is celebrating its recent surpassing of $1 billion in all-time revenue.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAirport Slot Concession Inc<\/strong>, a Michael Gaughan company, operates over 1,400 slot machines at the airport.<\/strong> The company has been doing so for 36 years, throughout which it has generated $1 billion in revenue.\u00a0<\/p>\nAs reported by Las Vegas Sun<\/em>, the slot machines generate nearly $40 million in gross revenue each year<\/strong>, and many of those dollars stay at the airport.\u00a0<\/p>\nAccording to Scott Kichline, the airport\u2019s assistant director for business and commercial development<\/strong>, non-aviation revenue is \u201cbeneficial\u201d as it \u201chelps to lessen our costs for air carriers.\u201d Funds generated by slots and other airport concessions help keep airport operating costs down, and plane tickets as well.\u00a0<\/p>\nAs reported by Airport World<\/em>, Patricia Ross, General Manager of Michael Gaughan\u2019s Airport Slot Concession<\/strong>, said: \u201cWe are happy that the slot machines located inside Harry Reid International Airport not only provide Las Vegas visitors\u2019 the opportunity to spend a few minutes at one of our slot machines while they wait for their flight, but that the revenue generated also helps lower operating costs.\u201d<\/p>\nKichline added: \u201cAs a discretionary travel market, we\u2019re very diligent in keeping our costs to the airlines both stable and as low as we can reasonably maintain. Financial considerations aside, Las Vegas is known for casinos. Having slots in the airport is an amenity travelers largely enjoy and have come to expect<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\nIn the United States, Harry Reid International Airport and Reno-Tahoe International Airport are the only two airports with slot machines. Michael Gaughan, son of Las Vegas casino owner and operator Jackie Gaughan, is also the owner of the South Point Casino.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n