Category Archives: Louisiana

This week in Columbia Sussex

Posted on March 11, 2008 by David McKee

"Things are a little murky." That's how the Cincinnati Enquirer describes the Did-he-or-didn't-he issue of whether Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear met with million-dollar booster and Columbia Sussex CEO William Yung III, whose desire for a Cincinnati-area casino is the worst-kept … Continue reading →

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Isle: Goldstein out, Perry in; Trump pummeled

Posted on March 5, 2008 by David McKee

Isle of Capri Casinos announced widening Y/Y losses today, along with the retirement of CEO Bernard Goldstein after 16 years at the helm. He gives way to board member James Perry, former CEO of Argosy Gaming and (briefly) Trump Entertainment. … Continue reading →

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Case Bets for St. Valentine's Day

Posted on February 14, 2008 by David McKee

Liz Benston crunches the numbers on the much-touted "40,000 new rooms" and finds only two-thirds that many. I mean, 26.6K hotel rooms isn't shabby but, if you threw the numbers together the way civic boosters do (mixing completed projects with … Continue reading →

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Another Baton Rouge bulletin

Posted on February 13, 2008 by David McKee

Columbia Sussex‘s mooted flip-flop of its Belle of Baton Rouge and Amelia Belle riverboats turns out not to have been a snap decision in the wake of a pro-Pinnacle Entertainment vote in Baton Rouge. Seems that the company has been … Continue reading →

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Pinnacle wins in Baton Rouge

Posted on February 11, 2008 by David McKee

Backed by 56% of local voters, Pinnacle Entertainment has received the green light for its “Riviere” project in East Baton Rouge. No doubt this means some long faces at Penn National and Columbia Sussex, both of which mounted a full-bore … Continue reading →

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@#*& hits the Columbia Sussex fan

Posted on January 30, 2008 by David McKee

Those intimations of insolvency at the Las Vegas Tropicana are now swelling into full-blown accusations [second item] leveled at Columbia Sussex HQ in a $960 million lawsuit. And not just any old insolvent but “deeply insolvent.” Whatever detente CEO William J. … Continue reading →

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