Some airport logistics are behind the reason you can’t fly Southwest Airlines from Las Vegas to Mexico, Costa Rica and Belize, and there aren’t any solutions ahead yet.
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.
Wynn Las Vegas is partnering with quarterback Tom Brady’s health and wellness company, TB12, to provide body coaching for guests and Southern Nevada residents.
The two-year project that begins in March includes the relocation of LVCVA executive offices and a new board meeting room that should be completed by the end of 2023.
With millions of Instagram posts of Las Vegas casinos, including the most posted Bellagio fountains, the city’s resorts are getting a boost with little financial outlay.
Wynn’s Craig Billings and Circa’s Derek Stevens will be among the casino leaders who take the stage for a discussion of the gaming industry at G2E next month.
The Tropicana will stay Tropicana for now but could adopt a Bally’s brand, and the existing Bally’s property will officially take on the Horseshoe Las Vegas name on Thursday.
A new schedule was published Thursday by Southwest Airlines that shows 243 departing flights, an all-time high at Harry Reid International Airport.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. and its Marina Bay Sands resort hope to develop tourism talent pipeline with the new scholarship program.
The $308 million deal for the Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino with Penn Entertainment is on track for Nevada Gaming Commission approval this month.
Less than a week after a Wynn Resorts massage therapist filed a sexual harassment lawsuit, the Gaming Control Board said it is preparing for a hearing against Steve Wynn.
The new Massachusetts sports-betting law prohibits bettors from wagering on sports teams from UMass, Boston College, Harvard and other universities.
A new policy to open borders in Macao has provided hope that the long period of slumping gaming revenue there is a thing of the past.
While none of the major tourism organizations released estimated visitation numbers, all indications point to a busy weekend with dozens of hotels sold out and rates towering above nightly averages, both signs of high demand.
After record passengers were reported in June, the total was eclipsed again in July, with 4.864 million arriving and departing through the gates at Reid International.
A Las Vegas man who has been on the state’s List of Excluded Persons since January 2015 was arrested just before midnight Monday for trying to enter Paris Las Vegas.
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