Ralenkotter later pleaded no contest to a lesser misdemeanor charge of violation of a public officer. He served no prison time and was fined $1,000. Local Las Vegas legal experts panned the deal.<\/p>\n
\nTo have him plead to a misdemeanor looks like a sweetheart deal to me. I’m not sure how this instills the public’s confidence,”<\/strong> Todd Leventhal, a Las Vegas criminal defense attorney, said in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nDespite the scandal, Ralenkotter was handed a cozy exit package on his way out. The LVCVA agreed to keep him on retainer as a consultant for $15,000 a month. He also collects a nearly $300,000 annual state pension.<\/p>\n
Las Vegas Rebound<\/b><\/h2>\n
Casinos are winning more dollars from gamblers than ever before, but visitor volume — one of the key metrics the LVCVA is tasked with keeping robust — remains below 2019 numbers.<\/p>\n
Through May, 2022 visitor volume in Las Vegas totaled 15.25 million people. Convention attendance was about two million attendees.<\/p>\n
Through the first five months of 2019, Las Vegas visitor volume totaled more than 17.53 million guests. Convention volume totaled three million attendees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) Board of Directors this afternoon rewarded its President and Chief Executive Steve Hill with a considerable raise and a lofty one-time bonus. The LVCVA board agreed that Hill’s performance leading the government agency through and out of the pandemic warranted higher compensation and a large gratuity. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":220925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,81886],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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