Steven Witkoff gave more than an hour of testimony Wednesday before the state Gaming Control Board unanimously recommended licensing for him at The Drew Las Vegas.
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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.
Delta Air Lines will introduce an airport signage system that will provide personalized flight information to every individual, thanks to parallel reality technology.
Silicon Valley-based Advanced Micro Devices is pursuing faster, lighter, thinner computing with an upgraded line of microprocessors that had CES attendees cheering.
Brunswick CEO Dave Foulkes is bringing a first to CES: the debut of a high-tech watercraft at the massive technology show.
Geoconda Arguello-Kline missed being appointed to the Las Vegas Stadium Authority last month, but Gov. Steve Sisolak put her on the board Monday.
Panasonic Corp. brought star power to its Monday press conference at CES in Las Vegas.
“Artificial intelligence” is one of the buzzwords of CES 2020 and South Korea-based LG Electronics is using it for manufacturing its televisions and appliances.
With additions coming to Wynn, Linq, downtown and the Convention Center, has Southern Nevada’s meetings industry produced a new problem of filling all that space?
An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined Bonito Michoacan violated overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Major changes are coming to Southern Nevada, with several projects reshaping Las Vegas’ skyline in 2020.
A subsidiary of Everi Holdings is expanding its casino marketing and loyalty portfolio with the acquisition of Micro Gaming Technologies Inc. for $20 million.
The opening of the Downtown Grand tower and the Expo at World Market Center in the summer and Circa at the end of the year should keep downtown Las Vegas soaring.
Occupancy and room rates are climbing, adding to demand for more hotel rooms, so Virgin and Circa will begin meeting it with some of the 1,650 rooms coming in 2020.
What will be the top tourism and gaming headlines of 2020? Read on for predictions about opening Allegiant Stadium, visitation records and what lies ahead for Las Vegas.
Sports betting was one of the few bright spots in November as another decline in baccarat play decreased casino gaming win on the Strip, in Clark County and statewide.
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