An early proposal by Sightline Interactive and Sightline Payments is no longer under consideration by Nevada gaming regulators.
Richard N. Velotta
Assistant Business Editor
Email: rvelotta@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 477-3893
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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 familiar format of speakers, videos and display booths by local businesses that is the annual Preview Las Vegas goes virtual this year, thanks to meeting restrictions.
Sightline Interactive has petitioned the Nevada Gaming Commission to amend regulations that require in-person registration for sports wagering accounts.
Super Bowl parties will have restricted capacity when the game kicks off Feb. 7 and regulators are warning they plan to enforce Gov. Steve Sisolak’s mandate.
Brin Gibson, on the job for three months, is ready to take on the daunting challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and updating the state’s gaming regulations.
The Sands Aviation fleet has 19 jets of varying sizes, all brought up to VIP standards.
Theodore Roosevelt was president, John Sparks was governor and trains, not airplanes, ruled the transportation landscape when the two-story Golden Gate first opened.
Control Board Chairman Brin Gibson issued a notice to more than 400 nonrestricted licensees asking them to conduct a three-question survey of resort employees.
After spending more than $100 million to develop The Row in 2019, the company is renovating 1,199 rooms at the Silver Legacy in a project due to be completed in June.
In separate votes, the LVCVA board approved operating agreements for the Las Vegas Monorail and Elon Musk’s underground people-mover projects at the Convention Center.
Workers spent more than 4 million hours working on the $987.1 million expansion that broke ground in early 2018 and was finished in time for CES 2021 had it come here.
Sheldon Adelson, who died Monday at age 87, seized an opportunity in the late 1970s to capitalize on the then-fledgling personal computer industry.
The 2021 CES was kicked off Monday with an opening keynote address from Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, who explained what 5G technology can do for entertainment.
When it meets Tuesday, the LVCVA’s board of directors will consider multimillion-dollar agreements that should enhance transportation for the city’s conventioneers.
In a preliminary suitability hearing before the Gaming Control Board, Dreamscape’s Eric Birnbaum talks about upgrading rooms and matching amenities with its customer base.
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