Work crews are putting the finishing touches on a new board of directors meeting room for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Richard N. Velotta
Assistant Business Editor
Email: rvelotta@reviewjournal.com
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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.
Two hotels and three golf entertainment facilities will open their doors in Southern Nevada in 2024, with several hotel room and convention center renovations underway.
When the Adelson and Dumont families acquired a controlling interest of the Dallas Mavericks, the transaction also included an important piece of land.
CES, the world’s top consumer electronics trade show, kicks off in early January.
Once a person is named to Nevada’s List of Excluded Persons, they’re there for life – although they can appeal that. No one has ever successfully appealed their placement.
One of the ways Las Vegans can now travel to Northern Nevada is ending soon.
From the Sphere’s debut to traffic headaches caused by the Las Vegas Grand Prix, here are some of the top gaming and tourism stories from 2023.
As expected, November’s Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix boosted the average daily room rate visitors paid, especially on the Las Vegas Strip.
The Strip’s baccarat tables — the game of choice for wealthy European gamblers attending the race — boosted Strip gaming win to its second-highest level ever.
An estimated 356,000 out-of-town visitors are expected to join thousands of local residents for the ‘More in ‘24’ America’s party scheduled on New Year’s Eve.
Between colossal special events, two resorts opening and the arrival of the Sphere, Southern Nevada gaming and tourism could aguably have had its best year in 2023.
The Gaming Control Board gaming win numbers and Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority visitation figures for November should provide a better picture about F1.
The NBA Board of Governors is expected to complete the vote on the sale of a majority share in the Dallas Mavericks basketball team within a few days via email.
MGM Resorts International — the first company to introduce paid parking at self-parking lots in 2016 — has increased rates at its nine resort properties.
A man who was kicked out of 17 Nevada casinos after he distracted roulette dealers in a scheme to cheat casinos has been placed on Nevada’s List of Excluded Persons.