Applied Analysis principal Brian Gordon started the event with an optimistic look at how the local economy will grow following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Las Vegas entrepreneur who bought Antonio Brown meltdown video clip sells NFT to collector for 3 entherium, or around $20,000, at auction.
With World of Concrete and the SHOT Show conventions this week and NAB around the corner, the meetings industry assesses what the attendance outlook will be in 2022.
With domestic ultra-low-cost carriers bearing most of the load, the number of airline seats coming into the Las Vegas market will reach prepandemic levels by February.
Stock prices were up Friday for Las Vegas casino operators with resorts in Macao after the government there clarified its casino licensing framework.
Tao Beach Dayclub at The Venetian will more than double its size and will be able to accommodate more than 3,000 visitors when it opens in the spring.
Executives from Samsung Electronics were returned to South Korea on two charter flights from Las Vegas and health officials can’t confirm if infections occurred at CES.
Evan Savar acquired the rights to NFT the video footage, originally captured from a fan’s camera phone and valued at potentially as much as $1.5M, and is auctioning it on ViralHeir.com.
Preview Las Vegas, the Vegas Chamber’s largest forecasting and networking event and trade show, will take place Tuesday at Allegiant Stadium with several speakers on the agenda.
Las Vegas’ Super Bowl Host Committee will need to raise about $20 million to spend a total $60 million in advance of the Feb. 11, 2024, NFL championship football game.
The nonprofit Super Bowl LVIII host committee on Tuesday will ask the LVCVA for the first $40 million to start planning the 2024 game.
For the first time ever, cars raced head to head at speeds of up to 160 mph in the Indy Autonomous Challenge at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The remaining Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Self Test kits that were given out free at CES are being donated to the Southern Nevada Health District for public distribution.
The omicron variant of COVID-19 was believed to be the reason less than a quarter of the usual CES attendance was in Las Vegas for the shortened three-day tech show.
MGM Resorts International’s revamped MGM Rewards program keeps five tiers of membership, but offers new benefits, including airfare credits, free parking and dinners.