It had been 415 days ago when the Hard Rock Hotel closed. On Thursday night, the doors reopened with several flourishes, including a new owner and casino operator and a fresh look.
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.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Thursday that gaming win was down 25.9 percent statewide, but off 41.6 percent on the Strip.
A new Nevada Gaming Control Board notice to licensees reminds resort owners they still have to follow social distancing rules and enforce facial coverings.
Financiers are convinced the leadership of a new CEO and a strategy to expand skill-based gaming and esports wagering will drive GameCo to new heights.
With the gradual addition of steel roof trusses, the MSG Sphere at The Venetian will begin taking on the spherical shape it is named for, with all trusses in by summer.
Miami, Florida, Mayor Francis Suarez toured the tunnels and also met with Boring Co. founder Elon Musk to talk about drilling a tunnel beneath the Miami River.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. has maintained midweek closures of the Las Vegas resort since October, but will now reopen hotel rooms, spas, restaurants and other amenities.
Reduced COVID cases, increases in vaccination numbers and the relaxation of restrictions are producing greater optimism that visitors will have fun in Las Vegas.
With Circa opening in October, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas debuting Thursday and Resorts World Las Vegas on deck for the summer, the city is in the midst of a new wave.
Virgin Hotels Las Vegas opens Thursday, ushering in a new casino, entertainment venues and designs to the city.
Although gambling has been around much longer, brought to the Silver State by prospectors seeking their mining fortunes, legal gaming got its official start in 1931.
In unanimous votes, commissioners approved Bally’s operation of the Montbleu at Lake Tahoe, The Pass at Water Street and Caesars’ acquisition of William Hill U.S.
Adam Rosenberg, who has advised gaming and leisure companies for the past 23 years with Goldman Sachs and Fortress Investment, will lead the skill-based game developer, GameCo.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Steve Hill has pointed to World of Concrete being the first major trade show event to return to the city.
Ingrid Reisman, the former Las Vegas Monorail Co.’s senior vice president of corporate communications, was appointed to the LVCVA’s marketing team.