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Rick Velotta

Rick Velotta

Gaming and tourism reporter for Las Vegas Review-Journal, covering casinos, business, and Nevada gaming industry

Jun 4, 2026

1:00
Rick, what do you think? How are things going to change in Vegas with Tillman Fertitta now owning properties on the Strip?
1:07
Oh, that's a very broad question, obviously.
1:09
But one of the things that I wanted to mention first off is that when Shut Up and Listen first came out, I was one of the first people to get an interview with him when the book was released.
1:21
And he has a pretty convincing case about what you need to know to pull off a big deal.
1:30
And as we all know, this Caesars is a big deal.
1:35
What the final outcome is going to be, it's really very too early to tell.
1:41
But I think among some of the things that we could look at is the prospect of the blending of the Caesars properties with the Golden Nugget properties.

11 MINS LATER

13:01
And the LVCVA has got to be going crazy because they don't have any control over this anymore.

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