If Sodexo, the food service contractor at the Las Vegas Convention Center, can’t reach agreement with the Culinary Union, a strike vote could occur next month.
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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 government of Macao will draft new concession agreements for Las Vegas Sands Corp., Wynn Resorts Ltd., MGM Resorts International and three other companies.
With CES on the horizon in early January, more than 300 Culinary Union members could authorize a strike against food-service provider Sodexo next month.
Two sports-wagering propositions in California were soundly rejected by voters this month. Is there a path forward for betting games in the Golden State?
After a nearly two-hour hearing, the man who has been arrested 34 times in casinos in 31 years was placed on the Control Board’s list of excluded persons.
Apollo Global Management also plans to invest $1 billion in the Las Vegas Strip property to remodel rooms and upgrade the casino floor.
Two on state’s list of excluded persons from casinos are expected to be removed because they’ve died, but Leonard Morgan Hairston may be added on Thursday.
The American Gaming Association expects a mostly younger crowd will wager the most on the longshot U.S. team, which begins play Monday in the host country of Qatar.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Cashman, with 1,100 employees, will join forces with Empire Southwest, which has 2,300 employees across 22 locations.
Board member Brittnie Watkins to become the second African American woman to chair the Control Board after Gibson leaves for a “new professional opportunity” next month.
A $7,500 fine will be considered after Gaming Control Board agents determined the club wasn’t properly accounting the live entertainment tax on admissions.
The sale of 10 acres at Las Vegas and Elvis Presley boulevards for $120 million to Claudio Fischer should be completed by mid-December. But what does he have planned?
The Houston billionaire’s acquisition of 6.9 million shares of Wynn stock came at a time when the share price was low.
The massive entertainment venue, scheduled to open in the second half of 2023, saw construction costs rise as a result of inflation and supply-chain pressures.
With half of California’s precincts reporting Tuesday night, both Propositions 26 and 27, which offered two different plans for sports betting, were on track to lose.
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