Senior Reporter covering gaming, tourism & sports business for @TheNVIndy 2026 inductee to The Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame. https://teapawt.org/t.co/4mW4AX6ua8
Las Vegas, Nevada
Joined May 2009
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The Early Voting blog:
As of Saturday, mail voting has pushed Democrats statewide lead in votes cast to 42,000+. It's 65,000+ in Clark County.
Per @RalstonReports: The figures are conservative. Accepted mail is will to push those numbers up.
@TheNVIndy
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These Nevadans have protected immigration status. Why are they being detained by ICE?
Instead of protecting people from deportation, changes to the temporary protected status program are leaving them more vulnerable.
@bella_tweetss @TheNVIndy
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Ex-Mets star Jeff McNeil headed for free agency after @Athletics decision
McNeil was with the A’s for just one season. He had 126 hits, nine home runs and 59 RBIs through 478 at-bats, giving him a .264 batting average and .313 OBP.
@YahooSports
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Howard Stutz retweeted
A’s announce Jeff McNeil and Jeffrey Springs both had their club options declined for 2027. Both are now free agents.
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🚨 Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, who represented the losing side in Murphy v. NCAA, will represent Kalshi at SCOTUS.
Clement has requested a 28-day extension to file Kalshi’s opposition to New Jersey’s cert petition, moving the deadline from Nov. 9 to Dec. 7, 2026.
San Diego County city of Encinitas votes in favor of restrictions on ICE presence amid escalation
Via @ktfutts
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In July, VICI President John Payne touted a potential NBA arena on land behind Horseshoe, Paris and Planet Hollywood.
He brought up the location today's Q3 call as "the best site for a new arena should the NBA decide to have a (expansion) team" in Las Vegas.
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Picard became known for his preternatural calm and his trademark directives “Engage!” and “Make it so.”
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From this morning The Daily Indy newsletter.
Tourism is softening and the Strip can't rely on high baccarat to boost the bottom line every month.
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Congratulations @aprilcore Well deserved.
@JHughJackson I'll join you for the retirement specials after Dec. 31. Congrats!
Does this count as an October surprise? @NevadaCurrent 🔗⬇️ nevadacurrent.com/2026/10/29…
Additional context:
Canadian passenger volume had a bit of a jump. WestJet was up 21% but larger Air Canada was down 5%
Domestically, Frontier has filed in for shuttered Spirit Airlines: Up 39.5% in September and 21.1% for the year.
Southwest is down less than 1%
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For the 20th straight month, @LASairport saw a decline passenger volume - down 8.4% in September. For the first nine months of 2026, the airport has seen a 7.3% passenger decline.
One bright spot: International passenger volume was up for the 3rd straight month.
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For the 20th straight month, @LASairport saw a decline passenger volume - down 8.4% in September. For the first nine months of 2026, the airport has seen a 7.3% passenger decline.
One bright spot: International passenger volume was up for the 3rd straight month.
@TheNVIndy
Audit: Clark County Public Administrator's Office marred by many 'high risk' issues
After the ex-administrator killed a journalist, audit reveals thousands of open cases, undisposed cremains and $623K in unremitted service fees.
@Oona_Milliken @TheNVIndy
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Well ... this escalated quickly.
BREAKING: Utah has filed felony and misdemeanor criminal charges against prediction-market platform Kalshi and two of its top executives, Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara. abc4.com/news/local-news/uta…
Visitor volume to Las Vegas was flat in September compared to a year ago - 3.09M tourists. For nine months, the market is down by less than 100,000 visitors.
For the year, the average daily room rate in Las Vegas is up 1% to $183.06. Convention attendance is up 9.6%
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Nice conversation this morning with @KimNews3LV about the story from me and @tabitha_mueller about the merger between @rrpartners & @MMGYglobal
Story: thenevadaindependent.com/art…
My talk with Kim:
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This week's Indy Gaming Newsletter:
In Steve Wynn's first semi-public appearance in Las Vegas in almost a decade, he spoke for nearly 90 minutes, displaying his photographic memory of The opening of The Mirage that took place decades ago. @TheNVIndy
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Nevada overall gaming revenue declined by less than less than $1M in September ($1.282B in 2026 vs. $1.283B in 2025)
Per @NevadaGCB
State: -0.05%
Clark County: - 0.95%
Strip: +0.82%
Downtown LV: -7.45%
Laughlin: - 16.8%
Washoe: +0.36%
Reno: -3.52%
Sparks: +12.5%
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MGM Resorts International amended its voting agreement with People Inc. (billionaire shareholder Barry Diller's company) after it halted an effort last month to acquire the casino operator.
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John Deluca from @AgouraHS ties up Game 4 of the #WorldSeries for the @RaysBaseball with a single up
The middle in the bottom of the 12th inning.