Matt Maddox came out swinging in his first earnings conference call as Wynn Resorts Chief Executive Officer, boasting of record Las Vegas quarterly revenues and applicants lining up for work.
Todd Prince
Reporter: Business Tourism, Gaming
Email: tprince@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0386
Todd Prince joined the Review-Journal in January 2017 as a gaming and tourism reporter after spending 17 years in Russia. During his time in Moscow, Todd worked 7 years as a stockbroker for Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and five years as a business and political reporter for Bloomberg News. He also worked several years as a freelance writer and photographer for publications including The Moscow Times. Todd speaks Russian and has a bachelor’s degree in history from Brooklyn College.
Elaine Wynn, the largest shareholder of Wynn Resorts Ltd., is seeking to kick a friend of her ex-husband Steve Wynn off the company’s board of directors.
Just days after Penn National snapped up the Tropicana in 2015, private equity investor George Ruff bought the neighboring 696-room Hooters Hotel for $70 million.
Voice-activated technology and better data analysis is giving the struggling radio industry something to cheer about.
For years, film studios have adapted books and comics to the screen with wild success.
People may begin to watch video on their home walls or windows rather than on their phones and tablets by 2025, a Nokia executive told attendees of the National Association of Broadcasting Show Monday.
It pays well to be a Wynn Resorts board director. The casino operator’s directors receive $310,000 annually.
Nevada will hit the gas on innovation as it becomes the first state to host a driverless vehicle that beams mobile, high-definition television to passengers.
Las Vegas Sands more than doubled the compensation it paid to Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Sheldon Adelson last year to $26.1 million after the casino operator slightly beat its 2017 earnings target.
Meruelo Group has officially taken over the SLS Las Vegas and chosen Paul Hobson, a 27-year casino industry veteran, to run the run the struggling property.
IGT has launched two competitive VR archery games as gambling machine manufacturers struggle to find the next hot product to offset weak slot demand.
Bars and restaurants in the U.S. are selling less alcohol as a new generation comes of drinking age and third party services deliver beer, wine and liquor to the home.
A jury will be able to hear about Steve Wynn’s 2005 settlement with a female employee and unauthorized gambling activities by executives, a Nevada judge ruled Wednesday.
Wynn Resorts fired two top executives in 2013 for unauthorized gambling, lawyers said Tuesday during a court hearing.
A man who ran one of the first sports betting mutual funds in Nevada had filed for personal bankuptcy twice before receiving permission to manage other people’s money.