A business executive wants to subpoena Wynn on gambling by a convicted fraudster who was loaned $3.5 million in a phony cannabis vape pen business investment.
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.
Gaming revenue in March was 246.9 percent higher than a year ago and an industry analyst is advising customers to buy stock of three Las Vegas companies operating there.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment first considered the spinoff last year. Its $2.2 billion venue in Las Vegas is due to open in September.
Some 819 rooms and 104 suites of the Las Vegas Strip resort will undergo a major renovation that is expected to be completed by October.
The 4.2 million passengers served at the Las Vegas airport in February puts it on a pace to surpass 51 million in 2023, which would be a record.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported win of $1.24 billion in February, an 11.2 percent increase from February 2022.
A sign at The Strat parking garage did not indicate rates, but said different rates could prevail on weekdays and weekends in the upper levels.
The LVCVA’s board of directors has approved spending $7 million on Formula One race tickets to give away to customers.
The LVCVA’s annual Visitor Profile report shows how casinos, resorts should react to younger, more ethnically diverse tourists.
The 2,812-room resort formerly known as Bally’s has a rich history on the Las Vegas Strip and will become home to the World Series of Poker later this year.
The Denver-based ultra-low-cost air carrier promotes itself as “a whole different animal” with named wildlife mascots on the tails of all their jets.
In a unanimous vote, the Nevada Gaming Commission approves the operator of 17 properties, Colorado-based Century Gaming Inc., in its entry to the Nevada market.
Sen. Jacky Rosen helped write the bill authorizing the program and has backed the company’s bid to build a high-speed rail between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
The Culinary union said Monday that 99 percent of its workers voted to ratify the Las Vegas Convention Center food service contract.
After a three-hour hearing, Control Board Chairman Kirk Hendrick said he’ll take some of the suggestions from Tuesday’s testimony to possibly schedule regulatory workshops.