With President-elect Trump talking deregulation and SpaceX owner Elon Musk a part of Trump’s team, Spaceport developer Rob Lauer is considering a public offering.
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.
The Gaming Control Board recommended the first license of what is expected to be several as the transition of The Mirage to Hard Rock Las Vegas continues to a 2027 reopening.
Financial returns from the Las Vegas Strip for the third quarter should be watched with some caution, according to Wall Street analysts.
The resort was ordered to pay a $250,000 fine after denying access to a Nevada Gaming Control Board agent conducting an investigation.
An accounting error by the operators of the Dotty’s casino franchise resulted in a large tax overpayment, and a second request for a refund is expected in within weeks.
Former Wynn Las Vegas cocktail server Tiare Ramirez, a founding Wynn employee, was awarded $321,200 by a U.S. District Court jury last month.
The 40,000-square-foot venue will deliver food, drinking, a carnival, a DJ — and 36 holes of “crazy golf” to enjoy.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office says a complaint brought by a former Gaming Control Board department head is baseless and should be tossed.
Las Vegas’ recent emphasis on sports tourism and the apparent reversal of a common visitation trend are keeping Southern Nevada’s tourism economy healthy, a UNLV expert said Tuesday.
A lawsuit filed in Clark County District Court on the new exterior sound system used at the Sphere names the venue, The Venetian and Clark County as defendants.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board said gaming win rebounded in September after two straight months of declines, but first-quarter revenue was still down.
Fears of a large, deep gaming downturn seem to have passed, one gaming analyst on Wall Street said in a note to investors.
Convention tech company Encore finds new program also helps it to retain valuable employees who may look elsewhere to work due to seasonal swings.
Quality-of-life issues are being negotiated by the Teamsters union and Allegiant Air management, but the union has begun the process of seeking a strike authorization.
The Irish flag-carrier airline with the shamrock livery normally will fly three times a week between Dublin and Las Vegas on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.