM’s theme park was developed in an era when Las Vegas was viewed as a family-friendly destination.
CBRE analyst John DeCree, in a report to investors, explains why he thinks Tilman Fertitta isn’t trying to make a play to take over Wynn Resorts Ltd.