The lack of mobile wagering and a ban on betting on California colleges and universities could prevent Nevada sportsbooks from facing crushing competition.
Richard N. Velotta
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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 Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday approved amendments to state gaming regulations adding protections from sexual harassment and several forms of discrimination in industry workplaces.
Resorts World Las Vegas President Scott Sibella announced details on the first megaresort on the Strip since 2010, with 3,500 rooms and a 5,000-seat performance venue.
Four ballrooms, including two that are the largest pillarless ballrooms, are part of Caesars Forum, the conference center that opens near The Linq Promenade in March.
Cox Communications is expanding its service at Wynn Las Vegas to include the company’s new convention center expansion.
While travel and tourism has experienced 120 months of economic growth, U.S. market share has fallen behind international competitors who market more vigorously.
The $2 billion Allegiant Stadium continues to be on time and on budget, even though completion of the cable net to support the translucent polymer roof won’t be completed until mid-December.
The NFL Draft is set to begin April 23 in Las Vegas , but its exact location has been a mystery. That will change Nov. 26.
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company switched on its tunnel-digging boring machines Friday to begin work on a $52.5 million people-mover project.
Steve Wynn, former chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts Ltd., says because he left the company, he’s no longer a licensee and the Nevada Gaming Commission can’t punish him.
A new partnership will make the M Resort the “Official Raiders Team Headquarters Hotel,” and the property will get a new Raiders Bar & Grill as part of the deal.
“Oftentimes people, when they come, they view Las Vegas as just that four or five miles on the Strip of neon,” Gov. Steve Sisolak said Wednesday, the event’s second day. “It’s much more than that. There are so many more things to offer.”
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is trying something it’s never tried before — reaching out to potential visitors with humorous Thanksgiving and Christmas TV ads.
Beginning in 2021, organizers of the Las Vegas Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon will add a spring race on a Saturday night in April and expected to draw more than 15,000 participants.
Within walking distance of 20,000 Caesars Entertainment hotel rooms, the new Caesars Forum, capable of accommodating 10,000 people, will open its doors in March.
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