Brin Gibson, on the job for three months, is ready to take on the daunting challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and updating the state’s gaming regulations.
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.
The Sands Aviation fleet has 19 jets of varying sizes, all brought up to VIP standards.
Theodore Roosevelt was president, John Sparks was governor and trains, not airplanes, ruled the transportation landscape when the two-story Golden Gate first opened.
Control Board Chairman Brin Gibson issued a notice to more than 400 nonrestricted licensees asking them to conduct a three-question survey of resort employees.
After spending more than $100 million to develop The Row in 2019, the company is renovating 1,199 rooms at the Silver Legacy in a project due to be completed in June.
In separate votes, the LVCVA board approved operating agreements for the Las Vegas Monorail and Elon Musk’s underground people-mover projects at the Convention Center.
Workers spent more than 4 million hours working on the $987.1 million expansion that broke ground in early 2018 and was finished in time for CES 2021 had it come here.
Sheldon Adelson, who died Monday at age 87, seized an opportunity in the late 1970s to capitalize on the then-fledgling personal computer industry.
The 2021 CES was kicked off Monday with an opening keynote address from Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, who explained what 5G technology can do for entertainment.
When it meets Tuesday, the LVCVA’s board of directors will consider multimillion-dollar agreements that should enhance transportation for the city’s conventioneers.
In a preliminary suitability hearing before the Gaming Control Board, Dreamscape’s Eric Birnbaum talks about upgrading rooms and matching amenities with its customer base.
Estates of two executives would get temporary licenses for properties in North Las Vegas and Indian Springs if the Nevada Gaming Commission approves a recommendation.
Largest trade show of 2021 is going completely digital, leaving Las Vegas with a new exhibit hall but nobody to fill it and a missed opportunity for millions of dollars.
A surge in COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong and the closure of several borders through the summer contributed to a 79.3 percent decline in revenue for Macao last year.
The former Apple Inc. financial executive cited the stress of relocating his family from California to Pennsylvania during the pandemic as his reason for departing.