The first industry week celebrating food and beverage companies is bringing the 38-year-old International Pizza Expo and the brand-new SIAL America to Las Vegas.
Richard N. Velotta
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.
Work will begin soon on the 35,000-square-foot meetings and convention space for the downtown resort, with the first customers expected in September.
The decertification of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 501 as Red Rock’s union representative could have ramifications with other union relationships.
You think the Las Vegas March Madness experience can’t get any better? Wait until the city begins hosting tournament games at T-Mobile Arena and Allegiant Stadium.
Concert sellouts at Allegiant Stadium have accomplished what developers hoped would happen — that a large number of out-of-towners would come to Las Vegas for the shows.
Former Cruise senior vice president Lucas Watson will develop various aspects of MSG Sphere’s commercial strategy when he arrives with the company later this month.
In a hearing for Resorts World executives, the top local executive said he is optimistic the Boring Co. tunnel to the Convention Center will be open next month.
Culinary Local 226 announced a new secretary-treasurer, Ted Pappageorge, and a new president, Diana Valles, on Wednesday.
The annual NCAA college basketball “March Madness” tournament won’t have any games in Las Vegas, but that doesn’t stop thousands from coming to watch and bet on games.
The National Confectioners Association’s Sweets & Snacks Expo is among several trade show additions and extensions announced by the LVCVA.
The historic El Cortez Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas will be transitioning to a 21 and over-only property this spring.
The ‘Weird Nevada’ campaign includes open-air museums, an alien research center, an accidental geyser, a garnet-spewing volcano — and hundreds of clowns.
Chairman and CEO Rob Goldstein details the pain of leaving the Las Vegas market, the hopes the company has for Macao and prospects for new markets in the U.S. and Asia.
A desert oasis environment is envisioned at Red Rock Resorts’ newest Station Casinos property in southwest Las Vegas that will include a 200-room hotel and an 83,000-square-foot casino.
Las Vegas gaming equipment manufacturer PlayAGS refinanced debt and narrowed its fourth-quarter losses but barely beat analysts’ projections for revenue and earnings.