Las Vegas: Company owes Venetian $1.9M over canceled event, lawsuit alleges

Thursday, August 28, 2025 2:02 PM
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  • Emerson Drewes, Las Vegas Review-Journal

A Strip property is suing a California-based media management company for allegedly failing to pay the resort over $1 million in cancellation fees for a conference space, hotel suites and other amenities.

The Venetian Resort filed a lawsuit against QTLST Management and its CEO Shawn Copeland on three counts of breach of contract, fraud and unjust enrichment after he allegedly failed to pay the resort over $1.9 million in cancellation fees after he failed to pay his deposits on time. Venetian filed the lawsuit in the Clark County District Court on Tuesday.

The Venetian didn’t respond to a request for comment. QTLST and Copeland couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.