The LVCVA officially forecasts 170,750 attendees for the 2018 NFR, but that just covers the full house at the Thomas Mack for 10 performances. The conservative economic impact estimate is $113 million.
Richard N. Velotta
Assistant Business Editor
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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.
A former Wynn Resorts Ltd. shareholder has filed a lawsuit in Clark County District against the company, executives and former and current board members alleging that accusations against the company’s former chairman and CEO devalued his stock.
Operators of the 1,000-room Plaza in Las Vegas made a bid to reclaim downtown’s western heritage Tuesday by officially opening Core Arena, downtown’s first permanent outdoor equestrian center.
Gov.-elect Steve Sisolak takes office, he’ll have less than a month to contemplate who he wants to guide the state’s gaming licensing, taxation, audits, investigations, and enforcement oversight.
In a two-day election supervised by the NLRB on Nov. 8-9, 2017, 730 Green Valley Ranch workers voted in favor of union representation of several employee groups by Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165, Nevada affiliates of UNITE HERE, which represents more than 57,000 workers in Las Vegas and Reno.
The amendment to the professional services agreement with TVS would cost the LVCVA $8 million.
Nevada gaming win was back to its billion-dollar ways in October, one year after the beginning of a mini-slump.
The company says it will develop an advisory committee to distribute funds toward the education of at-risk-youth, cultural enrichment and other needs over the next four years.
The company, a dominant player in the tribal gaming market that distributes Class II and Class III slot machines and table games. announces a reciprocal platform-to-platform agreement with Malta-based Relax Gaming.
TSG will operate under Eldorado’s licenses using TSG’s portfolio of online brands and its online sports technology services and Eldorado is providing TSG with access to its government relations personnel as TSG seeks additional licensing. Eldorado’s suppliers would equally share all costs related to licensing and permitting.
By the time the renovation phase begins in 2020, a new, 600,000-square-foot exhibit hall will be open, which will enable the LVCVA to accommodate trade shows and meetings while working on improvements to the existing facilities.
A hearing is scheduled Dec. 20 on a state Gaming Control Board complaint against a man accused of cheating at gambling.
Thousands of Southern Nevadans joined millions nationwide in the unofficial kickoff of the holiday retail season Friday. Many locations jump-started things Thursday.
The resort on Wednesday announced that online bookings through Monday, often referred to as “Cyber Monday,” the online version of Black Friday, would not charge a resort fee.
Privately held Fortress Investment Group on Friday filed a preliminary prospectus for Virgin Trains USA LLC with the Securities and Exchange Commission providing new details about the expansion of rail service in South Florida and building a 185-mile dual-track line between Las Vegas and Victorville, California.
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