In addition to the name change at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, the meeting space within The Venetian also is taking on a new name, The Venetian Convention Center.
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-based SciPlay, a social game developer that is a subsidiary of Scientific Games Corp., would be bought out by the parent company in plan pitched Thursday.
A faulty automated weather sensor at the Stockton, California, airport and a line of thunderstorms in Las Vegas combined to provide a lengthy delay for passengers.
Las Vegas Sands Corp., a long-time proponent of building an integrated casino resort in Florida, donates $17 million to a committee wanting casino initiatives on ballots.
The LVCVA’s board of directors accepted the recommendation of its compensation committee to give president and CEO Steve Hill a 4 percent pay increase effective in September.
One of Liberace’s pianos is on display at the 5,500-square-foot store that offers sales of dress shirts, jackets, V-neck Ts, polo shirts and custom-blended fragrances.
After a competition that included a presentation by four finalists, the LVCVA board of directors named R&R Partners its advertising and marketing agency of record.
Business-to-business transactions will be the focus of Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s new venture into digital gaming and the company has hired Davis Catlin to lead the effort.
If the A’s ultimately move to Las Vegas, the team likely will need to draw from the millions of visitors who annually come to Las Vegas to assure the team’s financial success.
LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill is likely to get a $15,292-a-year raise at Tuesday’s meeting of the agency’s board.
A colossal entertainment lineup is giving Las Vegas the opportunity to have big tourism weekends back to back. But how long can it be sustained?
LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill, who didn’t get a raise or bonus last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be considered for more compensation Tuesday.
After a competitive bid process. R&R was selected for the lucrative five-year contract, but it will get an assist from New York-based Grey Global for social media work.
Critics of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s COVID-19 health and safety policies enforced by gaming regulators spent 45 minutes urging board mask and vaccination policies be rescinded.
The 323,000-panel array located in the desert north of Las Vegas will supply electricity for 36,000 rooms in 13 Strip resorts when it’s activated Monday.