Harry Reid International Airport is preparing for a Labor Day weekend rush, including full parking lots. But it won’t be preparing for a strike.
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.
The volatility of baccarat was on full display in July as a low hold percentage resulted in a decline in gaming win for the first time in four months.
The city’s appeal as a gaming and entertainment destination continues to keep it a desirable destination as visitors say goodbye to summer.
A third illegal bookmaker from California will plead guilty to running an illegal bookmaking operation and money laundering in California and in a Las Vegas casino.
Commissioners voted unanimously against a settlement to refund the parent company of Dotty’s, balking on if and how much accrued interest should be paid.
Tropicana General Manager Arik Knowles, who has helped open four Las Vegas resorts, was licensed by the Nevada Gaming Commission.
While local residents lament the higher cost of Las Vegas fun, economic experts believe it’s worth it for the city’s long-term prosperity.
While the TSA says wait times in lines are within the 30-minute standard it sets, Reid still has some of the highest wait times in the nation.
Beginning Wednesday, BetMGM will debut a feature that no other sports-betting app in Nevada provides.
Investors appear to be buying in to the company’s live entertainment lineup and its strategies involving the Sphere Experience and “Postcard from Earth.”
Former Gov. Grant Sawyer is considered the father of modern gaming, and the Control Board chairman wants a tribute to him as regulatory boards move to a new campus.
Two elevators will be added and 38 others will be modernized under a Biden administration infrastructure grant program, with work beginning next month.
After a four-year shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the Governor’s Conference on Tourism is returning to Las Vegas’ Rio hotel-casino in October.
Now that federal drug enforcement leaders are considering decriminalization of marijuana, it may be time for the intersection of cannabis and casinos, experts say.
Harry Reid International Airport had more flight delays of 15 minutes or more than any other major airport in the United States, the FAA says in a new report.
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