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Category Archives: Pinnacle Entertainment
MGM: CityCenter worth $4.88 billion
MGM Mirage has announced that it's writing off approximately $1.3 billion (i.e., taking an "impairment charge") against CityCenter, with $348 million of that chalked up to falling real estate values. (Some $174 million of that will apparently be fobbed off … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Columbia Sussex, Current, Economy, Kansas, MGM Mirage, Missouri, Neil Bluhm, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Entertainment, Politics, Regulation, Taxes, Tourism, Transportation, Wall Street
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Case Bets: Corzine, Penn vs. MTR, Pinnacle, Manilow & strippers
Forbidden by New Jersey law from directly contributing to political campaigns, casino companies are making an end run through Virginia. Harrah’s Entertainment, Boyd Gaming and IGT are among those funneling campaign cash into a reverse version on the Underground Railroad. … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, Current, Economy, Election, Entertainment, Harrah's, Horseracing, IGT, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Ohio, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Entertainment, Politics, Regulation, The Strip
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Atlantic City sucks …
… says the Motley Fool, in essence. Even Borgata, which posted a higher operating profit year/year, is deemed merely to suck less than everybody else. I’m not sure I’m with the Fools on this one. For instance, shouldn’t Sands Bethlehem … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Atlantic City, Carl Icahn, Colorado, Detroit, Donald Trump, Florida, Internet gambling, Macau, MGM Mirage, Pinnacle Entertainment, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Stanley Ho, Tribal, Wall Street
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Optimism in Macao, euphoria at CityCenter
Relaxation of stringent visa restrictions from Guangdong Province came a full four months sooner than expected, starting Sept. 1. Now, residents will be able to visit Macao once a month instead of quarterly. While this has prompted J.P. Morgan to … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Architecture, Atlantic City, Bally Technologies, Boulder Strip, Boyd Gaming, California, CityCenter, Cordish Co., Current, Economy, Entertainment, IGT, Indiana, Kansas, Macau, MGM Mirage, Penn National, Pinnacle Entertainment, Planet Hollywood, Sheldon Adelson, Station Casinos, Technology, The Strip, Wall Street, WMS Industries
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Pinnacle meets karma
Plans by Pinnacle Entertainment to move its President riverboat upriver just hit a big snag. Taking the view that the President’s license is portable, Pinnacle hoped to use either the vessel itself or the license to jimmy open a new … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Cordish Co., Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Penn National, Pinnacle Entertainment, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Tribal
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Saving money? Buy the Trop!
If you're looking for a bargain on the Strip, what about buying the Tropicana Las Vegas? The Las Vegas Review-Journal found that Onex Corp. got $440 million worth of equity (or a 61% share) for a Filene's Basement price of … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Columbia Sussex, Current, Economy, Illinois, MGM Mirage, Phil Ruffin, Pinnacle Entertainment, The Strip
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Saving money? Buy the Trop!
