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Richard N. Velotta
Assistant Business Editor
Email: rvelotta@reviewjournal.com
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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.
One might think one extra day in the year doesn’t make much difference. But in gaming and tourism, it means an additional millions of dollars spent.
The owner of a recently reopened flight school wants to open doors — mainly airliner cockpit doors — to minorities and women who dream of flying as a career.
The Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously approved changes to the rules regarding registered independent agents, who are paid to bring whales to casinos.
A study involving more than 6,000 air fare itineraries shows Las Vegas holding its own on the price of tickets on flights to Harry Reid International Airport.
Agents from several divisions of the Control Board will be on hand when the doors close at the Strip casino.
The nation’s commercial casinos generated $66.52 billion in 2023 — the third straight year of record performance — and a 10 percent increase from 2022.
By the time Las Vegas hosts its next Super Bowl, new infrastructure will help make transportation and accommodation better, but the need for another airport looms large.
Higher administrative costs cut into casino profits in the 2022-23 fiscal year, the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s Gaming Abstract says.
The addition of flights from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas to this city is part of Allegiant Air’s seasonal expansion to 23 cities.
Analysts say Super Bowl may have had bigger impact, but the annual appearance of F1 during a slow time on the city’s calendar may be bigger in the long haul.
Several aviation tracking websites monitored the hundreds of private corporate jets that buzzed into four Southern Nevada airports for the Super Bowl.
Super Bowl 58 helped produce three of the top five room revenue days ever for the Strip’s biggest casino operator.
In a report to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Tuesday, experts said 100,000 airline seats to Las Vegas will be routine by summer.
Officials at Harry Reid International Airport cautioned travelers to give themselves plenty of time to get there.
