Many guests weren’t aware of Major League Baseball’s Thursday morning vote to relocate the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas. But fans are excited about a stadium at the Tropicana.
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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 Strip hotel-casino, first conceived in 2005 and completed nearly two decades later, is set to open its doors in less than a month.
Resorts World Las Vegas and its former president and chief operating officer are asking a U.S. District Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a gambler.
The “egregious” $3,000 landing fees have been trimmed, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association said.
The closure and reopening of several streets in the resort corridor was a test Wednesday morning. County officials say they’ll do better getting streets open on race days.
“It makes a bunch of sense,” LVCVA president and CEO Steve Hill said. “If you go out there now, traffic is better than it was before we built all this and that bridge is a big part of that.”
The LVCVA board had to approve a land preparation project before the 10 acres could be sold to 65SLVB, a partnership paying $125 million for the Riviera site.
The two longtime staples of Henderson’s Water Street District are being sold to a company owned by Ron Winchell and Marc Falcone.
Although United Airlines has begun using its WILMA aircraft boarding system for Windows, Middle and Aisle seats, Professor Jason Steffen of UNLV may have a better way.
After over 500 days of preparation, Formula One fans from around the world are ready to gather for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the biggest event in the city’s history.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. expects to generate the most revenue for a three-day period in its history next week when the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix rolls into town.
The company has made a change to its self-parking policy for local residents after observing how it was being utilized.
CEO James Dolan says Las Vegas was the ideal place to open the first Sphere venue because of tourist volume.
Five airlines, including four foreign carriers, are adding flights to and from Las Vegas to accommodate the Formula One race crowd expected next week.
MGM expects Super Bowl to be even bigger for the company than F1.