Nearly two decades after the start-up, Fontainebleau is on the verge of being licensed to operate on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.
Richard N. Velotta
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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.
Checkers, Monopoly and Clue trail chess in Nevada, according to a study of Google searches by World of Card Games.
Crews at The Venetian are building a special platform for guests to view this month’s Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, but gondoliers are still performing inside.
Somebody ripped some holes in screens attached to the overpass glass designed to block views of the Formula One race course.
Hotel occupancy dropped from the same month last year, but room rates remained high and convention attendance continued to soar, the LVCVA said.
While several Southern Nevada gaming submarkets showed declines from a year ago, the Strip gaming win continued to churn by collecting $741.2M from gamblers.
The Nevada Taxicab Authority board approved the special temporary surcharges for the day surrounding next month’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board sided with banned gambler Rhon Wilson in a patron dispute. He had a long history of trespassing.
MGM Resorts and Marriott International did not provide a reason for the delay. Trade publications have speculated that the cyberattack on MGM might be a factor.
The company that owns the land where the Tropicana sits may invest more than the $175 million it has committed to a ballpark for the Oakland Athletics.
Southwest Airlines had record revenue in its third quarter, helping Reid International Airport achieve its best September on record with 4.8 nillion passengers.
A federal judge in Nevada has dismissed a class-action lawsuit alleging hotel-room price fixing, but attorneys are expected to file a revised complaint.
With an average of more than 44 flights a day to 30 destinations, Denver-based Frontier Airlines is bumping up competition with an overhauled loyalty program.
The Cottonwood Heights, Utah-based air carrier which already offers Las Vegas flights to and from 12 cities is adding a new destination to its service map.
The Entertainment Software Association asked the Nevada Gaming Commission to eliminate the requirement as it would be impossible to have all participants tested.