The Raiders new food service partner at Allegiant Stadium has already served its first meals, feeding lunch to construction worker crews Thursday at the site.
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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 Raiders have signed Las Vegas’ Coca-Cola bottling company as a founding partner for the team and Allegiant Stadium for carbonated soft drinks and premium water.
The Clark County Commission on Wednesday postponed action on a request from the Raiders for waivers to development standards on signs at Allegiant Stadium.
The casino industry aims to educate customers about responsible play with donations and conversations during the nationwide Responsible Gaming Education Week.
In a Las Vegas first, tribal casino operator Mohegan Gaming Entertainment will operate gaming at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas after it transitions from the Hard Rock Hotel in 2020.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved a $90 million budget increase for Allegiant Stadium that will be used to upgrade features, enhance technology and add signage.
Allegiant Stadium is officially a $2 billion project with the revised budget the Las Vegas Stadium Authority will review at Monday’s meeting, and it’s not a cost overrun.
It’s a bittersweet transition for Jan Jones Blackhurst who gets why Eldorado Resorts wants to focus on domestic growth when the Reno company takes over Caesars next year.
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.
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.
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