The Las Vegas Monorail is headed for decommissioning around the time a new stadium for the Las Vegas A’s would open. But would ridership increase with the stadium?
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.
Investigators say the four men teamed to cheat in an electronic craps game by sliding instead of rolling the dice.
Revenue totals have steadily increased in the Chinese enclave and industry analysts are encouraging investors to consider three Las Vegas companies operating there.
The average daily room rate fell 3.3 percent to $171.05 a night, in part because of the high bar set in April 2022 when Las Vegas hosted the NFL draft.
The spending will include support for special events such as National Finals Rodeo, the Las Vegas Grand Prix and the Super Bowl.
Strong casino performances on Strip, downtown and Sparks offset weakness in Lake Tahoe as Nevada Gaming Control Board reports a record for April.
In March, Golden Entertainment Inc. introduced paid parking at its parking garage adjacent to The Strat.
Texas businessman Mark Cuban has given a boost to Sands’ Lone Star plans, while company stays on track for New York gaming license application.
The Sands Cotai Central resort has been remade into The Londoner, with 6,000 rooms and lots of amenities at a cost of $4 billion.
Taxiways and runways will be shifted and new lights will be added to alert pilots of potential runway safety hazards at the airport that serves Las Vegas.
Northern Pacific Airways, a low-cost air carrier that initially had plans to fly to Asia via Anchorage, is now looking at Mexican routes thanks to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Professional poker player Eric Persson, the CEO of Maverick Gaming, is behind the effort to offer a new poker room at the Tropicana on the Strip.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority predicts 335,000 visitors will come to Southern Nevada for Memorial Day, the traditional kickoff of the summer vacation time.
The near-unanimous approval of the land transfer is a critical first step toward the company’s development of a downstate casino in New York.
Experts believe Las Vegas is well positioned to take advantage of Memorial Day, the traditional kickoff of the start of the summer vacation season.
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