If you're looking for a bargain on the Strip, what about buying the Tropicana Las Vegas? The Las Vegas Review-Journal found that Onex Corp. got $440 million worth of equity (or a 61% share) for a Filene's Basement price of … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Columbia Sussex, Current, Economy, Illinois, MGM Mirage, Phil Ruffin, Pinnacle Entertainment, The Strip
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Updates: Pinnacle, Boyd, Foxwoods, Donald Trump & Criss Angel
Don’t wait by the phone if you’ve got a date with Pinnacle Entertainment. It has just pushed back the timelines on its Baton Rouge and Lake Charles projects by five months. It cited investor reluctance and warned more delays are … Continue reading
Posted in Cirque du Soleil, Current, Donald Trump, Entertainment, Louisiana, Morgans Hotel Group, Penn National, Phil Ruffin, Pinnacle Entertainment, Planet Hollywood, The Strip, Tribal, Wall Street
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Pinnacle: the untold story
Is waxing and buffing the Pinnacle Entertainment limo a prerequisite for scoring an interview with its CEO? This small masterpiece of selective omission is more interesting for what it elides than what it says. The article parrots Dan Lee as … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Ameristar, Atlantic City, Carl Icahn, Columbia Sussex, Entertainment, Harrah's, Illinois, Louisiana, MGM Mirage, Missouri, Pinnacle Entertainment, The Strip, Tropicana Entertainment
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Exit, pursued by a bear market
Aside from the occasional murmur by Wynn Las Vegas prexy Andrew Pascal, executives at Wynn Resorts keep a low (read: invisible) profile. Even the most assiduous follower of the casino industry would have trouble naming Wynn’s CFO off the cuff. … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, Economy, Encore, Harrah's, IGT, Illinois, Macau, MGM Mirage, Pinnacle Entertainment, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, The Strip, Wall Street
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Case Bets: MGM Mirage, Harrah's, Wynn, Shuffle Master, Taxes
As we wait for the MGM Mirage earnings report, signs of desperation mount. If the company is willing to cast away a pearl like new, costly and high-yielding MGM Grand Detroit, what isn’t sacred? Not even the corporate jet, provided … Continue reading
Posted in Columbia Sussex, Current, Detroit, Economy, Goldman Sachs, Harrah's, Labor, Lake Tahoe, Louisiana, MGM Mirage, Mississippi, Pinnacle Entertainment, Shuffle Master, Steve Wynn, Taxes, Technology, Wall Street
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Trop's agony soon to end?
The bad news is that the New Jersey Casino Control Commission has voted to grant yet another extension on the interminable sale of the Tropicana Atlantic City. The good news that it’s merely been pushed out another month, not the … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Boulder Strip, Carl Icahn, Columbia Sussex, Donald Trump, Pinnacle Entertainment, Regulation, Tropicana Entertainment, Wall Street
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Missouri: Dough and "D'oh!"
Silly me. I had the Missouri numbers sitting in my "Inbox" all day yesterday and simply overlooked them amidst a typically frenetic day. A big "thank you" though to reader Bob Bradley, who provided the short and long versions (click … Continue reading
Posted in Ameristar, Harrah's, Isle of Capri, Missouri, Penn National, Pinnacle Entertainment, Wall Street
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Mixed message from Penn
Having pulled the plug on his latest Atlantic City venture, Penn National CEO Peter Carlino served the city a heaping plate of gloom with a side dish of pessimism. In fact, he pretty much slammed the door on the besieged … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Colony Capital, Donald Trump, Economy, Harrah's, MGM Mirage, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Entertainment, Tropicana Entertainment
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Atlantic City: Two strikes, no balls
This was originally going to be “Death Watch VI” but three of those in a week is positively ghoulish. So, on to the latest disheartening developments from Atlantic City, the casino market that just can’t catch a break. Cease the … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Columbia Sussex, Economy, Harrah's, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Entertainment, Regulation, Tropicana Entertainment, Wall Street
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Atlantic City Death Watch V
Joys, Shakespeare famously wrote, come as solitary spies while griefs arrive by the battalion. So it is with Atlantic City, where the bad news washes up along the Boardwalk in bunches. If you picked Resorts Atlantic City as the Casino … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Boyd Gaming, Cannery Casino Resorts, Colony Capital, Donald Trump, Economy, Harrah's, Pinnacle Entertainment
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From A(ztar) to Z(ilch)
If Tropicana Entertainment management's bankruptcy plan is accepted by the courts (one bond analyst thinks otherwise), former CEO/sole owner William J. Yung III will be left with — what's the technical term? — diddly squat. (So will his unsecured creditors, … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic City, Columbia Sussex, Economy, Indiana, Lake Tahoe, Laughlin, Louisiana, Marketing, Mississippi, Penn National, Pinnacle Entertainment, Regulation, The Strip, Tropicana Entertainment, Wall Street
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