The Rock ‘n Roll Marathon Series, which over the years has drawn thousands of runners to Las Vegas for the chance to race beneath the lights of the Strip, will no longer include a 26.2-mile race when it shifts to late February dates next year.
Richard N. Velotta
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.
A $1.35 billion makeover of a strip of resorts known as Sands Cotai Central to be known as the Londoner has been in the planning stages since 2017.
Will the expansion of sports betting nationwide result in a record handle for Super Bowl LV or will COVID-19 keep bettors on the sidelines? And what happens in Nevada?
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s Audit Committee on Thursday recommended hiring an independent auditor to examine Las Vegas Monorail and ad accounts.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. has started to gain traction with its branded sports wagering system, but restrictions resulting from coronavirus continues to pound company. Still, the company expects 50 percent occupancy at Wynn Las Vegas and Encore on Super Bowl weekend.
Pennsylvania-based Penn National reported a profitable fourth quarter, initiatives with Barstool Sports and a casino in Maryland to recover from a wipeout year in 2020.
The top executive for Las Vegas-based GameCo has been recommended for licensing, but not before two hours of testimony involving allegations from a rival company.
The Las Vegas-based company confirmed Tuesday that while it has closed its small office in Yokohama, it plans to continue efforts to build elsewhere in Japan.
Las Vegas Sands Corp., MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts Ltd. made Fortune’s annual list of most-admired companies in the hotel, casino and resort category.
As Macao approaches the anniversary of a two-week casino shutdown and the beginning of the Lunar New Year, gaming revenue continues its slow recovery in China.
The December statistical report from the Nevada Gaming Control Board not only shows how much gaming win has fallen, but also shows games to which players gravitate.
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in some visitation records the LVCVA didn’t want to have, including the lowest total of annual visitors since the year The Mirage opened.
Southwest Airlines, the busiest commercial carrier at McCarran International Airport, reported a fourth-quarter loss and its first annual loss since its founding year.
The National Finals Rodeo crowd, usually a reliable demographic of December players in Las Vegas, stayed away with the pandemic pushing the annual event to Texas.
During Wednesday’s earnings call, new Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Robert Goldstein also shot down rumors of an equity sale to Chinese companies.