Richard N. Velotta

Senior Business Reporter

Stories

Recycling company gets tax break after losing out on paving project: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012; A company that brought the first tire recycling plant to Southern Nevada but wasn’t selected to supply an important paving project on Interstate 15 last year got some consolation Tuesday when the Nevada Commission on Economic Development awarded it more than a quarter-million dollars in tax abatements and deferrals.
Allegiant, Southwest trim Las Vegas routes: Monday, Feb. 20, 2012; Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is discontinuing service between Las Vegas and four destinations in April, citing declines in profitability due to higher fuel costs.
Spirit Airlines’ future plans could spell success for Las Vegas: Monday, Feb. 20, 2012; One of Spirit Airlines’ top executives made a somewhat cryptic comment to me when he came to Las Vegas recently to talk about his airline’s new crew base that had just opened and the new twice-daily service between McCarran International Airport and Mesa Gateway Airport in suburban Phoenix.
Ruvo Center adds Nobel Prize winner to team: Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012; Dr. Stanley Prusiner loves to solve puzzles. In Las Vegas, he’ll try to solve one of the biggest puzzles of the medical profession.
Chinese company expected to develop solar plant near Laughlin: Friday, Feb. 17, 2012; A Chinese energy company has signed an agreement with the state expected to lead to development of a solar-energy generating station and a plant to build solar panels in Southern Nevada.
Southern Nevada group bids to become a state-funded regional development authority: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012; A consortium of Southern Nevada municipal and county economic development departments and existing business organizations is expected to bid to be designated a regional development authority that would be funded by the state.
Spirit Airlines adds two daily flights between Las Vegas and Denver: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012; Fresh off the establishment of a crew base at McCarran International Airport and reporting a profitable 2011 Miramar, Fla.-based Spirit Airlines has add two new daily non-stop, round-trip flights between Las Vegas and Denver.
Spirit Airlines' earnings soar in the final quarter of 2011: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012; Spirit Airlines, the fastest-growing commercial air carrier at McCarran International Airport last year, expanded earnings and had 26.7 percent higher revenue for the fourth quarter to wrap up a profitable year.
State targeting L.A., San Francisco and Phoenix in tourism ad campaign: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012; The state will spend $2.8 million, most of it for television ads in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix, to attract tourists to visit Nevada in the spring and summer months.
McCarran's Terminal 3: A model gateway: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012; I have seen the future, and it’s at McCarran International Airport’s Terminal 3.

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Blog Entries

Bankruptcies shouldn't hurt McCarran: Friday, April 18, 2008; Officials at McCarran International Airport say they aren’t worried about being paid by the bankrupt airlines that packed up operations in a recent flurry of Chapter 11 filings.
Allegiant MD-80s already inspected: Thursday, April 10, 2008; You’ve heard all about the American Airlines flight cancellations that stranded thousands of passengers across the country, including McCarran International Airport.
Wyndham announces new Las Vegas resort: Tuesday, April 8, 2008; The world’s largest time-share company plans to build a fifth Las Vegas property near the Rio, the company has announced.
ATA bankruptcy disrupts travel to Hawaii; Southwest scrambling: Thursday, April 3, 2008; The announcement today that ATA Airlines has shut down after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection severs another conduit for passengers between Las Vegas and Honolulu.
Living wills via state Web site: Friday, March 21, 2008; Secretary of State Ross Miller told members of the Nevada Development Authority this week that his office would unveil a new Web site next week to store advanced health care directives of Nevadans who submit them.
Taxicab Authority gets new exec: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008; Gordon Walker, a vice president for a government contractor on the Nevada Test Site, has been appointed administrator of the Nevada Taxicab Authority.
Acting administrator of taxicab authority resigns: Friday, Feb. 8, 2008