A six-page letter from activist investor Will Wyatt to Penn Entertainment’s board of directors is reverberating through the regional casino market and Boyd Gaming.
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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 Las Vegas casino operator’s new partnership with Playtech will enable live broadcasts of games from two Strip casinos to a worldwide audience.
Rural county fair horse races in eastern Nevada are popular events and will be staged this summer in Ely and Elko.
The opening of two resorts in December may be partially responsible for the recent flurry of executive changes at resorts as leaders decide where they want to go.
Mexico’s busiest commercial air carrier, discounter Volaris, will begin nonstop round trips between this city and Harry Reid International Airport.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise President and CEO Antonio Neri is scheduled to speak at the first corporate business presentation at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
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A three-judge panel ruled that Steve Wynn did not have to register as a federal agents when he lobbied former President Donald Trump about China.
The National Finals Rodeo is committed to staying in Las Vegas through 2035 with payouts to contestants and stock contractors growing annually.
The United Arab Emirates has emerged as a potential casino industry hub in the same way Macao did in in the late 1990s. But the UAE transition could be even better.
A $20 million fine paid by Wynn Resorts Ltd. in 2019 connected to sexual harassment allegations holds the record for the highest fine ever paid in Nevada.
Z Athlete Factory founder and CEO Zig Ziegler, a kinesiologist and author, says he plans to build a sports training center and athlete village in Southern Nevada.
There aren’t many Nevada companies that have been around for 75 years but a prominent law firm claimed that distinction last month.
The valley’s largest tavern operator is getting bigger. The PT’s Taverns chain will push past 70 locations by the end of the month with a new strategy involving the use of new brands.