Barry Diller, who founded Fox Broadcasting Co. and USA Broadcasting, reportedly invested $1 billion in MGM and his company may be asked to join the board of directors.
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.
WeChat — one of the apps President Donald Trump believes could be a national security risk — is no longer being used as a tourism guide for Chinese visitors at McCarran International Airport.
When Robert Saucier faced the Gaming Commission last month, he was battling a unanimous recommendation from the Gaming Control Board that would ban him from gaming.
In the month that casinos and resorts were allowed to reopen, leisure visitors arrived, but there were still 70.5 percent fewer of them than in June 2019, the LVCVA said.
Gaming regulators noted a gathering in excess of 50 people and a lack of social distancing enforcement at slot machines and table games in the complaint signed Monday.
Casinos in Las Vegas were closed most of the second quarter, Encore Boston Harbor was shuttered the entire quarter, while Macao endured stifling border closures.
The slot machine manufacturer’s diversity of gaming products enabled London-based IGT to outperform analysts’ expectations by 2 cents a share for the second quarter.
A sports-wagering provision was embedded in legislation in Massachusetts, but stricken from the bill, ending plans that Bay State sportsbooks would soon take bets.
Closed border crossings have shut off tourists, leading to gaming revenue declines, and July’s numbers were the third worst of 2020.
There will be no immediate return on two massive public investments — Allegiant Stadium and the Convention Center expansion — with Las Vegas seeing little after spending a lot.
Executives with Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. say the sale of the Tropicana could come in many forms and they know how valuable the location of the development is.
In a bid to keep business travelers coming to Las Vegas, Allegiant Air is ready to unveil a series of package deals for flights and hotels for telecommuters.
The owner of the Southside Bar on Las Vegas Boulevard North didn’t contest the revocation of the license at the gang hangout that was the site of a June 2019 homicide.
Former Control Board Chairman Mark Lipparelli’s company will oversee gaming at off-Strip Westgate and will take the Superbook sports wagering brand to other states.
The state Gaming Control Board reported a 45.5 percent decline in win from June 2019 with the Strip off 61.4 percent.