Caesars: Meet the new bosses; Graham grandstands

VitalVegas got its hands on Caesars Entertainment internal document bearing the grinning visage of COO Anthony Carano. It outlined a restructuring of the company’s top executive ranks into nine divisions headed by an overwhelmingly WASP-y, male cohort. (Soon to become more so: Bally’s Atlantic City‘s Karie Hall is scheduled to be cut loose, while other women head small-fry properties.) The roster will get shorter, as it lists top execs for properties either in the process of being sold (MontBleu) or certain to be jettisoned (Caesars Southern Indiana). Interestingly, no one is named as being in charge of Harrah’s Resort Southern California. In a display of nepotism, CEO Tom Reeg‘s sibling Bill has been placed in charge of a division encompassing five Midwest properties. It’s not a cushy job, though, as he inherits problematic Lumiere Place plus oncoming competition in Illinois. Interestingly, while we thought Twin River Holdings would pluck low-hanging Strip fruit like either the Tropicana Las Vegas or Caesars’ Bally’s Las Vegas (more of which later), VV author Scott Roeben hears they’re kicking the tires on Planet Hollywood (now co-managed with The Rio), which won’t come cheap.