Two contractors for Allegiant Stadium operations were scheduled to spell out their hiring plans and one of them said miscommunication resulted in him not showing up.
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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 LVCVA on Sunday canceled the rollout of its newest advertising campaign activities after the sudden death of Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant.
After a second case of the Wuhan coronavirus surfaced in Macao, government leaders canceled three public events leading other companies to curtail their celebrations.
Gaming industry analysts got an early look at Station Casinos’ fourth-quarter revenue and cash-flow projections, thanks to an SEC filing, and liked the results.
The 600,000 people who attended the 2019 NFL Draft in Nashville had more communities to draw from — and some may have been counted more than once at the turnstiles.
Members of the Las Vegas Stadium Community Benefits Plan Oversight Committee weren’t happy that two stadium operations contractors failed to attend Thursday’s meeting.
MGM Resorts International has been named the official gaming partner of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Corporate changes continue as Dave Williams, who headed Apple Inc.’s Claris FileMaker division, will become Penn National Gaming’s chief financial officer in March.
Boeing has provided McCarran International Airport’s busiest air carrier an undisclosed settlement, but Southwest’s net income and earnings were down from 2019.
The first victim of the Wuhan coronavirus in Macao, a 52-year-old woman staying at a hotel, has put the Chinese enclave on alert just before “Year of the Rat” celebrations begin.
MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corp. properties have the most to gain — and lose — with the closure of the Strip for portions of three days.
The proposal would add a fourth tier to the state’s gaming tax, 9.75 percent on all monthly gross revenue of more than $250,000.
The Raiders are not ceding ground when it comes to granting UNLV access to Allegiant Stadium the first two Saturdays in September, meaning games might be moved to Sam Boyd Stadium.
In 2003, “What happens here, stays here” was the buzz of TV talk shows and pop culture. Now, Las Vegas is getting a new slogan that plays off the iconic tag line.
“Mortenson has never failed to complete a sports facility on time,” said Don Webb. “Allegiant Stadium will not be their first failure because Allegiant Stadium will be completed on time.”