Bigelow Aerospace founder Robert Bigelow hosted eight NASA astronauts to get feedback on how the company could make its B330 space station more user-friendly.
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.
Former MGM Grand President and Chief Operating Officer Scott Sibella, now president of Resorts World Las Vegas, hired three former MGM colleagues among new executives.
Marilyn Spiegel, who returned to Wynn Las Vegas as president in January, was recommended for licensing by Nevada gaming regulators.
A combination of more rooms, higher hotel room rates and near-record occupancy levels has resulted in room-tax collections being higher than usual in Southern Nevada.
Patrick Pharris, who successfully sold monorail station sponsorships from 2000 to 2007, will work with the company on a new program capitalizing on sustainability.
Caesars Entertainment executive and former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones Blackhurst will become a member of the company’s board of directors with Richard Schifter’s departure.
While it appears rigid with all its concrete and steel, Allegiant Stadium is built with flexibility to protect it from potential earthquake damage.
Surveys say that NFL betting trumps college football betting and that people with wagers on games are more likely to attend or watch play on TV with family and friends.
With new resorts and attractions on the horizon, the marketing committee of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority got its first chance Thursday to view the campaign designed to fill them.
Whether it’s tough regulation, fear of corruption among players or simply a lack of interest, esports wagering hasn’t taken off the way proponents thought it would.
Australia-based Aristocrat Technologies is attempting challenge market leader IGT in the bar-top slot machine market with the introduction of its Winner’s World cabinet.
Wynn Resorts Chairman Phil Satre says the company is returning to normal, but there’s still interest in a CEO coach for Matt Maddox and contact with Steve Wynn.
A highly choreographed six-week project is planned to make Allegiant Stadium an indoor venue with the installation of steel cables to support a translucent roof.
The gaming win in Nevada surpassed $1 billion for the second straight month in July and Clark County’s key markets showed improvement over a year ago.
At the close of the Boyd Group International Aviation Forecast Summit, Clark County Aviation Director Rosemary Vassiliadis urges unity on funding airport improvements.
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