Resorts World president tells Gaming Control Board group business is starting to return and customers like the property’s intense focus on technology.
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.
Experts say there are many hurdles to clear to improve the integrity of esports against match-fixers, cheaters and doping before betting on games should expand.
Billions of dollars in resort, entertainment and transportation construction projects are anticipated by the LVCVA, which issued a bulletin detailing the projects list.
IGT executives already are concerned about the impact of the omicron variant in certain markets, labor shortages, increases in supply-chain pressure and cost inflation.
Nevada lawmakers are expected to have another look in the next legislative session at a program that would take casino jackpots from child-support obligors.
The new political action committee, formed in January, already has give more than $500,000 to candidates who support Sands’ push for casino resorts in Texas.
Las Vegas in January had the lowest number of visitors and hotel occupancy rate since March, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Friday.
Clark County contributed 86.1 percent of the state’s gaming win with Strip casinos taking $567.2 million from players — a 76.4 percent increase over January 2021.
Bally’s CEO Lee Fenton tells analysts in an earnings conference call that plans and partners on the Tropicana would likely be announced in the middle of 2022.
The Venetian, Palazzo and The Venetian Expo officially have new owners. The sale of the Strip properties closed Wednesday.
An arched metal support structure, nicknamed after the spiky haircut, reaches 240 feet above the venue floor. It will support LED screens and sound systems.
Travel to Hawaii is getting easier and customers of restaurants, bars, gyms and movie theaters on Oahu will no longer be required to prove vaccination starting next month.
After years of seeing big plans come and go, the north edge of Las Vegas’ famed casino corridor is showing more momentum than it has in years.
Gradual increases in occupancy rates, gaming revenue and robust convention calendars indicate 2022 will be an important year to return to pre-pandemic tourism levels.
The deal could close as early as next week after commissioners agreed the association of former CEO Leon Black would not be a problem for licensing.
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