The mission of the LVCVA is to attract visitors to Las Vegas and the board does that through marketing, advertising and providing resources for convention facilities.
Richard N. Velotta
Assistant Business Editor
Email: rvelotta@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 477-3893
X: @RickVelotta
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.
Nearly every tourism indicator climbed in April compared with last year, but the 36.3 percent increase in convention attendance stood out the most for Southern Nevada.
April traditionally is a slow month for casinos, but they had the highest win ever for the month in 2024 despite an early Easter and the closure of the Tropicana.
It’s been 47 years since the IRS established $1,200 as the level at which W2G tax forms are issued. Is that dollar amount finally about to change?
A two-story, 40,000-square-foot STEM university building that will include classrooms and a large lecture hall was unveiled by Spaceport CEO Robert Lauer.
The Nevada attorney general has joined a federal lawsuit that could have widespread ramifications for “the sports and entertainment capital of the world.”
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority expects a 1.8 percent increase in visitor volume, but a 20.2 percent increase in their spending for summer’s kickoff.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has an exemption that most other law enforcement does not. That, experts say, prevents transparency and accountability in overseeing the state’s top industry.
Art by Las Vegas Valley students from elementary, middle, high school and college will be voted on through June 5 for the first-ever Sphere XO Student Design Challenge.
Through a spokesperson, LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill,said the publicity following the announcement made it one of the most successful marketing moments for Las Vegas in recent memory.
Seasonal round-trip service will bring the Irish air carrier based in Dublin to Harry Reid International Airport.
With more than 37,000 rooms in its Southern Nevada inventory, this company, which dominates the southern Las Vegas Strip, is also Nevada’s largest employer.
If Southwest Airlines were successful in its plan to fly daily nonstop flights to Reagan Washington National Airport, American Airlines would get new competition.
Hard Rock executive says the new resort will have double the amount of employees being laid off this summer.
International Content Liquidation is conducting the sale that will include a wide variety of hotel room furniture, linens and kitchen equipment from Trop restaurants.
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